Illinois Compiled Statutes

755 ILCS 5/20-10 (2026)

Deed or conveyance

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IL-ILGAilga.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
(755 ILCS 5/20-10) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 20-10)
    Sec. 20-10. Deed or conveyance.) (a) Within 30 days after the court approves report of sale, it is the duty of the representative to execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed or other conveyance conveying the interest of the ward or the decedent in the property ordered to be sold.
    (b) If the representative dies, becomes incapacitated or is removed before the execution of the deed, conveyance or mortgage, his successor in office shall proceed in the premises and execute the deed, conveyance or mortgage in the same manner as if he had originally been the petitioner.
(Source: P.A. 79-328.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2014–2014 · leading case: In re: The Application of the Douglas Cnty. Treasurer, 2014 IL App (4th) 130261 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
In re: The Application of the Douglas Cnty. Treasurer, 2014 IL App (4th) 130261 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “Under the independent administration provisions, when the decedent's "estate includes an interest in real estate that has not been sold by the independent representative, the independent representative must record and deliver to the persons entitled thereto an instrument which…”
In re: The Application of the Douglas Cnty. Treasurer, 2014 IL App (4th) 130261 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “318, 319 (1888); 755 ILCS 5/20-10 (West 2012). Then in 1980, the legislature added the independent administration article to the Probate Act of 1975.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.