95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0229

 

Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a judgment creditor may recover a corporate judgment debtor's property for the creditor's use. Provides that a debtor may be compelled to resign memberships in exchanges, clubs, or other entities. Provides that a judgment debtor's property that is not amenable to a sheriff's sale may be sold by other means. Provides property held by a third party that is determined to be wages is subject to a wage deduction. Provides recoverable costs include the cost of levy and replevin bonds. Provides that a federal judgment entered in Illinois shall be afforded recognition as if it were a circuit court judgment. Provides that wages subject to collection shall be (at present, shall not exceed) the lesser of 15% of the gross amount paid or the amount by which the disposable earnings exceed 45 times the federal minimum hourly wage. Provides that if an employer ceases to remit funds under a wage deduction order without a lawful excuse, a court may enter a conditional judgment against the employer for the balance due on the judgment and issue a Summons After Conditional Judgment requiring the employer to show cause the conditional judgment should not become final. Provides that if a certification of judgment balance is not provided to the employer, the employer must continue to withhold funds from the defendant's wages and hold the funds until the certification is provided; the certification need not be filed with the court. Provides that the fee of 2% (at present, $12 or 2%, whichever is greater) of the amount deducted from wages shall be retained by the employer. Provides that if a defendant fails to deliver chattel to the sheriff and the plaintiff has a reasonable belief of the chattel's location, the court may authorize the sheriff to use reasonable force to recover the chattel. Provides that if a mobile home subject to a replevin action is occupied, the court may issue a forcible order for the removal of personal property of the tenant but the order has to provide reasonable time and notice for the defendant and unknown occupants.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Sections 2-1402, 12-501, 12-803, 12-808, 12-808.5,
6 12-814, 19-117, and 19-123 and by adding Sections 5-126.5 and
7 19-129 as follows:
 
8     (735 ILCS 5/2-1402)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1402)
9     Sec. 2-1402. Supplementary proceedings.
10     (a) A judgment creditor, or his or her successor in
11 interest when that interest is made to appear of record, is
12 entitled to prosecute supplementary proceedings for the
13 purposes of examining the judgment debtor or any other person
14 to discover assets or income of the debtor not exempt from the
15 enforcement of the judgment, a deduction order or garnishment,
16 and of compelling the application of non-exempt assets or
17 income discovered toward the payment of the amount due under
18 the judgment. A supplementary proceeding shall be commenced by
19 the service of a citation issued by the clerk. The procedure
20 for conducting supplementary proceedings shall be prescribed
21 by rules. It is not a prerequisite to the commencement of a
22 supplementary proceeding that a certified copy of the judgment
23 has been returned wholly or partly unsatisfied. All citations

 

 

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1 issued by the clerk shall have the following language, or
2 language substantially similar thereto, stated prominently on
3 the front, in capital letters: "YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT
4 AS HEREIN DIRECTED MAY CAUSE YOU TO BE ARRESTED AND BROUGHT
5 BEFORE THE COURT TO ANSWER TO A CHARGE OF CONTEMPT OF COURT,
6 WHICH MAY BE PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT IN THE COUNTY JAIL."
7 The court shall not grant a continuance of the supplementary
8 proceeding except upon good cause shown.
9     (b) Any citation served upon a judgment debtor or any other
10 person shall include a certification by the attorney for the
11 judgment creditor or the judgment creditor setting forth the
12 amount of the judgment, the date of the judgment, or its
13 revival date, the balance due thereon, the name of the court,
14 and the number of the case, and a copy of the citation notice
15 required by this subsection. Whenever a citation is served upon
16 a person or party other than the judgment debtor, the officer
17 or person serving the citation shall send to the judgment
18 debtor, within three business days of the service upon the
19 cited party, a copy of the citation and the citation notice,
20 which may be sent by regular first-class mail to the judgment
21 debtor's last known address. In no event shall a citation
22 hearing be held sooner than five business days after the
23 mailing of the citation and citation notice to the judgment
24 debtor, except by agreement of the parties. The citation notice
25 need not be mailed to a corporation, partnership, or
26 association. The citation notice shall be in substantially the

 

 

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1 following form:
2
"CITATION NOTICE
3         (Name and address of Court)
4         Name of Case: (Name of Judgment Creditor),
5             Judgment Creditor v.
6             (Name of Judgment Debtor),
7             Judgment Debtor.
8         Address of Judgment Debtor: (Insert last known
9             address)
10         Name and address of Attorney for Judgment
11             Creditor or of Judgment Creditor (If no
12             attorney is listed): (Insert name and address)
13         Amount of Judgment: $ (Insert amount)
14         Name of Person Receiving Citation: (Insert name)
15         Court Date and Time: (Insert return date and time
16             specified in citation)
17     NOTICE: The court has issued a citation against the person
18 named above. The citation directs that person to appear in
19 court to be examined for the purpose of allowing the judgment
20 creditor to discover income and assets belonging to the
21 judgment debtor or in which the judgment debtor has an
22 interest. The citation was issued on the basis of a judgment
23 against the judgment debtor in favor of the judgment creditor
24 in the amount stated above. On or after the court date stated
25 above, the court may compel the application of any discovered
26 income or assets toward payment on the judgment.

 

 

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1     The amount of income or assets that may be applied toward
2 the judgment is limited by federal and Illinois law. The
3 JUDGMENT DEBTOR HAS THE RIGHT TO ASSERT STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS
4 AGAINST CERTAIN INCOME OR ASSETS OF THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR WHICH
5 MAY NOT BE USED TO SATISFY THE JUDGMENT IN THE AMOUNT STATED
6 ABOVE:
7         (1) Under Illinois or federal law, the exemptions of
8     personal property owned by the debtor include the debtor's
9     equity interest, not to exceed $4,000 in value, in any
10     personal property as chosen by the debtor; Social Security
11     and SSI benefits; public assistance benefits; unemployment
12     compensation benefits; worker's compensation benefits;
13     veteran's benefits; circuit breaker property tax relief
14     benefits; the debtor's equity interest, not to exceed
15     $2,400 in value, in any one motor vehicle, and the debtor's
16     equity interest, not to exceed $1,500 in value, in any
17     implements, professional books, or tools of the trade of
18     the debtor.
19         (2) Under Illinois law, every person is entitled to an
20     estate in homestead, when it is owned and occupied as a
21     residence, to the extent in value of $15,000, which
22     homestead is exempt from judgment.
23         (3) Under Illinois law, the amount of wages that may be
24     applied toward a judgment is limited to the lesser of (i)
25     15% of gross weekly wages or (ii) the amount by which
26     disposable earnings for a week exceed the total of 45 times

 

 

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1     the federal minimum hourly wage or, under a wage deduction
2     summons served on or after January 1, 2006, the Illinois
3     minimum hourly wage, whichever is greater.
4         (4) Under federal law, the amount of wages that may be
5     applied toward a judgment is limited to the lesser of (i)
6     25% of disposable earnings for a week or (ii) the amount by
7     which disposable earnings for a week exceed 30 times the
8     federal minimum hourly wage.
9         (5) Pension and retirement benefits and refunds may be
10     claimed as exempt under Illinois law.
11     The judgment debtor may have other possible exemptions
12 under the law.
13     THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR HAS THE RIGHT AT THE CITATION HEARING
14 TO DECLARE EXEMPT CERTAIN INCOME OR ASSETS OR BOTH. The
15 judgment debtor also has the right to seek a declaration at an
16 earlier date, by notifying the clerk in writing at (insert
17 address of clerk). When so notified, the Clerk of the Court
18 will obtain a prompt hearing date from the court and will
19 provide the necessary forms that must be prepared by the
20 judgment debtor or the attorney for the judgment debtor and
21 sent to the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's
22 attorney regarding the time and location of the hearing. This
23 notice may be sent by regular first class mail."
24     (c) When assets or income of the judgment debtor not exempt
25 from the satisfaction of a judgment, a deduction order or
26 garnishment are discovered, the court may, by appropriate order

 

 

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1 or judgment:
2         (1) Compel the judgment debtor to deliver up, to be
3     applied in satisfaction of the judgment, in whole or in
4     part, money, choses in action, property or effects in his
5     or her possession or control, so discovered, capable of
6     delivery and to which his or her title or right of
7     possession is not substantially disputed.
8         (2) Compel the judgment debtor to pay to the judgment
9     creditor or apply on the judgment, in installments, a
10     portion of his or her income, however or whenever earned or
11     acquired, as the court may deem proper, having due regard
12     for the reasonable requirements of the judgment debtor and
13     his or her family, if dependent upon him or her, as well as
14     any payments required to be made by prior order of court or
15     under wage assignments outstanding; provided that the
16     judgment debtor shall not be compelled to pay income which
17     would be considered exempt as wages under the Wage
18     Deduction Statute. The court may modify an order for
19     installment payments, from time to time, upon application
20     of either party upon notice to the other.
21         (3) Compel any person cited, other than the judgment
22     debtor, to deliver up any assets so discovered, to be
23     applied in satisfaction of the judgment, in whole or in
24     part, when those assets are held under such circumstances
25     that in an action by the judgment debtor he or she could
26     recover them in specie or obtain a judgment for the

 

 

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1     proceeds or value thereof as for conversion or
2     embezzlement. A judgment creditor may recover a corporate
3     judgment debtor's property on behalf of the judgment debtor
4     for use of the judgment creditor by filing an appropriate
5     petition within the citation proceedings.
6         (4) Enter any order upon or judgment against the person
7     cited that could be entered in any garnishment proceeding.
8         (5) Compel any person cited to execute an assignment of
9     any chose in action or a conveyance of title to real or
10     personal property or resign memberships in exchanges,
11     clubs, or other entities , in the same manner and to the
12     same extent as a court could do in any proceeding by a
13     judgment creditor to enforce payment of a judgment or in
14     aid of the enforcement of a judgment.
15         (6) Authorize the judgment creditor to maintain an
16     action against any person or corporation that, it appears
17     upon proof satisfactory to the court, is indebted to the
18     judgment debtor, for the recovery of the debt, forbid the
19     transfer or other disposition of the debt until an action
20     can be commenced and prosecuted to judgment, direct that
21     the papers or proof in the possession or control of the
22     debtor and necessary in the prosecution of the action be
23     delivered to the creditor or impounded in court, and
24     provide for the disposition of any moneys in excess of the
25     sum required to pay the judgment creditor's judgment and
26     costs allowed by the court.

 

 

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1     (d) No order or judgment shall be entered under subsection
2 (c) in favor of the judgment creditor unless there appears of
3 record a certification of mailing showing that a copy of the
4 citation and a copy of the citation notice was mailed to the
5 judgment debtor as required by subsection (b).
6     (e) All property ordered to be delivered up shall, except
7 as otherwise provided in this Section, be delivered to the
8 sheriff to be collected by the sheriff or sold at public sale
9 and the proceeds thereof applied towards the payment of costs
10 and the satisfaction of the judgment. If the judgment debtor's
11 property is of such a nature that it is not readily delivered
12 up to the sheriff for public sale or if another method of sale
13 is more appropriate to liquidate the property or enhance its
14 value at sale, the court may order the sale of such property by
15 the debtor, third party respondent, or by a selling agent other
16 than the sheriff upon such terms as are just and equitable. The
17 proceeds of sale, after deducting reasonable and necessary
18 expenses, are to be turned over to the creditor and applied to
19 the balance due on the judgment.
20     (f) (1) The citation may prohibit the party to whom it is
21     directed from making or allowing any transfer or other
22     disposition of, or interfering with, any property not
23     exempt from the enforcement of a judgment therefrom, a
24     deduction order or garnishment, belonging to the judgment
25     debtor or to which he or she may be entitled or which may
26     thereafter be acquired by or become due to him or her, and

 

 

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1     from paying over or otherwise disposing of any moneys not
2     so exempt which are due or to become due to the judgment
3     debtor, until the further order of the court or the
4     termination of the proceeding, whichever occurs first. The
5     third party may not be obliged to withhold the payment of
6     any moneys beyond double the amount of the balance due
7     sought to be enforced by the judgment creditor. The court
8     may punish any party who violates the restraining provision
9     of a citation as and for a contempt, or if the party is a
10     third party may enter judgment against him or her in the
11     amount of the unpaid portion of the judgment and costs
12     allowable under this Section, or in the amount of the value
13     of the property transferred, whichever is lesser.
14         (2) The court may enjoin any person, whether or not a
15     party to the supplementary proceeding, from making or
16     allowing any transfer or other disposition of, or
17     interference with, the property of the judgment debtor not
18     exempt from the enforcement of a judgment, a deduction
19     order or garnishment, or the property or debt not so exempt
20     concerning which any person is required to attend and be
21     examined until further direction in the premises. The
22     injunction order shall remain in effect until vacated by
23     the court or until the proceeding is terminated, whichever
24     first occurs.
25     (g) If it appears that any property, chose in action,
26 credit or effect discovered, or any interest therein, is

 

 

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1 claimed by any person, the court shall, as in garnishment
2 proceedings, permit or require the claimant to appear and
3 maintain his or her right. The rights of the person cited and
4 the rights of any adverse claimant shall be asserted and
5 determined pursuant to the law relating to garnishment
6 proceedings.
7     (h) Costs in proceedings authorized by this Section shall
8 be allowed, assessed and paid in accordance with rules,
9 provided that if the court determines, in its discretion, that
10 costs incurred by the judgment creditor were improperly
11 incurred, those costs shall be paid by the judgment creditor.
12     (i) This Section is in addition to and does not affect
13 enforcement of judgments or proceedings supplementary thereto,
14 by any other methods now or hereafter provided by law.
15     (j) This Section does not grant the power to any court to
16 order installment or other payments from, or compel the sale,
17 delivery, surrender, assignment or conveyance of any property
18 exempt by statute from the enforcement of a judgment thereon, a
19 deduction order, garnishment, attachment, sequestration,
20 process or other levy or seizure.
21     (k) (Blank).
22     (k-5) If the court determines that any property held by a
23 third party respondent is wages pursuant to Section 12-801, the
24 court shall proceed as if a wage deduction proceeding had been
25 filed and proceed to enter such necessary and proper orders as
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1 including but not limited to the granting of the statutory
2 exemptions allowed by Section 12-803 and all other remedies
3 allowed plaintiff and defendant pursuant to Part 8 of Article
4 12 of this Act.
5     (l) At any citation hearing at which the judgment debtor
6 appears and seeks a declaration that certain of his or her
7 income or assets are exempt, the court shall proceed to
8 determine whether the property which the judgment debtor
9 declares to be exempt is exempt from judgment. At any time
10 before the return date specified on the citation, the judgment
11 debtor may request, in writing, a hearing to declare exempt
12 certain income and assets by notifying the clerk of the court
13 before that time, using forms as may be provided by the clerk
14 of the court. The clerk of the court will obtain a prompt
15 hearing date from the court and will provide the necessary
16 forms that must be prepared by the judgment debtor or the
17 attorney for the judgment debtor and sent to the judgment
18 creditor, or the judgment creditor's attorney, regarding the
19 time and location of the hearing. This notice may be sent by
20 regular first class mail. At the hearing, the court shall
21 immediately, unless for good cause shown that the hearing is to
22 be continued, shall proceed to determine whether the property
23 which the judgment debtor declares to be exempt is exempt from
24 judgment. The restraining provisions of subsection (f) shall
25 not apply to any property determined by the court to be exempt.
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1 lien when a citation is served in accordance with subsection
2 (a) of this Section. The lien binds nonexempt personal
3 property, including money, choses in action, and effects of the
4 judgment debtor as follows:
5         (1) When the citation is directed against the judgment
6     debtor, upon all personal property belonging to the
7     judgment debtor in the possession or control of the
8     judgment debtor or which may thereafter be acquired or come
9     due to the judgment debtor to the time of the disposition
10     of the citation.
11         (2) When the citation is directed against a third
12     party, upon all personal property belonging to the judgment
13     debtor in the possession or control of the third party or
14     which thereafter may be acquired or come due the judgment
15     debtor and comes into the possession or control of the
16     third party to the time of the disposition of the citation.
17     The lien established under this Section does not affect the
18 rights of citation respondents in property prior to the service
19 of the citation upon them and does not affect the rights of
20 bona fide purchasers or lenders without notice of the citation.
21 The lien is effective for the period specified by Supreme Court
22 Rule.
23     This subsection (m), as added by Public Act 88-48, is a
24 declaration of existing law.
25     (n) If any provision of this Act or its application to any
26 person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity of that

 

 

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1 provision or application does not affect the provisions or
2 applications of the Act that can be given effect without the
3 invalid provision or application.
4 (Source: P.A. 94-293, eff. 1-1-06; 94-306, eff. 1-1-06; revised
5 8-19-05.)
 
6     (735 ILCS 5/5-126.5 new)
7     Sec. 5-126.5. Expenses. The plaintiff shall be allowed to
8 recover as costs those expenses required by law or a law
9 enforcement or court officer for the purposes of enforcing a
10 judgment including levy bonds, replevin bonds, certification
11 of court orders, recording certified orders or memoranda of
12 judgment, and expenses for those assisting a sheriff or other
13 court officer in enforcing court orders including, but not
14 limited to, orders for possession, replevin orders, and
15 personal property levies.
 
16     (735 ILCS 5/12-501)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-501)
17     Sec. 12-501. Registration of Federal judgments. Judgments
18 of courts of the United States held, within this State, and all
19 process, returns, certificates of the levy of a process, and
20 records of such courts may be registered, recorded, docketed,
21 indexed or otherwise dealt with in, the public offices of this
22 State, so as to make them conform to the rules and requirements
23 relating to judgments of courts of this State. A certified copy
24 of a federal judgment order entered in this State may be filed

 

 

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1 in any circuit court and shall be afforded recognition as if it
2 were a judgment entered in any other circuit court of this
3 State.
4 (Source: P.A. 83-707.)
 
5     (735 ILCS 5/12-803)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-803)
6     Sec. 12-803. Wages Maximum wages subject to collection. The
7 maximum wages, salary, commissions and bonuses subject to
8 collection under a deduction order, for any work week shall be
9 not exceed the lesser of (1) 15% of such gross amount paid for
10 that week or (2) the amount by which disposable earnings for a
11 week exceed 45 times the Federal Minimum Hourly Wage prescribed
12 by Section 206(a)(1) of Title 29 of the United States Code, as
13 amended, or, under a wage deduction summons served on or after
14 January 1, 2006, the minimum hourly wage prescribed by Section
15 4 of the Minimum Wage Law, whichever is greater, in effect at
16 the time the amounts are payable. This provision (and no other)
17 applies irrespective of the place where the compensation was
18 earned or payable and the State where the employee resides. No
19 amounts required by law to be withheld may be taken from the
20 amount collected by the creditor. The term "disposable
21 earnings" means that part of the earnings of any individual
22 remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any
23 amounts required by law to be withheld.
24 (Source: P.A. 94-306, eff. 1-1-06.)
 

 

 

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1     (735 ILCS 5/12-808)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-808)
2     Sec. 12-808. Duty of employer.
3     (a) An employer served as herein provided shall pay the
4 employee the amount of his or her exempt wages.
5     (b) To the extent of the amount due upon the judgment and
6 costs, the employer shall hold, subject to order of court, any
7 non-exempt wages due or which subsequently come due. The
8 judgment or balance due thereon is a lien on wages due at the
9 time of the service of summons, and such lien shall continue as
10 to subsequent earnings until the total amount due upon the
11 judgment and costs is paid, except that such lien on subsequent
12 earnings shall terminate sooner if the employment relationship
13 is terminated or if the underlying judgment is vacated or
14 modified.
15     (b-5) If the employer is a federal agency employer and the
16 creditor is represented by an attorney, then the employer, upon
17 service of summons and to the extent of the amount due upon the
18 judgment and costs, shall commence to pay over to the attorney
19 for the judgment creditor any non-exempt wages due or that
20 subsequently come due. The attorney for the judgment creditor
21 shall thereafter hold the deducted wages subject to further
22 order of the court and shall make answer to the court regarding
23 amounts received from the federal agency employer. The federal
24 agency employer's periodic payments shall be considered a
25 sufficient answer to the interrogatories.
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1 shall file, on or before the return date or within the further
2 time that the court for cause may allow, a written answer under
3 oath to the interrogatories, setting forth the amount due as
4 wages to the judgment debtor for the payroll periods ending
5 immediately prior to the service of the summons and a summary
6 of the computation used to determine the amount of non-exempt
7 wages. Except as provided in subsection (b-5), the employer
8 shall mail by first class mail or hand deliver a copy of the
9 answer to the judgment debtor at the address specified in the
10 affidavit filed under Section 12-805 of this Act, or at any
11 other address or location of the judgment debtor known to the
12 employer.
13     A lien obtained hereunder shall have priority over any
14 subsequent lien obtained hereunder, except that liens for the
15 support of a spouse or dependent children shall have priority
16 over all other liens obtained hereunder. Subsequent summonses
17 shall be effective in the order in which they are served.
18     (d) The Illinois Supreme Court may by rule allow an
19 employer to file answers to interrogatories by facsimile
20 transmission.
21     (e) Pursuant to answer under oath to the interrogatories by
22 the employer, an order shall be entered compelling the employer
23 to deduct from wages of the judgment debtor subject to
24 collection under a deduction order an amount which is not to
25 exceed the lesser of (i) 15% of the gross amount of the wages
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1 exceed 45 times the Federal Minimum Hourly Wage prescribed by
2 Section 206(a)(1) of Title 29 of the United States Code, as
3 amended, in effect at the time the amounts are payable, for
4 each pay period in which statutory exemptions under Section
5 12-804 and child support garnishments, if any, leave funds to
6 be remitted or, under a wage deduction summons served on or
7 after January 1, 2006, the minimum hourly wage prescribed by
8 Section 4 of the Minimum Wage Law, whichever is greater. The
9 order shall further provide that deducted wages shall be
10 remitted to the creditor or creditor's attorney on a monthly
11 basis.
12     (f) If after the entry of a deduction order, the employer
13 ceases to remit funds to the plaintiff pursuant to the order
14 without a lawful excuse (which would terminate the employer's
15 obligation under the deduction order such as the debtor having
16 filed a bankruptcy, the debtor having left employment or the
17 employer having received service of a support order against the
18 judgment debtor having priority over the wage deduction
19 proceedings), the court shall, upon plaintiffs motion, enter a
20 conditional judgment against the employer for the balance due
21 on the judgment. The plaintiff may then issue a Summons After
22 Conditional Judgment. After service of the Summons After
23 Conditional Judgment, the employer may show cause why the
24 conditional judgment, or some portion thereof should not be
25 made a final judgment. If the employer shall fail to respond or
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1 should not be made final, the court shall confirm the
2 conditional judgment and make it final as to the employer plus
3 additional court costs.
4 (Source: P.A. 94-306, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
5     (735 ILCS 5/12-808.5)
6     Sec. 12-808.5. Certification of judgment balance. Whenever
7 a wage deduction order has not been fully satisfied by the end
8 of the first full calendar quarter following the date of
9 service of the wage deduction summons:
10         (1) The judgment creditor or his attorney shall prepare
11     a certification that states the amount of the judgment
12     remaining unsatisfied as of the last calendar day of each
13     full calendar quarter for which the wage deduction order
14     continues in effect.
15         (2) The certification shall be mailed or delivered to
16     the employer by the judgment creditor or his or her
17     attorney within 15 days after the end of each calendar
18     quarter for which the wage deduction order continues in
19     effect. The employer shall hand deliver or mail by first
20     class mail a copy of the certification to the judgment
21     debtor at the judgment debtor's last known address.
22         (3) In the event that the plaintiff fails to provide
23     the certification required by this Section, the employer
24     must continue to withhold funds from the defendant's wages
25     but may hold the funds without remitting to the plaintiff

 

 

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1     until such time as it receives a certification required by
2     this Section. A certification of judgment balance need not
3     be filed with the court.
4         (4) Any party to the wage deduction proceeding may,
5     upon motion with notice to all other parties, ask the court
6     to review the balance due claimed by the judgment creditor.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-677, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
8     (735 ILCS 5/12-814)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-814)
9     Sec. 12-814. Costs and fees.
10     (a) The costs of obtaining a deduction order shall be
11 charged to the judgment debtor, unless the court determines, in
12 its discretion, that costs incurred by the judgment creditor
13 were improperly incurred, in which case those costs shall be
14 paid by the judgment creditor.
15     (b) No fee shall be paid by an employer for filing his or
16 her appearance, answer or satisfaction of judgment against him
17 or her.
18     (c) A fee consisting of the greater of $12 or 2% of the
19 amount required to be deducted by any deduction order or series
20 of deduction orders arising out of the same judgment debt shall
21 be allowed and paid to the employer, and the amount so paid
22 shall be charged to the judgment debtor.
23     (d) No other fee shall be paid to an employer at the time
24 of service of the summons or at any other time thereafter
25 unless he or she is subpoenaed to appear as a witness, in which

 

 

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1 case he or she is entitled to witness fees as in other civil
2 cases.
3 (Source: P.A. 87-569.)
 
4     (735 ILCS 5/19-117)  (from Ch. 110, par. 19-117)
5     Sec. 19-117. Service upon defendant. It shall be the duty
6 of the officer having an order for replevin, to serve the same
7 upon the defendant, whether the property is found or delivered
8 to him or her, or not, unless, when none of the property is
9 found, the officer is otherwise directed by the plaintiff or
10 his or her attorney or agent.
11     If the defendant fails to deliver up to the sheriff the
12 chattel which is the subject of the order for replevin and the
13 plaintiff has a reasonable belief as to where the chattel is
14 sequestered, the court may authorize the sheriff to use
15 reasonable force to enter into the property to recover same
16 upon such terms and conditions as the court may direct.
17 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
 
18     (735 ILCS 5/19-123)  (from Ch. 110, par. 19-123)
19     Sec. 19-123. Judgment against plaintiff. If the plaintiff
20 in an action of replevin obtains an order for replevin and
21 fails to prosecute the action with effect, or allows a
22 voluntary or involuntary dismissal, or if the right of property
23 is adjudged against the plaintiff, judgment shall be entered
24 for a return of the property if such property has been

 

 

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1 delivered to the plaintiff, and damages for the use thereof
2 from the time it was taken until a return thereof is made,
3 unless the plaintiff shall, in the meantime, have become
4 entitled to the possession of the property, in which event
5 judgment may be entered against the plaintiff for costs and
6 such damage as the defendant has sustained; or if the property
7 was held for the payment of any money, the judgment may be in
8 the alternative that the plaintiff pay the amount for which the
9 same was rightfully held, with proper damages, within a given
10 time, or make return of the property in case such property was
11 delivered to the plaintiff.
12 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
 
13     (735 ILCS 5/19-129 new)
14     Sec. 19-129. Mobile homes. If the chattel which is the
15 subject of the replevin action is a mobile home and is occupied
16 by the defendant or other persons, the court may issue a
17 forcible order directing the sheriff to remove the personal
18 property of the defendant or occupants from the mobile home
19 provided that the defendants and unknown occupants are given
20 notice of plaintiff's intent to seek a forcible order and that
21 upon entry of said order for possession, the execution is
22 stayed for a reasonable time as determined by the court so as
23 to allow the defendants and unknown occupants to remove their
24 property from the mobile home.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3     735 ILCS 5/2-1402 from Ch. 110, par. 2-1402
4     735 ILCS 5/5-126.5 new
5     735 ILCS 5/12-501 from Ch. 110, par. 12-501
6     735 ILCS 5/12-803 from Ch. 110, par. 12-803
7     735 ILCS 5/12-808 from Ch. 110, par. 12-808
8     735 ILCS 5/12-808.5
9     735 ILCS 5/12-814 from Ch. 110, par. 12-814
10     735 ILCS 5/19-117 from Ch. 110, par. 19-117
11     735 ILCS 5/19-123 from Ch. 110, par. 19-123
12     735 ILCS 5/19-129 new