(55 ILCS 5/3-6027) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6027)
Sec. 3-6027.
Penalty for neglect to pay over money collected.
If any sheriff unreasonably neglects to pay any money collected by
him on execution, fee bill or process, when demanded by the person entitled
to receive the same, he may be proceeded against in the court from which
the execution, fee bill or process issued, as for a contempt; and he shall
also forfeit to the person injured five times the lawful interest of the
money, from the time of the demand until paid, which may be recovered by
action upon his bond, or against the sheriff alone, in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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