093_SB0291
LRB093 03765 MKM 03800 b
1 AN ACT in relation to sheriffs.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Section 3-6020 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/3-6020) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6020)
7 Sec. 3-6020. Contempt of court; damages. The
8 disobedience of any sheriff to perform the command of any
9 warrant, process, order or judgment legally issued to him or
10 her, shall be deemed a contempt of the court that issued the
11 same, and may be punished accordingly; and he or she shall be
12 liable to the party aggrieved for all damages occasioned
13 thereby. No sheriff shall be civilly liable for serving any
14 warrant, order, process, or judgment that, on its face, is
15 apparently legally issued to him or her by a court of the
16 State of Illinois.
17 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.