093_SB0291enr
SB291 Enrolled 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, as
14 directed by the court, any warrant, order, process, or
15 judgment that has been issued or affirmed by a court of the
16 State of Illinois and that is valid on its face, unless the
17 service involved willful or wanton misconduct by the sheriff.
18 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)