55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.

(55 ILCS 5/3-6021) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6021)

Sec. 3-6021. Conservator of the peace. Each sheriff shall be conservator of the peace in his or her county, and shall prevent crime and maintain the safety and order of the citizens of that county; and may arrest offenders on view, and cause them to be brought before the proper court for trial or examination.

(Source: P.A. 89-404, eff. 8-20-95; 90-593, eff. 6-19-98.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6022) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6022)

Sec. 3-6022. Posse comitatus. To keep the peace, prevent crime, or to execute any warrant, process, order or judgment he or she may call to his or her aid, when necessary, any person or the power of the county.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6023) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6023)

Sec. 3-6023. Attendance at courts. Each sheriff shall, in person or by deputy, county corrections officer, or court security officer, attend upon all courts held in his or her county when in session, and obey the lawful orders and directions of the court, and shall maintain the security of the courthouse. Court services customarily performed by sheriffs shall be provided by the sheriff or his or her deputies, county corrections officers, or court security officers, rather than by employees of the court, unless there are no deputies, county corrections officers, or court security officers available to perform such services. The expenses of the sheriff in carrying out his or her duties under this Section, including the compensation of deputies, county corrections officers, or court security officers assigned to such services, shall be paid to the county from fees collected pursuant to court order for services of the sheriff and from any court services fees collected by the county under the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6024) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6024)

Sec. 3-6024. Disability to hold other offices. No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall be eligible to the office of county treasurer, nor shall any county treasurer be permitted to act as deputy sheriff.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6025) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6025)

Sec. 3-6025. No practice as attorney or security for another. No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall appear in any court as attorney at law for any party, or become security for any person in any civil or criminal action or proceeding.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6026) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6026)

Sec. 3-6026. No purchase of property at own sale. No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall become the purchaser, nor procure any other person to become the purchaser for him or her, of any property, real or personal, by him or her exposed to sale, by virtue of any judgment or process; and all such purchases made by any sheriff or deputy sheriff, or by any other person in his or her behalf, shall be absolutely null and void.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(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.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6028) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6028)

Sec. 3-6028. Delivery of papers and property to successor. When a sheriff leaves his or her office he or she shall deliver to his or her successor all process, paper and property attached or levied upon except such as he or she is authorized by law to retain, and also the possession of the court house and jail of his or her county, and shall take from his or her successor a receipt, specifying the papers and property so delivered over, and the prisoners in custody, if any--which receipt shall be sufficient indemnity to the person taking the same.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6029) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6029)

Sec. 3-6029. Completion of collections. Every sheriff leaving his or her office at the expiration of his or her term, and having any judgment or fee bill which he or she may have levied but not collected, or any tax list uncollected, and which he or she is authorized to collect, may proceed and collect the same in the same manner as if his or her term of office had not expired.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6030) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6030)

Sec. 3-6030. Vacancy; power of deputies. In case of a vacancy in the office of sheriff, every deputy in office under him or her having a process in his or her possession at the time such vacancy happens, shall have the same authority and be under the same obligation to serve, execute and return the same as if the sheriff had continued in office.

Any vacancy occurring in the office of sheriff shall be filled as provided in The Election Code.

In counties of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, until a vacancy in the office of sheriff is filled as provided in The Election Code, the undersheriff shall be the acting sheriff with all the powers and duties of a sheriff.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6031) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6031)

Sec. 3-6031. Sheriff in military service. If any sheriff enters into the active military service of the United States, the office of sheriff shall not be deemed to be vacant during the time the sheriff is in such service, and the sheriff shall designate a deputy sheriff as acting sheriff who shall perform and discharge all the duties of sheriff of such county during the time such sheriff is in the active military service of the United States, but all powers and duties of such acting sheriff as sheriff shall cease upon the discharge of the sheriff from such service or upon the termination of the term of office for which the sheriff was elected. A certificate of such designation containing the name of the designated deputy and the date of the appointment, signed and acknowledged by the sheriff, shall be filed in the office of the circuit clerk of the county on the date of the designation.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6032) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6032)

Sec. 3-6032. Minor identification and protection. The sheriff of each county shall comply with the requirements of Section 3 of the Minor Identification and Protection Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6033) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6033)

Sec. 3-6033. Citizenship and residence. The sheriff of any county or the corporate authorities of any municipality may authorize, empower, employ, or permit a person to act as deputy sheriff or special policeman for the purpose of preserving the peace who is a citizen of the United States, who is legally authorized under federal law to work in the United States and is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess a firearm, or who is an individual against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process and is authorized under federal law to obtain, carry, or purchase or otherwise possess a firearm.

(Source: P.A. 103-357, eff. 1-1-24.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6034) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6034)

Sec. 3-6034. Violations. Any sheriff or public officer violating the provision of Section 3-6033 shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6035) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6035)

Sec. 3-6035. Supervisor of Safety. The office of Supervisor of Safety is hereby created for each county to be held by the Sheriff of the county.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6036) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6036)

Sec. 3-6036. Powers and duties of Supervisor of Safety. The Supervisor of Safety shall enforce all the laws of this State and, within the municipalities in his county, the ordinances of such municipalities relating to the regulation of motor vehicle traffic and the promotion of safety on public highways. The Supervisor of Safety shall advise the county board as to contracts negotiated regulating traffic of parking areas of schools, hospitals, commercial and industrial facilities, shopping centers and apartment complexes outside any municipality of said county, and shall act as its representative and agent in connection with the execution of such contracts. In those instances where contracts are being negotiated between municipalities and schools, hospitals, commercial and industrial facilities, shopping centers and apartment complexes outside the corporate limits, the Supervisor of Safety shall advise the county board. All such contracts shall be negotiated in the manner of section 11-209 of The Illinois Vehicle Code. Subject to the approval of the county board, the Supervisor of Safety may appoint assistants to aid him in carrying out his duties. The Supervisor of Safety shall cooperate with the State and Federal governments and agencies thereof in programs designed to promote safety on highways.

The Supervisor of Safety in counties of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants may enter into cooperative contractual agreements with school districts in his county, under which the school district hires, compensates and is liable for one or more school crossing guards, and the Supervisor of Safety, as sheriff of the county, appoints any such guard as an auxiliary deputy, in the manner and under the terms of Sections 3-6001 through 3-6032.

This Section is not a prohibition upon the contractual and associational powers granted by Article VII, Section 10 of the Illinois Constitution.

(Source: P.A. 90-145, eff. 1-1-98; 90-481, eff. 8-17-97.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6037) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6037)

Sec. 3-6037. Salary of Supervisor of Safety. The county board may allow the Supervisor of Safety an annual salary in an amount determined by the board.

The salary determined under this Section shall be without regard to and separate from the salary that may be fixed by the county board for the Sheriff, and it shall be payable out of the County Treasury.

(Source: P.A. 92-616, eff. 7-8-02.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6038)

Sec. 3-6038. County impact incarceration program.

(a) With the approval of the county board, the sheriff in any county with 3,000,000 or fewer inhabitants may operate an impact incarceration program for persons who would otherwise be sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment. In order to be eligible to participate in the impact incarceration program, a person convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor must meet the requirements set forth in subsection (b) of Section 5-8-1.1 of the Unified Code of Corrections.

(b) The impact incarceration program shall include, among other matters, mandatory physical training and labor, military formation and drills, regimented activities, uniformity of dress and appearance, and drug or other counseling where appropriate.

(c) Participation in the impact incarceration program by a committed person serving a sentence for a misdemeanor shall be for a period of at least 7 days for each 30 days of his or her term of imprisonment as set forth by the court in its sentencing order. If the sentence of imprisonment is less than 30 days, participation in the impact incarceration program shall be for a period as determined by the court.

Participation in the impact incarceration program by a committed person serving a sentence for a felony, including a person transferred from the Illinois Department of Corrections under subsection (f), shall be for a period of 120 to 180 days.

The period of time a committed person shall serve in the impact incarceration program shall not be reduced by the accumulation of good time.

(d) The committed person shall serve a term of mandatory supervised release as set forth in subsection (d) of Section 5-8-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections, if otherwise applicable.

(e) If the sheriff accepts the offender in the program and determines that the offender has successfully completed the impact incarceration program, the sentence shall be reduced to time considered served upon certification to the court by the sheriff that the offender has successfully completed the program. In the event the offender is not accepted for placement in the impact incarceration program or the offender does not successfully complete the program, his or her term of imprisonment shall be as set forth by the court in its sentencing order.

(f) The sheriff, with the approval of the county board, shall have the power to enter into intergovernmental cooperation agreements with the Illinois Department of Corrections under which persons in the custody of the Illinois Department may participate in the county impact incarceration program. No person shall be eligible for participation who does not meet the criteria set forth in subsection (b) of Section 5-8-1.1 of the Unified Code of Corrections. An offender who successfully completes the county impact incarceration program shall have his or her sentence reduced to time considered served upon certification to the court by the Illinois Department of Corrections that the offender has successfully completed the program.

(g) The sheriff, with the approval of the county board, shall have the power to enter into intergovernmental agreements with the Illinois Department of Corrections to receive funding, land, services, equipment, or any other form of economic contribution for construction, operation, and maintenance of a regional impact incarceration program that serves 2 or more counties.

(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)