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CIVIL PROCEDURE
(735 ILCS 5/) Code of Civil Procedure.

735 ILCS 5/9-301

    (735 ILCS 5/9-301) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-301)
    Sec. 9-301. Property subject to distraint. In all cases of distress for rent, the landlord, by himself or herself, his or her agent or attorney, may seize for rent any personal property of his or her tenant that may be found in the county where such tenant resides, and in no case shall the property of any other person, although the same may be found on the premises, be liable to seizure for rent due from such tenant.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-302

    (735 ILCS 5/9-302) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-302)
    Sec. 9-302. Filing of distress warrant with inventory. The person making such distress shall immediately file with the clerk of the circuit court a copy of the distress warrant, together with an inventory of the property levied upon.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-303

    (735 ILCS 5/9-303) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-303)
    Sec. 9-303. Summons and return. Upon the filing of such copy of distress warrant and inventory, the clerk shall issue a summons against the party against whom the distress warrant has been issued, returnable as summons in other civil cases.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-304

    (735 ILCS 5/9-304) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-304)
    Sec. 9-304. Notice to non-residents. When it appears, by affidavit filed in the court where such proceeding is pending, that the defendant is a nonresident or has departed from this state, or on due inquiry cannot be found, or is concealed within this state, and the affiant states the place of residence of the defendant, if known, and if not known, that upon diligent inquiry he or she has not been able to ascertain the same, notice may be given as in attachment cases.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-305

    (735 ILCS 5/9-305) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-305)
    Sec. 9-305. Proceedings - Pleading. The action shall thereafter proceed in the same manner as in case of attachment before the court. It shall not be necessary for the plaintiff in any case to file a complaint, but the distress warrant shall stand as a complaint and shall be amendable, as complaints in other civil cases, but no such amendment shall in any way affect any liabilities that have accrued in the execution of such warrant.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-306

    (735 ILCS 5/9-306) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-306)
    Sec. 9-306. Counterclaim - Defenses. The defendant may file a counterclaim as in other civil actions or other defense which would have been proper if the action had been for the rent, and with like effect.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-307

    (735 ILCS 5/9-307) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-307)
    Sec. 9-307. Judgment for plaintiff. If the plaintiff recovers, judgment shall be entered in favor of plaintiff, for the amount which the court finds to be due the plaintiff.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-308

    (735 ILCS 5/9-308) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-308)
    Sec. 9-308. Effect of judgment against defendant. After the defendant is served with process or appears in the action, the judgment shall have the same force and effect as if served by summons, and the judgment may be enforced, not only against the property distrained, but also against the other property of the defendant. But the property distrained, if the same has not been replevied or released from seizure, shall be first sold.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-309

    (735 ILCS 5/9-309) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-309)
    Sec. 9-309. Judgment by default. When publication of notice, as provided by law, but the defendant is not served with process and does not appear, judgment by default may be entered, and the plaintiff may recover the amount due him or her for rent at the time of issuing the distress warrant, and enforcement may be had against the property distrained, but no enforcement may be had against any other property of the defendant.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-310

    (735 ILCS 5/9-310) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-310)
    Sec. 9-310. Judgment in favor of defendant - Counterclaim. If the judgment is in favor of the defendant, the defendant shall recover costs and judgment shall be entered for the return to the defendant of the property distrained, unless the same has been replevied or released from such distress. If a counterclaim is interposed, and it is determined by the court that a balance is due from the plaintiff to the defendant, judgment shall be entered in favor of the defendant.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-311

    (735 ILCS 5/9-311) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-311)
    Sec. 9-311. Bond for release of property. When any distress warrant is levied, the person whose property is distrained, may release the same by entering into bond in double the amount of the rent claimed, payable to the landlord, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the person making the levy, if the bond is tendered before the filing of a copy of the warrant, as provided in Part 3 of Article IX of this Act, or if after, by the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, conditioned to pay whatever judgment the landlord may recover in the action, with costs of the action. If the bond is taken before the filing of a copy of the distress warrant, such bond shall be filed therewith, and if taken after the filing of a copy of the distress warrant, it shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court where the action is pending.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)

735 ILCS 5/9-312

    (735 ILCS 5/9-312) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-312)
    Sec. 9-312. Perishable property. If any property distrained is of a perishable nature and in danger of immediate waste or decay, and is not replevied or bonded, the landlord or his or her agent or attorney may, upon giving notice to the defendant or his or her attorney, or if neither can be found, without any notice, apply to the court in which the action is pending describing the property, and showing that it is so in danger, and if the court is satisfied that the property is of a perishable nature and in danger of immediate waste or decay, and if the defendant or his or her attorney is not served with notice, or does not appear, that neither the defendant nor the attorney can be found, the court may enter an order to the person having possession of the property, directing the sale thereof upon such time and notice, terms and conditions as the court shall deem for the best interests of the parties concerned. The money resulting from such sale shall be deposited with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, there to abide the event of the action.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-313

    (735 ILCS 5/9-313) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-313)
    Sec. 9-313. Limitation. The right of the landlord to distrain the personal goods of the tenant, shall continue for the period of 6 months after the expiration of the term for which the premises were demised or the tenancy is terminated.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-314

    (735 ILCS 5/9-314) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-314)
    Sec. 9-314. Distress for products and labor. When the rent is payable wholly or in part in specific articles of property or products of the premises, or labor, the landlord may distrain for the value of such articles, products or labor.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-315

    (735 ILCS 5/9-315) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-315)
    Sec. 9-315. Exemption. The same articles of personal property which are, by law, exempt from the enforcement of a judgment thereon, except the crops grown or growing upon the demised premises, shall also be exempt from distress for rent.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)

735 ILCS 5/9-316

    (735 ILCS 5/9-316) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-316)
    Sec. 9-316. Lien upon crops. Every landlord shall have a lien upon the crops grown or growing upon the demised premises for the rent thereof, whether the same is payable wholly or in part in money or specific articles of property or products of the premises, or labor, and also for the faithful performance of the terms of the lease. Such lien shall continue for the period of 6 months after the expiration of the term for which the premises are demised, and may be enforced by distraint as provided in Part 3 of Article IX of this Act.
    A good faith purchaser shall, however, take such crops free of any landlord's lien unless, within 6 months prior to the purchase, the landlord provides written notice of his lien to the purchaser by registered or certified mail. Such notice shall contain the names and addresses of the landlord and tenant, and clearly identify the leased property.
    A landlord may require that, prior to his tenant's selling any crops grown on the demised premises, the tenant disclose the name of the person to whom the tenant intends to sell those crops. Where such a requirement has been imposed, the tenant shall not sell the crops to any person other than a person who has been disclosed to the landlord as a potential buyer of the crops.
    A lien arising under this Section shall have priority over any agricultural lien as defined in, and over any security interest arising under, provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
(Source: P.A. 91-893, eff. 7-1-01; 92-819, eff. 8-21-02.)

735 ILCS 5/9-316.1

    (735 ILCS 5/9-316.1) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-316.1)
    Sec. 9-316.1. Tenant's duty to disclose to landlord identity of vendee of crops.
    (a) Where, pursuant to Section 9-316, a landlord has required that, before the tenant sells crops grown on the demised premises, the tenant disclose to the landlord the persons to whom the tenant intends to sell such crops, it is unlawful for the tenant to sell the crops to a person other than a person so disclosed to the landlord.
    (b) An individual who knowingly violates this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
    (c) A corporation convicted of a violation of this Section is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not less than $2000 nor more than $10,000.
    (d) In the event the tenant is a corporation or a partnership, any officer, director, manager or managerial agent of the tenant who violates this Section or causes the tenant to violate this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
    (e) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for the violation of this Section that the tenant has paid to the landlord the proceeds from the sale of the crops within 10 days after such sale.
(Source: P.A. 84-1043.)

735 ILCS 5/9-317

    (735 ILCS 5/9-317) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-317)
    Sec. 9-317. Landlord's right against sublessee. In all cases when the leased premises are sublet, or the lease is assigned, the landlord shall have the same right to enforce his or her lien against the sublessee or assignee, that the landlord has against the tenant to whom the premises were leased.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-318

    (735 ILCS 5/9-318) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-318)
    Sec. 9-318. Abandonment of premises. When a tenant abandons or removes from the premises or any part thereof, the landlord or his or her agent or attorney may seize upon any grain or other crops grown or growing upon the premises or part thereof so abandoned, whether the rent is due or not. If such grain or other crops or any part thereof is not fully grown or matured, the landlord or his or her agent or attorney shall cause the same to be properly cultivated and harvested or gathered, and may sell and dispose of the same, and apply the proceeds, so far as may be necessary, to compensate for his or her labor and expenses, and to pay the rent. The tenant may, at any time before the sale of the property so seized, redeem the same by tendering the rent due and the reasonable compensation and expenses of the cultivation and harvesting or gathering the same, or the tenant may replevy the property seized.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-319

    (735 ILCS 5/9-319) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-319)
    Sec. 9-319. Removal of fixture. Subject to the right of the landlord to distrain for rent, a tenant has the right to remove from the leased premises all removable fixtures erected thereon by him or her during the term of the lease, or of any renewal thereof, or of any successive leasing of the premises while the tenant remains in possession in the character of a tenant.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-320

    (735 ILCS 5/9-320) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-320)
    Sec. 9-320. Notice by nonresident owner. (a) An owner of residential real property containing more than 4 living units, who does not reside or maintain an office therein and does not employ a manager or agent who resides or maintains an office therein, shall:
    (1) post or cause to be posted on such residential real property adjacent to the mailboxes or within the interior of such residential real property in a location visible to all the residents, a notice of not less than 20 square inches in size bearing:
    (i) the name, address and telephone number of the person responsible for managing the building; and
    (ii) the name, address and telephone number of the company or companies insuring such residential real property against loss or damage by fire or explosion or if the residential real property is not insured, that shall be stated in the notice; and
    (2) within 24 hours from the time such owner is notified that any company or companies insuring such residential real property against loss or damage by fire or explosion has cancelled such insurance, post or cause to be posted in the manner provided in subparagraph (1) notice of such cancellation.
    (b) In lieu of the requirement for posting the notices prescribed in subsection (a) of this Section and the owner's managing agent may include such notice in a written rental or lease agreement or may give such notice by first class mail addressed to the lessee or renter.
    (c) Failure to give any notice required by this Section is a petty offense and shall subject the owner to pay a fine of not more than $100 per day of violation.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)

735 ILCS 5/9-321

    (735 ILCS 5/9-321) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-321)
    Sec. 9-321. Distress before rent due. If any tenant shall, without the consent of his or her landlord, sell and remove, or permit to be removed, or be about to sell and remove, or permit to be removed, from the demised premises, such part or portion of the crops raised thereon, as shall endanger the lien of the landlord upon such crops for the rent agreed to be paid, it is lawful for the landlord to institute proceedings by distress before the rent is due, as is now provided by law, in case of the removal of the tenant from the demised premises; and thereafter the proceedings shall be conducted in the same manner as is now provided by law in ordinary cases of distress, where the rent is due and unpaid.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/Art. X

 
    (735 ILCS 5/Art. X heading)
ARTICLE X
HABEAS CORPUS

735 ILCS 5/10-101

    (735 ILCS 5/10-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-101)
    Sec. 10-101. Action commenced by plaintiff. In all proceedings commenced under Article X of this Act, the name of the person seeking the relief afforded by this Article shall be set out as plaintiff without the use of the phrase "People ex rel." or "People on the relation of".
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/10-102

    (735 ILCS 5/10-102) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-102)
    Sec. 10-102. Who may file. Every person imprisoned or otherwise restrained of his or her liberty, except as herein otherwise provided, may apply for habeas corpus in the manner provided in Article X of this Act, to obtain relief from such imprisonment or restraint, if it prove to be unlawful.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/10-103

    (735 ILCS 5/10-103) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-103)
    Sec. 10-103. Application. Application for the relief shall be made to the Supreme Court or to the circuit court of the county in which the person in whose behalf the application is made, is imprisoned or restrained, or to the circuit court of the county from which such person was sentenced or committed. Application shall be made by complaint signed by the person for whose relief it is intended, or by some person in his or her behalf, and verified by affidavit.
(Source: P.A. 103-51, eff. 1-1-24.)

735 ILCS 5/10-104

    (735 ILCS 5/10-104) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-104)
    Sec. 10-104. Substance of complaint. The complaint shall state in substance:
    1. That the person in whose behalf the relief is applied for is imprisoned or restrained of his or her liberty, and the place where - naming all the parties if they are known, or describing them if they are not known.
    2. The cause or pretense of the restraint, according to the best knowledge and belief of the applicant, and that such person is not committed or detained by virtue of any process, or judgment, specified in Section 10-123 of this Act.
    3. If the commitment or restraint is by virtue of any warrant or process, a copy thereof shall be annexed, or it shall be stated that by reason of such prisoner being removed or concealed before application, a demand of such copy could not be made, or that such demand was made, and the legal fees therefor tendered to the officer or person having such prisoner in his or her custody, and that such copy was refused.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/10-105

    (735 ILCS 5/10-105) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-105)
    Sec. 10-105. Copy of process. Any sheriff or other officer or person having custody of any prisoner committed on any civil or criminal process of any court who shall neglect to give such prisoner a copy of the process or order of commitment by which he or she is imprisoned within 6 hours after demand made by the prisoner, or any one on behalf of the prisoner, shall forfeit to the prisoner or party affected not exceeding $500. This Section shall not apply to the Illinois Department of Corrections.
(Source: P.A. 85-907.)

735 ILCS 5/10-106

    (735 ILCS 5/10-106) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-106)
    Sec. 10-106. Grant of relief - Penalty. Unless it shall appear from the complaint itself, or from the documents thereto annexed, that the party can neither be discharged, admitted to pretrial release nor otherwise relieved, the court shall forthwith award relief by habeas corpus. Any judge empowered to grant relief by habeas corpus who shall corruptly refuse to grant the relief when legally applied for in a case where it may lawfully be granted, or who shall for the purpose of oppression unreasonably delay the granting of such relief shall, for every such offense, forfeit to the prisoner or party affected a sum not exceeding $1,000.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 1-1-23.)

735 ILCS 5/10-107

    (735 ILCS 5/10-107) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-107)
    Sec. 10-107. Form of orders. If the relief is allowed by an order of a court it shall be certified by the clerk under the seal of the court; if by a judge, it shall be under the judge's signature, and shall be directed to the person in whose custody or under whose restraint the prisoner is, and may be substantially in the following form:
        The People of the State of Illinois, to the Sheriff
    
of .... County (or, "to A B," as the case may be):
        You are hereby commanded to have the body of C D,
    
imprisoned and detained by you, together with the time and cause of such imprisonment and detention by whatsoever name C D is called or charged, before .... court of .... County (or before E F, judge of, etc.), at, etc., immediately after being served with a certified copy of this order, to be dealt with according to law; and you are to deliver a certified copy of this order with a return thereon of your performance in carrying out this order.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)

735 ILCS 5/10-108

    (735 ILCS 5/10-108) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-108)
    Sec. 10-108. Indorsement. With the intent that no officer or person to whom such order is directed may pretend ignorance thereof, every such order shall be indorsed with these words: "By the habeas corpus law."
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/10-109

    (735 ILCS 5/10-109) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-109)
    Sec. 10-109. Subpoena-Service. When the party has been committed upon a criminal charge, unless the court deems it unnecessary, a subpoena shall also be issued to summon the witnesses whose names have been endorsed upon the warrant of commitment, to appear before such court at the time and place when and where such order of habeas corpus is returnable, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff, or other officer to whom the subpoena is issued, to serve the same, if it is possible, in time to enable such witnesses to attend.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/10-110

    (735 ILCS 5/10-110) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-110)
    Sec. 10-110. Service of order. The habeas corpus order may be served by the sheriff, coroner or any person appointed for that purpose by the court which entered the order; if served by a person not an officer, he or she shall have the same power, and be liable to the same penalty for non-performance of his or her duty, as though he or she were sheriff.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)

735 ILCS 5/10-111

    (735 ILCS 5/10-111) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-111)
    Sec. 10-111. Manner of service. Service shall be made by leaving a copy of the order with the person to whom it is directed, or with any of his or her under officers who may be at the place where the prisoner is detained; or if he or she can not be found, or has not the person imprisoned or restrained in custody, the service may be made upon any person who has the person in custody with the same effect as though he or she had been made a defendant therein.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/10-112

    (735 ILCS 5/10-112) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-112)
    Sec. 10-112. Expense involved. When the person confined or restrained is in the custody of a civil officer, the court entering the order shall certify thereon the sum to be paid for the expense of bringing the person from the place of imprisonment, not exceeding 10 cents per mile, and the officer shall not be bound to obey it unless the sum so certified is paid or tendered to him or her, and security is given to pay the charges of carrying the party back if he or she should be remanded. If the court is satisfied that the party so confined or restrained is a poor person and unable to pay such expense, then the court shall so state in the order, and in such case no tender or payment of expenses need be made or security given but the officer shall be bound to obey such order.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/10-113

    (735 ILCS 5/10-113) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-113)
    Sec. 10-113. Form of return. The officer or person upon whom such order is served shall state in his or her return, plainly and unequivocally:
    1. Whether he or she has or has not the party in his or her custody or control, or under his or her restraint, and if he or she has not, whether he or she has had the party in his or her custody or control, or under his or her restraint, at any and what time prior or subsequent to the date of the order.
    2. If he or she has the party in his or her custody or control, or under his or her restraint, the authority and true cause of such imprisonment or restraint, setting forth the same in detail.
    3. If the party is detained by virtue of any order, warrant or other written authority, a copy thereof shall be attached to the return, and the original shall be produced and exhibited on the return of the order to the court before whom the same is returnable.
    4. If the person upon whom the order is served has had the party in his or her custody or control or under his or her restraint, at any time prior or subsequent to the date of the order but has transferred such custody or restraint to another, the return shall state particularly to whom, at what time, for what cause and by what authority such transfer took place. The return shall be signed by the person making the same, and except where such person is a sworn public officer and makes the return in his or her official capacity, it shall be verified by oath.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/10-114

    (735 ILCS 5/10-114) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-114)
    Sec. 10-114. Bringing of body. The officer or person making the return, shall, at the same time, bring the body of the party, if in his or her custody or power or under his or her restraint, according to the command of the order unless prevented by the sickness or infirmity of the party.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/10-115

    (735 ILCS 5/10-115) (from Ch. 110, par. 10-115)
    Sec. 10-115. Sickness or infirmity. When, from the sickness or infirmity of the party, he or she cannot without danger, be brought to the place designated for the return of the order, that fact shall be stated in the return, and if it is proved to the satisfaction of the judge, he or she may proceed to the jail or other place where the party is confined, and there make an examination, or the judge may adjourn the same to such other time, or make such other order in the case as law and justice require.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)