(735 ILCS 5/12-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-201)
Sec. 12-201.
Procedure.
(a) Whenever a judgment or order of attachment,
entered by any court, shall be levied by any sheriff or coroner upon any
personal property, and such property is claimed by any person other than
the judgment debtor or defendant in such attachment, or is claimed by the
judgment debtor or defendant in attachment as exempt from levy or attachment
by virtue of the exemption laws of the State, by giving to the sheriff or
coroner notice, in writing, of his or her claim, and intention to prosecute
the same, it shall be the duty of such sheriff or coroner to notify the
circuit court of such claim.
(b) The court shall thereupon cause the proceeding to be entered of record,
and the claimant shall be made plaintiff in the proceeding, and the judgment
creditor or plaintiff in attachment shall be made defendant in such proceeding.
(c) The clerk of the circuit court shall thereupon issue a notice, directed
to the judgment creditor or plaintiff in attachment, notifying him or her
of such claim, and of the time and place of trial, which time shall be not
more than 10 days nor less than 5 days from the date of such notice.
(d) Such notice shall be served in the same manner as provided for the
service of summons in other civil cases, at least 5 days before the day
of trial; and if such notice is served less than 5 days before the day of
trial, the trial shall, on demand of either party, be continued for a period
not exceeding 10 days.
(e) In case return is made on such notice that the judgment creditor or
plaintiff in attachment cannot be found, the proceeding shall be continued
for a period not exceeding 90 days, and the judgment creditor or plaintiff
in attachment shall be notified of such proceeding by publication as in
other civil cases.
(f) If the judgment creditor or plaintiff in attachment, or his or her
attorney, shall at least 5 days before the day of trial, file with the clerk
of the circuit court his or her appearance in such proceeding, then it shall
not be necessary to notify such person as above provided.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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(735 ILCS 5/12-202) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-202)
Sec. 12-202.
Trial.
The trial shall proceed without written
pleadings in the same manner
as in other civil cases, and
may be by a jury if either
party demands one.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)
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(735 ILCS 5/12-203) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-203)
Sec. 12-203.
Subpoenas.
The clerk of the court shall issue subpoenas for
witnesses at the request of any party or the party's attorney.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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(735 ILCS 5/12-204) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-204)
Sec. 12-204.
Trial and judgment.
The court or the jury shall determine
the rights of the parties and the court shall enter judgment accordingly,
and the court shall direct the sheriff or coroner as to the disposition
of the property in the possession of the sheriff or coroner. In case the
property appears to belong to the claimant, when
the claimant is any person other than the judgment debtor or the defendant
in the attachment, or in case the property is found to be exempt from enforcement
of a judgment thereon
or attachment, when the claimant is the judgment debtor or the defendant
in the attachment, judgment shall be entered against the judgment creditor
or plaintiff in the
attachment for the costs, and the property levied on shall
be released, and in case it further appears that such claimant is
entitled to the immediate possession of such property, the court shall
order that such property be delivered to such claimant. If it
appears that the property does not belong to the claimant, or is not
exempt from the enforcement of a judgment thereon or attachment, as the
case may be, judgment shall
be entered against the claimant for costs, and an order shall be entered
that the sheriff or coroner proceed to sell the property levied on. The
judgment in such cases shall be a complete indemnity to the sheriff or coroner
in selling or restoring any such property, as the case may be.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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