Chapter 55 — COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/3-5030) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5030) Sec. 3-5030. Deeds of sheriffs. Deeds and other instruments affecting real estate, made by a sheriff, executor, administrator, guardian, trustee or other person acting on behalf of another, shall be indexed in the name of the person w…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5031) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5031) Sec. 3-5031. Penalty. If any recorder shall willfully fail to perform any duty imposed upon the recorder by this Division, the recorder shall be guilty of malfeasance in office, and shall be punished accordingly, and shall be liable t…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5032) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5032) Sec. 3-5032. Ancient records. All copies and transcripts of the ancient books, records and papers, bearing date prior to the 13th of July in the year of our Lord 1787, now in the office of the recorder of the county of Randolph, which…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5033) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5033) Sec. 3-5033. County to furnish books, equipment and supplies. The county board of each county shall from time to time, as may be necessary, provide the recorder of such county with well-bound and properly ruled books, and where photos…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5034) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5034) Sec. 3-5034. Transcription of records. When it shall appear to the county board that any books of record, entry books, indexes or abstract books, are likely to become useless from age or much use, or are illegibly written, defaced, or…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5035) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5035) Sec. 3-5035. Failure to comply. The receiving for record, or filing, of any instrument by a recorder of deeds or a registrar of titles which does not comply with the provisions of this Division shall not affect the validity and effect…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5036) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5036) Sec. 3-5036. Records open to inspection. All records, indices, abstract and other books kept in the office of any recorder, and all instruments filed therein and all instruments deposited or left for recordation therein shall, during …

(55 ILCS 5/3-5036.5) Sec. 3-5036.5. Exchange of information for child support enforcement. (a) The recorder shall exchange with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services information that may be necessary for the enforcement of child support orders entered pursuant to the I…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5037) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5037) Sec. 3-5037. Instruments to be re-recorded; fee; penalty. In all cases where the records of any county have been or shall hereafter be destroyed by fire or other casualty, it shall be the duty of the recorder of such county to re-reco…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5038) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5038) Sec. 3-5038. Judgment dockets. In all counties where a recorder is elected in which the recorder has heretofore been, or shall hereafter be required by the county board to keep abstract books showing by tract every conveyance or incum…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5039) Sec. 3-5039. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-962. Repealed by P.A. 95-215, eff. 8-16-07.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-5040) Sec. 3-5040. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-962. Repealed by P.A. 95-215, eff. 8-16-07.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-5041) Sec. 3-5041. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-962. Repealed by P.A. 95-215, eff. 8-16-07.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-5042) Sec. 3-5042. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-962. Repealed by P.A. 95-215, eff. 8-16-07.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-5043) Sec. 3-5043. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-962. Repealed by P.A. 95-215, eff. 8-16-07.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-5044) Sec. 3-5044. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-895. Repealed by P.A. 95-215, eff. 8-16-07.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-5045) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5045) Sec. 3-5045. Scope of liability in connection with Uniform Commercial Code. No recorder nor any of the recorder's employees or agents shall be subject to personal liability by reason of any error or omission in the performance of any …

(55 ILCS 5/3-5046) Sec. 3-5046. Quitclaim deed notification. Upon the recording or filing of a quitclaim deed on any property within a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the recorder of deeds must mail a notification postcard to the previous owner of record at the add…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5047) Sec. 3-5047. Removal of personal information. Upon request by any person, the recorder shall redact or remove that person's social security number, employer taxpayer identification number, driver's license number, State identification number, passport number, c…

(55 ILCS 5/3-5048) Sec. 3-5048. Unlawful restrictive covenant modifications. (a) As used in this Section: "Declaration" has the meaning given to that term in Section 1-5 of the Common Interest Community Association Act or Section 2 of the Condominium Property Act, as applicable. …

(55 ILCS 5/3-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6001) Sec. 3-6001. Commission. Every sheriff shall be commissioned by the Governor; but no commission shall issue except upon the certificate of the county clerk of the proper county, of the due election or appointment of such sheriff, and …

(55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5) Sec. 3-6001.5. Sheriff qualifications. A person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, unless that person meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is a United States citizen. (2) Has been a resident of the county for at least…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6002) Sec. 3-6002. Commencement of duties. The sheriff shall enter upon the duties of his or her office on the December 1 following his or her election. (Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6003) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6003) Sec. 3-6003. Bond. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, he or she shall give bond, with 2 or more sufficient sureties (or, if the county is self-insured, the county through its self-insurance program may provide bondi…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6004) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6004) Sec. 3-6004. Oath. He or she shall also, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed by Section 3 of Article XIII of the Constitution, which shall be filed in the office …

(55 ILCS 5/3-6005) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6005) Sec. 3-6005. Failure to give bond or take oath; vacancy. If any person elected or appointed to the office of sheriff, of any county, shall fail to give bond or take the oath required of him or her, within 30 days after he or she is ap…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6006) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6006) Sec. 3-6006. Copy of bond as evidence. Copies of such bonds, certified by the county clerk, or of the record thereof, certified by the clerk of the circuit court, shall be received as evidence. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6007) Sec. 3-6007. Training. Each sheriff shall obtain at least 20 hours of training, approved by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, relating to law enforcement and the operation of a sheriff's office each year. Reasonab…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6007.5) Sec. 3-6007.5. Sheriff's salary. (a) As used in this Section, "salary" is exclusive of any other compensation or benefits. (b) The salary of a sheriff elected or appointed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly in a non-…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6008) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6008) Sec. 3-6008. Deputies. Each sheriff may appoint one or more deputies, not exceeding the number allowed by the county board of his or her county. No person who has ever been classified as a conscientious objector by a local selective s…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6008.5) Sec. 3-6008.5. Veteran testing. An applicant who is a veteran, as that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), who was discharged honorably or generally under honorable conditions no later than 6 months before applying may request examination to occur before the…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6009) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6009) Sec. 3-6009. Appointment in writing. Such appointment shall be in writing, signed by the sheriff. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6010) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6010) Sec. 3-6010. Oath of deputy. Each deputy shall, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, in like form as is required of sheriffs, which shall be filed in the office of the county…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6011) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6011) Sec. 3-6011. Special deputies. A sheriff may appoint a special deputy to serve any summons issued out of a court, by indorsement thereon, substantially as follows: "I hereby appoint .... my special deputy, to serve the within process,…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6012) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6012) Sec. 3-6012. Auxiliary deputies. The sheriff of any county in Illinois may, with the advice and consent of the county board appoint auxiliary deputies in such number as the county board shall from time to time deem necessary. However,…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6012.1) Sec. 3-6012.1. Court security officers. The sheriff of any county in Illinois with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may hire court security officers in such number as the county board shall from time to time deem necessary. Court security officers may be desig…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6012.2) Sec. 3-6012.2. Mental health specialists; sheriff's offices. Sheriff's offices shall ensure that mental health resources, including counselors or therapists, are available to each sheriff's office's employees, whether through direct employment by that office,…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6013) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6013) Sec. 3-6013. Duties, training and compensation of auxiliary deputies. Auxiliary deputies shall not supplement members of the regular county police department or regular deputies in the performance of their assigned and normal duties, …

(55 ILCS 5/3-6014) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6014) Sec. 3-6014. Return by special deputy. Such special deputy shall make return in the time and manner of serving such process, under his or her oath, and for making a false return he or she shall be guilty of perjury, and punished accor…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6015) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6015) Sec. 3-6015. Powers of deputies. Deputy sheriffs, duly appointed and qualified, may perform any and all the duties of the sheriff, in the name of the sheriff, and the acts of such deputies shall be held to be acts of the sheriff. (Sou…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6015.5) Sec. 3-6015.5. Recall of deputy sheriffs; limit. A deputy sheriff who is retired for disability and is 60 years old or older may not be recalled to service in any capacity. (Source: P.A. 103-33, eff. 6-9-23.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6016) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6016) Sec. 3-6016. Sheriff liable for acts of deputy and auxiliary deputy. The sheriff shall be liable for any neglect or omission of the duties of his or her office, when occasioned by a deputy or auxiliary deputy, in the same manner as fo…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6017) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6017) Sec. 3-6017. Sheriff custodian of courthouse and jail. He or she shall have the custody and care of the courthouse and jail of his or her county, except as is otherwise provided. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-6018) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6018) Sec. 3-6018. Counties under 1,000,000; control of internal operations. In counties of less than 1 million population, the sheriff shall control the internal operations of his office. Subject to the applicable county appropriation ordi…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6019) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6019) Sec. 3-6019. Duties of sheriff; office quarters and hours. Sheriffs shall serve and execute, within their respective counties, and return all warrants, process, orders and judgments of every description that may be legally directed or…

(55 ILCS 5/3-6020) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6020) Sec. 3-6020. Contempt of court; damages. The disobedience of any sheriff to perform the command of any warrant, process, order or judgment legally issued to him or her, shall be deemed a contempt of the court that issued the same, and…

(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, an…

(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 dir…

(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.)