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Executive Order 2020-25 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 23)

Suspension of garnishment, wage deduction and citation to discover assets against consumer debtors

Governor JB Pritzker · Illinois (State)

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Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
State
Authority
20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(2), 7(8), 7(12)
Issued
2020-04-14 Apr. 14, 2020
Effective
2020-04-14
End
2021-06-25 (rescinded by EO 2021-13 sec. 6) (read as 2021-06-25)
In force
Apr. 14, 2020 to June 25, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • judgment creditors
  • consumer debtors and garnishees
  • circuit clerks
Functions reached
  • SV servicing and collections
  • CL consumer lending
  • CT courts and clerks
Collection
Illinois IL

Operative words

Section 1. During the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamations, Sections 5/12-705, 5/12-805, and 5/2-1402 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS 5/12-705, 735 ILCS 5/12-805, and 735 ILCS 5/2-1402, that permit the service of a garnishment summons, wage deduction summons, or a citation to discover assets on a consumer debtor or consumer garnishee, are suspended.

Enforcement

20 ILCS 3305/7; circuit courts (Supreme Court order of Apr. 24, 2020 on post-judgment proceedings)

Notes

Fourteen and a half months of suspended post-judgment collection remedies for every consumer creditor in Illinois.