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General Administrative Order No. 2021-02: Residential eviction proceedings, procedures

Procedures governing residential eviction proceedings from June 25, 2021 as the statewide moratorium was phased out: which cases may be filed, which eviction orders may be enforced, and continued prohibition on enforcing orders entered on or after March 20, 2020 against covered persons

Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County · Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois · Illinois
Level
Court
Authority
Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b); Governor's Executive Order 2021-13 (June 25, 2021) (recited)
Issued
2021-06-25 June 25, 2021
Effective
2021-06-25
End
Moratorium on enforcement expired Oct. 3, 2021 under the Governor's EO 2021-23 (as recited in Ill. S. Ct. M.R. 30370, IL-067); order's own end not verified (read as 2021-10-03)
In force
June 25, 2021 to Oct. 3, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • landlords and tenants
  • the Sheriff and State, county and local law enforcement
  • the Circuit Clerk
Functions reached
  • PM property management (eviction filings and enforcement restricted through Q3 2021)
  • SV servicing and collections
  • CT courts and agencies
Collection
State courts AGY-ST-COURTS

Operative words

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, effective June 25, 2021, eviction proceedings are governed as follows: 1. Residential evictions pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/9-101, et seq.... Orders entered before March 20, 2020, and stayed pursuant to Cook County Cir. Ct. G.A.Os. 2020-02 (original and amendments), 2020-07 (original and amendments); the time period in which such orders must be enforced pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/9-117 is extended 120 days from the date of this order... enforcement of orders of eviction by state, county, and local law enforcement officers is prohibited for: 1. Orders entered on or after March 20, 2020, unless the tenant or defendant poses a direct threat to the health and safety of other tenants

Enforcement

General administrative order under Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b); directs the Sheriff and law enforcement

Notes

A Q3 2021 instrument: residential eviction enforcement in Cook County remained restricted from July 1 to Sept. 30, 2021.

Retrieval note

Rendered from a 2026 archive capture of the court's web reproduction; 'Dated this 25th day of June, 2021' appears in the text.