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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Illinois
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Illinois Constitution; 20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(2), 7(8), 7(10), 7(12)
- Issued
- 2021-06-11 June 11, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-11 (effective immediately) (read as 2021-06-11)
- End
- Secs. 1, 4, 5, 7 and 8 as amended by EOs 2021-14 and 2021-19 re-issued through Oct. 3, 2021, 'whereafter Executive Order 2021-13 shall be rescinded' (EO 2021-23) (read as 2021-10-03)
- In force
- June 11, 2021 to Oct. 3, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- landlords
- tenants who are Covered Persons
- circuit courts
- all State, county and local law enforcement officers
- Functions reached
- PM property management
- SV servicing and collections
- CT courts
- CB tenant base
- Collection
- Illinois IL
Operative words
Section 2. A person or entity may not commence or continue a residential eviction action pursuant to or arising under 735 ILCS 5/9-101 et seq. against a Covered Person unless that person poses a direct threat to the health and safety of other tenants or an immediate and severe risk to property. Section 3. A person or entity may not commence a residential eviction action... against a Non-Covered Person who does not owe rent unless that person poses a direct threat... This provision is effective until June 25, 2021, whereafter this Section shall be rescinded. Section 4. All state, county, and local law enforcement officers in the State of Illinois are instructed to cease enforcement of orders of eviction for residential premises entered against a Covered Person or Non-Covered Person, unless that person has been found to pose a direct threat to the health and safety of other tenants or an immediate and severe risk to property. This section shall not apply to orders entered before March 20, 2020 and, beginning on June 25, 2021, to orders entered against Non-Covered Persons.... Section 6. Executive Order 2020-25, suspending provisions of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure that permit the service of a garnishment summons, wage deduction summons, and a citation to discover assets on a consumer debtor or consumer garnishee, shall be rescinded on June 25, 2021. Section 7. This Executive Order supersedes Executive Order 2020-72.
Enforcement
Direction to all law enforcement officers under 20 ILCS 3305/7(2), (8), (10); circuit courts under the Supreme Court's certification order (IL-067)
Notes
Third-quarter 2021 status: eviction actions against Covered Persons barred and enforcement of eviction orders against them stayed through Oct. 3, 2021.