Public Act 93-0386

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    AN ACT in relation to sheriffs.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The  Counties  Code  is  amended by changing
Section 3-6020 as follows:

    (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 may be punished accordingly; and he or she shall be
liable  to  the  party  aggrieved for  all damages occasioned
thereby. No sheriff shall be civilly liable for  serving,  as
directed  by  the  court,  any  warrant,  order,  process, or
judgment that has been issued or affirmed by a court  of  the
State  of  Illinois and that is valid on its face, unless the
service involved willful or wanton misconduct by the sheriff.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)