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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 2-1501. Writs abolished. The function which was, prior to January 1, 1979, performed by a writ of execution to enforce a judgment or order for the payment of money, or by the writs of mandamus, injunction, prohibition, sequestration, habeas corpus, replevin, ne exeat or attachment, or by the writ of possession in an action of ejectment, or by the writ of restitution in an eviction action, or by the writ of assistance for the possession of real estate, or by a temporary restraining order, shall hereafter be performed by a copy of the order or judgment to be enforced, certified by the clerk of the court which entered the judgment or order.
The clerk's certification shall bear a legend substantially as follows:
I hereby certify the above to be correct.
Dated ...........................
Clerk of the Circuit Court of .............. Illinois.
This order is the command of the Circuit Court and violation thereof is subject to the penalty of the law.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 735. Civil Procedure § 5/2-1501. Writs abolished - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-735-civil-procedure/il-st-sect-735-5-2-1501/
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