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Cook County Eviction Summonses Not Being Served

I must admit that I haven’t had occasion to file a new eviction in the last week, but it has come to my attention that the Cook County Sheriff may not be making routine service of summons at this time.  To find out, I submitted a question to the Sheriff’s office and just received a response.  It appears that

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Cook County Sheriff Suspends Eviction Enforcement

Circuit Court General Order Halts Sheriff Evictions

On Friday, March 13, 2020, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans entered general order 2020-01 which suspended certain operations of the Circuit Court of Cook County.  We blogged about some of the suspended operations yesterday.  We’ve now obtained a copy of the general order.  In response to the general order, the Sheriff of Cook County has been ordered by the Circuit Court of Cook County to

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Cook County Sheriff Eviction Procedure Update

Back in 2011 (wow, we have been blogging here for a long time!), I posted about the Cook County Sheriff’s eviction procedure page and how a landlord can know if an eviction is coming up.  Back then (and until recently), the Sheriff used to post a Sheriff Number and a District Number.  That has changed on the Sheriff’s website, so I thought it was worth providing a small update to that information.  Let’s take a look at the Cook County Sheriff’s eviction schedule website.

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Cold weather shuts down Cook County evictions

It has not yet been dubbed a polar vortex, but whether it is a “bomb cyclone”, “polar vortex”, or arctic air mass, one thing is certain, it is COLD!  Despite the end of the scheduled holiday moratorium on eviction enforcement in Cook County, with temperatures expected to be below 15 through the weekend, the Sheriff is not evicting this week. 

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2017 2018 Cook County Eviction Moratorium Announced

Baby, it’s (NOT) cold outside

for the 2018-2019 moratorium, click here

Well, it’s 61 degrees here in Chicago, but that doesn’t mean your eviction case won’t be delayed at least a tiny bit this holiday season.  On November 21, 2017, Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Presiding Judge of the First Municipal District of the Circuit Court of Cook County issued General Order 2017-01 which sets the dates and terms for the 2017 moratorium on the enforcement of orders for possession in forcible entry and detainer eviction cases in Cook County.  The text of the order is as follows:

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2016-17 Cook County Sheriff Holiday Eviction Moratorium

Cook County Eviction winter “stay” starts soon It is that time of year where the Cook County Circuit Court extends some holiday cheer to tenants (certainly not to landlords) and prohibits the Sheriff from enforcing eviction orders.  By way of a general order, the court has ordered that the Sheriff not evict any tenants beginning … Read more