First District Cook County Illinois eviction “worse case scenario” timeline

Daley Center Cook County Courthouse (c) Magnone 2011In August, I wrote about the “best case scenario” timeline for a first district Cook County eviction.  This post is about the opposite side of the process or what I call the “worse case scenario”.  That’s not a typo.  I mean “worse”, not “worst”.  I don’t think I have seen the system at its worst yet.  The eviction practice has taught me that I have not seen close to everything.

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Length of time for the Cook County Illinois eviction process

How long does it take to remove a tenant in a Cook County forcible entry and detainer case?

Landlord tenant disputes and evictions come in all shapes and sizes.  In the end, there are only two legal ways for a landlord to get possession of rental property back from a tenant: (1) turnover of actual possession by the tenant or (2) an eviction order from a judge (known as an order for possession) executed (aka enforced) by the county Sheriff.  If the tenant cannot be persuaded to turn over possession and the landlord has grounds for eviction, the landlord’s only remedy is to take the tenant to court.  So how long does the court process take?

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