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735 ILCS 5/ 12-1005
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§ 12-1005 Liability for seizing exempt property
Article XII: Judgments - Enforcement
Part 10: Exemption of Personal Property
Rule Text
If any officer by virtue of any judgment or process, or any other person by any right of distress takes or seizes any of the articles of property exempted from levy and sale, as provided in Part 10 of Article XII of this Act, such officer or person shall be liable in a civil action to the party damaged for double the value of the property so illegally taken or seized and costs of the action.
Amendment history: (from Ch. 110, par. 12-1005) (Source: P.A. 83-707.)