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§ 12-1102 Assignment or transfer of claim

Article XII: Judgments - Enforcement

Part 11: Garnishment in Violation of Exemption

Whoever, either directly or indirectly, assigns or transfers any claim for a debt against a citizen of Illinois, for the purpose of having the same collected by proceedings in attachment, garnishment, or other process, out of the wages or personal earnings of the debtor, in courts outside of the State of Illinois, when the creditor, debtor, person or corporation owing the money intended to be reached by the proceedings in attachment are each and all within the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Illinois, is guilty of a petty offense.

Amendment history: (from Ch. 110, par. 12-1102) (Source: P.A. 82-280.)