Well, chalk one up for the Cook County Sheriff and a landlord that had to do what had to be done. A story in the Glenview Patch tells the story of a Cook County Sheriff’s eviction gone right. As I have mentioned before – there is no telling what will happen when the Sheriff comes calling to execute an Order for Possession.
Cook County Sheriff
Figuring out what Sheriff’s district you are in for a Cook County Eviction
In a past blog post, I brought my readers through a copy of a typical Cook County Sheriff eviction information letter. That’s the letter the Sheriff sends to a landlord or landlord’s attorney that contains the Sheriff’s District and Receipt Number. Lately, my office has not been receiving these notices in the mail. Recently, we found out on the morning of an eviction that it was proceeding that day. As such, it is necessary to come up with a way to possibly figure out the district number without the assistance of the letter that may or may not timely arrive in the mail.
Summer eviction delays?
Not only does our weather lately resemble January and February, but the time it take for the Cook County Sheriff to process an eviction is just like in January or February. The Sheriff’s office is now quoting that it is taking them approximately twelve weeks to enforce an order for possession. When will this ease … Read more
Cook County Sheriff eviction information letter
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the procedures at the Cook County Sheriff for enforcing court entered residential eviction orders. In that article, I indicated that a few weeks after paying the Sheriff the eviction service fee, his office would send a letter in the mail with the district number and sheriff’s number on it. (UPDATE: you can also learn the Sheriff’s district by taking the last three digits of the zip code of the property address to be evicted). From there, a lessor must check the Sheriff’s website daily to match up the numbers to find out when the eviction will take place. I wanted to show what that letter currently looks like (after the jump).
When will Cook County Sheriff’s case load return to normal?
I am working on an eviction case right now that needed to be placed with the Cook County Sheriff for execution. The attorney who went to the Sheriff’s office to place it spoke to someone at the desk there (I know, hearsay) who informed him that the Sheriff is running at about a ten week minimum time to get out to evict the defendant in the case. Ten weeks is a long time. Unfortunately,
Brrr…. cold weather gives tenants a reprieve
The Cook County Sheriff is indicating today that because of the cold weather, evictions for today are canceled and will be rescheduled. There is no word on tomorrow’s schedule yet, but chances are, until this cold front is gone, expect that the Sheriff will be unable to get out to remove tenants.
Cook County Sheriff’s Eviction Procedure
See this post for an UPDATE (September 2018). After the stay on an eviction order expires, what happens next? In Cook County, a prevailing plaintiff landlord with an eviction order is allowed to “place” the eviction order for possession with the Eviction Office of the Cook County Sheriff for civil processing. Basically, this means that two certified copies and two additional copies of the court order (obtained from the Clerk of the Circuit Court) are brought to the Sheriff’s office, a fee is paid, an “eviction disclosure form” is filled out and filed, and the eviction gets in line with the rest of the evictions waiting to be processed by the Sheriff. As of January, 2011, the Sheriff’s fee is $60.50.