Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 Counties: Article 1 - General Provisions
Division 1-1. Short Title, Boundaries, Jurisdiction
Division 1-2. Alteration of County Lines
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-2001
Petition for transfer of territory. When a majority of the legal voters, residing upon any territory, not less than half of one congressional township,...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-2002
Notice of election. In addition to the requirements of the general election law, notices of such election shall contain a description of the territory...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-2003
Form of ballots; effect of vote. The ballots used in the said elections may be in the following form, to wit: "For transferring territory,"...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-2004
Restriction. No county shall be reduced, under the provisions of this Division, to less contents than 400 square miles; nor shall any county line...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-2005
Adjustment of debts. No territory transferred under the provisions of this Division shall be released from the payment of its proportion of the debts...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-2006
Territory released. When the county to which such territory is transferred shall also be indebted, the county board of such county shall release such...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-2007
When elections at discretion of county board. When a majority of the legal voters of any territory, less than half of one congressional township,...
Division 1-3. New Counties
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3001
Petition to form new county. Whenever it is desired to form a new county out of one or more of the then existing counties,...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3002
Election; effect. If it shall appear that a majority of all the votes cast at such election, in each of the counties interested, is...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3003
Township or precinct officers; continuance in office. All the township or precinct officers, who were previously elected and qualified in the county or counties...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3004
Canvass and return of votes. The votes for the county officers of said new county shall be canvassed, and returns made, by the county...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3005
County deemed organized. The oath of office may be administered to the several county officers of such new county by any person authorized by...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3006
Transfer of suits and judgments. The courts of any county or counties from which such new county is erected may, by proper order, transfer...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3007
Adjustment of property and debts. All the property, both real and personal, and all debts, liabilities and choses in action of every kind, belonging...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3008
Appointment of commissioner to copy records. The presiding officer of the county board of such new county, with the advice and consent of that...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3009
Transcription of records. As soon as said books shall be delivered to said commissioner, he shall record in each a copy of the order...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3010
Index of records; evidence. The commissioner shall note, at the end of each paper he shall transcribe, the book and page from which the...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-3011
Fixing county seat. For the purpose of fixing the permanent location of the county seat of such new county, the voters of said county...
Division 1-4. Uniting Counties
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4001
Petition to unite counties. Whenever any number of legal voters, not less than two hundred, one-half of such number being owners or life tenants...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4002
Designation of counties. In this Division and all proceedings thereunder, the county whose legal voters shall petition the several county boards as aforesaid, shall...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4003
Form of proposition. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form: For uniting and annexing the county of (naming the petitioning county) to...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4004
Effect of vote. If a majority of the votes polled in each of such counties at such election shall be in favor of said...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4005
Proclamation by Governor. Within ten days after such election, the county clerk of each of such counties shall send a correct and duly certified...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4006
Officers to hold office until expiration of term. All the county officers of the petitioning county shall continue to hold their respective offices until...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4007
Process. All process of every kind against any person or property within the territory, which had constituted the petitioning county before the proclamation aforesaid,...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4008
Sheriff of petitioning county. The sheriff of the petitioning county shall continue after the date of the Governor's proclamation, to perform the duties of...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4009
Coroner. The coroner of the petitioning county shall perform all the duties required of him by law within the territory that had constituted the...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4010
County treasurer. The county treasurer of the petitioning county shall perform all the duties required of him by law, in the territory that had...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4011
State's attorney. The State's Attorney for the petitioning county shall, during his term of office, receive the same compensation he was receiving at the...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4012
Superintendent of schools. The county superintendent of schools of the petitioning county shall continue to act as such in the territory that constituted the...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4013
County board. The members of the county board of the petitioning county and the county board of the adjoining county, after the date of...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4014
Death of officer of petitioning county. If any county officer of the petitioning county shall die before his term of office shall have expired,...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4015
Town officers. If both the petitioning and adjoining counties are under township organization, the town officers shall not be in any manner affected by...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4016
Legislative and judicial apportionment to remain. The territory which constituted the petitioning county shall continue and remain until the next apportionment of the state...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4017
Transfer of causes. All cases of every kind that are on the docket of the circuit court of the petitioning county at the date...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-4018
Debts; taxes; issuing bonds. The adjoining county shall not become liable for the debts of the petitioning county. The county board of the adjoining...
Division 1-5. County Seats
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5001
Boundaries. In counties of 300,000 inhabitants or over, where the county seat is entirely located within the corporate limits of a city or village,...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5002
Boundaries; Counties of 300,000 or less. In counties of 300,000 inhabitants or less, where the county seat is entirely located within the corporate limits...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5003
Time of holding elections. All elections for the removal of county seats shall be held at general elections in accordance with the general election...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5004
Notice of petition to move county seat. Public notice shall be given of the intention to circulate a petition praying for an election for...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5005
Qualifications of petitioner. Each petitioner signing such petition shall write or cause to be written opposite to his name on said petition, the name...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5006
Petition open to inspection. Said petition or petitions shall, after the same are filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court,...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5007
Contesting petition. Any citizen and legal voter at general elections in said county may contest the right of any person, whose name is subscribed...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5008
Notice of filing petition; hearing. Whenever such petition or petitions and affidavit named in Section 1-5004 shall be filed in the office of the...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5009
Precedence of cases of contest. All cases of contest arising upon said petitions or affidavit shall have precedence over all other cases during September...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5010
Challengers. Whenever the court shall order any county seat election under the provisions of this Division, the court shall appoint three resident legal voters...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5011
Form of proposition. The proposition at any county seat referendum shall be in substantially the following form: "For removal," or "Against removal." (Source: P.A.
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5012
No registration required. No registration of voters shall be made or required for holding any county seat election under this Division. The board of...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5013
Qualifications of voters; oaths. No person shall vote at the election who does not possess the qualifications mentioned in the affidavit in this Section....
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5014
Evidence of number of voters; contesting election. The number of legal votes cast at any county seat election held under this Division shall be...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5015
Canvass of votes. On or before the first Tuesday after said election the county canvassing board shall open and canvass the votes and returns...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5016
Effect of majority and three-fifths vote. When the attempt is made by such an election to remove a county seat to a point nearer...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-5017
Neglect of duty. Any member of the board of election, judge, clerk, sheriff, or any other officers or persons who may be charged with...
Division 1-6. Actions
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-6001
Venue of suits by or against county. All actions, local or transitory, against any county, may be commenced and prosecuted to final judgment in...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-6002
Jurors and witnesses. In all actions brought by or against any county, the inhabitants of the county so suing or being sued may be...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-6003
Duty of county board to prosecute and defend suit. It shall be the duty of the county boards of each of the counties of...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-6004
Payment of judgment against county. A judgment against a county shall not, in any case, be enforced against the lands or other property of...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-6005
Allowance or disallowance of claims; appeal. The county board shall determine whether any claim against the county should be allowed, disallowed or in the...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-6006
Delegation of authority to determine claims. Under the provisions of this Section, the county board may by resolution delegate its authority to allow or...
- Illinois Counties Code. - 55 ILCS 5, Section 1-6007
Review under Administrative Review Law. The decisions of the county board are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law, as now or...
Last modified: February 18, 2015