Chapter 735 CIVIL PROCEDURE 735 ILCS 5/12-108 Limitation on enforcement., 735 ILCS 5/12-108

Summary

(a) Except as herein provided, no judgment shall be enforced after the expiration of 7 years from the time the same is rendered, except upon the revival of the same by a proceeding provided by Section 2-1601 of this Act [735 ILCS 5/2-1601]; but real estate, levied upon within the 7 years, may be sold to enforce the judgment at any time within one year after the expiration of the 7 years. A judgment recovered in an action for damages for an injury described in Section 13-214.1 [735 ILCS 5/13-214.1] may be enforced at any time. Child support judgments, including those arising by operation of law, may be enforced at any time.

(b) No judgment shall be enforced against a police officer employed by a municipality if the corporate authority of the municipality files with the clerk of the court in which the judgment was entered a statement certifying: (1) such police officer was employed by the municipality and was within the scope and course of his employment at the time of the occurrence giving...