Part 11 - Garnishment In Violation Of Exemption - Illinois Statutes

      (735 ILCS 5/Art. XII Pt. 11 heading)Part 11. Garnishment in Violation of Exemption

(735 ILCS 5/12‑1101) (from Ch. 110, par. 12‑1101)     Sec. 12‑1101. Sending claim out of State. Whoever, whether principal, agent or attorney, with intent thereby to deprive any bona fide resident of the State of Illinois of his or her rights, under the statutes of Illinois on the subject of the exemption of property from levy and sale on a judgment, or in attachment or garnishment, sends, or causes to be sent out of the State of Illinois any claim for a debt to be collected by proceedings in attachment, garnishment, or other process, when the creditor, debtor or person, or corporation owing for the earnings intended to be reached by such proceedings in attachment are each and all within the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Illinois, shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined for each and every claim so sent in any sum not less than $10 nor more than $50. (Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

(735 ILCS 5/12‑1102) (from Ch. 110, par. 12‑1102)     Sec. 12‑1102. Assignment or transfer of claim. 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. (Source: P.A. 82‑280.)