Topic:
Collection procedures
(Silverstein, D-Chicago; Lang, D-Skokie) makes four changes to collection practice. (1) It allows enforcements (wage deduction orders, pay orders and turnover orders) to continue beyond seven years without revival. If a judgment becomes dormant during the pendency of an enforcement proceeding against wages under Part 14 of Article 12 or under Article XII, the enforcement may continue to conclusion without revival of the underlying judgment so long as the enforcement is done under court supervision and includes a wage deduction order or turnover order and is against an employer, garnishee, or other third-party respondent. (2) It allows service of garnishments by certified mail. (3) It makes the recording of foreign judgments as liens on real estate. (4) It clarifies that a court in a citation proceeding may enter any order that could be entered in a non-wage garnishment and that this change is declaratory of existing law.
It was signed into law yesterday and effective January 1, 2014.