STATE OF ILLINOIS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
LAKE COUNTY
NON-WAGE GARNISHMENT NOTICE
_________________________________________
Plaintiff-Judgment Creditor
vs.
Case No. ___________________________________
_________________________________________
(Summons Return Date) _______________________
Defendant-Judgment Debtor
Judgment Creditor’s Attorney (or Creditor if no
Judgment Debtor’s:
Attorney):
Name ____________________________________
Name ______________________________________
Address __________________________________
Address ____________________________________
City _____________________________________
City _______________________________________
Phone ____________________________________
Phone ______________________________________
Attorney # __________________________________
Amount of Judgment $ _____________________ PLUS COSTS
Balance due on the Judgment is $ ______________________.
Garnishee _______________________________________________________________________________________
(Name)
NOTICE: The Court has issued a garnishment summons against the garnishee named above for money or property (other
than wages) belonging to the judgment debtor or in which the judgment debtor has an interest. The garnishment summons
was issued on the basis of a judgment against the judgment debtor in favor of the judgment creditor in the amount stated
above.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OR PROPERTY (OTHER THAN WAGES) THAT MAY BE GARNISHED IS LIMITED
BY FEDERAL AND ILLINOIS LAW. THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR HAS THE RIGHT TO ASSERT STATUTORY
EXEMPTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN MONEY OR PROPERTY OF THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR WHICH MAY NOT
BE USED TO SATISFY THE JUDGMENT IN THE AMOUNT STATED ABOVE.
1. Under Illinois or Federal Law, the exemptions of personal property owned by the debtor include the debtor’s
equity interest, not to exceed $4,000 in value, in any personal property as chosen by the debtor; Social Security and SSI
benefits; public assistance benefits; unemployment compensation benefits; workers’ compensation benefits; veterans’
benefits; circuit breaker property tax relief benefits; the debtor’s equity interest, not to exceed $ 2,400 in value, in any one
motor vehicle; and the debtor’s equity interest, not to exceed $ 1,500 in value, in any implements, professional books or tools
of the trade of the debtor.
2. The judgment debtor may have other possible exemptions from garnishment under the law.
3. The judgment debtor has the right to request a hearing before the court to dispute the garnishment or to declare
exempt from garnishment certain money, or property, or both. To obtain a hearing, the judgment debtor must notify the
Clerk of the Circuit Court in writing at 18 North County Street, Waukegan, Illinois 60085-4369, on or before the return
date specified above. The Clerk of the Court will provide a hearing date and the necessary forms that must be prepared by
the judgment debtor or the attorney for the judgment debtor and sent to the judgment creditor and the garnishee regarding
the time and location of the hearing. This notice may be sent by regular first class mail.
KEITH BRIN, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
171-243 REV 3/01