§ 5/12-814 Costs and fees

Codes > Illinois Compiled Statutes > Chapter 735 > Act 5 : Article XII > Part 8 : 5/12-814 Costs

§ 12-814. Costs and fees.

    (a) The costs of obtaining a deduction order shall be charged to the judgment debtor, unless the court determines, in its discretion, that costs incurred by the judgment creditor were improperly incurred, in which case those costs shall be paid by the judgment creditor.

    (b) No fee shall be paid by an employer for filing his or her appearance, answer or satisfaction of judgment against him or her.

    (c) A fee consisting of 2% of the amount required to be deducted by any deduction order shall be allowed and paid to the employer, and the amount so paid shall be charged to the judgment debtor.

    (d) No other fee shall be paid to an employer at the time of service of the summons or at any other time thereafter unless he or she is subpoenaed to appear as a witness, in which case he or she is entitled to witness fees as in other civil cases.