{"data":{"id":"us-il/735-ilcs-5-12-107","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"735 ILCS 5/12-107","heading":"Incarceration of judgment debtor.","body":"No order shall be entered for the incarceration of a judgment debtor as a means of satisfying a money judgment except when the judgment is entered for a tort committed by such judgment debtor, and it appears from a special finding of the jury, or from a special finding by the court, if the case is tried by the court without a jury, that malice is the gist of the action, and except when the judgment debtor refuses to deliver up his or her estate for the benefit of his or her creditors.","path":["CHAPTER 735 CIVIL PROCEDURE","Code of Civil Procedure."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2017\u0026ChapterID=56\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:43Z","sha256":"e20bcf705ae3cd591177a77997ad74111a7cca5023582cc3f7a4a47ebd938120","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/735-ilcs-5-12-106","next":"us-il/735-ilcs-5-12-107.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}