Section 16-2

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Illinois Code › Chapter 755 › Act 5 › Section 16-2

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(755 ILCS 5/16-2) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 16-2) Sec. 16-2. Personal property claimed by third party.) Upon the filing of a petition therefor by any person and upon such notice as the court may direct, the court may order a representative having in his possession or control any personal property, book of account, paper or evidence of title to land or of debt which belongs to the petitioner to deliver the same to the petitioner or his agent. The court may hear the evidence offered by any party, may determine all questions of title, claims of adverse title and the right of property and may enter such orders and judgment as the case requires. (Source: P.A. 79-328.)

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