Civil Process
The Civil Process Section of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s office manages evictions, foreclosures, summons and subpoenas within Winnebago County and is comprised of two sections: process serving and sales and foreclosures. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office does not provide a listing of foreclosure sales. For information on foreclosure sales call Civil Process at 815-319-6150.
The Civil Process Section consists of a Deputy Chief who oversees the day-to-day operation of the section, both inside and outside the office and handles the foreclosure sales; Three merited deputies who are assigned to handle levies, replevins, evictions and other enforceable orders in addition to making proper service and returns of all papers directed to the Sheriff to be served or enforced. Process servers work normal office hours but will often adjust their schedule in an effort to complete their services. By adjusting their schedules very few overtime hours are generated.
The Civil Process Section is open to the public from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, and can be reached by calling 815-319-6150.
To see the Sheriff's fee for serving or attempting to serve summons on each defendant in the County; for serving or attempting to serve an order of judgement granting injunctive relief; for serving or attempting to serve each garnishee; for serving or attempting to serve an order of replevin; for serving or attempting to serve an order for attachment on each defendant; see the downloadable document below:
Foreclosure Sales:
To conduct court ordered foreclosure, the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department utilizes ROUP.com (https://winnebagocountysheriff-il.roup.com/). ROUP’s platform offers support services to assist with the increased workload of taking on more of the Sheriff’s sales. ROUP's platform complies with Illinois' recent SB2919, which establishes guidelines for online foreclosure sales, including permitting such sales, specifying requirements, and setting fees. (on-site Sheriff Sales are no longer offered). The Sheriff's fee for conducting Foreclosure Sales is $600.00.