Illinois Mechanics Lien Act - 770 ILCS 60/0.01 et seq. - Previous Section - - Table of Contents - - Next Section - Section 32 (770 ILCS 60/32) Payments to contractor by owner. No payments to the contractor or to his order of any money or other considerations due or to become due to the contractor shall be regarded as rightfully made, as against the sub‑contractor, laborer, or party furnishing labor, services, material, fixtures, apparatus or machinery, forms or form work if made by the owner without exercising and enforcing the rights and powers conferred upon him in Sections 5, 21 and 22 of this Act. Illinois Mechanics Lien Act - 770 ILCS 60/0.01 et seq. - Previous Section - - Table of Contents - - Next Section - Notes about this Section Essays and Articles: (index of essays and articles) A Note Regarding Currency of Information Related Caselaw: (index of caselaw) Legislative Notes: (index of statutes) Public Acts (legislative actions): (Source: P.A. 94‑627, eff. 1‑1‑06.) (from Ch. 82, par. 32) Historical Mechanics Lien Acts Illinois Mechanics Lien Act - 770 ILCS 60/0.01 et seq. - Previous Section - - Table of Contents - - Next Section -