Illinois Compiled Statutes 625 Vehicles: Article 4 - Anti-Theft Laws and Abandoned Vehicles

Article I. Anti-theft Laws

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-100
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 85-572. Repealed by P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-101
  Applicability of this Chapter. The provisions of this Chapter apply to all vehicles. (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-102
  Offenses relating to motor vehicles and other vehicles - Misdemeanors. (a) It is a violation of this Chapter for: (1) A person, without authority...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-103
  Offenses relating to motor vehicles and other vehicles - Felonies. (a) Except as provided in subsection (a-1), it is a violation of this Chapter...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-103.1
  Vehicle theft conspiracy. (a) Elements of the offense. A person commits vehicle theft conspiracy when, with intent that a violation of Section 4-103 of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-103.2
  Aggravated offenses relating to motor vehicles and other vehicles-Felonies. (a) Except as provided in subsection (a-1), it is a violation of this Chapter for:...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-103.3
  Organizer of an aggravated vehicle theft conspiracy. (a) A person commits the offense of organizer of a vehicle theft conspiracy if: (1) the person intentionally...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-104
  Offenses relating to possession of titles and registration. (a) It is a violation of this Chapter for: 1. A person to possess without authority...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-105
  Offenses relating to disposition of titles and registration. (a) It is a violation of this Chapter for: 1. a person to alter, forge, or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-105.1
  Offenses relating to deletion or falsification of information on title document. (a) It is a violation of this Code for a person to knowingly,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-105.5
  Attempt. As defined in Section 8-4 of the Criminal Code of 2012. (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-106
  Principals. It shall be a violation of the provisions of this Chapter for a person, whether present or absent, to aid, abet, induce, procure...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-107
  Stolen, converted, recovered and unclaimed vehicles. (a) Every Sheriff, Superintendent of police, Chief of police or other police officer in command of any Police department...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-108
  Violations of this Chapter. (a) Any person who violates or aids or abets in the violation of any of the provisions of Section 4-102,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-109
  Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Program. The Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, is hereby authorized to establish and...

Article II. Abandoned, Lost, Stolen or Unclaimed Vehicles

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-201
  Abandonment of vehicles prohibited. (a) The abandonment of a vehicle or any part thereof on any highway in this State is unlawful and subject...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-202
  Abandoned, lost, stolen or unclaimed vehicle notification to law enforcement agencies. When an abandoned, lost, stolen or unclaimed vehicle comes into the temporary possession...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-203
  Removal of motor vehicles or other vehicles; Towing or hauling away. (a) When a vehicle is abandoned, or left unattended, on a toll highway, interstate...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-204
  Police tows; reports, release of vehicles, payment. When a vehicle is authorized to be towed away as provided in Section 4-202 or 4-203: (a)...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-205
  Record searches. (a) When a law enforcement agency authorizing the impounding of a vehicle does not know the identity of the registered owner, lienholder or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-206
  Identifying and tracing of vehicle ownership by Illinois State Police. When the registered owner, lienholder or other person legally entitled to the possession of...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-207
  Reclaimed vehicles; expenses. (a) Any time before a vehicle is sold at public sale or disposed of as provided in Section 4-208, the owner,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-208
  Disposal of unclaimed vehicles. (a) In cities having a population of more than 500,000, whenever an abandoned, lost, stolen or unclaimed vehicle, or vehicle determined...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-209
  Disposal of unclaimed vehicles more than 7 years of age; disposal of abandoned or unclaimed vehicles without notice. (a) When the identity of the registered...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-209.1
  Disposal of hazardous dilapidated motor vehicles. Any hazardous dilapidated motor vehicle impounded pursuant to the provisions of this Article and Section 11-40-3.1 of the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-209.2
  Collection of unpaid charges. In an action to collect towing, storage, and processing charges that remain unpaid after disposition of a vehicle towed or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-210
  Police reports after vehicle is reclaimed or disposed of. When a vehicle in the custody of a law enforcement agency is reclaimed by the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-211
  Disposition of proceeds of sale of unclaimed vehicles. (a) When a vehicle located within the corporate limits of a city, village or town is...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-212
  Ownership documents for vehicles after public sale - removal of liens. When an applicant for a salvage certificate or junking certificate under this Chapter...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-212.1
  In cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants, the corporate authorities may, by ordinance, designate any department of municipal government to do any of the...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-213
  Liability of law enforcement officers, agencies, and towing services. (a) A law enforcement officer or agency, a department of municipal government designated under Section 4-212.1...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-214
  Violations of Section 4-201. (a) Any person who violates Section 4-201 of this Code or who aids and abets in that violation: (1) shall...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-214.1
  Failure to pay fines, charges, and costs on an abandoned vehicle. (a) Whenever any resident of this State fails to pay any fine, charge, or...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-215
  Rebuilt vehicles; clean titles. Persons licensed under Section 5-301 of this Code may obtain a certificate of title that does not bear the notation...

Article III. Vehicle Recycling Board

• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-300
  Definitions. For the purposes of this Article, the following word shall have the meaning ascribed to it as follows: Board. The Vehicle Recycling Board...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-301
  State policy. The General Assembly finds that abandoned and derelict vehicles: constitute a safety hazard and a public nuisance; are detrimental to the health,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-302
  Vehicle Recycling Board. There is hereby created the Vehicle Recycling Board of the State of Illinois composed of the Secretary of Transportation, the Director...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-303
  Tenure, vacancies and expenses. State officers and their designated representatives on the Board and representatives of the State agencies serving on the advisory committee,...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-304
  Implementation and administration of policy. The Board shall consider and adopt such programs as are designed to implement and administer the policies hereinbefore expressed...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-305
  Inventory, collection and disposal facilities. If not otherwise economically practicable, the Board may provide by contract with private persons or agencies, or with political...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-306
  Federal aid. The Board is authorized and empowered to do all things necessary and proper to fully cooperate with any agency of the United...
• Illinois Vehicle Code. - 625 ILCS 5, Section 4-307
  Funding and fees. (a) The programs initiated by the Board shall be funded by appropriations by the General Assembly to the Board. In addition...

Last modified: February 18, 2015