Chapter 625 — VEHICLES

(625 ILCS 5/3-410) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-410) Sec. 3-410. Secretary of State to issue registration card. (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle shall issue a registration card. (b) The registration card shall be delivered to the owner and shall contain upon the …

(625 ILCS 5/3-411) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-411) Sec. 3-411. Registration card to be carried and exhibited on demand. (a) Every registration card for a vehicle of the second division weighing more than 8,000 pounds or any vehicle of the second division weighing 8,000 pounds or le…

(625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412) Sec. 3-412. Registration plates or digital registration plates and registration stickers or digital registration stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State. (a) The Secretary of State upon registering a vehicle subject to a…

(625 ILCS 5/3-413) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-413) Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates or digital registration plates, registration stickers or digital registration stickers, and drive-away permits; registration plate or digital registration plate covers. (a) Registration pl…

(625 ILCS 5/3-414) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414) Sec. 3-414. Expiration of registration. (a) Every vehicle registration under this Chapter and every registration card and registration plate or digital registration plate or registration sticker or digital registration sticker issu…

(625 ILCS 5/3-414.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-414.1) Sec. 3-414.1. Term of multi-year registration plates. (a) Registration plates issued for motor vehicles shall be valid for an indefinite term of not less than one year. Registration plates issued as two-year or five-year plates…

(625 ILCS 5/3-414.5) Sec. 3-414.5. Multi-year registration. (a) The Secretary of State shall permit the owner of a motor vehicle of the first division or a motor vehicle of the second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds or a motor vehicle of the second division applying …

(625 ILCS 5/3-415) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-415) Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration. (a) Calendar year. Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles required to be registered on a calendar registration yea…

(625 ILCS 5/3-416) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-416) Sec. 3-416. Notice of change of address or name. (a) Whenever any person after making application for or obtaining the registration of a vehicle shall move from the address named in the application or shown upon a registration card…

(625 ILCS 5/3-417) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-417) Sec. 3-417. Lost or damaged or stolen cards, plates and registration stickers. (a) In the event any registration card, plate or digital plate, registration sticker or digital registration sticker, or other Illinois evidence of prop…

(625 ILCS 5/3-418) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-418) Sec. 3-418. Registration under new identifying number. When the Secretary of State issues a new identifying number, such motor vehicle shall be registered under such identifying number in lieu of the former identifying number. (Sou…

(625 ILCS 5/3-419) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-419) Sec. 3-419. Regulations governing change of motors. The Secretary of State is authorized to adopt and enforce such registration rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary and compatible with the public interest with respect t…

(625 ILCS 5/3-421) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-421) Sec. 3-421. Right of reassignment. (a) Every natural person shall have the right of reassignment of the license number issued to him during the current registration plate or digital registration plate term, for the ensuing registra…

(625 ILCS 5/3-422) Sec. 3-422. Issuance of confidential license plates and registrations. (a) Requirements for use of confidential vehicle license plates and registrations. Confidential vehicle license plates and registrations may be issued to local, state, and federal government…

(625 ILCS 5/3-501) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-501) Sec. 3-501. Registration expires on transfer by owner. Whenever the owner of a registered vehicle transfers or assigns his title, or interest thereto, the registration of such vehicle shall expire and the owner shall not be entitle…

(625 ILCS 5/3-501.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-501.1) Sec. 3-501.1. Transfer or return of vanity or personalized license plates. When any person who has been issued vanity or personalized license plates or digital license plates sells, trades, or otherwise releases the ownership o…

(625 ILCS 5/3-502) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-502) Sec. 3-502. New owner must secure new registration. The transferee before operating or permitting the operation of such vehicle upon a highway shall apply for and obtain the registration thereof, as upon an original registration, e…

(625 ILCS 5/3-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-503) Sec. 3-503. Transfers to dealers. When the transferee of a vehicle is a dealer who holds the same for resale and lawfully operates the same under dealers' number plates or when the transferee does not drive such vehicle or permit i…

(625 ILCS 5/3-504) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-504) Sec. 3-504. Transfer by operation of law. Except in case of joint tenancy with the right of survivorship or surviving spouse or transfer pursuant to an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission or Interstate Commerce Commission, wh…

(625 ILCS 5/3-505) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-505) Sec. 3-505. Transfer of Reciprocity Permit or Prorate Decals. Whenever the owner of a vehicle properly registered in another State transfers his interest thereto, Illinois evidence of proper registration in such other State, that i…

(625 ILCS 5/3-506) Sec. 3-506. Transfer of plates to spouses of military service members. Upon the death of a military service member who has been issued a special plate under Section 3-609.1, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624, 3-625, 3-626, 3-628, 3-638, 3-642, 3-645, 3-647, 3-6…

(625 ILCS 5/3-600) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-600) Sec. 3-600. Requirements for issuance of special plates. (a) The Secretary of State shall issue only special plates that have been authorized by the General Assembly. Except as provided in subsection (a-5), the Secretary of State s…

(625 ILCS 5/3-601) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-601) Sec. 3-601. Operation of vehicles under special plates. (a) A manufacturer owning any unregistered vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered under this Act may operate or move such upon the highways without registering …

(625 ILCS 5/3-602) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-602) Sec. 3-602. Certificate and special plates for dealers, manufacturers, and transporters. (a) Any dealer, manufacturer, or transporter may make application to the Secretary of State upon the appropriate form for a certificate contai…

(625 ILCS 5/3-603) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-603) Sec. 3-603. Application for drive-away permits. (a) A dealer who has sold a vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered under this Act to a nonresident of this State who does not have currently valid registration in his h…

(625 ILCS 5/3-604) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-604) Sec. 3-604. Expiration of special plates. Every special plate issued, except those issued for dealers, manufacturers and transporters under Section 3-602 and persons with disabilities under Section 3-609 or 3-616, or deaf or hard o…

(625 ILCS 5/3-605) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-605) Sec. 3-605. Manufacturers, engine and driveline component manufacturers, transporters, repossessors and dealers to maintain records. Every manufacturer, engine and driveline component manufacturer, repossessor, transporter or deale…

(625 ILCS 5/3-606) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-606) Sec. 3-606. Members of General Assembly. Upon receipt of a request of a member of the General Assembly, accompanied by the appropriate application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to the member 2 plates as described in t…

(625 ILCS 5/3-606.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-606.1) Sec. 3-606.1. Retired members of the General Assembly. Upon receipt of a request from a retired member of the General Assembly, accompanied by the appropriate application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to such reti…

(625 ILCS 5/3-606.5) Sec. 3-606.5. Retired executive branch constitutional officers. Upon receipt of a request from a retired executive branch constitutional officer, accompanied by the appropriate application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to the retired executive b…

(625 ILCS 5/3-607) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-607) Sec. 3-607. Amateur radio operators. Amateur radio operators may obtain the issuance of registration plates or digital registration plates for motor vehicles of the first division, motorcycles, autocycles, and second division motor…

(625 ILCS 5/3-609) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609) Sec. 3-609. Plates for veterans with disabilities. (a) Any veteran who holds proof of a service-connected disability from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and who has obtained certification from a licensed physicia…

(625 ILCS 5/3-609.01) Sec. 3-609.01. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-167, eff. 1-1-08. Repealed by P.A. 96-79, eff. 1-1-10.)

(625 ILCS 5/3-609.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609.1) Sec. 3-609.1. Medal of Honor plates. Any resident of the State of Illinois who has been awarded the Medal of Honor, or an Illinois resident who is the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the Medal of Honor, may make ap…

(625 ILCS 5/3-609.3) Sec. 3-609.3. Military series registration plates for veterans with disabilities. In lieu of receiving registration plates without the payment of a fee under Section 3-609, any veteran who holds proof of a 50% or greater service-connected disability from the …

(625 ILCS 5/3-610) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-610) Sec. 3-610. Members of Congress. Upon receiving an application for a certificate of registration for a motor vehicle from a member of the Congress of the United States from Illinois, accompanied with payments of the registration fe…

(625 ILCS 5/3-610.1) Sec. 3-610.1. Retired members of the Illinois congressional delegation. Upon receipt of a request from a retired member of the Illinois congressional delegation, accompanied by the appropriate application and fee, the Secretary of State shall issue to the ret…

(625 ILCS 5/3-611) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-611) Sec. 3-611. Special designations. The Secretary of State, in his discretion, may make special designations of certain designs or combinations of designs, or alphabetical letters or combination of letters, or colors or combination o…

(625 ILCS 5/3-611.5) Sec. 3-611.5. Fire Chief license plates. (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of a request from a municipality or fire protection district that operates a fire department or a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, accompanied by an application and the appropriate fee, may …

(625 ILCS 5/3-612) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-612) Sec. 3-612. Repossessor plates. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application, made on the form prescribed by the Secretary of State may issue to financial institutions, to lending institutions and to persons engaged in the busines…

(625 ILCS 5/3-613) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-613) Sec. 3-613. Special inaugural license plate. Any resident of Illinois, being a member of the Official Presidential Inaugural Committee, may, during the period from January through February 15th of any year in which the President of…

(625 ILCS 5/3-614) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-614) Sec. 3-614. Manufacturers of engine and driveline components. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made on the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue to manufacturers of engine and driveline components specia…

(625 ILCS 5/3-615) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-615) Sec. 3-615. Honorary Consular license plate. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made on the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue Illinois Honorary Consular license plates to any person who is a non-reside…

(625 ILCS 5/3-616) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-616) Sec. 3-616. Disability license plates. (a) Upon receiving an application for a certificate of registration for a motor vehicle of the first division, a motorcycle, an autocycle, or for a motor vehicle of the second division weighin…

(625 ILCS 5/3-617) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-617) Sec. 3-617. Driver education plates. A High School operating passenger cars for a high school driver training program, may operate or move the same upon the highway without registering each such passenger car upon the condition tha…

(625 ILCS 5/3-618) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-618) Sec. 3-618. Charitable vehicle plates. Charitable vehicle plates shall be of such color and design as prescribed by the Secretary. The fee for such plates shall be as prescribed in Section 3-808 of this Code. Such plates may be obt…

(625 ILCS 5/3-619) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-619) Sec. 3-619. Sample Registration plates and stickers. The Secretary of State, upon receipt of an application made on the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue to any law enforcement agency in this State, or to any authorized a…

(625 ILCS 5/3-620) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-620) Sec. 3-620. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made on the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue special registration plates to United States citizens, who are present or former members of the United State…

(625 ILCS 5/3-621) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-621) Sec. 3-621. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application, made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue to Illinois residents who are current members, former members, or surviving spouses of former members of th…

(625 ILCS 5/3-622) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-622) Sec. 3-622. The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue to members of the United States Armed Forces Reserves who reside in Illinois, and to Illinois residents who …