Chapter 625, VEHICLES

(625 ILCS 40/3-3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-3) Sec. 3-3. Identification Number Display. The Department shall issue to the snowmobile owner two registration expiration decals with the number awarded to that snowmobile imprinted upon the decals. The owner shall apply these decals …

(625 ILCS 45/3-3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313-3) Sec. 3-3. Identification number display. A. The owner shall paint on or attach to both sides of the bow (front) of a watercraft the identification number, which shall be of block characters at least 3 inches in height. The figures s…

(625 ILCS 5/3-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-301) Sec. 3-301. New certificate of title for rebuilt vehicle. (a) For vehicles 8 model years of age or newer, the Secretary of State shall issue a new certificate of title to any rebuilt vehicle or any vehicle which previously had been…

(625 ILCS 5/3-302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-302) Sec. 3-302. Application for title; contents. Every application for a certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle shall be made upon a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, and shall include the following: 1. The name, residence…

(625 ILCS 5/3-303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-303) Sec. 3-303. Application for title - attachments. Every application for a certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle shall be accompanied by the following: 1. The salvage certificate or out-of-state title certificate previously issu…

(625 ILCS 5/3-304) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-304) Sec. 3-304. Application for title - affirmation. (a) The applicant applying for a certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle shall sign a written affirmation which states the following: 1. The applicant (A) is a licensed rebuilder …

(625 ILCS 5/3-305) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-305) Sec. 3-305. Inspection fee. The fee for the inspection of a rebuilt vehicle shall be $94. All such fees received by the Secretary of State shall be disbursed under subsection (g) of Section 2-119 of this Code. (Source: P.A. 99-127,…

(625 ILCS 5/3-306) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-306) Sec. 3-306. Retention of documents. The original documents required to be submitted to the Secretary of State pursuant to Sections 3-301 through 3-305 shall be retained by the Secretary of State for a period determined by Secretary…

(625 ILCS 5/3-307) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-307) Sec. 3-307. Short term permit. The Secretary of State shall issue at no charge a short term permit to a licensed rebuilder for (i) any vehicle for which an application for a certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle will be submit…

(625 ILCS 5/3-308) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-308) Sec. 3-308. Inspection of rebuilt vehicles. (a) The Secretary of State shall inspect any vehicle 8 model years of age or newer for which an application for a certificate of title for a rebuilt vehicle will be submitted, or any fore…

(625 ILCS 45/3-4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313-4) Sec. 3-4. Destruction, sale, transfer or abandonment. The owner of any watercraft shall within 15 days notify the Department if the watercraft is destroyed or abandoned, or is sold or transferred either wholly or in part to another …

(625 ILCS 40/3-4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-4) Sec. 3-4. Destruction, Sale, Transfer or Abandonment. The owner of any snowmobile shall within 15 days notify the Department if such snowmobile is destroyed or abandoned, or is sold or transferred either wholly or in part to another…

(625 ILCS 5/3-400) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-400) Sec. 3-400. Definitions. Notwithstanding the definitions set forth in Chapter 1 of this Act, for the purposes of this Article, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed to them as follows: "Apportionable Fee" means any pe…

(625 ILCS 5/3-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-401) Sec. 3-401. Effect of provisions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this Chapter or to drive or move or for an owner knowingly to permit to be driven or moved upon any highway any vehicle of a type…

(625 ILCS 5/3-401.5) Sec. 3-401.5. Digital registration plates and renewals. (a) The Secretary of State may authorize the issuance of a digital registration plate to a vehicle, in lieu of a set of static, metal registration plates, if the vehicle owner separately purchases the di…

(625 ILCS 5/3-402) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-402) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-854) Sec. 3-402. Vehicles subject to registration; exceptions. A. Exemptions and Policy. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer when driven or moved upon a highway s…

(625 ILCS 5/3-402.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-402.1) Sec. 3-402.1. Proportional registration. Any owner or rental owner engaged in operating a fleet of apportionable vehicles in this State and one or more other states may, in lieu of registration of such vehicles under the genera…

(625 ILCS 5/3-402.2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-402.2) Sec. 3-402.2. Audits. In addition to audit authority set forth in Section 2-124 of this Act, the Secretary of State, when this state is the base jurisdiction, may audit such owners displaying a base plate of this state as to au…

(625 ILCS 5/3-402.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-402.3) Sec. 3-402.3. Relation to Other State Laws. The provisions of Section 3-402.1 shall constitute complete authority for the registration of vehicles upon a proportional registration basis without reference to or application of an…

(625 ILCS 5/3-402.4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-402.4) Sec. 3-402.4. Administrative Agreements and Rules. The Secretary of State may enter into agreements, compacts, or arrangements with other jurisdictions or agents for such jurisdictions, such as the American Association of Motor…

(625 ILCS 5/3-403) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-403) Sec. 3-403. Trip and Short-term permits. (a) The Secretary of State may issue a short-term permit to operate a nonregistered first or second division vehicle within the State of Illinois for a period of not more than 7 days. Any se…

(625 ILCS 5/3-404) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-404) Sec. 3-404. Vehicles of second division carrying persons or property - Required documents. The Secretary of State shall require an appropriate document, including but not limited to a bill of lading, trip manifest or dispatch recor…

(625 ILCS 5/3-405) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405) Sec. 3-405. Application for registration. (a) Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under this Code shall make application to the Secretary of State for the registration of such vehicle upon the appropriate form or forms…

(625 ILCS 5/3-405.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405.1) Sec. 3-405.1. Application for vanity and personalized license plates. (a) Vanity license plates mean any license plates, assigned to a passenger motor vehicle of the first division, to a motor vehicle of the second division reg…

(625 ILCS 5/3-405.2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405.2) Sec. 3-405.2. Improper plates. The Secretary of State shall refuse to issue any license plates bearing a combination of letters or numbers, or both, which creates a potential duplication or, in the opinion of the Secretary, (1)…

(625 ILCS 5/3-405.3) Sec. 3-405.3. Application for fleet vehicles. (a) An owner engaged in operating a fleet of motor vehicles of the first division in this State or a fleet of second division vehicles operated intrastate may register and license the fleet for operations in this …

(625 ILCS 5/3-405.4) Sec. 3-405.4. Audits. In addition to audit authority set forth in Section 2-124 of this Code, the Secretary of State may audit the registration plates and the inventory of credentials of any fleet owner participating in the fleet registration plan. (Source: P…

(625 ILCS 5/3-405.5) Sec. 3-405.5. Registration by an owner with a condition that impedes effective communication. (a) An application for registration must provide space where the applicant voluntarily may indicate that the applicant, child of the applicant, or other approved dri…

(625 ILCS 5/3-406) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-406) Sec. 3-406. Application for specially constructed, reconstructed, custom, street rod, foreign vehicles, or glider kits. (a) In the event the vehicle to be registered is a specially constructed, reconstructed or foreign vehicle, suc…

(625 ILCS 5/3-407) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-407) Sec. 3-407. Temporary permit or registration pending registration. (a) Temporary Permit. The Secretary of State in his discretion may grant a temporary permit or placard to operate a vehicle for which application for registration a…

(625 ILCS 5/3-407.5) Sec. 3-407.5. Temporary permit for charitable not-for-profit organization. (a) Any charitable not-for-profit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and engaged in the maintenance and repai…

(625 ILCS 5/3-408) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-408) Sec. 3-408. Grounds for refusing registration or certificate of title. The Secretary of State shall refuse registration or any transfer of registration upon any of the following grounds: 1. That the application contains any false o…

(625 ILCS 5/3-409) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-409) Sec. 3-409. Registration indexes. The Secretary of State shall file each application received and when satisfied as to the genuineness and regularity thereof, and that the applicant is entitled to register such vehicle and to the i…

(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) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-638) Sec. 3-413. Display of registration plates or digital registration plates, registration stickers or digital registration stickers, and drive-away permits; registration plate or dig…

(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 45/3-5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313-5) Sec. 3-5. Transfer of identification number. The purchaser of a watercraft shall, within 15 days after acquiring same, make application to the Department for transfer to him of the certificate of number issued to the watercraft givi…

(625 ILCS 40/3-5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 603-5) Sec. 3-5. Transfer of Identification Number. The purchaser of a snowmobile shall, within 15 days after acquiring same, make application to the Department for the transfer to him of the certificate of number issued to the snowmobile,…

(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…