Chapter 625 — VEHICLES

(625 ILCS 5/15-113.3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-113.3) Sec. 15-113.3. Violations-sentence of permit moves exceeding gross weight. Whenever any vehicle is operated in violation of the provisions of a permit issued under the provisions of Sections 15-301 through 15-318 of this Chap…

(625 ILCS 5/15-114) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-114) Sec. 15-114. Pushing of disabled vehicles. It is unlawful under any circumstances for any vehicle to push any other vehicle on or along any highway outside an urban area in this State, except in an extreme emergency and then the …

(625 ILCS 5/15-115) Sec. 15-115. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 83-12. Repealed by P.A. 98-44, eff. 6-28-13.)

(625 ILCS 5/15-116) Sec. 15-116. Highway designations. (a) The Department of Transportation shall maintain and provide a listing of all Class I and Class II designated streets and highways as defined in Chapter 1 of this Code. (b) The Department shall also maintain and provide a …

(625 ILCS 5/15-117) Sec. 15-117. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-1370, eff. 7-28-10. Repealed by P.A. 104-435, eff. 11-21-25.)

(625 ILCS 5/15-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-201) Sec. 15-201. Vehicles exceeding prescribed weight limits - Preventing use of highway by. The Illinois State Police is directed to institute and maintain a program designed to prevent the use of public highways by vehicles which e…

(625 ILCS 5/15-202) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-202) Sec. 15-202. Enforcement. Such program shall make provision for an intensive campaign by the Illinois State Police to apprehend any violators of the acts above mentioned, and at all times to maintain a vigilant watch for possible…

(625 ILCS 5/15-203) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-203) Sec. 15-203. Records of violations. The Illinois State Police shall maintain records of the number of violators of such acts apprehended and the number of convictions obtained. A resume of such records shall be included in the De…

(625 ILCS 5/15-301) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-301) Sec. 15-301. Permits for excess size and weight. (a) The Department with respect to highways under its jurisdiction and local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may, in their discretion, upon applicatio…

(625 ILCS 5/15-302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-302) Sec. 15-302. Fees for special permits. The Department with respect to highways under its jurisdiction shall collect a fee from the applicant for the issuance of a permit to operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles or …

(625 ILCS 5/15-303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-303) Sec. 15-303. Transmission Fees. When special transmission of permits is requested by an applicant, a service charge in an amount sufficient to defray the cost shall be charged. (Source: P.A. 81-199.)

(625 ILCS 5/15-304) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-304) Sec. 15-304. Fees for house trailer combinations, or a unit carrying roof or floor trusses. Fees for special permits to move a house trailer, oversize storage building, modular home section, or a unit carrying roof or floor truss…

(625 ILCS 5/15-305) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-305) Sec. 15-305. Fees for legal weight but overdimension vehicles, combinations, and loads, other than house trailer combinations. Fees for special permits to move overdimension vehicles, combinations, and loads, other than house tra…

(625 ILCS 5/15-306) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-306) Sec. 15-306. Fees for Overweight-Axle Loads. Fees for special permits to move legal gross weight vehicles, combinations of vehicles and loads with overweight-axle loads shall be paid by the applicant to the Department as follows:…

(625 ILCS 5/15-307) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-307) Sec. 15-307. Fees for overweight-gross loads. Fees for special permits to move vehicles, combinations of vehicles and loads with overweight-gross loads shall be paid at the flat rate fees established in this Section for weights i…

(625 ILCS 5/15-308) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-308) Sec. 15-308. Fees for overweight trucks hauling agricultural commodities. Fees for special permits for increased axle loads to be used for hauling agricultural commodities, as defined in subsection (e) of Section 15-301; limited …

(625 ILCS 5/15-308.1) Sec. 15-308.1. Fees for moving oversize or overweight equipment to the site of rail derailments. Fees for permits to move oversize or overweight equipment to the sites of train derailments shall include all equipment otherwise eligible to obtain single trip …

(625 ILCS 5/15-308.2) Sec. 15-308.2. Fees for special permits for tow trucks. The fee for a special permit to operate a tow truck pursuant to subsection (n) of Section 15-301 is $50 quarterly and $200 annually. (Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)

(625 ILCS 5/15-308.3) Sec. 15-308.3. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 99-717, eff. 8-5-16.)

(625 ILCS 5/15-309) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-309) Sec. 15-309. Fees for Moves Directly across Highway. Fees for special permits for vehicles or vehicle combinations exceeding the legal sizes and weights specified in this Chapter either empty or hauling material directly across a…

(625 ILCS 5/15-310) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-310) Sec. 15-310. Fees for Buildings and Special Moves. Fees for special permits for moving buildings or large machines. (a) When moved on house moving equipment or on own trucks or tracks fees will be based on maximum overall dimensi…

(625 ILCS 5/15-311) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-311) Sec. 15-311. Fees for Engineering Inspections or Field Investigations. Engineering inspections or field investigations will be made by the Department and the following fees shall be paid by the applicant: for normal field investi…

(625 ILCS 5/15-312) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-312) Sec. 15-312. Fees for police escort. When State Police escorts are required by the Department of Transportation for the safety of the motoring public, the following fees shall be paid by the applicant: (1) to the Department of Tr…

(625 ILCS 5/15-313) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-313) Sec. 15-313. Supplemental Permit Fee. The Department shall collect a fee of $5 and other applicable fees to cover the cost of processing an application for supplemental special permit. This fee shall be charged for each supplemen…

(625 ILCS 5/15-314) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-314) Sec. 15-314. Payment of fees. The Department shall prescribe the time and method of payment of all appropriate fees authorized by Section 15-302 through 15-313. The Department may, at its discretion, establish credit accounts wit…

(625 ILCS 5/15-315) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-315) Sec. 15-315. Exemptions to requirement of fees. (a) The requirements as to fees authorized by Sections 15-302 through 15-314 shall not apply to the owner of the vehicle or vehicle combination if owned by the United States, this S…

(625 ILCS 5/15-316) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-316) Sec. 15-316. When the Department or local authority may restrict right to use highways. (a) Except as provided in subsection (g), local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may by ordinance or resolution …

(625 ILCS 5/15-317) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-317) Sec. 15-317. Special weight limitation on elevated structures. (a) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles over a bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway with a gross weight which …

(625 ILCS 5/15-318) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-318) Sec. 15-318. Liability if highway or structure damaged. (a) Any person driving any vehicle, object or contrivance upon any highway or highway structure is liable for all damage which the highway or structure may sustain as a resu…

(625 ILCS 5/15-319) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 15-319) Sec. 15-319. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 83-831. Repealed by P.A. 100-728, eff. 1-1-19.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-101) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-101) Sec. 16-101. Applicability. The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable to the enforcement of this entire Code, except where another penalty is set forth in a specific Chapter which is applicable to that Chapter or a desig…

(625 ILCS 5/16-102) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-102) Sec. 16-102. Arrests - Investigations - Prosecutions. (a) The Illinois State Police shall patrol the public highways and make arrests for violation of the provisions of this Act. (b) The Secretary of State, through the investigat…

(625 ILCS 5/16-102.5) Sec. 16-102.5. Enforcement by municipality. (a) If a municipality adopts an ordinance similar to subsection (f) of Section 3-413 or Section 11-1304.5 of this Code, any person that a municipality designates to enforce ordinances regulating the standing or par…

(625 ILCS 5/16-103) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-103) Sec. 16-103. Arrest outside county where violation committed. Whenever a defendant is arrested upon a warrant charging a violation of this Act in a county other than that in which such warrant was issued, the arresting officer, i…

(625 ILCS 5/16-104) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-104) Sec. 16-104. Penalties. Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this Code for which another penalty is not provided shall, for a first or second conviction thereof, be guilty of a petty offense and, for a third …

(625 ILCS 5/16-104a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-104a) Sec. 16-104a. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-931, eff. 1-1-13. Repealed by P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-104b) Sec. 16-104b. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-104c) Sec. 16-104c. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-625, eff. 1-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-104d) Sec. 16-104d. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-455, eff. 1-1-16. Repealed by P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-104d-1) Sec. 16-104d-1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-455, eff. 1-1-16. Repealed by P.A. 100-987, eff. 7-1-19.)

(625 ILCS 5/16-104e) Sec. 16-104e. Minimum penalty for traffic offenses. Unless otherwise disposed of prior to a court appearance in the same matter under Supreme Court Rule 529, a person who, after a court appearance in the same matter, is found guilty of or pleads guilty to, in…

(625 ILCS 5/16-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-105) Sec. 16-105. Disposition of fines and forfeitures. (a) Except as provided in Section 15-113 of this Act and except those amounts subject to disbursement by the circuit clerk under the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act, fines an…

(625 ILCS 5/16-105.5) Sec. 16-105.5. Payment to municipality. All revenues derived from the issuance of citations for violations of subsection (f) of Section 3-413 of this Code or a similar local ordinance that are required to be paid to a municipality under this Code shall be de…

(625 ILCS 5/16-106) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-106) Sec. 16-106. For offenses committed under the provisions of this Act or the ordinances of any municipality, park district or county which involve the regulation of the ownership, use or operation of vehicles, the police officers …

(625 ILCS 5/16-106.3) Sec. 16-106.3. Erroneous appearance date. In any case alleging a violation of this Code or similar local ordinance which would be chargeable as a misdemeanor, a case shall not be dismissed due to an error by the arresting officer or the clerk of the court, o…

(625 ILCS 5/16-106.5) Sec. 16-106.5. Pilot project; notice of violation to owner. (a) A pilot project is created that shall be in operation from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2003 in the counties of DuPage, Kendall, and Sangamon. Under the pilot project, when a traffic cit…

(625 ILCS 5/16-107) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-107) Sec. 16-107. Appearance of parent or guardian of minor in certain court proceedings - Judicial discretion. (a) Whenever an unemancipated minor is required to appear in court pursuant to a citation for violation of any Section or …

(625 ILCS 5/16-108) Sec. 16-108. Claims of diplomatic immunity. (a) This Section applies only to an individual that displays to a police officer a driver's license issued by the U.S. Department of State or that otherwise claims immunities or privileges under Title 22, Chapter 6 o…

(625 ILCS 5/16-201) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-201) Sec. 16-201. Parties to a crime. Every person who commits, attempts to commit, conspires to commit, or aids, or abets in the commission of any act declared to be a crime, whether individually or in connection with one or more oth…

(625 ILCS 5/16-202) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 16-202) Sec. 16-202. Offenses by persons owning or controlling vehicles. It is unlawful for the owner, or any other person, employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly to permit the operation of suc…