Chapter 720, CRIMINAL OFFENSES

(720 ILCS 5/47-15) Sec. 47-15. Dumping garbage upon real property. (a) It is unlawful for a person to dump, deposit, or place garbage, rubbish, trash, or refuse upon real property not owned by that person without the consent of the owner or person in possession of the real proper…

(720 ILCS 5/47-20) Sec. 47-20. Unplugged well. It is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to permit a water well, located on property owned by him or her, to be in an unplugged condition at any time after the abandonment of the well for obtaining water. No well is in an unplugged c…

(720 ILCS 5/47-25) Sec. 47-25. Penalties. Whoever causes, erects, or continues a nuisance described in this Article, for the first offense, is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not exceeding $100, and for a subsequent offense is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Every n…

(720 ILCS 5/47-5) Sec. 47-5. Public nuisance. It is a public nuisance: (1) To cause or allow the carcass of an animal or offal, filth, or a noisome substance to be collected, deposited, or to remain in any place to the prejudice of others. (2) To throw or deposit offal or other o…

(720 ILCS 5/48-1) (was 720 ILCS 5/26-5) Sec. 48-1. Dog fighting. (For other provisions that may apply to dog fighting, see the Humane Care for Animals Act. For provisions similar to this Section that apply to animals other than dogs, see in particular Section 4.01 of the Humane C…

(720 ILCS 5/48-10) Sec. 48-10. Dangerous animals. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise requires: "Dangerous animal" means a lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, jaguar, cheetah, margay, mountain lion, lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, bear, hyena, wolf or coyot…

(720 ILCS 5/48-11) Sec. 48-11. Unlawful use of a covered animal in a traveling animal act. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: "Covered animal" means any of the following animals, and hybrids of those animals: (1) cougar (puma concolor); (2) elephantidae; (3) jaguar (panthe…

(720 ILCS 5/48-2) Sec. 48-2. Animal research and production facilities protection. (a) Definitions. "Animal" means every living creature, domestic or wild, but does not include man. "Animal facility" means any facility engaging in legal scientific research or agricultural product…

(720 ILCS 5/48-3) Sec. 48-3. Hunter or fisherman interference. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: "Aquatic life" means all fish, reptiles, amphibians, crayfish, and mussels the taking of which is authorized by the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. "Interfere with" means to take …

(720 ILCS 5/48-4) Sec. 48-4. Obtaining certificate of registration by false pretenses. (a) A person commits obtaining certificate of registration by false pretenses when he or she, by any false pretense, obtains from any club, association, society or company for improving the bre…

(720 ILCS 5/48-5) Sec. 48-5. Horse mutilation. (a) A person commits horse mutilation when he or she cuts the solid part of the tail of any horse in the operation known as docking, or by any other operation performed for the purpose of shortening the tail, and whoever shall cause …

(720 ILCS 5/48-6) Sec. 48-6. Horse racing false entry. (a) That in order to encourage the breeding of and improvement in trotting, running and pacing horses in the State, it is hereby made unlawful for any person or persons knowingly to enter or cause to be entered for competitio…

(720 ILCS 5/48-7) Sec. 48-7. Feeding garbage to animals. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: "Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois. "Garbage" has the same meaning as in the federal Swine Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 3802) and also incl…

(720 ILCS 5/48-8) Sec. 48-8. Service animal access. (a) When a person with a physical, mental, or intellectual disability requiring the use of a service animal is accompanied by a service animal or when a trainer of a service animal is accompanied by a service animal, neither the…

(720 ILCS 5/48-9) Sec. 48-9. Misrepresentation of stallion and jack pedigree. (a) The owner or keeper of any stallion or jack kept for public service commits misrepresentation of stallion and jack pedigree when he or she misrepresents the pedigree or breeding of the stallion or j…

(720 ILCS 5/49-1) Sec. 49-1. Flag desecration. (a) Definition. As used in this Section: "Flag", "standard", "color" or "ensign" shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or any picture or representation of either thereof, made of any substance or represented on any substanc…

(720 ILCS 5/49-1.5) Sec. 49-1.5. Draft card mutilation. (a) A person commits draft card mutilation when he or she knowingly destroys or mutilates a valid registration certificate or any other valid certificate issued under the federal "Military Selective Service Act of 1967". (b)…

(720 ILCS 5/49-2) Sec. 49-2. Business use of military terms. (a) It is unlawful for any person, concern, firm or corporation to use in the name, or description of the name, of any privately operated mercantile establishment which may or may not be engaged principally in the buyin…

(720 ILCS 5/49-3) Sec. 49-3. Governmental uneconomic practices. (a) It is unlawful for the State of Illinois, any political subdivision thereof, or any municipality therein, or any officer, agent or employee of the State of Illinois, any political subdivision thereof or any munic…

(720 ILCS 5/49-4) Sec. 49-4. Sale of maps. (a) The sale of current Illinois publications or highway maps published by the Secretary of State is prohibited except where provided by law. (b) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff.…

(720 ILCS 5/49-5) Sec. 49-5. Video movie sales and rentals rating violation. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise requires: "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or any other legal or commercial entity. "Official rating" means a…

(720 ILCS 5/49-6) Sec. 49-6. Container label obliteration prohibited. (a) No person shall sell or offer for sale any product, article or substance in a container on which any statement of weight, quantity, quality, grade, ingredients or identification of the manufacturer, supplie…

(720 ILCS 5/21.1-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 21.1-1) Sec. 21.1-1. Legislative finding and declaration. The Legislature finds and declares that men in a free society have the right to quiet enjoyment of their homes; that the stability of community and family life cannot be maintained un…

(720 ILCS 5/21.1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 21.1-2) Sec. 21.1-2. Residential picketing. A person commits residential picketing when he or she pickets before or about the residence or dwelling of any person, except when the residence or dwelling is used as a place of business. This Art…

(720 ILCS 5/21.1-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 21.1-3) Sec. 21.1-3. Sentence. Violation of Section 21.1-2 is a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)

(720 ILCS 5/21.2-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 21.2-1) Sec. 21.2-1. The General Assembly, in recognition of unlawful campus and school disorders across the nation which are disruptive of the educational process, dangerous to the health and safety of persons, damaging to public and privat…

(720 ILCS 5/21.2-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 21.2-2) Sec. 21.2-2. Interference with a public institution of education. A person commits interference with a public institution of education when he or she, on the campus of a public institution of education, or at or in any building or ot…

(720 ILCS 5/21.2-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 21.2-3) Sec. 21.2-3. Nothing in this Article prevents lawful assembly of the trustees, school board members, superintendent, principal, employees, students or invitees of a public institution of education, or prevents orderly petition for re…

(720 ILCS 5/21.2-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 21.2-4) Sec. 21.2-4. Sentence. A person convicted of violation of this Article commits a Class C misdemeanor for the first offense and for a second or subsequent offense commits a Class B misdemeanor. If the interference with the public inst…

(720 ILCS 5/21.2-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 21.2-5) Sec. 21.2-5. For the purposes of this Article the words and phrases described in this Section have the meanings designated in this Section, except when a particular context clearly requires a different meaning. "Public institution of…

(720 ILCS 5/21.2-6) (from Ch. 38, par. 21.2-6) Sec. 21.2-6. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without the i…

(720 ILCS 5/24.5-10) Sec. 24.5-10. Unlawful manufacture or delivery. Any person, firm, corporation, co-partnership, limited liability company, or association that intentionally manufactures, delivers, or possesses with intent to manufacture or deliver nitrous oxide for any purpos…

(720 ILCS 5/24.5-5) Sec. 24.5-5. Unlawful possession. Any person who possesses nitrous oxide or any substance containing nitrous oxide, with the intent to breathe, inhale, or ingest for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, stupefaction…

(720 ILCS 5/24.8-0.1) Sec. 24.8-0.1. Definitions. As used in this Article: "Air rifle" means and includes any air gun, air pistol, spring gun, spring pistol, B-B gun, paint ball gun, pellet gun or any implement that is not a firearm which impels a breakable paint ball containing …

(720 ILCS 5/24.8-1) Sec. 24.8-1. Selling, renting, or transferring air rifles to children. (a) A dealer commits selling, renting, or transferring air rifles to children when he or she sells, lends, rents, gives or otherwise transfers an air rifle to any person under the age of 13…

(720 ILCS 5/24.8-2) Sec. 24.8-2. Carrying or discharging air rifles on public streets. (a) A person under 13 years of age commits carrying or discharging air rifles on public streets when he or she carries any air rifle on the public streets, roads, highways or public lands withi…

(720 ILCS 5/24.8-3) Sec. 24.8-3. Permissive possession of an air rifle by a person under 13 years of age. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article, it is lawful for any person under 13 years of age to have in his or her possession any air rifle if it is: (1) Kept within his …

(720 ILCS 5/24.8-4) Sec. 24.8-4. Permissive sales. The provisions of this Article do not prohibit sales of air rifles: (1) By wholesale dealers or jobbers; (2) To be shipped out of the State; or (3) To be used at a target range operated in accordance with Section 24.8-3 of this A…

(720 ILCS 5/24.8-5) Sec. 24.8-5. Sentence. A violation of this Article is a petty offense. The Illinois State Police or any sheriff or police officer shall seize, take, remove or cause to be removed at the expense of the owner, any air rifle sold or used in any manner in violatio…

(720 ILCS 5/24.8-6) Sec. 24.8-6. Municipal regulation. The provisions of any ordinance enacted by any municipality which impose greater restrictions or limitations in respect to the sale and purchase, use or possession of air rifles as herein defined than are imposed by this Arti…

(720 ILCS 5/26.5-0.1) Sec. 26.5-0.1. Definitions. As used in this Article: "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectri…

(720 ILCS 5/26.5-1) Sec. 26.5-1. Transmission of obscene messages. (a) A person commits transmission of obscene messages when he or she sends messages or uses language or terms which are obscene, lewd or immoral with the intent to offend by means of or while using a telephone or …

(720 ILCS 5/26.5-2) Sec. 26.5-2. Harassment by telephone. (a) A person commits harassment by telephone when he or she uses telephone communication for any of the following purposes: (1) Making any comment, request, suggestion or proposal which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy…

(720 ILCS 5/26.5-3) Sec. 26.5-3. Harassment through electronic communications. (a) A person commits harassment through electronic communications when he or she uses electronic communication for any of the following purposes: (1) Making any comment, request, suggestion or proposal…

(720 ILCS 5/26.5-4) Sec. 26.5-4. Evidence inference. Evidence that a defendant made additional telephone calls or engaged in additional electronic communications after having been requested by a named complainant or by a family or household member of the complainant to stop may b…

(720 ILCS 5/26.5-5) Sec. 26.5-5. Sentence. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who violates any of the provisions of Section 26.5-1, 26.5-2, or 26.5-3 of this Article is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Except as provided in subsection (b), a second or subsequent v…

(720 ILCS 5/36-10) Sec. 36-10. Applicability; savings clause. (a) The changes made to this Article by Public Act 100-512 and Public Act 100-699 only apply to property seized on and after July 1, 2018. (b) The changes made to this Article by Public Act 100-699 are subject to Secti…

(720 ILCS 5/36.5-5) Sec. 36.5-5. Vehicle impoundment. (a) In addition to any other penalty, fee or forfeiture provided by law, a peace officer who arrests a person for a violation of Section 10-9, 11-14, 11-14.1, 11-14.3, 11-14.4, 11-18, or 11-18.1 of this Code or related municip…

(720 ILCS 640/0.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 2368.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Improper Supervision of Children Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(720 ILCS 145/0.01) (from Ch. 134, par. 15m) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Telecommunication Line Tapping Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)