Illinois · Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5)

725 ILCS 5 § 124B-140: Court order with respect to innocent owner

What this law says, in plain English

A court may order that property subject to forfeiture be severed, transferred with state compensation, or retained by an innocent owner with a state lien, based on the owner's interest in the property.

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