Illinois

Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)

688 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 16-7 — Unlawful use of recorded sounds or images
• § 16-8 — (Repealed).
• § 17-0.5 — Definitions
• § 17-1 — Deceptive practices
• § 17-10 — (Repealed).
• § 17-10.3 — Deception relating to certification of disadvantaged business enterprises
• § 17-10.5 — Insurance fraud
• § 17-10.6 — Financial institution fraud
• § 17-10.7 — Insurance claims for excessive charges
• § 17-11 — Odometer or hour meter fraud
• § 17-11.1 — (Repealed).
• § 17-11.2 — Airbag fraud
• § 17-12 — (Repealed).
• § 17-13 — Fraud in transfers of real and personal property
• § 17-14 — (Repealed).
• § 17-15 — (Repealed).
• § 17-17 — Fraud in stock transactions
• § 17-18 — (Repealed).
• § 17-19 — (Repealed).
• § 17-1a — (Repealed).
• § 17-1b — State's Attorney's bad check diversion program
• § 17-2 — False personation; solicitation
• § 17-2.5 — (Repealed).
• § 17-20 — Obstructing gas, water, or electric current meters
• § 17-21 — Obstructing service meters
• § 17-23 — (Repealed).
• § 17-24 — Mail fraud and wire fraud
• § 17-25 — (Repealed).
• § 17-26 — Misconduct by a corporate official
• § 17-27 — Fraud on creditors
• § 17-3 — Forgery
• § 17-3.5 — Deceptive sale of gold or silver
• § 17-31 — False statement to procure credit or debit card
• § 17-32 — Possession of another's credit, debit, or identification card
• § 17-33 — Possession of lost or mislaid credit or debit card
• § 17-34 — Sale of credit or debit card
• § 17-35 — Use of credit or debit card as security for debt
• § 17-36 — Use of counterfeited, forged, expired, revoked, or unissued credit or debit card
• § 17-37 — Use of credit or debit card with intent to defraud
• § 17-38 — Use of account number or code with intent to defraud; possession of record of charge forms
• § 17-39 — Receipt of goods or services
• § 17-4 — (Repealed).
• § 17-40 — Signing another's card with intent to defraud
• § 17-41 — Altered or counterfeited card
• § 17-42 — Possession of incomplete card
• § 17-43 — Prohibited deposits
• § 17-44 — Fraudulent use of electronic transmission
• § 17-45 — Payment of charges without furnishing item of value
• § 17-46 — Furnishing items of value with intent to defraud
• § 17-47 — Failure to furnish items of value
• § 17-48 — Repeat offenses
• § 17-49 — Severability
• § 17-49.5 — Telephone Charge Fraud Act unaffected
• § 17-5 — Deceptive collection practices
• § 17-5.5 — Unlawful attempt to collect compensated debt against a crime victim
• § 17-5.7 — Deceptive advertising
• § 17-55 — Definitions
• § 17-6 — State benefits fraud
• § 17-6.3 — WIC fraud
• § 17-6.5 — Persons under deportation order; ineligibility for benefits
• § 17-61 — Unauthorized use of university stationery
• § 17-62 — Unlawful possession of device for manufacturing a false universal price code label
• § 17-8 — (Repealed).
• § 17-8.5 — Fraud on a governmental entity
• § 17-9 — Public aid wire and mail fraud
• § 18-1 — Robbery; aggravated robbery
• § 18-2 — Armed robbery
• § 18-3 — Vehicular hijacking
• § 18-4 — Aggravated vehicular hijacking
• § 18-5 — (Repealed).
• § 19-1 — Burglary
• § 19-2 — Possession of burglary tools
• § 19-2.5 — Unlawful sale of burglary tools
• § 19-3 — Residential burglary
• § 19-4 — Criminal trespass to a residence
• § 19-5 — Criminal fortification of a residence or building
• § 2-1 — "Acquittal"
• § 2-10 — "Includes"
• § 2-10.1 — "Person with a severe or profound intellectual disability" means a person (i) whose intelligence quotient does not exceed 40 or (ii) whose intelligence quotient does not exceed 55 and who suffers from significant mental illness to the extent that the person's ability to exercise rational judgment is
• § 2-10.2 — Laser or laser device
• § 2-10.3 — Laser gunsight
• § 2-11 — "Misdemeanor"
• § 2-11.1 — "Motor vehicle"
• § 2-12 — "Offense"
• § 2-12.1 — Part day child care facility
• § 2-13 — "Peace officer"
• § 2-14 — "Penal institution"
• § 2-15 — "Person"
• § 2-15.5 — "Personally discharged a firearm"
• § 2-15a — "Person with a physical disability"
• § 2-15b — "Place of worship" means a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other building, structure, or place used primarily for
• § 2-16 — "Prosecution"
• § 2-17 — "Public employee"
• § 2-18 — "Public officer"
• § 2-19 — "Reasonable belief"
• § 2-19.5 — "School" means a public, private, or parochial elementary or secondary school, community college, college, or university
• § 2-2 — "Act"
• § 2-20 — "Solicit"
• § 2-21 — "State"
• § 2-22 — "Statute"
• § 2-3 — "Another"
• § 2-3.5 — "Community policing volunteer" means a person who is summoned or directed by a peace officer or any person actively participating in a community policing program and who is engaged in lawful conduct intended to assist any unit of government in enforcing any criminal or civil law
• § 2-3.6 — "Armed with a firearm"
• § 2-4 — "Conduct"
• § 2-5 — "Conviction"
• § 2-5.1 — Day care center
• § 2-5.2 — Day care home
• § 2-6 — "Dwelling"
• § 2-6.5 — Emergency medical technician
• § 2-6.6 — Emergency management worker
• § 2-7 — "Felony"
• § 2-7.1 — "Firearm" and "firearm ammunition"
• § 2-7.5 — "Firearm"
• § 2-8 — "Forcible felony"
• § 2-8.1 — Group day care home
• § 2-9 — "Included offense"
• § 20-1 — Arson; residential arson; place of worship arson
• § 20-1.1 — Aggravated Arson
• § 20-1.2 — (Repealed).
• § 20-1.3 — (Repealed).
• § 20-1.4 — (Repealed).
• § 20-1.5 — (Repealed).
• § 20-2 — Possession of explosives or explosive or incendiary devices
• § 20.5-5 — (Renumbered).
• § 20.5-6 — (Renumbered).
• § 21-1 — Criminal damage to property
• § 21-1.1 — (Repealed).
• § 21-1.2 — Institutional vandalism
• § 21-1.3 — Criminal defacement of property
• § 21-1.4 — Jackrocks violation
• § 21-1.5 — (Repealed).
• § 21-10 — Criminal use of a motion picture exhibition facility
• § 21-11 — Distributing or delivering written or printed solicitation on school property
• § 21-2 — Criminal trespass to vehicles
• § 21-2.5 — Electronic tracking devices prohibited
• § 21-3 — Criminal trespass to real property
• § 21-5 — Criminal trespass to State supported land
• § 21-5.5 — Criminal trespass to a safe school zone
• § 21-6 — Unauthorized Possession or Storage of Weapons
• § 21-7 — Criminal trespass to restricted areas and restricted landing areas at airports; aggravated criminal trespass to restricted areas and restricted landing areas at airports
• § 21-8 — Criminal trespass to a nuclear facility
• § 21-9 — Criminal trespass to a place of public amusement
• § 21.1-1 — Legislative finding and declaration
• § 21.1-2 — Residential picketing
• § 21.1-3 — Sentence
• § 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 private property, and which divert the use of institutional facilities from the primar
• § 21.2-2 — Interference with a public institution of education
• § 21.2-3 — Nothing in this Article prevents lawful assembly of the trustees, school board members, superintendent, principal, emplo
• § 21.2-4 — Sentence
• § 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
• § 21.2-6 — If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity
• § 24-1 — Unlawful possession of weapons
• § 24-1.1 — Unlawful possession of weapons by felons or persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections facilities
• § 24-1.10 — Manufacture, delivery, sale, and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices
• § 24-1.2 — Aggravated discharge of a firearm
• § 24-1.2-5 — Aggravated discharge of a machine gun or a firearm equipped with a device designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm
• § 24-1.5 — Reckless discharge of a firearm
• § 24-1.6 — Aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon
• § 24-1.7 — Unlawful possession of a firearm by a repeat felony offender
• § 24-1.8 — Unlawful possession of a firearm by a street gang member
• § 24-1.9 — Manufacture, possession, delivery, sale, and purchase of assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles, and .50 caliber cartridges
• § 24-10 — Municipal ordinance regulating firearms; affirmative defense to a violation
• § 24-2 — Exemptions
• § 24-2.1 — Unlawful possession of firearm projectiles
• § 24-2.2 — Manufacture, sale or transfer of bullets or shells represented to be armor piercing bullets, dragon's breath shotgun shells, bolo shells, or flechette shells
• § 24-3 — Unlawful sale or delivery of firearms
• § 24-3.1 — Unlawful possession of firearms and firearm ammunition
• § 24-3.2 — Unlawful discharge of firearm projectiles
• § 24-3.3 — Unlawful Sale or Delivery of Firearms on the Premises of Any School, regardless of the time of day or the time of year, or any conveyance owned, leased or contracted by a school to transport students to or from school or a school related activity, or residential property owned, operated or managed b
• § 24-3.4 — Unlawful sale of firearms by liquor licensee
• § 24-3.5 — Unlawful purchase of a firearm
• § 24-3.6 — Unlawful possession of a firearm in the shape of a wireless telephone
• § 24-3.7 — Use of a stolen firearm in the commission of an offense
• § 24-3.8 — Possession of a stolen firearm
• § 24-3.9 — Aggravated possession of a stolen firearm
• § 24-3A — Gunrunning
• § 24-3B — Firearms trafficking
• § 24-4 — Register of sales by dealer
• § 24-4.1 — Report of lost or stolen firearms
• § 24-5 — Defacing identification marks of firearms
• § 24-5.1 — Serialization of unfinished frames or receivers; prohibition on unserialized firearms; exceptions; penalties
• § 24-6 — Confiscation and disposition of weapons
• § 24-7 — Weapons offenses; community service
• § 24-8 — Firearm evidence
• § 24-9 — Firearms; Child Protection
• § 24-9.5 — Handgun safety devices
• § 24.5-10 — Unlawful manufacture or delivery
• § 24.5-5 — Unlawful possession
• § 24.8-0.1 — Definitions
• § 24.8-1 — Selling, renting, or transferring air rifles to children
• § 24.8-2 — Carrying or discharging air rifles on public streets
• § 24.8-3 — Permissive possession of an air rifle by a person under 13 years of age
• § 24.8-4 — Permissive sales
• § 24.8-5 — Sentence
• § 24.8-6 — Municipal regulation
• § 25-1 — Mob action
• § 25-1.1 — (Renumbered).
• § 25-2 — (Renumbered).
• § 25-4 — Looting by individuals
• § 26-1 — Disorderly conduct