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.

• § 26-1.1 — False report of theft and other losses
• § 26-2 — Interference with emergency communication
• § 26-3 — Use of a facsimile machine in unsolicited advertising or fund-raising
• § 26-4 — Unauthorized video recording and live video transmission
• § 26-4.5 — Consumer communications privacy
• § 26-6 — Disorderly conduct at a funeral or memorial service
• § 26-7 — Disorderly conduct with a laser or laser pointer
• § 26.5-0.1 — Definitions
• § 26.5-1 — Transmission of obscene messages
• § 26.5-2 — Harassment by telephone
• § 26.5-3 — Harassment through electronic communications
• § 26.5-4 — Evidence inference
• § 26.5-5 — Sentence
• § 28-1 — Gambling
• § 28-1.1 — Syndicated gambling
• § 28-2 — Definitions
• § 28-3 — Keeping a gambling place
• § 28-4 — Registration of Federal Gambling Stamps
• § 28-5 — Seizure of gambling devices and gambling funds
• § 28-7 — Gambling contracts void
• § 28-8 — Gambling losses recoverable
• § 28-9 — At the option of the prosecuting attorney any prosecution under this Article may be commenced by an information as defin
• § 29-1 — Offering a bribe
• § 29-2 — Accepting a bribe
• § 29-3 — Failure to report offer of bribe
• § 29A-1 — A person commits commercial bribery when he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon any employee, agent
• § 29A-2 — An employee, agent or fiduciary commits commercial bribe receiving when, without consent of his employer or principal, h
• § 29A-3 — Sentence
• § 29A-4 — Corporate Crime Fund
• § 29B-0.5 — Definitions
• § 29B-1 — Money laundering
• § 29B-10 — Notice to owner or interest holder
• § 29B-11 — Replevin prohibited
• § 29B-12 — Non-judicial forfeiture
• § 29B-13 — Judicial in rem procedures
• § 29B-14 — Innocent owner hearing
• § 29B-15 — Burden and commencement of forfeiture action
• § 29B-16 — Joint tenancy or tenancy in common
• § 29B-17 — Exception for bona fide purchasers
• § 29B-18 — Proportionality
• § 29B-19 — Stay of time periods
• § 29B-2 — Evidence in money laundering prosecutions
• § 29B-20 — Settlement of claims
• § 29B-21 — Attorney's fees
• § 29B-22 — Construction
• § 29B-23 — Judicial review
• § 29B-24 — Review of administrative decisions
• § 29B-25 — Return of property, damages, and costs
• § 29B-26 — Distribution of proceeds
• § 29B-27 — Applicability; savings clause
• § 29B-3 — Duty to enforce this Article
• § 29B-4 — Protective orders and warrants for forfeiture purposes
• § 29B-5 — Property subject to forfeiture
• § 29B-6 — Seizure
• § 29B-7 — Safekeeping of seized property pending disposition
• § 29B-8 — Notice to State's Attorney
• § 29B-9 — Preliminary review
• § 29C-10 — (Repealed).
• § 29C-15 — (Repealed).
• § 29C-5 — (Repealed).
• § 29D-10 — Definitions
• § 29D-15 — (Renumbered).
• § 29D-20 — Making a terrorist threat
• § 29D-25 — Falsely making a terrorist threat
• § 29D-30 — (Renumbered).
• § 29D-35 — Hindering prosecution of terrorism
• § 29D-35.1 — Boarding or attempting to board an aircraft with weapon
• § 29D-40 — Restitution
• § 29D-45 — Limitations
• § 29D-5 — Legislative findings
• § 29D-60 — Injunctive relief
• § 29D-65 — Forfeiture of property acquired in connection with a violation of this Article; property freeze or seizure
• § 29D-70 — Severability
• § 3-1 — Presumption of innocence and proof of guilt
• § 3-2 — Affirmative defense
• § 3-3 — Multiple prosecutions for same act
• § 3-4 — Effect of former prosecution
• § 3-5 — General limitations
• § 3-6 — Extended limitations
• § 3-7 — Periods excluded from limitation
• § 3-8 — Limitation on offense based on series of acts
• § 30-1 — Treason
• § 30-2 — Misprision of treason
• § 30-3 — Advocating overthrow of Government
• § 31-1 — Resisting or obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, or correctional institution employee
• § 31-1a — Disarming a peace officer or correctional institution employee
• § 31-3 — Obstructing service of process
• § 31-4 — Obstructing justice
• § 31-4.5 — Obstructing identification
• § 31-5 — Concealing or aiding a fugitive
• § 31-6 — Escape; failure to report to a penal institution or to report for periodic imprisonment
• § 31-7 — Aiding escape
• § 31-8 — Refusing to aid an officer
• § 31-9 — Obstructing an emergency management worker
• § 31A-0.1 — Definitions
• § 31A-1.1 — Bringing Contraband into a Penal Institution; Possessing Contraband in a Penal Institution
• § 31A-1.2 — Unauthorized bringing of contraband into a penal institution by an employee; unauthorized possessing of contraband in a penal institution by an employee; unauthorized delivery of contraband in a penal institution by an employee
• § 32-1 — Compounding a crime
• § 32-10 — Violation of conditions of pretrial release
• § 32-11 — Barratry
• § 32-12 — Maintenance
• § 32-13 — Unlawful clouding of title
• § 32-14 — Unlawful manipulation of a judicial sale
• § 32-15 — (Repealed).
• § 32-2 — Perjury
• § 32-3 — Subornation of perjury
• § 32-4 — Communicating with jurors and witnesses
• § 32-4a — Harassment of representatives for the child, jurors, witnesses and others
• § 32-4b — Bribery for excuse from jury duty
• § 32-4c — Witnesses; prohibition on accepting payments before judgment or verdict
• § 32-4d — Payment of jurors by parties prohibited
• § 32-4e — Interfering with the duties of a judicial officer
• § 32-4f — Retaliating against a Judge by false claim, slander of title, or malicious recording of fictitious liens
• § 32-5 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.1 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.1-1 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.2 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.2-5 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.3 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.4 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.4-1 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.5 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.6 — (Repealed).
• § 32-5.7 — (Repealed).
• § 32-6 — Performance of unauthorized acts
• § 32-7 — Simulating legal process
• § 32-8 — Tampering with public records
• § 32-8.1 — Tampering with a certification by a public official
• § 32-9 — Tampering with public notice
• § 33-1 — Bribery
• § 33-2 — Failure to report a bribe
• § 33-3 — Official misconduct
• § 33-3.1 — Solicitation misconduct (State government)
• § 33-3.2 — Solicitation misconduct (local government)
• § 33-4 — Peace officer or correctional officer; gang-related activity prohibited
• § 33-5 — Preservation of evidence
• § 33-6 — Bribery to obtain driving privileges
• § 33-7 — Public contractor misconduct
• § 33-8 — Legislative misconduct
• § 33-9 — Law enforcement misconduct
• § 33A-1 — Legislative intent and definitions
• § 33A-2 — Armed violence-Elements of the offense
• § 33A-3 — Sentence
• § 33E-1 — Interference with public contracting
• § 33E-10 — Rules of evidence
• § 33E-11 — (a) Every bid submitted to and public contract executed pursuant to such bid by the State or a unit of local government shall contain a certification by the prime contractor that the prime contractor is not barred from contracting with any unit of State or local government as a result of a violation
• § 33E-12 — It shall not constitute a violation of any provisions of this Article for any person who is an official of or employed b
• § 33E-13 — Contract negotiations under the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act shall not be subject to the provisi
• § 33E-14 — False statements on vendor applications
• § 33E-15 — False entries
• § 33E-16 — Misapplication of funds
• § 33E-17 — Unlawful participation
• § 33E-18 — Unlawful stringing of bids
• § 33E-2 — Definitions
• § 33E-3 — Bid-rigging
• § 33E-4 — Bid rotating
• § 33E-5 — Acquisition or disclosure of bidding information by public official
• § 33E-6 — Interference with contract submission and award by public official
• § 33E-7 — Kickbacks
• § 33E-8 — Bribery of inspector employed by contractor
• § 33E-9 — Change orders
• § 33F-1 — Definitions
• § 33F-2 — Unlawful use of body armor
• § 33F-3 — Sentence
• § 34-1 — Effect of headings
• § 34-2 — Partial invalidity
• § 34-3 — Savings provisions; continuation of prior Statutes
• § 34-4 — Effective date
• § 36-1 — Property subject to forfeiture
• § 36-1.1 — Seizure
• § 36-1.2 — Receipt for seized property
• § 36-1.3 — Safekeeping of seized property pending disposition
• § 36-1.4 — Notice to State's Attorney
• § 36-1.5 — Preliminary review
• § 36-10 — Applicability; savings clause
• § 36-1a — (Repealed).
• § 36-2 — Complaint for forfeiture
• § 36-2.1 — Notice to owner or interest holder
• § 36-2.2 — Replevin prohibited; return of personal property inside seized conveyance
• § 36-2.5 — Judicial in rem procedures
• § 36-2.7 — Innocent owner hearing
• § 36-3 — Exemptions from forfeiture
• § 36-3.1 — Proportionality
• § 36-4 — Remission by Attorney General
• § 36-5 — (Repealed).
• § 36-6 — Return of property, damages and costs
• § 36-7 — Distribution of proceeds; selling or retaining seized property prohibited
• § 36-9 — Reporting
• § 36.5-5 — Vehicle impoundment
• § 37-1 — Maintaining Public Nuisance
• § 37-2 — Enforcement of lien upon public nuisance
• § 37-3 — Revocation of licenses, permits and certificates
• § 37-4 — Abatement of nuisance.) The Attorney General of this State or the State's Attorney of the county wherein the nuisance exists may commence an action to abate a public nuisance as described in Section 37-1 of this Act, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, in the circuit court
• § 37-5 — Enforcement by private person
• § 37.5-10 — (Repealed).
• § 37.5-15 — (Repealed).
• § 37.5-20 — (Repealed).
• § 37.5-25 — (Repealed).
• § 37.5-30 — (Repealed).
• § 37.5-35 — (Repealed).