ILCS » Chapter 235 · Act 5
Illinois Compiled Statutes

235 ILCS 5/10-3 (2026)

Every act or omission of whatsoever nature constituting a violation of any of the provisions of this Act, by any officer, director, manager or other agent or employee of any licensee, shall be deemed and held to be the act of such employer or licensee, and said employer or licensee shall be punishable in the same manner as if said act or omission had been done or omitted by him personally

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IL-ILGAilga.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
(235 ILCS 5/10-3) (from Ch. 43, par. 185)
    Sec. 10-3. Every act or omission of whatsoever nature constituting a violation of any of the provisions of this Act, by any officer, director, manager or other agent or employee of any licensee, shall be deemed and held to be the act of such employer or licensee, and said employer or licensee shall be punishable in the same manner as if said act or omission had been done or omitted by him personally.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2000–2014 · leading case: WISAM 1, Inc. v. Illinois Liquor Control Comm'n, 2014 IL 116173 (Ill. 2014).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
WISAM 1, Inc. v. Illinois Liquor Control Comm'n, 2014 IL 116173 (Ill. 2014). · cites it 3× “” 235 ILCS 5/10-3 (West 2010). ¶ 32 Thus, the Act holds the licensee strictly accountable for any conduct of its agent which constitutes a violation of the Act.”
WISAM 1, Inc. v. Illinois Liquor Control Comm'n, 2014 IL 116173 (Ill. 2014). · cites it 3× “” 235 ILCS 5/10-3 (West 2010). ¶ 32 Thus, the Act holds the licensee strictly accountable for any conduct of its agent which constitutes a violation of the Act.”
King's Health Spa, Inc. v. Vill. of Downers Grove, 2014 IL App (2d) 130825 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “While revocation of a massage establishment license for a single prostitution incident might be a very strong sanction where the licensee has no history of violations and no knowledge of his or her employees’ prohibited conduct, we cannot say that such a strong sanction…”
King's Health Spa, Inc. v. The Vill. of Downers Grove, 2014 IL App (2d) 130825 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “Illinois Liquor Control Comm’n, 2014 IL 116173 , ¶ 32 (reasoning that the purpose of the Liquor Control Act’s strict liability provision (235 ILCS 5/10-3 (West 2010)) “is to ensure that the holder of a license for alcoholic beverages has an affirmative responsibility to see that…”
Amigo's Inn, Inc. v. License Appeal Comm'n (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “) 235 ILCS 5/10-3 (West 2002). Plaintiff argues that the statute is unambiguous as to imposing strict liability on a licensee for the acts of an officer, director, manager or "other agent or employee," and that Sanchez falls into none of these categories because he was an…”
People v. Select Specialties, Ltd. (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). “As an agent for the licensee at the specified off-premise location (235 ILCS 5/10-3 (West 1996)), the tasting representative is authorized under the Act to furnish and sell alcoholic beverages to the public (235 ILCS 5/6-31 (West Supp.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.