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5 ILCS 312/7-104 (2026)

Official Misconduct Defined

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(5 ILCS 312/7-104) (from Ch. 102, par. 207-104)
    Sec. 7-104. Official Misconduct Defined. The term "official misconduct" generally means the wrongful exercise of a power or the wrongful performance of a duty and is fully defined in Section 33-3 of the Criminal Code of 2012. The term "wrongful" as used in the definition of official misconduct means unauthorized, unlawful, abusive, negligent, reckless, or injurious.
(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)

    
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Cited in 1 case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Hatchett v. W2X, Inc., 2013 IL App (1st) 121758 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013).
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Hatchett v. W2X, Inc., 2013 IL App (1st) 121758 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “” 5 ILCS 312/7-104 (West 2008). Under the statute, “a notary public, whose inherent function is to serve as an unprejudiced witness, must satisfy himself of the truth of a signer’s identity.”
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