Illinois Compiled Statutes

510 ILCS 70/2.06 (2026)

"Owner" means any person who (a) has a right of property in an animal, (b) keeps or harbors an animal, (c) has an animal in his care, or (d) acts as custodian of an animal

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(510 ILCS 70/2.06) (from Ch. 8, par. 702.06)
    Sec. 2.06. "Owner" means any person who (a) has a right of property in an animal, (b) keeps or harbors an animal, (c) has an animal in his care, or (d) acts as custodian of an animal.
(Source: P.A. 78-905.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2020–2025 · leading case: People v. Kirkpatrick, 2020 IL App (5th) 160422 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
People v. Kirkpatrick, 2020 IL App (5th) 160422 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “See 510 ILCS 70/2.06 (West 2014) (“ ‘Owner’ means any person who (a) has a right of property in an animal, (b) keeps or harbors an animal, (c) has an animal in his care, or (d) acts as custodian of an animal.”
People v. Brown, 2025 IL App (5th) 220415-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “06 of the Humane Care for Animals Act (HCAA) (510 ILCS 70/2.06 (West 2016)) are not identical.”
Horbrook v. Contreras, 2022 IL App (1st) 211150-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “See 510 ILCS 70/2.06 (West 2016) ( “owner” defined as “any person who*** (b) keeps or harbors an animal, (c) has an animal in his care, or (d) acts as custodian of an animal”).”
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