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520 ILCS 5/1.1 (2026)

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wildlife Code"

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(520 ILCS 5/1.1) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.1)
    Sec. 1.1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wildlife Code".
(Source: P.A. 81-382.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1998–2024 · leading case: Russell v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 701 N.E.2d 1056 (Ill. 1998).
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Russell v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 701 N.E.2d 1056 (Ill. 1998). “” Neither the Wildlife Code (520 ILCS 5/1.1 et seq. (West 1994)) nor the Department’s enabling statute (20 ILCS 805/63a et seq.”
In re Nasie M., 2015 IL App (1st) 151678 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “6(a)(3)(I), a person under the age of 21 commits the offense of AUUW when he or she knowingly possesses a pistol, revolver, stun gun, or taser or other firearm unless the person is engaged in lawful activities under the Wildlife Code (520 ILCS 5/1.1 et seq. (West 2012)). 720…”
People v. McGee, 794 N.E.2d 855 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “e commission or attempted commission of a misdemeanor involving the use or threat of violence against the person or property of another; or (I) the person possessing the weapon was under 21 years of age and in possession of a handgun as defined in Section 24 — 3 [720 ILCS 5/24 —…”
People v. Fields, 2014 IL App (1st) 130209 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “We find that the under 21 subsection serves a substantial and important government interest to reduce in this state the armed violence and illegal activity of street gangs and others by preventing those under 21 years of age from carrying handguns in public, except in certain…”
People v. Mosley, 2015 IL 115872 (Ill. 2015). “tors are relevant to this case: subsection (a)(3)(A), the firearm was uncased, loaded and immediately accessible; subsection (a)(3)(C), the person possessing the firearm had not been issued a valid FOID card; and subsection (a)(3)(I), the person possessing the firearm, a…”
Kwame Raoul v. 3M Co., 111 F.4th 846 (7th Cir. 2024). “17, the Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code, 515 ILCS 5/1-1–5/50-1, and the Illinois Wildlife Code, 520 ILCS 5/1.1–5/4.4. The State also brought its claims under several common law theories.”
People v. Diggins, 888 N.E.2d 129 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “For example, in the Illinois Wildlife Code (520 ILCS 5/1.1 et seq. (West 2004)) the legislature defined “case” for the purposes of describing a container used to contain a weapon as: “Case.”
In re Manual M., 2017 IL App (1st) 162381 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “The second AUUW count alleged that the respondent, being under age 21 and not engaged in lawful activities under the Wildlife Code (520 ILCS 5/1.1 et seq. (West 2014)), carried a firearm on his person.”
People v. Smith, 2015 IL App (1st) 132176 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “nviction for AUUW, the State must prove that the defendant knowingly “[c]arries on or about his or her person or in any vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except when on his or her land *** any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm,” and the person…”
People v. Smith, 2015 IL App (1st) 132176 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “nviction for AUUW, the State must prove that the defendant knowingly "[c]arries on or about his or her person or in any vehicle or concealed on or about his or her person except when on his or her land *** any pistol, revolver, stun gun or taser or other firearm," and the person…”
In re Manual M., 2017 IL App (1st) 162381 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “The second AUUW count alleged that the respondent, being under age 21 and not engaged in lawful activities under the Wildlife Code (520 ILCS 5/1.1 et seq. (West 2014)), carried a firearm on his person.”
People v. Alvarado, 964 N.E.2d 532 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “Furthermore, this provision contains exceptions and, thus, does not affect the person under 21 years of age who is engaged in lawful activities under the Wildlife Code (520 ILCS 5/1.1 et seq. (West 2006)), members or patrons of target shooting ranges (720 ILCS 5/24-2(b)(1), (f)…”
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