Illinois Compiled Statutes
520 ILCS 5/1.20 (2026)
The possession of any wild bird or wild mammal protected under this Act, is prima facie evidence that the same is subject to all the provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, pertaining to the taking, possession and disposition thereof
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(520 ILCS 5/1.20)
(from Ch. 61, par. 1.20)
Sec. 1.20.
The possession of any wild bird or wild mammal protected under this
Act, is prima facie evidence that the same is subject to all the
provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, pertaining to
the taking, possession and disposition thereof.
Whenever the contents of any box, barrel, package, or receptacle
consists partly of contraband and partly of legal species or any part
thereof (their nests or eggs), the entire contents of such box, barrel,
package or other receptacle is subject to confiscation.
Whenever a person has in his or her possession in excess of the
number of wild birds or wild mammals, or parts thereof, permitted under
the provisions of this Act, including administrative rules, the entire
number of wild birds or wild mammals, or parts thereof, in his or her
possession is subject to confiscation.
(Source: P.A. 85-152.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Tranchita v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2020 IL App (1st) 191251 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
Tranchita v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2020 IL App (1st) 191251 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 520 ILCS 5/1.20 (West 2016). Coyotes are a protected species of wildlife designated as “fur- bearing mammals” in the Wildlife Code.”
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