Illinois Compiled Statutes

605 ILCS 5/2-217 (2026)

Right-of-way-The land, or interest therein, acquired for or devoted to a highway

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(605 ILCS 5/2-217) (from Ch. 121, par. 2-217)
    Sec. 2-217. Right-of-way-The land, or interest therein, acquired for or devoted to a highway.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2020–2023 · leading case: Grabinski v. Forest Preserve Dist., 2020 IL App (1st) 191267 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
Grabinski v. Forest Preserve Dist., 2020 IL App (1st) 191267 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 605 ILCS 5/2-217 (West 2016). 2 The Estates later filed a separate lawsuit against IDOT in the Illinois Court of Claims, which is stayed pending the outcome of this appeal.”
Grabinski v. Forest Preserve Dist., 2020 IL App (1st) 191267 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 605 ILCS 5/2-217 (West 2016). 2 The Estates later filed a separate lawsuit against IDOT in the Illinois Court of Claims, which is stayed pending the outcome of this appeal.”
People v. Jones, 2023 IL App (1st) 221613-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “” 605 ILCS 5/2-217 (West 2020). A highway is, “any public way for vehicular travel,” and “shared-use paths for nonvehicular public travel, sidewalks *** and all other structures and appurtenances necessary or convenient for vehicular traffic,” and may be called a “street” in a…”
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