Illinois Compiled Statutes
625 ILCS 5/1-146 (2026)
Motor vehicle
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(625 ILCS 5/1-146)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-146)
Sec. 1-146. Motor vehicle. Every vehicle which is self-propelled and
every vehicle which is
propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not
operated upon rails, except for vehicles moved solely by human power,
motorized wheelchairs, low-speed electric bicycles, and low-speed gas bicycles. For this Act, motor vehicles are divided into two
divisions:
First Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for the carrying
of not more than 10 persons.
Second Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for carrying
more than 10 persons, those motor vehicles designed or used for living
quarters, those
motor vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying freight, cargo
or implements of husbandry, and those motor vehicles of
the First Division remodelled for use and used
as motor vehicles of the Second Division.
(Source: P.A. 96-125, eff. 1-1-10.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: Goldstein v. Grinnell Select Ins. Co., 2016 IL App (1st) 140317 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
Goldstein v. Grinnell Select Ins. Co., 2016 IL App (1st) 140317 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” 625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 2010). 10 No. 1-14-0317 A “vehicle” is defined in pertinent part as: “Every device, in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or requiring a certificate of title under Section 3-101(d) of this Code,…”
People v. Frazier, 2016 IL App (1st) 140911 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” 625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 2012). Low-speed electric and gas bicycles are defined as two- or three-wheeled vehicles with fully operable pedals and electric or gas motors of less than one horsepower, whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such motors…”
Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Mahoney, 2011 IL App (2d) 101279 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “This definition is consistent with the definition of “motor vehicle” provided in the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 2010)). The Illinois Vehicle Code defines “motor vehicle” as: “Every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by…”
People v. Staton, 619 N.E.2d 777 (Ill. App. Ct. 1993). “1 — 146 (now 625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 1992)). Defendant points out that each of the three general statutes under which he was convicted requires as an essential element that the defendant be operating a vehicle or motor vehicle.”
People v. Grandadam, 2015 IL App (3d) 150111 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” 625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 2014). Low-speed gas bicycles are themselves defined in the Code as “[a] 2 or 3-wheeled device with fully operable pedals and a gasoline motor of less than one horsepower, whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a motor…”
Friedman v. White, 2015 IL App (2d) 140942 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “1 625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 2014). The statute imposes a $98 annual fee for first-division motor vehicles.”
Friedman v. White, 2015 IL App (2d) 140942 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “1 625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 2014). The statute imposes a $98 annual fee for 1 Second-division vehicles, which include, inter alia, those designed for more than 10 -5- 2015 IL App (2d) 140942 first-division motor vehicles.”
People v. Duclerk (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). “So, I submit to the Court that this is a low-speed gas bicycle as defined under the Illinois Motor Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/1-146 and 5/11-, I think it’s 15, 16.”
Friedman v. White, 2015 IL App (2d) 140942 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “1 625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 2014). The statute imposes a $98 annual fee for 1 Second-division vehicles, which include, inter alia, those designed for more than 10 -5- 2015 IL App (2d) 140942 first-division motor vehicles.”
People v. Watkins, 2025 IL App (1st) 231749-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “” 625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 2022). Watkins argues that Officer Mullaney’s testimony that the object he was sitting on was a “four-wheel -3- No.”
Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. v. Mahoney, 960 N.E.2d 687 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “This definition is consistent with the definition of "motor vehicle" provided in the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/1-146 (West 2010)). The Illinois Vehicle Code defines "motor vehicle" as: "Every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by…”
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