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625 ILCS 5/1-217

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(625 ILCS 5/1-217) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-217)
    Sec. 1-217. Vehicle. 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, except devices moved by human power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and snowmobiles as defined in the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act.
    For the purposes of this Code, unless otherwise prescribed, a device shall be considered to be a vehicle until such time it either comes within the definition of a junk vehicle, as defined under this Code, or a junking certificate is issued for it.
    For this Code, vehicles are divided into 2 divisions:
    First Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for the carrying of not more than 10 persons.
    Second Division: Those vehicles which are designed for carrying more than 10 persons, those designed or used for living quarters and those vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying property, freight, or cargo and those motor vehicles of the First Division remodelled for use and used as motor vehicles of the Second Division.
(Source: P.A. 102-1130, eff. 7-1-23.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2021 · leading case: Cohen v. Chicago Park District
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Cohen v. Chicago Park District (2017) ill · cites it 2× “" Under the Highway Code, roads and streets are types of highways-highway being the generic term for "any public way for vehicular travel which has been laid out in pursuance of any law of this State." 605 ILCS 5/2-202 (West 2012) ; see also 625 ILCS 5/1-126, 1-179, 1-201 (West…”
Goldstein v. Grinnell Select Insurance Company (2016) illappct “” 625 ILCS 5/1-217 (West 2010). ¶ 32 The plaintiff argues that the Vehicle Code’s definition of a motor vehicle does not apply to a riding lawnmower because a riding lawnmower is more akin to a low-speed electric bicycle, which is specifically excluded from the definition of a…”
Boub v. Township of Wayne (1998) ill “" 625 ILCS 5/1-217 (West 1996). In contrast to "[v]ehicle," the Code defines "[b]icycle" as "[e]very device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels except scooters and similar devices.”
Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Mahoney (2011) illappct “” 625 ILCS 5/1-217 (West 2010). ¶ 10 Here, the motorcycle at issue was a motor vehicle.”
People v. Staton (1993) illappct “1-217 (now 625 ILCS 5/1-217 (West 1992)).) To say that the disclaimer in section 1 — 101, that the definitions apply except where the context indicates otherwise, applies to this situation is for the exception to swallow the rule.”
Cohen v. Chicago Park District (2018) ill “625 ILCS 5/1-217 (West 2012). 1 Thus, generally speaking, under the Highway Code, a “road” is a public way that permits travel by devices such as motorcycles, cars, and trucks.”
People v. Greco (2003) ill · cites it 2× “In section 1-217, a vehicle is simply defined as: "[e]very device, in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and snowmobiles as…”
Cohen v. Chicago Park District (2018) ill · cites it 2× “625 ILCS 5/1-217 (West 2012). 1 Thus, generally speaking, under the Highway Code, a “road” is a public way that permits travel by devices such as motorcycles, cars, and trucks.”
People v. Anglin (2020) illappct “” 625 ILCS 5/1-217 (West 2016); see also People v.”
People v. Cromwell (2021) illappct “¶ 33 Defendant asserts that the evidence was closely balanced as Officer Gannon and Brown offered opposing testimony as to whether defendant’s automobile was capable of being driven, and thus creating a question as to whether it was a “vehicle” under the Code (625 ILCS 5/1-217…”
People v. McGuire (2015) illappct “” 625 ILCS 5/1-217 (West 2008). As the State points out, a person or property could be transported or drawn upon a highway by a watercraft on a trailer, but not by a watercraft alone.”
ALLSTATE PROPERTY AND CAS. INS. v. Mahoney (2011) illappct “"Vehicle" is defined 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 [(625 ILCS 5/3-101(d) (West 2010))].”
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