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625 ILCS 5/11-1302 (2026)

Officers authorized to remove vehicles

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(625 ILCS 5/11-1302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1302)
    Sec. 11-1302. Officers authorized to remove vehicles.
    (a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of Section 11-1301 such officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the roadway.
    (b) Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety any unattended vehicle illegally left standing upon any highway, bridge, causeway, or in a tunnel, in such a position or under such circumstances as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic.
    Whenever the Department finds an abandoned or disabled vehicle standing upon the paved or main-traveled part of a highway, which vehicle is or may be expected to interrupt the free flow of traffic on the highway or interfere with the maintenance of the highway, the Department is authorized to move the vehicle to a position off the paved or improved or main-traveled part of the highway.
    (c) Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety any vehicle found upon a highway when:
        1. report has been made that such vehicle has been
    
stolen or taken without the consent of its owner, or
        2. the person or persons in charge of such vehicle
    
are unable to provide for its custody or removal, or
        3. the person driving or in control of such vehicle
    
is arrested for an alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a proper magistrate without unnecessary delay, or
        4. the registration of the vehicle has been
    
suspended, cancelled, or revoked.
(Source: P.A. 97-743, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1996–2022 · leading case: United States v. Christopher Duguay, 93 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 1996).
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United States v. Christopher Duguay, 93 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 1996). · cites it 8× “See 625 ILCS 5/11-1302, et seq. 22 Almost six years after Wells, the Alton police department has not drafted a written policy indicating the limited circumstances under which a car may be impounded or searched.”
People v. Ferris, 2014 IL App (4th) 130657 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “Section 11-1302 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-1302 (West 2012)) is entitled “Officers authorized to remove vehicles,” and none of its subsections are applicable, either.”
Hayenga v. City of Rockford, 2014 IL App (2d) 131261 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 2× “5 (West 2012)); the vehicle was on a “highway” within the meaning of section 11-1302(c)(3) of the Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-1302(c)(3) (West 2012)) (authorizing towing a vehicle after an arrest); and section 109-1(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS…”
Hayenga v. The City of Rockford, 2014 IL App (2d) 131261 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 3× “5 (West 2012)); the vehicle was on a “highway” within the meaning of section 11- 1302(c)(3) of the Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-1302(c)(3) (West 2012) (authorizing towing a -3- 2014 IL App (2d) 131261 vehicle after an arrest); and section 109-1(a) of the Code of Criminal…”
Mitchell v. Plano Police Dep't (N.D. Ill. 2021). “The policy also pro- vides that all tows must be conducted “in strict compliance” with, among other laws, 625 ILCS 5/11-1302, which, in turn, authorizes police officers to initiate a tow in a variety of situations, including when “the registration of the vehicle has been sus-…”
Pennie v. City Of Rockford (N.D. Ill. 2022). “As an alternative, the City also argued at Pennie’s administrative hearing that the impoundment was proper under 625 ILCS 5/11-1302(c)(3), which permits law enforcement to remove a vehicle to the nearest garage “or place of safety” when the driver is arrested, and the officer is…”
— 625 ILCS 5/11-1302(a) — 1 case
United States v. Christopher Duguay, 93 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 1996). “See 625 ILCS 5/11-1302, et seq. 22 Almost six years after Wells, the Alton police department has not drafted a written policy indicating the limited circumstances under which a car may be impounded or searched.”
— 625 ILCS 5/11-1302(b) — 1 case
United States v. Christopher Duguay, 93 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 1996). “See 625 ILCS 5/11-1302, et seq. 22 Almost six years after Wells, the Alton police department has not drafted a written policy indicating the limited circumstances under which a car may be impounded or searched.”
— 625 ILCS 5/11-1302(c)(1) — 1 case
United States v. Christopher Duguay, 93 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 1996). “See 625 ILCS 5/11-1302, et seq. 22 Almost six years after Wells, the Alton police department has not drafted a written policy indicating the limited circumstances under which a car may be impounded or searched.”
— 625 ILCS 5/11-1302(c)(2) — 1 case
United States v. Christopher Duguay, 93 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 1996). “See 625 ILCS 5/11-1302, et seq. 22 Almost six years after Wells, the Alton police department has not drafted a written policy indicating the limited circumstances under which a car may be impounded or searched.”
— 625 ILCS 5/11-1302(c)(3) — 4 cases
United States v. Christopher Duguay, 93 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 1996). “See 625 ILCS 5/11-1302, et seq. 22 Almost six years after Wells, the Alton police department has not drafted a written policy indicating the limited circumstances under which a car may be impounded or searched.”
Hayenga v. City of Rockford, 2014 IL App (2d) 131261 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “5 (West 2012)); the vehicle was on a “highway” within the meaning of section 11-1302(c)(3) of the Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-1302(c)(3) (West 2012)) (authorizing towing a vehicle after an arrest); and section 109-1(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS…”
Hayenga v. The City of Rockford, 2014 IL App (2d) 131261 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “5 (West 2012)); the vehicle was on a “highway” within the meaning of section 11- 1302(c)(3) of the Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-1302(c)(3) (West 2012) (authorizing towing a -3- 2014 IL App (2d) 131261 vehicle after an arrest); and section 109-1(a) of the Code of Criminal…”
Pennie v. City Of Rockford (N.D. Ill. 2022). “As an alternative, the City also argued at Pennie’s administrative hearing that the impoundment was proper under 625 ILCS 5/11-1302(c)(3), which permits law enforcement to remove a vehicle to the nearest garage “or place of safety” when the driver is arrested, and the officer is…”
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