Illinois Compiled Statutes
625 ILCS 5/3-201 (2026)
Excepted liens and security interests
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(625 ILCS 5/3-201)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-201)
Sec. 3-201.
Excepted liens and security interests.
This Article does not apply to or affect:
(a) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or
materials for the vehicle;
(b) A lien given by statute to the United States, this State or any
political subdivision of this State, except liens on trailer coaches and
mobile homes for public assistance, as provided in Section 3-12 (now
repealed) of the
Illinois Public Aid Code.
(c) A security interest in a vehicle created by a manufacturer or dealer
who holds the vehicle for sale, but a buyer in the ordinary course of trade
from the manufacturer or dealer takes free of the security interest.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2018–2018 · leading case: Malek v. Gold Coast Exotic Imports, LLC, 2018 IL App (1st) 171459 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
Malek v. Gold Coast Exotic Imports, LLC, 2018 IL App (1st) 171459 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “It is true that certain transactions that create security interests otherwise governed by article 9 may, instead, be controlled by other applicable consumer laws or statutes, including article II of Chapter 3 of the Vehicle Code.”
Malek v. Gold Coast Exotic Imports, LLC, 2018 IL App (1st) 171459 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “625 ILCS 5/3-201 (West 2016). Specifically, section 3-201(c) plainly states that article II does not apply to or affect “[a] security interest in a vehicle created by a manufacturer or dealer who holds the vehicle for sale.”
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