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625 ILCS 5/3-710 (2026)

Display of false insurance card

✓ current as of May 2026 Cite as: 625 ILCS 5/3-710 (2026)
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(625 ILCS 5/3-710) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-710)
    Sec. 3-710. Display of false insurance card. No person shall display evidence of insurance to a law enforcement officer, court, or officer of the court, knowing there is no valid liability insurance in effect on the motor vehicle as required under Section 7-601 of this Code or knowing the evidence of insurance is illegally altered, counterfeit, or otherwise invalid as evidence of insurance required under Section 7-602 of this Code. If the law enforcement officer issues a citation to a motor vehicle operator for displaying invalid evidence of insurance, the officer shall confiscate the evidence for presentation in court.
    Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 89-565, eff. 7-26-96.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2000–2020 · leading case: People v. Sroga
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People v. Sroga (2020) illappct “And third, the court “discern[ed] a clear legislative purpose to impose absolute liability” when considering section 3-707 in the context of other related provisions of the Vehicle Code, in particular several other provisions of chapter 3, article VII, that contained the…”
People v. O'Brien (2000) illappct “) 625 ILCS 5/3-710 (West 1998). Knowledge or intent is not an element required to prove a violation of section 3-707.”
People v. O'BRIEN (2001) ill “Finally, section 3-710 provides that "[n]o person shall display evidence of insurance to a law enforcement officer, court, or officer of the court, knowing there is no valid insurance in effect on the motor vehicle * * *.”
People v. O'BRIEN (2000) illappct “) 625 ILCS 5/3-710 (West 1998). Knowledge or intent is not an element required to prove a violation of section 3-707.”
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