Illinois Compiled Statutes
625 ILCS 5/6-112 (2026)
License and Permits to be carried and exhibited on demand
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(625 ILCS 5/6-112)
(from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-112)
Sec. 6-112. License and Permits to be carried and exhibited on
demand. Every licensee or permittee shall have his drivers license or permit
in his immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle
and, for the purpose of indicating compliance with this requirement,
shall display such license or permit if it is in his possession upon
demand made, when in uniform or displaying a badge or other sign of
authority, by a member of the Illinois State Police, a sheriff or other police
officer or designated agent of the Secretary of State. However, no
person charged with violating this Section shall be convicted if he
produces in court satisfactory evidence that a drivers license was theretofore
issued to him and was valid at the time of his arrest.
For the purposes of this Section, "display" means the manual
surrender of his license certificate into the hands of the
demanding officer for his inspection thereof.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19
cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1995–2024 · leading case: People v. Bohannon, 936 N.E.2d 143 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010).
People v. Bohannon, 936 N.E.2d 143 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “625 ILCS 5/6-112 (West 2006). This section states that a driver "shall display such license or permit if it is in his possession upon demand made, when in uniform or displaying a badge or other sign of authority, by a *** police officer.”
People v. Redmond, 2024 IL 129201 (Ill. 2024). “First, while it is a violation of the Vehicle Code for a driver not to have his driver’s license in his immediate possession when operating a motor vehicle (625 ILCS 5/6-112 (West 2020)), that violation does not add to the probable cause analysis because it did not make it any…”
People v. Hernandez, 2012 IL App (2d) 110266 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “625 ILCS 5/6-112 (West 2010) (“Every licensee or permittee shall have his 1 In part, this is because the State’s brief attempts to incorporate by reference the arguments that it made in the trial court–a practice that courts of review have repeatedly disapproved and have held…”
United States v. Jesus S. Covarrubias & Graciela Covarrubias, 65 F.3d 1362 (7th Cir. 1995). “Officer Pyles reasonably believed that these packages were contraband and therefore arrested Graciela.”
People v. Walker, 2013 IL App (4th) 120118 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “Further, although section 6-112 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (Vehicle Code) (625 ILCS 5/6-112 (West 2010)) requires a driver to produce his or her driver’s license upon demand by a police officer, defendant never refused to produce her driver’s license and neither officer gave…”
People v. Cummings, 2014 IL 115769 (Ill. 2014). “See 625 ILCS 5/6-112 (West 2010) (requiring licensed drivers to keep their licenses in their immediate possession while operating motor vehicles and to display those licenses upon demand by law enforcement -8- officials).”
People v. Close, 905 N.E.2d 985 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). “625 ILCS 5/6-112 (West 2006). This is not a meaningless requirement.”
People v. Cummings, 2014 IL 115769 (Ill. 2014). “See 625 ILCS 5/6-112 (West 2010) (requiring licensed drivers to keep their licenses in their immediate possession while operating motor vehicles and to display those licenses upon demand by law enforcement officials).”
Wos v. Sheahan, 57 F. App'x 694 (7th Cir. 2002). “Wos failed to produce a valid license (which for Illinois residents must be an Illinois driver’s license, see 625 ILCS 5/6-112; People v. Mendez, 322 Ill.”
People v. Profit, 2021 IL App (2d) 200350-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “Alka believed that this violated section 6-112 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/6-112 (West 2018)), which requires motorists to have their licenses in their immediate possession while operating a motor vehicle.”
Roy E. Ford v. City of Rockford, Police & Fire Commissioners Dennis Johnson, Charles Perteete, 48 F.3d 1221 (7th Cir. 1995). “There was probable cause for the officers to arrest Ford for failure to produce a valid driver's license upon demand, a violation under Illinois state law, see 625 ILCS 5/6-112; Ford refused to produce his driver's license despite the officers' repeated requests.”
People v. Redmond, 2024 IL 129201 (Ill. 2024). “First, while it is a violation of the Vehicle Code for a driver not to have his driver’s license in his immediate possession when operating a motor vehicle (625 ILCS 5/6-112 (West 2020)), that violation does not add to the probable cause analysis because it did not make it any…”
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