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65 ILCS 5/7-1-13 (2026)

Annexation

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(65 ILCS 5/7-1-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-1-13)
    Sec. 7-1-13. Annexation.
    (a) Whenever any unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less, is wholly bounded by (a) one or more municipalities, (b) one or more municipalities and a creek in a county with a population of 400,000 or more, or one or more municipalities and a river or lake in any county, (c) one or more municipalities and the Illinois State boundary, (d) except as provided in item (h) of this subsection (a), one or more municipalities and property owned by the State of Illinois, except highway right-of-way owned in fee by the State, (e) one or more municipalities and a forest preserve district or park district, (f) if the territory is a triangular parcel of less than 10 acres, one or more municipalities and an interstate highway owned in fee by the State and bounded by a frontage road, (g) one or more municipalities in a county with a population of more than 800,000 inhabitants and less than 2,000,000 inhabitants and either a railroad or operating property, as defined in the Property Tax Code
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2006–2026 · leading case: Vision Church v. Vill. Of Long Grove, 468 F.3d 975 (7th Cir. 2006).
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Vision Church v. Vill. Of Long Grove, 468 F.3d 975 (7th Cir. 2006). · cites it 8× “Under 65 ILCS 5/7-1-13, the Village therefore had the authority to involuntarily annex Vision's property without regard to the conditions of annexation previously set by Vision.”
Vision Church, United Methodist v. Vill. of Long Grove, 468 F.3d 975 (7th Cir. 2006). · cites it 6× “Under 65 ILCS 5/7-1-13, the Village therefore had the authority to involuntarily annex Vision’s property without regard to the conditions of annexation previously set by Vision.”
Chicago Title Land Trust Co. v. Cnty. of Will, 2018 IL App (3d) 160713 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 7× “16-047 stated that the Village was proceeding under section 7-1-13 of the Municipal Code ( 65 ILCS 5/7-1-13 (West 2016) ) to annex unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less that is wholly bounded by one or more municipalities.”
I-57 & Curtis, LLC v. Urbana & Champaign Sanitary Dist., 2020 IL App (4th) 190850 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 5× “Because the land was larger than 60 acres and was not “wholly bounded” in the manner described by section 7-1-13 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/7-1-13 (West 2018)), the land was ineligible for unilateral annexation to the City of Champaign, that is, annexation by the…”
I-57 & Curtis, LLC v. Urbana & Champaign Sanitary Dist., 2020 IL App (4th) 190850 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 4× “Because the land was larger than 60 acres and was not “wholly bounded” in the manner described by section 7-1-13 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/7-1-13 (West 2018)), the land was ineligible for unilateral annexation to the City of Champaign, that is, annexation by the…”
People Ex Rel. T-Mobile USA, Inc v. Vill. of Hawthorn Woods, 966 N.E.2d 1080 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “T-Mobile filed suit against the Village, alleging that two of the ordinances were invalid because they improperly used as a boundary a water feature that did not constitute a "creek," in violation of section 7-1-13 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/7-1-13 (West 2008)).…”
RPIL Solar 10, LLC v. City of Aurora, 2026 IL App (2d) 250229-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). · cites it 2× “On May 5, 2025, plaintiffs filed their amended -3- complaint for quo warranto, alleging that the City’s annexations did not satisfy the statutory requirements.”
Chicago Title Land Trust Co. v. Vill. of Bolingbrook, 2021 IL App (3d) 190564-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “¶6 On June 28, 2016, the plaintiff filed a quo warranto complaint against the Village in the zoning case, alleging that the property subject to the zoning complaint was involuntarily annexed by the Village by the adoption of an ordinance, pursuant to section 7-1-13 of the…”
— 65 ILCS 5/7-1-13(a) — 3 cases
Chicago Title Land Trust Co. v. Cnty. of Will, 2018 IL App (3d) 160713 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “16-047 stated that the Village was proceeding under section 7-1-13 of the Municipal Code ( 65 ILCS 5/7-1-13 (West 2016) ) to annex unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less that is wholly bounded by one or more municipalities.”
People Ex Rel. T-Mobile USA, Inc v. Vill. of Hawthorn Woods, 966 N.E.2d 1080 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “T-Mobile filed suit against the Village, alleging that two of the ordinances were invalid because they improperly used as a boundary a water feature that did not constitute a "creek," in violation of section 7-1-13 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/7-1-13 (West 2008)).…”
RPIL Solar 10, LLC v. City of Aurora, 2026 IL App (2d) 250229-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). “On May 5, 2025, plaintiffs filed their amended -3- complaint for quo warranto, alleging that the City’s annexations did not satisfy the statutory requirements.”
— 65 ILCS 5/7-1-13(b) — 1 case
Chicago Title Land Trust Co. v. Cnty. of Will, 2018 IL App (3d) 160713 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “16-047 stated that the Village was proceeding under section 7-1-13 of the Municipal Code ( 65 ILCS 5/7-1-13 (West 2016) ) to annex unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less that is wholly bounded by one or more municipalities.”
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