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720 ILCS 5/16-14 (2026)

Theft of utility services

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(720 ILCS 5/16-14) (from Ch. 38, par. 16-14)
    Sec. 16-14. Theft of utility services.
    (a) A person commits theft of utility services when he or she knowingly, without authority, diverts or interferes with any public water, gas, power supply, or other public services or installs any device with the intent to divert or interfere with any public water, gas, power supply, or other public services without the authority of the owner or entity furnishing or transmitting such product or services.
    (b) Sentence.
        (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a violation
    
of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the offense was committed for remuneration, in which case it is a Class 4 felony.
        (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a second or
    
subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony.
        (3) If the offense causes disruption of the public
    
utility services or delay in the restoration of the public utility services to 10 or more customers or affects an area of more than one square mile, a violation of this Section is a Class 2 felony.
    (c) This Section does not apply to the theft of telecommunication services.
(Source: P.A. 97-597, eff. 1-1-12.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1994–2014 · leading case: People v. Jameson, 642 N.E.2d 1207 (Ill. 1994).
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People v. Jameson, 642 N.E.2d 1207 (Ill. 1994). “720 ILCS 5/16-14(d)(2): Unlawful interference with public utility services—second conviction elevates the offense from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony.”
United States v. Richard Stanley, 753 F.3d 114 (3rd Cir. 2014). “11, § 845; 720 ILCS 5/16-14; Ky.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 514.”
— 720 ILCS 5/16-14(d)(2) — 1 case
People v. Jameson, 642 N.E.2d 1207 (Ill. 1994). “720 ILCS 5/16-14(d)(2): Unlawful interference with public utility services—second conviction elevates the offense from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony.”
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