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720 ILCS 5/17-57 (2026)

Defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests

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(720 ILCS 5/17-57) (was 720 ILCS 5/17-28)
    Sec. 17-57. Defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests.
    (a) It is unlawful for a person to:
        (1) manufacture, sell, give away, distribute, or
    
market synthetic or human substances or other products in this State or transport urine into this State with the intent of using the synthetic or human substances or other products to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test;
        (2) substitute or spike a sample or advertise a
    
sample substitution or other spiking device or measure, with the intent of attempting to foil or defeat a drug or alcohol screening test;
        (3) adulterate synthetic or human substances with the
    
intent to defraud a drug or alcohol screening test; or
        (4) manufacture, sell, or possess adulterants that
    
are intended to be used to adulterate synthetic or human substances with the intent of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test.
    (b) The trier of fact may infer intent to violate this Section if a heating element or any other device used to thwart a drug or alcohol screening test accompanies the sale, giving, distribution, or marketing of synthetic or human substances or other products or instructions that provide a method for thwarting a drug or alcohol screening test accompany the sale, giving, distribution, or marketing of synthetic or human substances or other products.
    (c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class 4 felony for which the court shall impose a minimum fine of $1,000.
    (d) For the purposes of this Section, "drug or alcohol screening test" includes, but is not limited to, urine testing, hair follicle testing, perspiration testing, saliva testing, blood testing, fingernail testing, and eye drug testing.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2019–2023 · leading case: People v. Pearson, 2020 IL App (2d) 180182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
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People v. Pearson, 2020 IL App (2d) 180182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 6× “OPINION ¶1 Defendant, Jamie Pearson, appeals from his conviction under section 17-57(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2016)) of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test by substituting a sample with the intent of defeating that test.”
People v. Pearson, 2020 IL App (2d) 180182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 5× “OPINION ¶1 Defendant, Jamie Pearson, appeals from his conviction under section 17-57(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2016)) of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test by substituting a sample with the intent of defeating that test.”
People v. Willoughby, 2019 IL App (2d) 160729 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “15-CF-1488, with defrauding a drug and alcohol screening test ( 720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2014) ), and the State filed a petition to revoke his probation in the burglary case.”
People v. Willoughby, 2019 IL App (2d) 160729 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “15-CF-1488, with defrauding a drug and alcohol screening test (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2014)), and the State filed a petition to revoke his probation in the burglary case.”
People v. Scranton, 2022 IL App (4th) 200271-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “¶6 On January 29, 2018, in a separate action, the State charged defendant with defrauding a drug screening test, a Class 4 felony (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2018)) (Pike County case No.”
People v. McGill, 2022 IL App (5th) 200017-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “The petition alleged that defendant tested positive for THC three times during 2019 and committed the offense of defrauding a drug test (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(4) (West 2018)). ¶7 At a hearing on the petition, probation officer Ryan Ruble testified that in October 2019, at the…”
People v. Pace, 2023 IL App (4th) 210725-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “¶ 10 On June 10, 2021, the State filed another petition to revoke based on new charges defendant unlawfully defrauded drug screen tests (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(4) (West 2020)) and violated an order of protection (720 ILCS 5/12-3.”
People v. Maguire, 2020 IL App (4th) 180594-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “The State charged defendant with unlawful defrauding of a drug screening test (720 ILCS 5/17-57(o)(2) (West 2016)). In April 2018, defendant admitted that he failed his drug test and waived his right to a hearing on the violation.”
— 720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) — 5 cases
People v. Pearson, 2020 IL App (2d) 180182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “OPINION ¶1 Defendant, Jamie Pearson, appeals from his conviction under section 17-57(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2016)) of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test by substituting a sample with the intent of defeating that test.”
People v. Pearson, 2020 IL App (2d) 180182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “OPINION ¶1 Defendant, Jamie Pearson, appeals from his conviction under section 17-57(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2016)) of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test by substituting a sample with the intent of defeating that test.”
People v. Willoughby, 2019 IL App (2d) 160729 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “15-CF-1488, with defrauding a drug and alcohol screening test ( 720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2014) ), and the State filed a petition to revoke his probation in the burglary case.”
People v. Willoughby, 2019 IL App (2d) 160729 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “15-CF-1488, with defrauding a drug and alcohol screening test (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2014)), and the State filed a petition to revoke his probation in the burglary case.”
People v. Scranton, 2022 IL App (4th) 200271-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “¶6 On January 29, 2018, in a separate action, the State charged defendant with defrauding a drug screening test, a Class 4 felony (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2018)) (Pike County case No.”
— 720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(4) — 2 cases
People v. McGill, 2022 IL App (5th) 200017-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “The petition alleged that defendant tested positive for THC three times during 2019 and committed the offense of defrauding a drug test (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(4) (West 2018)). ¶7 At a hearing on the petition, probation officer Ryan Ruble testified that in October 2019, at the…”
People v. Pace, 2023 IL App (4th) 210725-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “¶ 10 On June 10, 2021, the State filed another petition to revoke based on new charges defendant unlawfully defrauded drug screen tests (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(4) (West 2020)) and violated an order of protection (720 ILCS 5/12-3.”
— 720 ILCS 5/17-57(b) — 2 cases
People v. Pearson, 2020 IL App (2d) 180182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “OPINION ¶1 Defendant, Jamie Pearson, appeals from his conviction under section 17-57(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2016)) of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test by substituting a sample with the intent of defeating that test.”
People v. Pearson, 2020 IL App (2d) 180182 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “OPINION ¶1 Defendant, Jamie Pearson, appeals from his conviction under section 17-57(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/17-57(a)(2) (West 2016)) of defrauding a drug or alcohol screening test by substituting a sample with the intent of defeating that test.”
— 720 ILCS 5/17-57(o)(2) — 1 case
People v. Maguire, 2020 IL App (4th) 180594-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “The State charged defendant with unlawful defrauding of a drug screening test (720 ILCS 5/17-57(o)(2) (West 2016)). In April 2018, defendant admitted that he failed his drug test and waived his right to a hearing on the violation.”
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