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720 ILCS 5/24-1.10 (2026)

Manufacture, delivery, sale, and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices

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(720 ILCS 5/24-1.10)
    Sec. 24-1.10. Manufacture, delivery, sale, and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
    (a) In this Section:
    "Handgun" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
    "Long gun" means a rifle or shotgun.
    "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" means:
        (1) a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar
    
device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition for long guns and more than 15 rounds of ammunition for handguns; or
        (2) any combination of parts from which a device
    
described in paragraph (1) can be assembled.
    "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" does not include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" does not include a tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm or any device that has been made permanently inoperable.
    (b) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f), it is unlawful for any person within this State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, or purchased a large capacity ammunition feeding device.
    (c) Except as provided in subsections (d), (e), and (f), and beginning 90 days after January 10, 2023 (the effective date of Public Act 102-1116), it is unlawful to knowingly possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.
    (d) Subsection (c) does not apply to a person's possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device if the person lawfully possessed that large capacity ammunition feeding device before January 10, 2023 (the effective date of Public Act 102-1116), provided that the person shall possess such device only:
        (1) on private property owned or immediately
    
controlled by the person;
        (2) on private property that is not open to the
    
public with the express permission of the person who owns or immediately controls such property;
        (3) while on the premises of a licensed firearms
    
dealer or gunsmith for the purpose of lawful repair;
        (4) while engaged in the legal use of the large
    
capacity ammunition feeding device at a properly licensed firing range or sport shooting competition venue; or
        (5) while traveling to or from these locations,
    
provided that the large capacity ammunition feeding device is stored unloaded and enclosed in a case, firearm carrying box, shipping box, or other container.
    A person authorized under this Section to possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device may transfer the large capacity ammunition feeding device only to an heir, an individual residing in another state maintaining it in another state, or a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under Section 923 of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Within 10 days after transfer of the large capacity ammunition feeding device except to an heir, the person shall notify the Illinois State Police of the name and address of the transferee and comply with the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. The person to whom the large capacity ammunition feeding device is transferred shall, within 60 days of the transfer, notify the Illinois State Police of the person's acquisition and comply with the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 3 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. A person to whom the large capacity ammunition feeding device is transferred may transfer it only as provided in this subsection.
    Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) and beginning 90 days after January 10, 2023 (the effective date of Public Act 102-1116), any person who moves into this State in possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device shall, within 60 days, apply for a Firearm Owners Identification Card.
    (e) The provisions of this Section regarding the purchase or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, as well as the provisions of this Section that prohibit causing those items to be purchased or possessed, do not apply to:
        (1) Peace officers as defined in Section 2-13 of this
    
Code.
        (2) Qualified law enforcement officers and qualified
    
retired law enforcement officers as defined in the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (18 U.S.C. 926B and 926C) and as recognized under Illinois law.
        (3) A federal, State, or local law enforcement agency
    
for the purpose of equipping the agency's peace officers as defined in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection (e).
        (4) Wardens, superintendents, and keepers of prisons,
    
penitentiaries, jails, and other institutions for the detention of persons accused or convicted of an offense.
        (5) Members of the Armed Services or Reserve Forces
    
of the United States or the Illinois National Guard, while performing their official duties or while traveling to or from their places of duty.
        (6) Any company that employs armed security officers
    
in this State at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission and any person employed as an armed security force member at a nuclear energy, storage, weapons, or development site or facility regulated by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission who has completed the background screening and training mandated by the rules and regulations of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission and while performing official duties.
        (7) Any private security contractor agency licensed
    
under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 that employs private security contractors and any private security contractor who is licensed and has been issued a firearm control card under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 while performing official duties.
    (f) This Section does not apply to or affect any of the following:
        (1) Manufacture, delivery, sale, importation,
    
purchase, or possession or causing to be manufactured, delivered, sold, imported, purchased, or possessed a large capacity ammunition feeding device:
            (A) for sale or transfer to persons authorized
        
under subdivisions (1) through (7) of subsection (e) to possess those items;
            (B) for sale or transfer to the United States or
        
any department or agency thereof; or
            (C) for sale or transfer in another state or for
        
export.
        (2) Sale or rental of large capacity ammunition
    
feeding devices for blank-firing assault weapons and .50 caliber rifles, to persons authorized or permitted, or both authorized and permitted, to acquire these devices for the purpose of rental for use solely as props for a motion picture, television, or video production or entertainment event.
    (g) Sentence. A person who knowingly manufactures, delivers, sells, purchases, possesses, or causes to be manufactured, delivered, sold, possessed, or purchased in violation of this Section a large capacity ammunition feeding device capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition for long guns or more than 15 rounds of ammunition for handguns commits a petty offense with a fine of $1,000 for each violation.
    (h) The Illinois State Police shall also develop and implement a public notice and public outreach campaign to promote awareness about the provisions of Public Act 102-1116 and to increase compliance with this Section.
(Source: P.A. 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (12 in the last 5 years), 2023–2026 · leading case: Accuracy Firearms, LLC v. Pritzker, 2023 IL App (5th) 230035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
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Accuracy Firearms, LLC v. Pritzker, 2023 IL App (5th) 230035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “9 and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10 created different categories of citizens who are subjected to the requirements of these statutes.”
Herrera v. Raoul, in his Off. capacity as Attorney Gen. for the State of Illinois (N.D. Ill. 2023). · cites it 4× “720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(a). For rifles, the Illinois Act defines a “large capacity ammunition feeding device” as a “magazine .”
Accuracy Firearms, LLC v. Pritzker, 2025 IL App (5th) 240112-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 3× “9(a) and/or 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(a).” That House Bill 5471 (HB 5471) was first introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives (House) on January 28, 2022, entitled as “An Act concerning Regulation.”
Langley v. Kelly (S.D. Ill. 2023). “9(b) and (c), and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10, along with the PICA amended provisions set forth in 735 ILCS 5/24-1(a), including subparagraphs (11), (14), (15), and (16), statewide during the pendency of this litigation until the Court can address the merits.”
Langley v. Kelly (S.D. Ill. 2023). “9(b) and (c), and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10, along with the PICA amended provisions set forth in 720 ILCS 5/24-1(a), including subparagraphs (11), (14), (15), and (16), statewide during the pendency of this litigation until the Court can address the merits.”
Fed. Firearms Licensees of Illinois v. Pritzker (S.D. Ill. 2023). “9(b) and (c), and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10, along with the PICA amended provisions set forth in 720 ILCS 5/24-1(a), including subparagraphs (11), (14), (15), and (16), statewide during the pendency of this litigation until the Court can address the merits.”
Barnett v. Raoul (S.D. Ill. 2023). “9(b) and (c), and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10, along with the PICA amended provisions set forth in 735 ILCS 5/24-1(a), including subparagraphs (11), (14), (15), and (16), statewide during the pendency of this litigation until the Court can address the merits.”
Harrel v. Raoul (S.D. Ill. 2023). “9(b) and (c), and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10, along with the PICA amended provisions set forth in 735 ILCS 5/24-1(a), including subparagraphs (11), (14), (15), and (16), statewide during the pendency of this litigation until the Court can address the merits.”
Fed. Firearms Licensees of Illinois v. Pritzker (S.D. Ill. 2023). “9(b) and (c), and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10, along with the PICA amended provisions set forth in 735 ILCS 5/24-1(a), including subparagraphs (11), (14), (15), and (16), statewide during the pendency of this litigation until the Court can address the merits.”
Harrel v. Raoul (S.D. Ill. 2023). “9(b) and (c), and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10, along with the PICA amended provisions set forth in 720 ILCS 5/24-1(a), including subparagraphs (11), (14), (15), and (16), statewide during the pendency of this litigation until the Court can address the merits.”
Barnett v. Raoul (S.D. Ill. 2023). “9(b) and (c), and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10, along with the PICA amended provisions set forth in 720 ILCS 5/24-1(a), including subparagraphs (11), (14), (15), and (16), statewide during the pendency of this litigation until the Court can address the merits.”
Benson v. United States (D.C. 2026). “7 Of the four states with higher capacity limits Illinois, 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10, and Vermont, 13 V.S.A.”
— 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(a) — 3 cases
Accuracy Firearms, LLC v. Pritzker, 2023 IL App (5th) 230035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “9 and 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10 created different categories of citizens who are subjected to the requirements of these statutes.”
Accuracy Firearms, LLC v. Pritzker, 2025 IL App (5th) 240112-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “9(a) and/or 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(a).” That House Bill 5471 (HB 5471) was first introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives (House) on January 28, 2022, entitled as “An Act concerning Regulation.”
Herrera v. Raoul, in his Off. capacity as Attorney Gen. for the State of Illinois (N.D. Ill. 2023). “720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(a). For rifles, the Illinois Act defines a “large capacity ammunition feeding device” as a “magazine .”
— 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(a)(1) — 1 case
Herrera v. Raoul, in his Off. capacity as Attorney Gen. for the State of Illinois (N.D. Ill. 2023). “720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(a). For rifles, the Illinois Act defines a “large capacity ammunition feeding device” as a “magazine .”
— 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(b) — 1 case
Accuracy Firearms, LLC v. Pritzker, 2025 IL App (5th) 240112-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “9(a) and/or 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(a).” That House Bill 5471 (HB 5471) was first introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives (House) on January 28, 2022, entitled as “An Act concerning Regulation.”
— 720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(d) — 1 case
Herrera v. Raoul, in his Off. capacity as Attorney Gen. for the State of Illinois (N.D. Ill. 2023). “720 ILCS 5/24-1.10(a). For rifles, the Illinois Act defines a “large capacity ammunition feeding device” as a “magazine .”
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