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720 ILCS 5/36-4 (2026)

Remission by Attorney General

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(720 ILCS 5/36-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 36-4)
    Sec. 36-4. Remission by Attorney General. Whenever any owner of, or other person interested in, a vessel or watercraft, vehicle, or aircraft seized under the provisions of this Act files with the Attorney General before the sale or destruction of such vessel or watercraft, vehicle, or aircraft, a petition for the remission of such forfeiture the Attorney General if he finds that such forfeiture was incurred without willful negligence or without any intention on the part of the owner or any person whose right, title or interest is of record as described in Section 36-1, to violate the law, or finds the existence of such mitigating circumstances as to justify the remission of forfeiture, may cause the same to be remitted upon such terms and conditions as he deems reasonable and just, or order discontinuance of any forfeiture proceeding relating thereto.
(Source: P.A. 98-699, eff. 1-1-15.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2011 · leading case: People v. One 1998 GMC, 2011 IL 110236 (Ill. 2011).
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People v. One 1998 GMC, 2011 IL 110236 (Ill. 2011). · cites it 3× “720 ILCS 5/36-4 (West 2006). The provision makes clear that the Attorney General may grant remission of the vehicle if he finds the existence of mitigating circumstances to justify remission of the forfeiture, including that the owner or interested person incurred the forfeiture…”
People v. ONE 1998 GMC, 960 N.E.2d 1071 (Ill. 2011). · cites it 4× “720 ILCS 5/36-4 (West 2006). The provision makes clear that the Attorney General may grant remission of the vehicle if he finds the existence of mitigating circumstances to justify remission of the forfeiture, including that the owner or interested person incurred the forfeiture…”
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