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725 ILCS 5/107-3 (2026)

Arrest by private person

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(725 ILCS 5/107-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 107-3)
    Sec. 107-3. Arrest by private person.
    Any person may arrest another when he has reasonable grounds to believe that an offense other than an ordinance violation is being committed.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Poris v. Lake Holiday Prop. Owners Ass'n, 2013 IL 113907 (Ill. 2013).
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Poris v. Lake Holiday Prop. Owners Ass'n, 2013 IL 113907 (Ill. 2013). · cites it 2× “In support of that ruling, the appellate court looked to section 107-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/107-3 (West 2008)), concerning arrests by a private person.”
McCloughan v. City of Springfield, 208 F.R.D. 236 (C.D. Ill. 2002). · cites it 3× “FOURTH MOTION IN LIMINE Patterson asks the Court to enter an Order prohibiting McCloughan or his counsel from arguing to the jury that the Illinois statute which authorizes a citizen’s arrest (725 ILCS 5/107-3) renders all actions taken by him on the night in question to have…”
People v. Carrera, 783 N.E.2d 15 (Ill. 2002). “Once DiGiacomo examined the bag, he had reasonable grounds to believe that defendant was committing a crime, as required by the private citizen's arrest statute (725 ILCS 5/107-3 (West 1996)). The State also argued that the officers did not use the power of their office to…”
Melvin Wade v. Oscar Byles & T Force Sec., Inc., 83 F.3d 902 (7th Cir. 1996). “Plaintiff correctly asserts that Byles was employed to provide security for CHA residents and was thereby authorized to carry a handgun, arrest people for criminal trespass pending arrival of the police, and use deadly force in self-defense.”
Poris v. Lake Holiday Prop. Owners Ass'n, 2012 IL App (3d) 110131 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 3× “” 725 ILCS 5/107-3 (West 2008). The express power to arrest granted in section 107-3 “necessarily implies the power to undertake less intrusive actions, such as a traffic stop or a brief detention to await pursuing police officers, so long as there are reasonable grounds to…”
Madsen v. Park City, 6 F. Supp. 2d 938 (N.D. Ill. 1998). “725 ILCS 5/107-3; People v. Niedzwiedz, 268 Ill.”
People v. Bond, 2016 IL App (1st) 152007 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “The State also argues that even if this court finds sections 7-4-7 and 7-4-8 of the Municipal Code are inapplicable, the arrest made by Officer Chickerillo was a citizen’s arrest authorized under section 107-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (725 ILCS 5/107-3 (West 2014)).”
Catom Trucking, Inc. v. City of Chicago, 952 N.E.2d 170 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “(West 2008)), as well as section 107-3 of the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/107-3 (West 2008)). We need not address these contentions, however, for plaintiffs have not pled either statute in the Complaint.”
Murray v. Poani, 2012 IL App (4th) 120059 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “(Section 107-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 permits a private person to “arrest another when he has reasonable grounds to believe that an offense other than an ordinance violation is being committed” (725 ILCS 5/107-3 (West 2010)).) Neither Johnson, Menchaca, nor…”
People v. Contreras, 2011 IL App (2d) 100930 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “” 725 ILCS 5/107-3 (West 2008). “The statutory phrase ‘reasonable grounds’ has the same substantive meaning as ‘probable cause.”
People v. Contreras, 962 N.E.2d 1140 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “The court reasoned that either of two provisions was a potential *1144 source of authority for the Terry stop of defendant: (1) section 107-4(a-3) of the Code (725 ILCS 5/107-4(a-3) (West 2008)), which allows law enforcement officers to make Terry stops and arrests in specified…”
People v. Bond, 2016 IL App (1st) 152007 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “The State also argues that even if this court finds sections 7-4-7 and 7-4-8 of the Municipal Code are inapplicable, the arrest made by Officer Chickerillo was a citizen’s arrest authorized under section 107-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (725 ILCS 5/107-3 (West 2014)).…”
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