CHAPTER 2
GENERAL OFFENSES

SECTION:

6-2-1: Offenses Relating To Property

6-2-1-1:Theft

6-2-1-2: Posting Bills

6-2-1-3: Advertising Materials; Placement

6-2-1-4: Littering

6-2-1-5: Deceptive Practices

6-2-1-6: Criminal Damage To Property

6-2-1-7: Criminal Trespass

6-2-1-8: Smoke Free Illinois Act

6-2-2: Offenses Against Morals And Decency

6-2-3: Offenses Against Public Peace

6-2-3-1: Disorderly Conduct

6-2-3-2: Assault, Battery And Reckless Conduct

6-2-4: Resisting Or Obstructing Peace Officers

6-2-5: Offenses Relating To Alcohol, Drugs And Tobacco

6-2-5-1: Intoxicated Or Drugged Condition

6-2-5-2: Advertising Alcohol And Tobacco

6-2-5-3: Marijuana; Cannabis

6-2-5-4: Drug Paraphernalia

6-2-5-5: Minor's Possession Of Tobacco Prohibited

6-2-6: Offenses Involving Weapons

6-2-6-1: Discharging Weapons

6-2-6-2: Air Rifles, Bows And Arrows And Slingshots

6-2-7: Criminal Housing Management

6-2-8: Fireworks

6-2-9: Shopping Carts

6-2-10: Penalty

6-2-1: OFFENSES RELATING TO PROPERTY:

The definitions of "property", "owner", "permanent deprivation", "deception", "threat", "stolen property", "obtain", "obtains control" and "value", as set out in 720 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/15-1 through 5/15-9 are adopted and incorporated by reference as fully as if set out at length herein. (1976 Code §§ 130.001, 130.002, 130.003)

6-2-1-1: THEFT:

   A.   General: A person commits theft when he knowingly:

      1.   Obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner; or

      2.   Obtains by deception control over property of the owner; or

      3.   Obtains by threat control over property of the owner; or

      4.   Obtains control over stolen property knowing the property to have been stolen by another or under such circumstances as would reasonably induce him to believe that the property was stolen; and

         a.   Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property; or

         b.   Knowingly uses, conceals or abandons the property in such manner as to deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit; or

         c.   Uses, conceals, or abandons the property knowing such use, concealment or abandonment probably will deprive the owner permanently of such use or benefit. (1976 Code § 13.001)

   B.   Theft Of Lost Or Mislaid Property: A person who obtains control over lost or mislaid property commits theft when he:

      1.   Knows or learns the identity of the owner or knows, or is aware of, or learns of a reasonable method of identifying the owner; and

      2.   Fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to the owner; and

      3.   Intends to deprive the owner permanently of the use or benefit of the property. (1976 Code § 130.002)

   C.   Theft Of Labor Or Services: A person commits theft when he obtains the temporary use of property, labor or services of another which are available only for hire, by means of threat or deception or knowing that such use is without the consent, of the person providing the property, labor or services. (1976 Code § 130.003)

   D.   Offender's Interest In Property:

      1.   It is no defense to a charge of theft of property that the offender has an interest therein, when the owner also has an interest to which the offender is not entitled.

      2.   Where the property involved is that of the offender's spouse, no prosecution for theft may be maintained unless the parties were not living together as a legal couple and were living in separate abodes at the time of the alleged theft. (1976 Code § 130.004; amd. 2003 Code)