(A) (1) It shall be unlawful to:
(a) Knowingly damage any property of another;
(b) Recklessly by means of fire or explosive damage property of another;
(c) Knowingly start a fire on the land of another;
(d) Knowingly injure a domestic animal of another without his or her consent;
(e) Knowingly deposit on the land or in the building of another any stink bomb or any offensive smelling compound and thereby intend to interfere with the use by another of the land or building;
(f) Damage any property, other than as described in 720 ILCS 5/20-1(b), with intent to defraud an insurer; or
(g) Knowingly shoot a firearm at any portion of a railroad train.
(2) When the charge of criminal damage to property exceeding a specified value is brought, the extent of the damage is an element of the offense to be resolved by the trier of fact as either exceeding or not exceeding the specified value.
(3) It is an affirmative defense to a violation of divisions (A)(1)(a), (A)(1)(c) or (A)(1)(e) above that the owner of the property or land damaged consented to such damage.
(720 ILCS 5/21-1(1))
(B) For the purposes of this section, PROPERTY means anything of value including, but not limited to, real estate, money, commercial instruments, written instruments representing or embodying rights concerning anything of value, labor or services, things affixed to or found on land or part of or affixed to any building, electricity, gas or water.
(2000 Code, § 131.03) Penalty, see § 130.99