Legal Statutes: Illinois

UPDATED January 4, 2013

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  • Chapter 430. Public Safety
    • Act 65 Firearms Owners Identification Card Act
      • 65/8. Denial of Application or Revocation or Seizure of Card
      • 65/8.2. Firearm Owner's Identification Card denial or revocation
  • Chapter 720. Criminal Offenses
    • Act 5. Criminal Code
      • Title I. General Provisions
        • Article 2. General Definitions
          • 5/2-7. Felony
      • Title III. Specific Offenses
        • Part B. Offenses Directed Against the Person
          • Article 10. Kidnaping and Related Offenses
            • 5/10-1. Kidnaping
            • 5/10-3. Unlawful Restraint
          • Article 12. Bodily Harm
            • 5/12-1. Assault
            • 5/12-2. Aggravated assault
            • 5/12-3. Battery
            • 5/12-3.2. Domestic Battery
            • 5/12-3.3. Aggravated domestic battery
            • 5/12-6. Intimidation
            • 5/12-7.3. Stalking
            • 5/12-7.4. Aggravated stalking
            • 5/12-7.5. Cyberstalking
            • 5/12-30. Violation of an order of protection.
        • Part C. Offenses Directed Against Property
          • Article 21. Damage and Trespass to Property
            • 5/21-3. Criminal trespass to real property
        • Part D. Offenses Affecting Public Health, Safety and Decency
          • Article 24. Deadly Weapons
            • 5/24-1.1. Unlawful Use or Possession of Weapons by Felons or Persons in the Custody of the Department of Corrections Facilities
            • 5/24-3.1. Unlawful possession of firearms and firearm ammunition
    • Act 135. Harassing and Obscene Communications Act
      • 135/1. Transmission of obscene messages prohibited
      • 135/1-1. Harassment by telephone
      • 135/1-2. Harassment through electronic communications
  • Chapter 725 Criminal Procedure
    • Act 5. Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
      • Title IV Proceedings to Commence Prosecution
        • Article 112A. Domestic Violence: Order of Protection
          • 5/112A-14. Order of protection; remedies
          • 5/112A-22.5. Filing of an order of protection issued in another state
          • 5/112A-28. Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies
          • 5/112A-30. Assistance by law enforcement officers
  • Chapter 730. Corrections
    • Act 5. Unified Code of Corrections
      • Chapter V. Sentencing
        • Article 8. Imprisonment
          • 5/5-8-1. Natural life imprisonment; mandatory supervised release
        • Article 9. Fines
          • 5/5-9-1. Authorized fines
  • Chapter 735. Civil Procedure
    • Act 5. Code of Civil Procedure
      • Article XII. Judgments--Enforcement
        • Part 6. Foreign Judgments and Foreign-Money Claims View the full text of all sections at this level Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act
          • 5/12-652. Filing and Status of Foreign Judgments
          • 5/12-653. Notice of Filing
  • Chapter 750. Families
    • Act 5. Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act
      • Part VI. Custody
        • 5/602. Best Interest of Child
    • Act 60. Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986
      • Article I. General Provisions
        • 60/101. Sec. 101. Short Title
        • 60/102. Sec. 102. Purposes; rules of construction
        • 60/103. Definitions
      • Article II. Orders of Protection
        • 60/201. Sec. 201. Persons protected by this Act
        • 60/201.1. Sec. 201.1. Access of high-risk adults
        • 60/202. Sec. 202. Commencement of action; filing fees; dismissal
        • 60/203. Sec. 203. Pleading; non-disclosure of address; non-disclosure of schools
        • 60/205. Sec. 205. Application of rules of civil procedure; Domestic abuse advocates
        • 60/206. Sec. 206. Trial by jury
        • 60/207. Sec. 207. Subject matter jurisdiction
        • 60/208. Sec. 208. Jurisdiction over persons
        • 60/209. Sec. 209. Venue
        • 60/210. Sec. 210. Process
        • 60/210.1. Sec. 210.1. Service of notice in conjunction with a pending civil case
        • 60/211. Sec. 211. Service of notice of hearings
        • 60/212. Sec. 212. Hearings
        • 60/213. Sec. 213. Continuances
        • 60/213.1. Sec. 213.1. Hearsay exception
        • 60/213.2. Sec. 213.2. Waiver of privilege
        • 60/213.3. Sec. 213.3. Independent counsel; temporary substitute guardian
        • 60/214. Order of protection; remedies
        • 60/215. Sec. 215. Mutual orders of protection; correlative separate orders
        • 60/216. Sec. 216. Accountability for Actions of Others
        • 60/217. Sec. 217. Emergency order of protection
        • 60/218. Sec. 218. 30-Day interim order of protection
        • 60/219. Sec. 219. Plenary Order of Protection
        • 60/220. Sec. 220. Duration and extension of orders
        • 60/221. Sec. 221. Contents of orders
        • 60/222. Notice of orders
        • 60/222.5. Sec. 222.5. Filing of an order of protection issued in another state
        • 60/222.10. Short form notification
        • 60/223. Enforcement of orders of protection
        • 60/223.1. Sec. 223.1. Order of protection; status
        • 60/224. Sec. 224. Modification and re-opening of orders
        • 60/225. Sec. 225. Immunity from prosecution
        • 60/226. Sec. 226. Untrue statements
        • 60/227. Sec. 227. Privileged communications between domestic violence counselors and victims
        • 60/227.1. Sec. 227.1. Other privileged information
      • Article III. Law Enforcement Responsibilities
        • 60/301. Arrest without warrant
        • 60/301.1. Sec. 301.1. Law enforcement policies
        • 60/302. Sec. 302. Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies
        • 60/303. Sec. 303. Reports by law enforcement officers
        • 60/304. Sec. 304. Assistance by law enforcement officers
        • 60/305. Sec. 305. Limited law enforcement liability
      • Article IV. Health Care Providers
        • 60/401. Sec. 401. Providing information on services; liability
    • Act 61. Address Confidentiality for Victims of Domestic Violence Act
      • 61/1. Sec. 1. Short title.
      • 61/5. Sec. 5. Legislative findings.
      • 61/10. Sec. 10. Definitions.
      • 61/11. Sec. 11. Address confidentiality program; administration.
      • 61/15. Sec. 15. Address confidentiality program; application; certification.
      • 61/20. Sec. 20. Certification cancellation.
      • 61/25. Sec. 25. Agency use of designated address.
      • 61/30. Sec. 30. Voting by program participant; use of designated address by election authority.
      • 61/35. Sec. 35. Disclosure of address prohibited; exceptions.
      • 61/40. Sec. 40. Assistance for program applicants.
      • 61/45. Sec. 45. Rules.
  • Chapter 820. Employment
    • Wages and Hours
      • Act 180. Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act
        • 180/10. Definitions
        • 180/15. Purposes
        • 180/20. Entitlement to leave due to domestic or sexual violence
        • 180/25. Existing leave usable for addressing domestic or sexual violence
        • 180/30. Victims' employment sustainability; prohibited discriminatory acts

Article 112A. Domestic Violence: Order of Protection

back to top5/112A-28. Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies

(a) All sheriffs shall furnish to the Department of State Police, daily, in the form and detail the Department requires, copies of any recorded orders of protection issued by the court, and any foreign orders of protection filed by the clerk of the court, and transmitted to the sheriff by the clerk of the court pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 112A-22 of this Act. Each order of protection shall be entered in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System on the same day it is issued by the court. If an emergency order of protection was issued in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 112A-17, the order shall be entered in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System as soon as possible after receipt from the clerk.

(b) The Department of State Police shall maintain a complete and systematic record and index of all valid and recorded orders of protection issued or filed pursuant to this Act. The data shall be used to inform all dispatchers and law enforcement officers at the scene of an alleged incident of abuse or violation of an order of protection of any recorded prior incident of abuse involving the abused party and the effective dates and terms of any recorded order of protection.

(c) The data, records and transmittals required under this Section shall pertain to any valid emergency, interim or plenary order of protection, whether issued in a civil or criminal proceeding or authorized under the laws of another state, tribe, or United States territory.