Illinois Chapter 720 ILCS 5/18 – Robbery
Chapter 720 ILCS 5/18 of the Illinois Revised Statutes: Criminal Offenses includes several laws related to the taking of other people’s property by force. Examples include robbery and vehicular hijacking.
What Chapter 5/18 Covers
- Robbing another person
- Using a weapon to rob someone
- Hijacking a car or other vehicle
Below, we’ve included links to pages on individual laws in 5/18 with breakdowns of their meanings in plain English.
Chapter 5/18 Statutes Explained
- 720 ILCS 5/18-1 – Robbery; Aggravated Robbery
- 720 ILCS 5/18-2 – Armed Robbery
- 720 ILCS 5/18-3 – Vehicular Hijacking
- 720 ILCS 5/18-4 – Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking
- 720 ILCS 5/18-6 – Vehicular Invasion
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