720 ILCS 5/19-3 – Residential Burglary
This law makes it a serious crime to go into someone else’s home without permission to steal or commit another crime.
This statute says that if someone enters or stays in another person’s home without permission and plans to steal or do another serious crime, that person is guilty of residential burglary. Pretending to be someone else to get into a home to commit a crime also counts as this offense.
(a) A person breaks this law if they knowingly go into or stay inside someone else’s home, or part of it, without permission, planning to steal or commit another serious crime. This includes acts that are also considered burglary 720 ILCS 5/19-1.
(a-5) A person also breaks this law if they pretend to be someone they’re not–like saying they’re from the government, a construction crew, a phone company, or a utility company–to get into someone’s home. If they do this to steal or help someone else steal or commit another serious crime, it counts as residential burglary.
(b) Sentence: Residential burglary is a Class 1 felony, which means it is a very serious crime and can lead to a long time in prison.
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