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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 3-405 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/3-405) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-405. Application for registration.
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| 8 | (a) Every owner of a vehicle subject to registration under | ||||||
| 9 | this Code shall
make application to the Secretary of State for | ||||||
| 10 | the registration of such
vehicle upon the appropriate form or | ||||||
| 11 | forms furnished by the Secretary.
Every such application shall | ||||||
| 12 | bear the signature of the owner
written with pen and ink and | ||||||
| 13 | contain:
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| 14 | 1. The name, domicile address, as defined in Section | ||||||
| 15 | 1-115.5 of this Code, (except as otherwise provided in this
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| 16 | paragraph 1) and mail address of the owner or
business | ||||||
| 17 | address of the owner if a firm, association or corporation. | ||||||
| 18 | If
the mailing address is a post office box number, the | ||||||
| 19 | address listed on the
driver license record may be used to | ||||||
| 20 | verify residence.
A police officer, a deputy sheriff, an | ||||||
| 21 | elected sheriff, a law enforcement
officer for the | ||||||
| 22 | Department of State Police, or a fire investigator, a | ||||||
| 23 | state's attorney, an assistant state's attorney, or a | ||||||
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| 1 | state's attorney special investigator may elect to
furnish
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| 2 | the address of the headquarters of the governmental entity | ||||||
| 3 | or police district
where he or she
works instead of his or | ||||||
| 4 | her domicile address, in which case that address shall
be | ||||||
| 5 | deemed to be his or her domicile address for all purposes | ||||||
| 6 | under this
Chapter 3.
The spouse and children of a person | ||||||
| 7 | who may elect under this paragraph 1 to
furnish the address | ||||||
| 8 | of the headquarters of the government entity or police
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| 9 | district where the person works instead of the person's | ||||||
| 10 | domicile address may,
if they reside with that person, also | ||||||
| 11 | elect to furnish the address of the
headquarters of the | ||||||
| 12 | government entity or police district where the person works
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| 13 | as their domicile address, in which case that address shall | ||||||
| 14 | be deemed to be
their domicile address for all purposes | ||||||
| 15 | under this Chapter 3.
In this paragraph 1: (A)
"police | ||||||
| 16 | officer" has the meaning ascribed to "policeman" in Section | ||||||
| 17 | 10-3-1 of
the Illinois Municipal Code; (B) "deputy sheriff" | ||||||
| 18 | means a deputy sheriff
appointed under Section 3-6008 of | ||||||
| 19 | the Counties Code; (C) "elected sheriff"
means a sheriff | ||||||
| 20 | commissioned pursuant to Section 3-6001 of the Counties | ||||||
| 21 | Code;
and (D) "fire
investigator" means a person classified | ||||||
| 22 | as a peace officer under the Peace
Officer Fire | ||||||
| 23 | Investigation Act; and (E) "state's attorney", "assistant | ||||||
| 24 | state's attorney", and "state's attorney special | ||||||
| 25 | investigator" mean a state's attorney, assistant state's | ||||||
| 26 | attorney, and state's attorney special investigator | ||||||
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| 1 | commissioned or appointed under Division 3-9 of the | ||||||
| 2 | Counties Code.
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| 3 | 2. A description of the vehicle, including such | ||||||
| 4 | information as is
required in an application for a | ||||||
| 5 | certificate of title, determined under such
standard | ||||||
| 6 | rating as may be prescribed by the Secretary.
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| 7 | 3. Information
relating to the
insurance policy for the | ||||||
| 8 | motor vehicle, including the name of the insurer which | ||||||
| 9 | issued the policy, the policy number, and the expiration | ||||||
| 10 | date of the policy.
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| 11 | 4. Such further information as may reasonably be | ||||||
| 12 | required by the
Secretary to enable him to determine | ||||||
| 13 | whether the vehicle is
lawfully entitled to registration | ||||||
| 14 | and the owner entitled to a certificate
of title.
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| 15 | 5. An affirmation by the applicant that all information | ||||||
| 16 | set forth is
true and correct. If the
application is for | ||||||
| 17 | the registration of a motor vehicle, the applicant also
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| 18 | shall affirm that the motor vehicle is insured as required | ||||||
| 19 | by this Code,
that such insurance will be maintained | ||||||
| 20 | throughout the period for which the
motor vehicle shall be | ||||||
| 21 | registered, and that neither the owner, nor any
person | ||||||
| 22 | operating the motor vehicle with the owner's permission, | ||||||
| 23 | shall
operate the motor vehicle unless the required | ||||||
| 24 | insurance is in effect. If
the person signing the | ||||||
| 25 | affirmation is not the sole owner of the vehicle,
such | ||||||
| 26 | person shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of all | ||||||
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| 1 | the owners of
the vehicle. If the person signing the | ||||||
| 2 | affirmation is not an owner of the
vehicle, such person | ||||||
| 3 | shall be deemed to have affirmed on behalf of the
owner or | ||||||
| 4 | owners of the vehicle. The lack of signature on the | ||||||
| 5 | application
shall not in any manner exempt the owner or | ||||||
| 6 | owners from any provisions,
requirements or penalties of | ||||||
| 7 | this Code.
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| 8 | (b) When such application refers to a new vehicle purchased | ||||||
| 9 | from a
dealer the application shall be accompanied by a | ||||||
| 10 | Manufacturer's Statement
of Origin from the dealer, and a | ||||||
| 11 | statement showing any lien retained by the
dealer.
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| 12 | (Source: P.A. 95-207, eff. 1-1-08.)
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