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| State Police to be
searched by a directed communication to the |
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| State Police for stolen or
wanted information on the vehicle. |
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| When the State Police files are
searched with negative results, |
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| the information contained in the
National Crime Information |
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| Center (NCIC) files will be searched by the
State Police. The |
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| information determined from these record searches will
be |
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| returned to the requesting law enforcement agency for that |
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| agency's
use in sending a notification by certified mail to the |
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| registered owner,
lienholder and other legally entitled |
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| persons advising where the vehicle
is held, requesting a |
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| disposition be made and setting forth public sale
information. |
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| Notification shall be sent no later than 10 business days after
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| the date the law enforcement agency impounds or authorizes the |
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| impounding of a
vehicle, provided that if the law enforcement |
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| agency is unable to determine the
identity of the registered |
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| owner, lienholder or other person legally entitled
to ownership |
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| of the impounded vehicle within a 10 business day period after
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| impoundment, then notification shall be sent no later than 2 |
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| days after the
date the identity of the registered owner, |
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| lienholder or other person legally
entitled to ownership of the |
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| impounded vehicle is determined. Exceptions to a
notification |
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| by certified mail to the registered owner, lienholder and other
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| legally entitled persons are set forth in Section 4-209 of this |
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| Code.
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| (c) When ownership information is needed for a
towing |
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| service to give notification as required under this Code, the |
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| towing
service may cause the vehicle registration records of |
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| the State of Illinois to
be searched by the Secretary of State , |
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| and in such case, the towing service also shall give notice to |
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| all lienholders of record within the time period required for |
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| such other notices .
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| The written request of a towing service, in the form and
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| containing the information prescribed by the Secretary of State |
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| by rule, may be
transmitted to the Secretary of State in |
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| person, by U.S.
mail or other delivery service, by facsimile |
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| transmission, or by other
means the Secretary of State deems |
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| acceptable.
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| The Secretary of State shall provide the required |
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| information, or
a statement that the information was not found |
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| in the vehicle registration
records of the State, by U.S. mail |
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| or other delivery service, facsimile
transmission, as |
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| requested by the towing service, or by other means acceptable
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| to the Secretary of State.
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| (d) The Secretary of State may prescribe standards and |
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| procedures for
submission of requests for record searches and |
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| replies via computer link.
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| (e) Fees for services provided under this Section shall be |
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| in amounts
prescribed by the Secretary of State under Section |
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| 3-821.1 of this Code.
Payment may be made by the towing service |
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| using cash, any commonly accepted
credit card, or any other |
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| means of payment deemed acceptable by the Secretary
of State.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-179, eff. 1-1-96; 89-433, eff. 12-15-95.)
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