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625 ILCS 45/3C-5

(625 ILCS 45/3C-5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313C-5)

Sec. 3C-5. Record searches.

When a law enforcement agency authorizing
the impounding of a watercraft does not know the identity of the registered
owner, lienholder or other legally entitled person, that law enforcement
agency will cause the watercraft registration records of the State of
Illinois to be searched by the Department of Natural
Resources for the purpose
of obtaining the required ownership information.  The law enforcement agency
authorizing the impounding of a watercraft will cause the stolen watercraft
files of the Illinois State Police to be searched by a directed communication to the Illinois
State Police for stolen or wanted information on the watercraft.  When the Illinois
State Police files are searched with negative results, the information
contained in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) files will be
searched by the Illinois State Police.  The information determined from these record
searches will be returned to the requesting law enforcement agency for that
agency's use in sending a notification by certified mail to the registered
owner, lienholder and other legally entitled persons advising where the
watercraft is held, requesting that a disposition be made and setting forth
public sale information.
Notification shall be sent no later than 10 days after the date the law
enforcement agency impounds or authorizes the impounding of a watercraft,
provided that if the law enforcement agency is unable to determine the
identity of the registered owner, lienholder or other person legally
entitled to ownership of the impounded watercraft within a 10 day period
after impoundment, then notification shall be sent no later than 2 days
after the date the identity of the registered owner, lienholder or other
person legally entitled to ownership of the impounded watercraft is
determined.  Exceptions to a notification by certified mail to
the registered owner, lienholder and other legally entitled persons are set
forth in Section 3C-9.

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)