(765 ILCS 1030/2) (from Ch. 141, par. 142)
Sec. 2.
(a) Such property believed to be abandoned, lost or stolen or otherwise
illegally possessed shall be retained in custody by the sheriff, chief of
police or other principal official of the law enforcement agency, which
shall make reasonable inquiry and efforts to identify and notify the owner
or other person entitled to possession thereof, and shall return the
property after such person provides reasonable and satisfactory proof of
his ownership or right to possession and reimburses the agency for all
reasonable expenses of such custody.
(b) Weapons that have been confiscated as a result of having been
abandoned or illegally possessed may be
transferred to the Illinois State Police for use by the crime
laboratory system, for training purposes, or for any other application as
deemed appropriate by the Department, if no legitimate
claim is
made for the confiscated weapon within 6 months of the date of
confiscation, or within 6 months of final court disposition if such
confiscated weapon was used for evidentiary purposes.
(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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