Illinois Code § 625 ILCS 5/11-204.1

Aggravated fleeing or attempting
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to elude a peace
officer.
 
(a) The offense of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer
is committed by any driver or operator of a motor vehicle who flees or attempts
to elude a peace officer, after being given a visual or audible
signal
by a peace officer in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of
Section
11-204 of this Code, and such flight or attempt to elude:

 
 
(1) is at a rate of speed at least 21 miles per hour 
 
over the legal speed limit;

 
 
(2) causes bodily injury to any individual;

 
 
(3) causes damage in excess of $300 to property;

 
 
(4) involves disobedience of 2 or more official 
 
traffic control devices; or

 
 
(5) involves the concealing or altering of the 
 
vehicle's registration plate or digital registration plate. 
 
(b) Any person convicted of a first violation of this Section shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony. Upon notice of such a conviction the Secretary
of State shall forthwith revoke the driver's license of the person so
convicted, as provided in Section 6-205 of this Code. Any person convicted
of a second or subsequent violation of this Section shall be guilty of a Class
3
felony,
and upon notice of such a conviction the Secretary of State shall forthwith
revoke the driver's license of the person convicted, as provided in Section
6-205 of the Code.

 
(c) The motor vehicle used in a violation of this Section is subject to
seizure and forfeiture as provided in Sections 36-1 and 36-2 of the Criminal
Code of 2012.

over the legal speed limit;
traffic control devices; or
vehicle's registration plate or digital registration plate.

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