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    Default Laser jammer law in IL

    Can anyone clarify the laser jammer law in IL? The law reads as if there might be a loophole.


    Sec. 12-613. Possession and use of radar or laser jamming devices prohibited.


    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while the motor vehicle is equipped with any instrument designed to interfere with microwaves or lasers at frequencies used by police radar for the purpose of monitoring vehicular speed.

    (b) A person operating a motor vehicle who possesses within the vehicle a radar or laser jamming device that is contained in a locked opaque box or similar container, or that is not in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, and that is not in operation, is not in violation of this Section. (c) Any person found guilty of violating this Section is guilty of a petty offense. A minimum fine of $50 shall be imposed for a first offense and a minimum fine of $100 for a second or subsequent offense.

    (d) The radar or laser jamming device or mechanism shall be seized by the law enforcement officer at the time of the violation. This Section does not authorize the permanent forfeiture to the State of any radar or laser jamming device or mechanism. The device or mechanism shall be taken and held for the period when needed as evidence. When no longer needed for evidence, the defendant may petition the court for the return of the device or mechanism. The defendant, however, must prove to the court by a preponderance of the evidence that the device or mechanism will be used only for a legitimate and lawful purpose.

    (d) A law enforcement officer may not stop or search any motor vehicle or the driver of any motor vehicle solely on the basis of a violation or suspected violation of this Section.

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    I guess if you have an LPP, you can prove it's a parking sensor and you'll be fine?

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    The way it reads is that they cannot stop you on suspicion. (such as then not getting a speed reading) But they can confiscate the unit until the court case is over and you need to ask them to return the unit.

    Now, do not expect a cop to follow this statute since around Chicago most cops are hard-headed idiots that think they write the law.

    So basically it makes them illegal, but you cannot have the property siezed on suspicion alone, they need an admission of guilt from you to do so.

    it is a weakly written law at best and could be interpreted many different ways by different judges.

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    Also, having a jammer installed and mounted is fine as long as it isn't powered on. You just aren't allowed to have it in the passenger compartment. But who does anyway..?

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    Quote Originally Posted by parasonic
    Also, having a jammer installed and mounted is fine as long as it isn't powered on. You just aren't allowed to have it in the passenger compartment. But who does anyway..?
    Oh, right, this law makes RMR laser "scramblers" illegal

 

 

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