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Stephenson County adopts vehicle seizure, impound ordinance tied to Illinois statute
Summary
The Stephenson County Board approved an ordinance allowing seizure and impoundment of vehicles for specified criminal and traffic violations, establishing an administrative fee and an appeals process; State's Attorney Larson recommended changing the abandoned-vehicle timeframe from 10 to 35 days.
The Stephenson County Board voted to adopt an ordinance authorizing the seizure and impoundment of vehicles for specified criminal and traffic violations and to collect an administrative fee to recover towing and storage costs.
The measure, introduced by the sheriff's office and modeled on language from the Illinois Vehicle Code, was described at the meeting as based on ordinances used by nearby agencies. "So out of those 10 agencies there, 9 of them have the exact same ordinances what we're proposing here, and that is tied to a state statute that's in the Illinois vehicle code," a sheriff's office presenter said. The board approved the ordinance with an affirmative vote.
Board members were told the proposal would create an…
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