720 ILCS 5/21-1.3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 720 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES|720 ILCS 5/ - Criminal Code of 2012.|Title III - Specific Offenses

Sec. 21-1.3. Criminal defacement of property.(a) A person commits criminal defacement of property when the person  knowingly damages the property of another by  defacing, deforming, or otherwise damaging the property by the use of paint or  any other similar substance, or by the use of a writing instrument, etching  tool, or any other similar device. It is an affirmative defense to a violation of this Section that the owner of the property damaged consented to such damage.(b) Sentence.(1) Criminal defacement of property is a Class A misdemeanor for a  first offense when the aggregate value of the damage to the property does not exceed $500.  Criminal  defacement of property is a Class 4 felony when the aggregate value of the damage to property does not  exceed $500 and the property damaged is a school building or place of  worship or property which memorializes or honors an individual or group of police officers, fire fighters, members of the United States Armed Forces or National Guard, or veterans.  Criminal  defacement of property is a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent  conviction or when the aggregate value of the damage to the property exceeds $500.  Criminal defacement of property is a Class 3 felony when the aggregate value of the damage to property  exceeds $500 and the property damaged is a school building or place of  worship or property which memorializes or honors an individual or group of police officers, fire fighters, members of the United States Armed Forces or National Guard, or veterans.(2) In addition to any other sentence that may be imposed  for a violation of this Section,   a person convicted of  criminal defacement of  property shall:(A) pay the actual costs incurred by the property     owner or the unit of government to abate, remediate, repair, or remove the effect of the damage to the property.  To the extent permitted by law, reimbursement for the costs of abatement, remediation, repair, or removal shall be payable to the person who incurred the costs; and(B)  if convicted of criminal defacement of property     that is chargeable as a Class 3 or Class 4 felony, pay a mandatory minimum fine of $500.(3) In addition to any  other sentence that may be imposed, a court shall order any person convicted of  criminal defacement of property to perform community service for not less than  30 and not more than 120 hours, if community service is available in the  jurisdiction. The community service shall include, but need  not be limited to, the cleanup and repair of the damage to property that was  caused by the offense, or similar damage to property located in the  municipality or county in which the offense occurred.  When the property damaged is a school building, the community service may  include cleanup, removal, or painting over the defacement.  In addition, whenever any  person is placed on supervision for an alleged offense under this Section, the  supervision shall be conditioned  upon the performance of the community service.(4) For the purposes of this subsection (b), aggregate value shall be determined by adding the value of the damage to one or more properties if the offenses  were committed as part of a single course of conduct.   (Source: P.A. 98-315, eff. 1-1-14; 98-466, eff. 8-16-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-631, eff. 1-1-17.)