625 ILCS 5/3-824
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Vehicle Code.|Chapter 3 - Certificates Of Title And Registration Of Vehicles

 (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-824)Sec. 3-824. When fees returnable.(a) Whenever any application  to the Secretary of State is accompanied by any fee as required by  law and such application is refused or rejected, said fee shall  be returned to said applicant.(b) Whenever the Secretary of State collects any  fee not required to be paid under the provisions of this Act,  the same shall be refunded to the person paying the same upon  application therefor made within 6 months after the date of  such payment, except as follows:  (1) whenever a  refund is determined to be due and  owing as a result of an audit, by this State or any other state or province,  in accordance with Section 2-124 of this Code, of a prorate or apportion  license fee payment pursuant to any reciprocal compact or agreement  between this State and any other state or province, and the Secretary for  any reason fails to promptly make such refund, the licensee shall have one  year from the date of the notification of the audit result to file, with  the Secretary, an application for refund found to be due and owing as a  result of such audit; and (2) whenever a person eligible for a reduced  registration fee pursuant to Section  3-806.3 of this Code has paid in excess of the reduced registration fee  owed, the refund applicant shall have 2 years from the date of overpayment  to apply with the Secretary for a refund of that part of payment made in  excess of the established reduced registration fee.(c) Whenever a person dies after making application for  registration, application for a refund of the registration  fees and taxes may be made if the vehicle is then sold or  disposed of so that the registration plates or digital registration plates, registration  sticker or digital registration sticker and card are never used.  The Secretary of State shall  refund the registration fees and taxes upon receipt within 6  months after the application for registration of an application  for refund accompanied with the unused registration plates or digital registration plates or  registration sticker or digital registration sticker and card and proof of both the death of  the applicant and the sale or disposition of the vehicle.(d) Any application for refund received after the times  specified in this Section shall be denied and the applicant  in order to receive a refund must apply to the Court of Claims.(d-5) Refunds may be granted for any title-related transaction if a title application has not been processed by the Secretary of State. If any application for a certificate of title under Section 3-104 or salvage title under Section 3-118 is verified by the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), and receives a warning or error from the NMVTIS reporting that the vehicle requires either a salvage certificate or a junk certificate in lieu of the original applied certificate of title or salvage title, then the applicant shall have 6 months to apply for a refund of cost, or the difference of the certificate of title or salvage certificate.(e) The Secretary of State is authorized to maintain a two  signature revolving checking account with a suitable commercial  bank for the purpose of depositing  and withdrawal-for-return those monies received and determined  upon receipt to be in excess of the amount or amounts required by law.(f) Refunds on audits performed by Illinois or another member of the  International Registration Plan shall be made in accordance with the procedures  as set forth in the agreement.  (Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)