625 ILCS 5/3-415
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. 3-415)Sec. 3-415. Application for and renewal of registration.(a) Calendar  year.  Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made by  the owner, as to those vehicles required to be registered on a calendar  registration year, not later than December 1 of each year, upon proper  application  and by payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle, as provided  by law except that application for renewal of a vehicle registration, as  to those vehicles required to be registered on a staggered calendar year  basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the  Secretary of State.(b) Fiscal year.  Application for renewal of a vehicle  registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles  required to be registered on a fiscal registration year, not  later than June 1 of each year, upon proper application and by  payment of the registration fee and tax for such vehicle as  provided by law, except that application for renewal of a vehicle registration,  as to those vehicles required to be registered on a staggered fiscal year  basis, shall be made by the owner in the form and manner prescribed by the  Secretary of State.(c) Two calendar years.  Application for renewal of a vehicle  registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles  required to be registered for 2 calendar years, not later than  December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the 2-year  registration period, except that application for renewal of a vehicle  registration, as to those vehicles required to be registered for 2 years  on a staggered registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the form  and manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.(d) Two fiscal years.  Application for renewal of a vehicle  registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles  required to be registered for 2 fiscal years, not later than  June 1 immediately preceding commencement of the 2-year  registration period, except that application for renewal of a vehicle  registration, as to those vehicles required to be registered for 2 fiscal  years on a staggered registration basis, shall be made by the owner in the  form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.(d-5) Three calendar years.  Application for renewal of a vehicle  registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles  required to be registered for 3 calendar years, not later than  December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the 3-year  registration period.(d-10) Five calendar years. Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made by the owner, as to those vehicles required to be registered for 5 calendar years, not later than December 1 of the year preceding commencement of the 5-year registration period.(e) Time of application.  The Secretary of State may receive  applications for renewal of registration and grant the same  and issue new registration cards and plates or registration  stickers at any time prior to expiration of registration.  No person shall display upon a vehicle, the new registration  plates or registration stickers prior to the dates the Secretary of State  in his discretion  may select.(f) Verification.  The Secretary of State may further  require, as to vehicles for-hire, that applications be  accompanied by verification that fees due under the Illinois  Motor Carrier of Property Law, as amended, have been paid.(g) (Blank).(h) Returning combat mission veterans. Beginning in registration year 2017, the application for renewal, and subsequent fees, of a vehicle registration for a member of the active-duty or reserve component of the United States Armed Forces returning from a combat mission shall not be required for that service member's next scheduled renewal. Proof of combat mission service shall come from the service member's hostile fire pay or imminent danger pay documentation received any time in the 12 months preceding the registration renewal. Nothing in this subsection is applicable to the additional fees incurred by specialty, personalized, or vanity license plates. (Source: P.A. 98-539, eff. 1-1-14; 98-787, eff. 7-25-14; 99-32, eff. 7-10-15; 99-80, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)