625 ILCS 45/3A-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 625 - VEHICLES|625 ILCS 45/ - Boat Registration and Safety Act.|Article IIIA - Certificate Of Title, Motorboats And Sailboats Over 12 Feet In Length

 (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 313A-6)Sec. 3A-6. Stolen and recovered watercraft.(a) Every sheriff, superintendent of police, chief of police or other  police officer in command of any police department in any city, village or  town of the State shall, by the fastest means of communications available  to his or her law enforcement agency, immediately report to the Illinois State Police the theft or recovery of any stolen or converted watercraft  within his or her district or jurisdiction.  The report shall give the date  of theft, description of the watercraft including color, manufacturer's  trade name, manufacturer's series name, identification number and  registration number, including the state in which the registration number  was issued, together with the name, residence address, business address,  and telephone number of the owner.  The report shall be routed by the  originating law enforcement agency through the Illinois State Police in a form and  manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police.(b) A registered owner or a lienholder may report the theft by  conversion of a watercraft to the Illinois State Police or any other  police department or sheriff's office.  The report will be accepted as a  report of theft and processed only if a formal complaint is on file and a  warrant issued.(c) The Illinois State Police shall keep a complete record of all  reports filed under this Section.  Upon receipt of the report, a careful  search shall be made of the records of the Illinois State Police, and  where it is found that a watercraft reported recovered was stolen in a  county, city, village or town other than the county, city, village or town  in which it is recovered, the recovering agency shall notify the reporting  agency of the recovery in a form and manner prescribed by the Illinois State Police.(d) Notification of the theft of a watercraft will be furnished to the  Department of Natural Resources by the Illinois State Police.  The  Department of Natural Resources shall place the proper  information in the title  registration files and in the certificate of number files to indicate the  theft of a watercraft.  Notification of the recovery of a watercraft  previously reported as a theft or a conversion will be furnished to the  Department of Natural Resources by the Illinois State Police.  The  Department of Natural Resources shall remove the proper  information from the  certificate of number and title registration files that has previously  indicated the theft of a watercraft.  The Department of Natural Resources shall  suspend the certificate of number of a watercraft upon receipt of a report  that the watercraft was stolen.(e) When the Department of Natural Resources receives  an application for a  certificate of title or an application for a certificate  of number of a watercraft and it is determined from the records that  the watercraft has been reported stolen, the Department of Natural  Resources,  Division of Law Enforcement, shall immediately notify the Illinois State Police and  shall give the Illinois State Police the name and address of the person or firm  titling or registering the watercraft, together with all other information  contained in the application submitted by the person or firm.  (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)