625 ILCS 5/3-409: Registration indexes.

The Secretary of State shall file each application received and when satisfied as to the genuineness and regularity thereof, and that the applicant is entitled to register such vehicle and to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall register the vehicle therein described and keep a suitable record thereof as follows:

1. Under a distinctive registration number assigned to the vehicle;

2. Under the identifying number of the vehicle;

3. Alphabetically, under the name of the owner;

4. In the discretion of the Secretary of State, in any other manner it may deem desirable.