720 ILCS 5/11-35: Adultery.
Where this section sits in the code
- CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES
- Criminal Code of 2012.
(a) A person commits adultery when he or she has sexual intercourse with another not his or her spouse, if the behavior is open and notorious, and:
(1) the person is married and knows the other person involved in such intercourse is not his spouse; or
(2) the person is not married and knows that the other person involved in such intercourse is married.
A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this Section if his liability is based solely on evidence he has given in order to comply with the requirements of Section 4-1.7 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
(b) Sentence.
Adultery is a Class A misdemeanor.
Collected 2026-09-15T04:46:41Z. Source file · JSON