{"data":{"id":"us-il/5-ilcs-230-10","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"5 ILCS 230/10","heading":"Acceptance of consular identification document.","body":"(a) When requiring members of the public to provide identification, each State agency and officer and unit of local government shall accept a consular identification document as valid identification of a person.\n(b) A consular identification document shall be accepted for purposes of identification only and does not convey an independent right to receive benefits of any type.\n(c) A consular identification document may not be accepted as identification for obtaining a REAL ID compliant driver's license, as defined by Section 6-100 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or registering to vote.\n(d) A consular identification document does not establish or indicate lawful U.S. immigration status and may not be viewed as valid for that purpose, nor does a consular identification document establish a foreign national's right to be in the United States or remain in the United States.\n(e) The requirements of subsection (a) do not apply if:\n(1) a federal law, regulation, or directive or a federal court decision requires a State agency or officer or a unit of local government to obtain different identification;\n(2) a federal law, regulation, or directive preempts state regulation of identification requirements; or\n(3) a State agency or officer or a unit of local government would be unable to comply with a condition imposed by a funding source which would cause the State agency or officer or unit of local government to lose funds from that source.\n(f) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to prohibit a State agency or officer or a unit of local government from:\n(1) requiring additional information from persons in order to verify a current address or other facts that would enable the State agency or officer or unit of local government to fulfill its responsibilities, except that this paragraph (1) does not permit a State agency or officer or a unit of local government to require additional information solely in order to establish identification of the person when the consular identification document is the form of identification presented;\n(2) requiring fingerprints for identification purposes under circumstances where the State agency or officer or unit of local government also requires fingerprints from persons who have a driver's license or Illinois Identification Card; or\n(3) requiring additional evidence of identification if the State agency or officer or unit of local government reasonably believes that: (A) the consular identification document is forged, fraudulent, or altered; or (B) the holder does not appear to be the same person on the consular identification document.","path":["CHAPTER 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS","Consular Identification Document Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2723\u0026ChapterID=2\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:11Z","sha256":"46c17c4e6635c7afc38ae140278dbff3512fa9734d49c97a821e9e7253fbbac4","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/5-ilcs-230-5","next":"us-il/5-ilcs-230-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}