{"data":{"id":"us-il/625-ilcs-5-18c-5101","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"625 ILCS 5/18c-5101","heading":"Unlawful Activities.","body":"It shall be unlawful for any person:\n(1) To act as a broker without a license in good standing issued to it by the Commission;\n(2) To act as a broker in violation of any provision of this Chapter, Commission regulations and orders, or any other law of this state;\n(3) To act as a broker of any shipment which the person owns or in which the person has a beneficial interest;\n(4) To act as a broker of any shipment over which the person is able to exercise control because the person acting as a broker owns or controls the shipper, the shipper owns or controls the person acting as a broker, or there is a common ownership or control of the two;\n(5) Which is also a broker to act or represent itself as a shipper in dealing with a common or contract carrier of property by motor vehicle;\n(6) To act as a broker in connection with transportation by a person other than an authorized common or contract carrier of property by motor vehicle, unless the carrier does not require authorization to transport the shipment;\n(7) To act as a broker in connection with transportation at other than lawfully applicable rates for the motor carrier service;\n(8) To act as a broker in any name other than that which appears on its Commission license;\n(9) To act as a broker without fully disclosing its brokering status;\n(10) To provide transportation service with regard to freight for which it was the broker;\n(11) To receive any compensation for brokering services other than a fee assessed to the shipper or, alternatively, to the carrier, in addition to freight charges at lawfully applicable rates for the motor carrier service;\n(12) To advertise, offer, or give anything of value to a shipper, consignor, or consignee, other than inexpensive promotional items; or\n(13) Act as a broker of household goods.","path":["CHAPTER 625 VEHICLES","Illinois Vehicle Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1815\u0026ChapterID=49\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:40Z","sha256":"a2d9dffe5de5bfca6dc442136819c5359049c085515036652212d21b861f106c","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/625-ilcs-5-18c-4905","next":"us-il/625-ilcs-5-18c-5102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}