{"data":{"id":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-24-3.8","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"720 ILCS 5/24-3.8","heading":"Possession of a stolen firearm.","body":"(a) A person commits possession of a stolen firearm when he or she, not being entitled to the possession of a firearm, possesses the firearm, knowing it to have been stolen or converted. The trier of fact may infer that a person who possesses a firearm with knowledge that its serial number has been removed or altered has knowledge that the firearm is stolen or converted.\n(b) Possession of a stolen firearm is a Class 2 felony.","path":["CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES","Criminal Code of 2012."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1876\u0026ChapterID=53\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:41Z","sha256":"2d8f8c62e58f140dadef7f7dc51e50e06ffeb5bfec682b3c85466fcd2189dac4","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-24-3.7","next":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-24-3.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}