Crime & Traffic
Other crime and traffic issues
Various issues related to criminal law and traffic.
Learn your rights (4 resources)
In order to provide proof of identity, an Illinois State ID is a good option. This state-issued Identification card includes your picture, address, birth date, and basic information.
Guide
Describes what a criminal conviction is, how to appeal one and different types of sentences.
Guide
Driving under the influence could lead to restrictions on your ability to drive.
Guide
Explains deportation as well as the difference between inadmissible and deportable.
Guide
Forms (3 resources)
A program to help you ask the court to order someone to stop harming or threatening you or other household members.
Easy Form
A program to help you ask the court to order someone to stop harming or threatening you or other household members. Email your forms to the court. For use only in Cook County.
Easy Form
A program to help you ask the court to waive or reduce criminal court assessments.
Easy Form
Other resources for the public (45 resources)
In order to provide proof of identity, an Illinois State ID is a good option. This state-issued Identification card includes your picture, address, birth date, and basic information.
Guide
As of September 18, 2023, Illinois courts no longer use a cash bail system. Instead, they use a “pretrial release” system as allowed by the SAFE-T Act. Learn more about this new system and what it means.
Text article
Describes a person's eligibility for a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, gun ownership and use based upon prior criminal convictions.
Text article
Explains the rules that people must follow for self-identification with the police.
Text article
Lawyer resources (19 resources)
Legal housing defenses to help victims of domestic and sexual violence escape abusive and dangerous situations.
Text article
This is a chapter in our Orders of Protection lawyer manual. It covers how to serve the respondent, as well as enforcement of the EOP.
Attorney Desk Reference Manual
This is a chapter in our Orders of Protection lawyer manual. It covers how a respondent can respond to being served with a Petition.
Attorney Desk Reference Manual
Gives information about situations involving abuse, neglect, or dependency.
Lawyer Manuals