Illinois Compiled Statutes
510 ILCS 68/ - Herptiles-Herps Act
Article 95 - Civil Liability and Immunity

(510 ILCS 68/Art. 95 heading)


 
(510 ILCS 68/95-5)
Sec. 95-5. Assumption of risk. Each person who owns, possesses, or keeps a herptile expressly assumes the risk of and legal responsibility for injury, loss, or damage to the person or property that results from the ownership, possession, or keeping, of the herptile. Each owner, keeper, or possessor of a herptile shall be solely liable to manage, care for, and control a particular herptile species, and it shall be the duty of each owner, keeper, or possessor, to maintain reasonable control of the particular herptile at all times, and to refrain from acting in a manner that may cause or contribute to the injury of person, whether in public or on private property.

(Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
(510 ILCS 68/95-10)
Sec. 95-10. Civil liability and immunity.
The owner, keeper, or possessor of a herptile that escapes captivity or is released shall be liable for any and all damages and costs to any person or property arising out of or in connection with the escape or release of any herptile. Liability includes, but is not limited to, any damage, injury, or death caused by or to the herptile during or after the herptile's escape or release or as a result of the apprehension or confinement of the herptile after its escape or release. In addition, the owner, keeper, or possessor of an escaped herptile shall be solely responsible and shall indemnify for any and all costs, damages, or medical expenses incurred by an animal control officer, police officer, or Department employee acting in his or her official capacity to capture or control an escaped herptile.

(Source: P.A. 102-315, eff. 1-1-22.)

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