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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 16.11A
Definition Of Notice--Criminal Trespass To Real Property
[For purpose
s of the offense of criminal trespass to real property,] [(A) (a)] person has
received notice from the owner or occup ant if [(he has been notified personally, either orally or
in writing) (a printed or written notice forbidding such entry to him or a group of which he is a
part has been conspicuously posted or exhibited at the main entrance of such land or the
forbidden part thereof)].
Committe
e Note
720 ILCS
5/21-3(b) (West, 1999) (formerly Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 38, §21-3(b) (1991)).
This defi
nition of notice applies only to the offense of criminal trespass to real property.
Note that the statute includes a valid court order within the meaning of the word “writing.”
The bracket
ed phrase “For purposes of the offense of criminal trespass to real property”
should be given only if the defendant is charged with at least one other offense and the phrase is
necessary to clarify the instructions.
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- 2026-09-10
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- 2026-09-10
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