Municipal Ordinances

Municipal Ordinances Relating To Firearms

Public Act 92-0238, Illinois Compiled Statutes (430 ILCS 65/13.3), approved on August 3, 2001, amends the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Act. This amendment requires that within 6 months after the effective date, every municipality must submit to the Illinois State Police a copy of every ordinance adopted by the municipality that regulates the acquisition, possession, or transfer of firearms within the municipality and must submit, as soon as possible after adoption, every such ordinance adopted after the initial submission. Public Act 92-0238, Illinois Compiled Statutes (430 ILCS 65/13.3), also provides that the Illinois State Police shall compile the ordinances and publish them in a form available to the public free of charge and shall periodically update the compilation.

In compliance with Public Act 92-0238, Illinois Compiled Statutes (430 ILCS 65/13.3), electronic copies of the ordinances submitted to the Illinois State Police have been compiled and published here. This site will be periodically updated as needed. If additional information regarding a specific ordinance is needed, please feel free to contact the specific municipality.

Note: The ordinances are in Adobe Acrobat Reader format. You need the current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these ordinances.

Municipalities wishing to submit ordinances to this site may do so by contacting:

State Police
Firearm Owner's Identification Program
801 South 7th Street
Suite 400-M
Springfield, Illinois 62703
(217)782-3700