License card.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 9-114-140
in effect9-114-140 License card.
(a) The Commissioner shall provide a license card for each licensed public passenger vehicle. This license card must be displayed on the dashboard of the public passenger vehicle. At a minimum, this license card shall contain the name of the licensee and the license number of the public passenger vehicle. The Commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules for additional conditions of license card display and for replacement license card fees.
(b) The restricted chauffeur license of the driver of the public passenger vehicle must also be displayed next to the license card.
(c) No person may operate a public passenger vehicle unless the license card and driver’s restricted chauffeur license is displayed as provided in this section.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with or alter the license card for any public passenger vehicle. Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $3,000 for each offense, and if the person is a public passenger vehicle licensee, the public passenger vehicle license for the vehicle shall be revoked.
(e) In the event a license card is lost or stolen, the licensee shall furnish to the Commissioner a police report stating the facts pertaining to the loss or theft, and after review, the Commissioner may issue a duplicate license card for a fee set by rules.
(Added Coun. J. 1-18-12, p. 19118, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-23, p. 6542, Art. VII, § 12; Amend Coun. J. 12-19-25, p. 38125, Art. IV, § 6)
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2648961Fetched: 10/24/2026