DRUG PARAPHERNALIA* (7-24-091 et seq.)

Municipal Code of Chicago tit. 7, ch. 7-24, art. II

in effect

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-091 Possession or delivery.

7-24-091 Possession or delivery. 1. Except as authorized by law, any person who delivers, furnishes, transfers, or possesses with intent to deliver, furnish or transfer, drug paraphernalia, as defined in Section 720 ILCS 600/2, subparagraph (d)(5) of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act, and including glass tubing designed and utilized for the ingestion of crack or cocaine, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that such drug paraphernalia or glass tubing will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, sow, harvest, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, codified at 720 ILCS 570/100, et seq., shall be fined $2,000.00, or punished by imprisonment for a period of six months, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment. 2. Except as authorized by law, any person who possesses self-sealing plastic bags under two inches in either height or width, knowing that such items will be or are being used to package for transfer, delivery and/or storage of a controlled substance in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, codified at 720 ILCS 570/100, et seq., shall be fined up to $1,500 depending on the quantity of such items in their possession. (Added Coun. J. 5-12-99, p. 3327; Amend Coun. J. 11-5-08, p. 43597, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-18-09, p. 56051; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 155; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 141)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-092 Manufacture.

7-24-092 Manufacture. Except as authorized by law, any person who manufactures, with intent to deliver, furnish, or transfer drug paraphernalia knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body cocaine, cocaine base, heroin, phencyclidine, or methamphetamine in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act shall be fined $1,000.00, or punished by imprisonment for a period of six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Added Coun. J. 5-12-99, p. 3327)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-093 Accomplice liability.

7-24-093 Accomplice liability. Except as authorized by law, any person who provides another person with drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that the second person will plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, ingest or otherwise introduce into another human body any controlled substances in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, shall be held as an accomplice to the violation by the second person and shall be fined $1,000, or punished by imprisonment for a period of six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Added Coun. J. 5-12-99, p. 3327)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-094 Delivery to persons under 18 years of age on school grounds.

7-24-094 Delivery to persons under 18 years of age on school grounds. Except as authorized by law, any person, 18 years of age or over, who, upon the grounds of a public or private elementary, vocational, junior high, or high school, possesses a hypodermic needle with the intent to deliver, furnish or transfer the hypodermic needle, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used by a person under 18 years of age to inject into the human body any controlled substance in violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, shall be fined $2,000.00 or punished by imprisonment for a period of six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Added Coun. J. 5-12-99, p. 3327)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-095 License revocation.

7-24-095 License revocation. The violation, or the causing or permitting of a violation, of Section 7-24-091, 7-24-092, 7-24-093 or 7-24-094 by a holder of a business or liquor license issued by the City of Chicago, and in the course of the licensee's business shall be grounds for the revocation of such license. (Added Coun. J. 5-12-99, p. 3327)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-096 Seizure and forfeiture.

7-24-096 Seizure and forfeiture. All drug paraphernalia defined in Section 720 ILCS 600/2, subparagraph (5), and including glass tubing utilized for the ingestion of cocaine or crack cocaine, is subject to forfeiture and may be seized by any peace officer. The seizure and forfeiture shall be made in accordance with rules issued by the superintendent of police or his designee. (Added Coun. J. 5-12-99, p. 3327)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-24-097 Severability.

7-24-097 Severability. If any provisions of Sections 7-24-091 through 7-24-097 or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of said sections which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and to this end the provisions of these sections are severable. (Added Coun. J. 5-12-99, p. 3327)

Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2640851Fetched: 10/24/2026