The Illinois Snow and Ice Removal Act shields residential property owners from liability for natural accumulations cleared in good faith, applying uniformly statewide.
The Snow and Ice Removal Act (745 ILCS 75) provides residential property owners with civil immunity from injuries caused by their own snow or ice removal efforts on adjoining sidewalks, unless their acts constitute willful or wanton misconduct. The Act preserves the common-law natural accumulation rule, meaning owners generally have no duty to remove naturally fallen snow from public sidewalks. Municipalities may still impose snow-clearing ordinances on owners, but cannot eliminate the state's liability immunity. The Act applies to residential property only; commercial owners are governed by separate negligence standards.
No state penalties; municipal fines apply where local clearing ordinances exist.
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