§ 16-72. Criminal trespass to land.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon the land or any part thereof of another after receiving, immediately prior to such entry, notice from the owner or occupant that such entry is forbidden, or to remain upon the land of another after receiving notice from the owner or occupant to depart.

(b)

A person has received notice from the owner or occupant within the meaning of subsection (a) if he has been notified personally, either orally or in writing, or if a printed or written notice forbidding such entry has been conspicuously posted or exhibited at the main entrance to such land or the forbidden part thereof.

(c)

This section does not apply to any person, whether a migrant worker or otherwise, living on the land with permission of the owner or of his agent having apparent authority to hire workers on such land and assign them living quarters or a place of accommodation for living thereon, nor to anyone living on such land at the request of, or by occupancy, leasing or other agreement or arrangement with the owner or his agent, nor to anyone invited by such migrant worker or other person so living on such land to visit him at the place where he is so living upon the land.

(1947 Rev. Ords., § 8-1; Ord. No. 13, § I, 11-22-48; Ord. No. 222, § 3, 9-28-70)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 38, § 21-3.