(510 ILCS 55/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 1)
Sec. 1.
No person or owner of livestock shall allow livestock to run at large in the
State of Illinois. All owners of livestock shall provide the necessary
restraints to prevent such livestock from so running at large and shall be
liable in civil action for all damages occasioned by such animals running
at large; Provided, that no owner or keeper of such animals
shall be liable for damages in any civil suit for injury to the person or
property of another caused by the running at large thereof, without the
knowledge of such owner or keeper, when such owner or keeper can establish
that he used reasonable care in restraining such animals from so running at
large.
(Source: P.A. 84-28.)
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