IL Supreme Court: Chicago didn’t violate state law by charging fees to owners of impounded vehicles – Cook County Record

The appellate court had ruled the Vehicle Code expressly lets a county or municipality regulate the impoundment and release of vehicles, including by imposing administrative fees, and rejected the plaintiffs’ assertion the law explicitly limits home rule governments’ power to charge administrative penalties or fines for whatever violation led to the impoundment. That view was backed by the Illinois Supreme Court.