Indecent solicitation of a child
February 22, 2006
A person of the age of 17 years and upwards commits the offense if the
person with the intent that the offense of aggravated criminal sexual
assault, sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child
or aggravated criminal sexual abuse be committed, knowingly solicits a
child or one whom he or she believes to be a child to perform the act
of sexual penetration or sexual conduct.The law was changed in the late 1990s to include "whom he or she believes to be a child."
Indecent solicitation of a child, a Class 3 felony, is punishable by a maximum of five years in prison.
Sources: Naperville Police Department, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
