State profile · IL
Call-recording consent, the enforcement record with its sources, and what an outside audit can run in Illinois.
All parties must consent before a call may be recorded.
What Argus360 shops here: Text, email, and web form. Voice is excluded because a call cannot be recorded here without every party agreeing.
Statutes in play: Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act; Illinois Motor Vehicle Advertising Regulations; FTC Act § 5; FTC Used Car Rule
$20M judgment, the largest the FTC has secured against an auto dealer. Bait-and-switch pricing, unauthorized add-ons, fake reviews, gray-market vehicles. Former executive still pending individually.
View sourceNone on record. Consent is governed at the state level.
Enforcement is active in Illinois, but a voice shop cannot run because every party on a call must agree to recording. Argus360 covers text, email, and web form here, which is where pricing, certification claims, and add-on disclosures are put in writing. The written channels carry most of the conduct regulators have named.
No, not without every party agreeing. Illinois is an all-party consent state for telephone recording. Governing statute: 720 ILCS 5/14-2.
High. Leader Automotive · $20M · Illinois AG. FTC & Illinois AG v. Leader Automotive Group, No. 1:24-cv-13047 (N.D. Ill.), December 19, 2024.
Text, email, and web form. Voice is excluded because a call cannot be recorded here without every party agreeing.
Reviewed September 10, 2026. Argus360 scores against the law as written and does not provide legal advice. Statute citations and enforcement records carry their sources above; verify against the primary source before relying on them.
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