720 ILCS 5/18-3 : RIGHTS AND REMEDIES — CRIMINAL OFFENSES — CRIMINAL CODE — CRIMINAL CODE OF 2012 — SPECIFIC OFFENSES — OFFENSES DIRECTED AGAINST PROPERTY — ROBBERY —3 - Vehicular hijacking TEXT PDF (a) A person commits vehicular hijacking when he or she knowingly takes a motor vehicle from the person or the immediate presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force. (b) Sentence. Vehicular hijacking is a Class 1 felony. 720 ILCS 5/18-3 Amended by P.A. 097-1108,§ 10-5, eff. 1/1/2013. P.A. 88-351; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.