Municipal Code of Chicago Chapter 5-12 — Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO)

Chicago's Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (RLTO): 25 sections (§§ 5-12-010 through 5-12-200, including sub-sections 5-12-081/082 interest rate, 5-12-095 foreclosure notice, 5-12-101 bedbug disclosure, 5-12-135 Jackson Park pilot). Operative areas: security deposits (§§ 5-12-080–100), habitability and landlord maintenance duties (§§ 5-12-040–070), retaliation prohibition (§§ 5-12-160–170), subletting (§ 5-12-120), lockout ban (§ 5-12-110), owner/agent disclosure (§ 5-12-180), eviction remedies (§§ 5-12-130–150), and attorney's fees (§ 5-12-190). Confirmed live 2026-09-17 via Bright Data Web Unlocker (direct honest-UA fetch is Cloudflare-blocked; 403 cf-mitigated:challenge confirmed on 2026-09-14). § 5-12-080 text verified end-to-end (8,705 chars, genuine operative content). Enacted 1986, extensively amended through 2010+. Preemption note: 50 ILCS 825 (Rent Control Preemption Act) prohibits rent control; the RLTO is tenant-protections only, not rent control, and is unaffected by the preemption statute.