Illinois

State housing and tenant protection laws

Rules (273)

Home rule preemption. A home rule unit may not regulate or control the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential or commercial property. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution

50 Ill. Comp. Stat. 825 § 10

Rent control prohibited

50 Ill. Comp. Stat. 825 § 5

Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law

50 Ill. Comp. Stat. 825 § 99

Forcible entry prohibited. No person shall make an entry into lands or tenements except in cases where entry is allowed by law, and in such cases he or she shall not enter with force, but in a peaceable manner

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-101

When action may be maintained

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-102

Mobile home site. The rental of land upon which a mobile home is placed or the rental of a mobile home and the land on which it is placed, for more than 30 days, shall be construed as a lease of real property. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect the classification of mobile homes as real or personal property for purposes of taxation

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-103

Demand - Notice - Return. The demand required by Section 9-102 of this Act may be made by delivering a copy thereof to the tenant, or by leaving such a copy with some person of the age of 13 years or upwards, residing on, or being in charge of, the premises; or in case no one is in the actual possession of the premises, then by posting the same on the premises; or if those in possession are unknown occupants who are not parties to any written lease, rental agreement, or right to possession agreement for the premises, then by delivering a copy of the notice, directed to "unknown occupants", to the occupant or by leaving a copy of the notice with some person of the age of 13 years or upwards occupying the premises, or by posting a copy of the notice on the premises directed to "unknown occupants". When such demand is made by an officer authorized to serve process, his or her return is prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, and if such demand is made by any person not an officer, the return may be sworn to by the person serving the same, and is then prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. The demand for possession may be in the following form: To .... I hereby demand immediate possession of the following described premises: (describing the same.) The demand shall be signed by the person claiming such possession, his or her agent, or attorney

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-104

Demand; notice; return; condominium and contract purchasers

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-104.1

Condominiums: demand, notice, termination of lease, and eviction

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-104.2

Applicability of Article. All common interest community associations electing pursuant to paragraph (8) of subsection

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-104.3

Growing crops. In case of forfeiture under contract of purchase, the purchaser shall be entitled to cultivate and gather the crops, if any, planted by him or her and grown or growing on the premises at the time of the filing of the action, and shall have the right to enter for the purpose of removing such crops, first paying or tendering to the party entitled to the possession a reasonable compensation for such use of the land before removing such crops

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-105

Pleadings and evidence

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-106

Action for condominium assessments not barred or waived by acceptance of assessments for time periods not covered by demand. An action brought under paragraph (7) of subsection

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-106.1

Affirmative defense for violence; barring persons from property

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-106.2

Affirmative defenses for retaliation on the basis of immigration status

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-106.3

Constructive service. If the plaintiff, his or her agent, or attorney files an eviction action, with or without joinder of a claim for rent in the complaint, and is unable to obtain personal service on the defendant or unknown occupant and a summons duly issued in such action is returned without service stating that service can not be obtained, then the plaintiff, his or her agent or attorney may file an affidavit stating that the defendant or unknown occupant is not a resident of this State, or has departed from this State, or on due inquiry cannot be found, or is concealed within this State so that process cannot be served upon him or her, and also stating the place of residence of the defendant or unknown occupant, if known, or if not known, that upon diligent inquiry the affiant has not been able to ascertain the defendant's or unknown occupant's place of residence, then in all such eviction cases whether or not a claim for rent is joined with the complaint for possession, the defendant or unknown occupant may be notified by posting and mailing of notices; or by publication and mailing, as provided for in Section 2-206 of this Act. However, in cases where the defendant or unknown occupant is notified by posting and mailing of notices or by publication and mailing, and the defendant or unknown occupant does not appear generally, the court may rule only on the portion of the complaint which seeks an eviction order, and the court shall not enter judgment as to any rent claim joined in the complaint or enter personal judgment for any amount owed by a unit owner for his or her proportionate share of the common expenses, however, an in rem judgment may be entered against the unit for the amount of common expenses due, any other expenses lawfully agreed upon or the amount of any unpaid fine, together with reasonable attorney fees, if any, and costs. The claim for rent may remain pending until such time as the defendant or unknown occupant appears generally or is served with summons, but the eviction order shall be final, enforceable and appealable if the court makes an express written finding that there is no just reason for delaying enforcement or appeal, as provided by Supreme Court rule of this State. Such notice shall be in the name of the clerk of the court, be directed to the defendant or unknown occupant, shall state the nature of the cause against the defendant or unknown occupant and at whose instance issued and the time and place for trial, and shall also state that unless the defendant or unknown occupant appears at the time and place fixed for trial, judgment will be entered by default, and shall specify the character of the judgment that will be entered in such cause. The sheriff shall post 3 copies of the notice in 3 public places in the neighborhood of the court where the cause is to be tried, at least 10 days prior to the day set for the appearance, and, if the place of residence of the defendant or unknown occupant is stated in any affidavit on file, shall at the same time mail one copy of the notice addressed to such defendant or unknown occupant at such place of residence shown in such affidavit. On or before the day set for the appearance, the sheriff shall file the notice with an endorsement thereon stating the time when and places where the sheriff posted and to whom and at what address he or she mailed copies as required by this Section. For want of sufficient notice any cause may be continued from time to time until the court has jurisdiction of the defendant or unknown occupant

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-107

Military personnel in military service; eviction action

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-107.10

Notice to unknown occupants

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-107.5

Jury trial. In any case relating to premises used for residence purposes, either party may demand trial by jury, notwithstanding any waiver of jury trial contained in any lease or contract

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-108

Trial ex parte. If the defendant does not appear, having been duly summoned as herein provided the trial may proceed ex parte, and may be tried by the court, without a jury

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-109

Standard of proof. After a trial, if the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the allegations in the complaint have been proven, the court shall enter an eviction order in favor of the plaintiff

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-109.5

Residential eviction order; form. A standardized residential eviction order form, as determined by the Supreme Court, shall be used statewide

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-109.6

Stay of enforcement; drug related action. An eviction order entered in an action brought by a lessor or lessor's assignee, if the action was brought as a result of a lessor or lessor's assignee declaring a lease void pursuant to Section 11 of the Controlled Substance and Cannabis Nuisance Act, may not be stayed for any period in excess of 7 days by the court. Thereafter the plaintiff shall be entitled to re-enter the premises immediately. The sheriff or other lawfully deputized officers shall execute an order entered pursuant to this Section within 7 days of its entry, or within 7 days of the expiration of a stay of judgment, if one is entered

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-109.7

Judgment for whole premises - Stay of enforcement. If it appears on the trial that the plaintiff is entitled to the possession of the whole of the premises claimed, judgment for the possession thereof and for costs shall be entered in favor of the plaintiff. However, if the action is brought under Article IX of this Code and is based upon a breach of a contract entered into on or after July 1, 1962 for the purchase of such premises, the court, by order, may stay the enforcement of the judgment for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the judgment, or if the court finds that the amount unpaid on the contract is less than 75% of the original purchase price, then the court shall stay the enforcement of the judgment for a period of 180 days from the date of the judgment. The court may order a stay of less than 180 days (but in no event less than 60 days) if it is shown that the plaintiff, prior to the filing of the action under Article IX of this Act, granted the defendant previous extensions of time to pay the amounts due under the contract, or for other good cause shown. If during such period of stay the defendant pays the entire amount then due and payable under the terms of the contract other than such portion of the principal balance due under the contract as would not be due had no default occurred and costs and, if the contract provides therefor, reasonable attorney's fees as fixed by the court, and cures all other defaults then existing, the contract shall remain in force the same as if no default had occurred. The relief granted to a defendant by this Section shall not be exhausted by a single use thereof but shall not be again available with respect to the same contract for a period of 5 years from the date of such judgment. Whenever defendant cures the default under the contract pursuant to this Section, the defendant may within the period of stay file a motion to vacate the judgment in the court in which the judgment was entered, and, if the court, upon the hearing of such motion, is satisfied that such default has been cured, such judgment shall be vacated. Unless defendant files such motion to vacate in the court or the judgment is otherwise stayed, enforcement of the judgment may proceed immediately upon the expiration of such period of stay and all rights of the defendant in and to the premises and in and to the real estate described in the contract are terminated. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as affecting the right of a seller of such premises to any lawful remedy or relief other than that provided by Part 1 of Article IX of this Act

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-110

Condominium property

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-111

Lease to bona fide tenant. Upon the entry of an eviction order in favor of a board of managers under the Condominium Property Act, as provided in Section 9-111 of this Act, and upon delivery of possession of the premises by the sheriff or other authorized official to the board of managers pursuant to execution upon the order, the board of managers shall have the right and authority, incidental to the right of possession of a unit under the order, but not the obligation, to lease the unit to a bona fide tenant (whether the tenant is in occupancy or not) pursuant to a written lease for a term which may commence at any time within 8 months after the month in which the date of expiration of the stay of the order occurs. The term may not exceed 13 months from the date of commencement of the lease. The court may, upon motion of the board of managers and with notice to the evicted unit owner, permit or extend a lease for one or more additional terms not to exceed 13 months per term. The board of managers shall first apply all rental income to assessments and other charges sued upon in the eviction action plus statutory interest on a monetary judgment, if any, attorneys' fees, and court costs incurred; and then to other expenses lawfully agreed upon (including late charges), any fines and reasonable expenses necessary to make the unit rentable, and lastly to assessments accrued thereafter until assessments are current. Any surplus shall be remitted to the unit owner. The court shall retain jurisdiction to determine the reasonableness of the expense of making the unit rentable

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-111.1

Judgment for part of premises. If it shall appear that the plaintiff is entitled to the possession of only a part of the premises claimed, the judgment shall be entered for that part only and for costs, and for the residue defendant shall be dismissed

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-112

Joinder of several tenants. Whenever there is one lease for the whole of certain premises, and the actual possession thereof, at the time of the filing of the action, is divided in severalty among persons with, or other than the lessee, in one or more portions or parcels, separately or severally held or occupied, all or so many of such persons, with the lessee, as the plaintiff may elect, may be joined as defendants in one action, and the recovery against them, with costs, shall be several, according as their actual holdings are judicially determined

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-113

Judgment against plaintiff. If the plaintiff voluntarily dismisses the action, or fails to prove the plaintiff's right to the possession, judgment for costs shall be entered in favor of the defendant

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-114

Dismissal as to part. The plaintiff may at any time dismiss his or her action as to any one or more of the defendants, and the jury or court may find any one or more of the defendants liable, and the others not liable, and the court shall thereupon enter judgment according to such finding

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-115

Pending appeal. If the plaintiff appeals, then, during and notwithstanding the pendency of such appeal, the plaintiff is entitled to enforce, or accept from the defendant or from any person claiming under him or her, performance of all obligations imposed upon such defendant by the terms of any lease, contract, covenant or agreement under which the defendant claims the right to possession, or by law, as if such appeal has not been taken, without thereby affecting the appeal or the judgment appealed from, and without thereby creating or reinstating any tenancy or other relationship of the parties. However, if the result of the prosecution of such appeal and entry of final judgment is that the defendant was obligated to the plaintiff during the pendency thereof in a different form, manner or amount than that in which any payment or payments made under the provision of this Section was or were enforced or accepted, or in a different form, manner or amount than that adjudged in any judgment entered by any court in any other proceedings instituted by virtue of the provisions of this Section during the pendency of the appeal, such payment or payments shall be deemed to have been made to apply in the form, manner and amount resulting or arising from the prosecution of such appeal, on account of the defendant's obligation

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-116

Expiration of order. No eviction order obtained in an action brought under this Article may be enforced more than 120 days after the order is entered, unless upon motion by the plaintiff the court grants an extension of the period of enforcement of the order. Plaintiff's notice of motion shall contain the following notice directed to the defendant: "The plaintiff in this case, (insert name), obtained an eviction judgment against you on (insert date), but the sheriff did not evict you within the 120 days that the plaintiff has to evict after a judgment in court. On the date stated in this notice, the plaintiff will be asking the court to allow the sheriff to evict you based on that judgment. You must attend the court hearing if you want the court to stop the plaintiff from having you evicted. To prevent the eviction, you must be able to prove that (1) the plaintiff and you made an agreement after the judgment (for instance, to pay up back rent or to comply with the lease) and you have lived up to the agreement; or (2) the reason the plaintiff brought the original eviction case has been resolved or forgiven, and the eviction the plaintiff now wants the court to grant is based on a new or different reason; or (3) that you have another legal or equitable reason why the court should not grant the plaintiff's request for your eviction." The court shall grant the motion for the extension of the eviction order unless the defendant establishes that the tenancy has been reinstated, that the breach upon which the order was issued has been cured or waived, that the plaintiff and defendant entered into a post-judgment agreement whose terms the defendant has performed, or that other legal or equitable grounds exist that bar enforcement of the order. This Section does not apply to any action based upon a breach of a contract entered into on or after July 1, 1962, for the purchase of premises in which the court has entered a stay under Section 9-110; nor shall this Section apply to any action to which the provisions of Section 9-111 apply; nor shall this Section affect the rights of Boards of Managers under Section 9-104.2

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-117

Emergency housing eviction proceedings

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-118

Emergency subsidized housing eviction proceedings

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-119

Leased premises used in furtherance of a criminal offense; lease void at option of lessor or assignee

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-120

Sealing of court file

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-121

(Repealed)

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-121.5

COVID-19 emergency sealing of court file

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-122

Recovery of rent. The owner of lands, his or her executors or administrators, may sue for and recover rent therefor, or a fair and reasonable satisfaction for the use and occupation thereof, by a civil action in any of the following instances: 1. When rent is due and in arrears on a lease for life or lives. 2. When lands are held and occupied by any person without any special agreement for rent. 3. When possession is obtained under an agreement, written or verbal, for the purchase of the premises, and before a deed is given the right to possession is terminated by forfeiture or non-compliance with the agreement, and possession is wrongfully refused or neglected to be given upon demand, made in writing, by the party entitled thereto. All payments made by the vendee, or his or her representatives or assigns, may be set off against such rent. 4. When land has been sold upon a judgment of court, when the party to such judgment or person holding under him or her, wrongfully refuses or neglects to surrender possession of the same, after demand, in writing, by the person entitled to the possession. 5. When the lands have been sold upon a mortgage or trust deed, and the mortgagor or grantor, or person holding under him or her, wrongfully refuses or neglects to surrender possession of the same, after demand, in writing, by the person entitled to the possession

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-201

Wilfully holding over. If any tenant or any person who is in or comes into possession of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, by, from or under, or by collusion with the tenant, wilfully holds over any lands, tenements or hereditaments, after the expiration of his or her term or terms, and after demand made in writing, for the possession thereof, by his or her landlord, or the person to whom the remainder or reversion of such lands, tenements or hereditaments belongs, the person so holding over, shall, for the time the landlord or rightful owner is so kept out of possession, pay to the person so kept out of possession, or his or her legal representatives, at the rate of double the yearly value of the lands, tenements or hereditaments so detained to be recovered by a civil action

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-202

Holding over after notice. If any tenant gives notice of his or her intention to quit the premises which are held by him or her, at a time mentioned in such notice, at which time the tenant would have a right to quit by the lease, and does not accordingly deliver up possession thereof, such tenant shall pay to the landlord or lessor double the rent or sum which would otherwise be due, to be collected in the same manner as the rent otherwise due should have been collected

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-203

Rent in arrears - Re-entry. In all cases between landlord and tenant, where one-half year's rent is in arrears and unpaid, and the landlord or lessor to whom such rent is due has the right by law to re-enter for non-payment thereof, such landlord or lessor may, without any formal demand or re-entry, commence an action of ejectment for the recovery of the demised premises. In case judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff in the action of ejectment before the rent in arrearage and costs of the action are paid, then the lease of the lands shall cease and be determined, unless the lessee shall by appeal reverse the judgment, or by petition filed within 6 months after the entry of such judgment, obtain relief from the same. However, any tenant may, at any time before final judgment on the ejectment, pay or tender to the landlord or lessor of the premises the amount of rent in arrears and costs of the action, whereupon the action of ejectment shall be dismissed

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-204

Notice to terminate tenancy from year to year. Except as provided in Section 9-206 and Section 9-207.5 of this Act, in all cases of tenancy from year to year, 60 days' notice, in writing, shall be sufficient to terminate the tenancy at the end of the year. The notice may be given at any time within 4 months preceding the last 60 days of the year

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-205

Notice to terminate tenancy of farm land. Subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Landlord and Tenant Act, in order to terminate tenancies from year to year of farm lands, occupied on a crop share, livestock share, cash rent or other rental basis, the notice to quit shall be given in writing not less than 4 months prior to the end of the year of letting. Such notice may not be waived in a verbal lease. The notice to quit may be substantially in the following form: To A.B.: You are hereby notified that I have elected to terminate your lease of the farm premises now occupied by you, being (here describe the premises) and you are hereby further notified to quit and deliver up possession of the same to me at the end of the lease year, the last day of such year being (here insert the last day of the lease year)

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-206

Life tenancy termination; farmland leases

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-206.1

Notice to terminate tenancy for less than a year

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-207

Termination of bona fide leases in residential real estate in foreclosure

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-207.5

Further demand. Where a tenancy is terminated by notice, under either of the 2 preceding sections, no further demand is necessary before bringing an action under the statute in relation to eviction or ejectment

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-208

Demand for rent - eviction action. A landlord or his or her agent may, any time after rent is due, demand payment thereof and notify the tenant, in writing, that unless payment is made within a time mentioned in such notice, not less than 5 days after service thereof, the lease will be terminated. If the tenant does not pay the rent due within the time stated in the notice under this Section, the landlord may consider the lease ended and commence an eviction or ejectment action without further notice or demand. A claim for rent may be joined in the complaint, including a request for the pro rata amount of rent due for any period that a judgment is stayed, and a judgment obtained for the amount of rent found due, in any action or proceeding brought, in an eviction action under this Section. Notice made pursuant to this Section shall, as hereinafter stated, not be invalidated by payments of past due rent demanded in the notice, when the payments do not, at the end of the notice period, total the amount demanded in the notice. The landlord may, however, agree in writing to continue the lease in exchange for receiving partial payment. To prevent invalidation, the notice must prominently state: "Only FULL PAYMENT of the rent demanded in this notice will waive the landlord's right to terminate the lease under this notice, unless the landlord agrees in writing to continue the lease in exchange for receiving partial payment." Collection by the landlord of past rent due after the filing of a suit for eviction or ejectment pursuant to failure of the tenant to pay the rent demanded in the notice shall not invalidate the suit

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-209

Notice to quit. When default is made in any of the terms of a lease, it is not necessary to give more than 10 days' notice to quit, or of the termination of such tenancy, and the same may be terminated on giving such notice to quit at any time after such default in any of the terms of such lease. Such notice may be substantially in the following form: "To A.B.: You are hereby notified that in consequence of your default in (here insert the character of the default) of the premises now occupied by you, being, etc., (here describe the premises) I have elected to terminate your lease, and you are hereby notified to quit and deliver up possession of the same to me within 10 days of this date (dated, etc.)." The notice is to be signed by the lessor or his or her agent, and no other notice or demand of possession or termination of such tenancy is necessary

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-210

Service of demand or notice. Any demand may be made or notice served by delivering a written or printed, or partly written and printed, copy thereof to the tenant, or by leaving the same with some person of the age of 13 years or upwards, residing on or in possession of the premises; or by sending a copy of the notice to the tenant by certified or registered mail, with a returned receipt from the addressee; and in case no one is in the actual possession of the premises, then by posting the same on the premises

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-211

Evidence of service. When such demand is made or notice served by an officer authorized to serve process, the officer's return is prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, and if such demand is made or notice served by any person not an officer, the return may be sworn to by the person serving the same, and is then prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-212

Expiration of term. When the tenancy is for a certain period, and the term expires by the terms of the lease, the tenant is then bound to surrender possession, and no notice to quit or demand of possession is necessary

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-213

Duty of landlord to mitigate damages. After January 1, 1984, a landlord or his or her agent shall take reasonable measures to mitigate the damages recoverable against a defaulting lessee

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-213.1

Lease defined. The term "lease," as used in Part 2 of Article IX of this Act, includes every letting, whether by verbal or written agreement

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-214

Remedies available to grantee. The grantees of any leased lands, tenements, rents or other hereditaments, or of the reversion thereof, the assignees of the lessor of any lease, and the heirs, legatees and personal representatives of the lessor, grantee or assignee, shall have the same remedies by action or otherwise, for the non-performance of any agreement in the lease, or for the recovery of any rent, or for the doing of any waste or other cause of forfeiture, as their grantor or lessor might have had if such reversion had remained in such lessor or grantor

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-215

Remedies available to lessee. The lessees of any lands, their assigns or personal representatives, shall have the same remedy, by action or otherwise, against the lessor, his or her grantees, assignees or his, her or their representatives, for the breach of any agreement in such lease, as such lessee might have had against his or her immediate lessor. This section shall have no application to the covenants against incumbrances, or relating to the title or possession of the premises demised

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-216

Rent recoverable by representative, from subtenant. When a tenant for life demises any lands and dies on or after the day when any rent becomes due and payable, his or her executor or administrator may recover from the subtenant the whole rent due, but if such tenant for life dies, before the day when any rent is to become due, his or her executor or administrator may recover the proportion of rent which accrued before his or her death, and the remainder man shall recover for the residue

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-217

Rent payments at business office

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-218

Property subject to distraint. In all cases of distress for rent, the landlord, by himself or herself, his or her agent or attorney, may seize for rent any personal property of his or her tenant that may be found in the county where such tenant resides, and in no case shall the property of any other person, although the same may be found on the premises, be liable to seizure for rent due from such tenant

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-301

Filing of distress warrant with inventory. The person making such distress shall immediately file with the clerk of the circuit court a copy of the distress warrant, together with an inventory of the property levied upon

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-302

Summons and return. Upon the filing of such copy of distress warrant and inventory, the clerk shall issue a summons against the party against whom the distress warrant has been issued, returnable as summons in other civil cases

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-303

Notice to non-residents. When it appears, by affidavit filed in the court where such proceeding is pending, that the defendant is a nonresident or has departed from this state, or on due inquiry cannot be found, or is concealed within this state, and the affiant states the place of residence of the defendant, if known, and if not known, that upon diligent inquiry he or she has not been able to ascertain the same, notice may be given as in attachment cases

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-304

Proceedings - Pleading. The action shall thereafter proceed in the same manner as in case of attachment before the court. It shall not be necessary for the plaintiff in any case to file a complaint, but the distress warrant shall stand as a complaint and shall be amendable, as complaints in other civil cases, but no such amendment shall in any way affect any liabilities that have accrued in the execution of such warrant

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-305

Counterclaim - Defenses. The defendant may file a counterclaim as in other civil actions or other defense which would have been proper if the action had been for the rent, and with like effect

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-306

Judgment for plaintiff. If the plaintiff recovers, judgment shall be entered in favor of plaintiff, for the amount which the court finds to be due the plaintiff

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-307

Effect of judgment against defendant. After the defendant is served with process or appears in the action, the judgment shall have the same force and effect as if served by summons, and the judgment may be enforced, not only against the property distrained, but also against the other property of the defendant. But the property distrained, if the same has not been replevied or released from seizure, shall be first sold

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-308

Judgment by default. When publication of notice, as provided by law, but the defendant is not served with process and does not appear, judgment by default may be entered, and the plaintiff may recover the amount due him or her for rent at the time of issuing the distress warrant, and enforcement may be had against the property distrained, but no enforcement may be had against any other property of the defendant

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-309

Judgment in favor of defendant - Counterclaim. If the judgment is in favor of the defendant, the defendant shall recover costs and judgment shall be entered for the return to the defendant of the property distrained, unless the same has been replevied or released from such distress. If a counterclaim is interposed, and it is determined by the court that a balance is due from the plaintiff to the defendant, judgment shall be entered in favor of the defendant

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-310

Bond for release of property. When any distress warrant is levied, the person whose property is distrained, may release the same by entering into bond in double the amount of the rent claimed, payable to the landlord, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the person making the levy, if the bond is tendered before the filing of a copy of the warrant, as provided in Part 3 of Article IX of this Act, or if after, by the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, conditioned to pay whatever judgment the landlord may recover in the action, with costs of the action. If the bond is taken before the filing of a copy of the distress warrant, such bond shall be filed therewith, and if taken after the filing of a copy of the distress warrant, it shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court where the action is pending

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-311

Perishable property. If any property distrained is of a perishable nature and in danger of immediate waste or decay, and is not replevied or bonded, the landlord or his or her agent or attorney may, upon giving notice to the defendant or his or her attorney, or if neither can be found, without any notice, apply to the court in which the action is pending describing the property, and showing that it is so in danger, and if the court is satisfied that the property is of a perishable nature and in danger of immediate waste or decay, and if the defendant or his or her attorney is not served with notice, or does not appear, that neither the defendant nor the attorney can be found, the court may enter an order to the person having possession of the property, directing the sale thereof upon such time and notice, terms and conditions as the court shall deem for the best interests of the parties concerned. The money resulting from such sale shall be deposited with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, there to abide the event of the action

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-312

Limitation. The right of the landlord to distrain the personal goods of the tenant, shall continue for the period of 6 months after the expiration of the term for which the premises were demised or the tenancy is terminated

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-313

Distress for products and labor. When the rent is payable wholly or in part in specific articles of property or products of the premises, or labor, the landlord may distrain for the value of such articles, products or labor

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-314

Exemption. The same articles of personal property which are, by law, exempt from the enforcement of a judgment thereon, except the crops grown or growing upon the demised premises, shall also be exempt from distress for rent

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-315

Lien upon crops. Every landlord shall have a lien upon the crops grown or growing upon the demised premises for the rent thereof, whether the same is payable wholly or in part in money or specific articles of property or products of the premises, or labor, and also for the faithful performance of the terms of the lease. Such lien shall continue for the period of 6 months after the expiration of the term for which the premises are demised, and may be enforced by distraint as provided in Part 3 of Article IX of this Act. A good faith purchaser shall, however, take such crops free of any landlord's lien unless, within 6 months prior to the purchase, the landlord provides written notice of his lien to the purchaser by registered or certified mail. Such notice shall contain the names and addresses of the landlord and tenant, and clearly identify the leased property. A landlord may require that, prior to his tenant's selling any crops grown on the demised premises, the tenant disclose the name of the person to whom the tenant intends to sell those crops. Where such a requirement has been imposed, the tenant shall not sell the crops to any person other than a person who has been disclosed to the landlord as a potential buyer of the crops. A lien arising under this Section shall have priority over any agricultural lien as defined in, and over any security interest arising under, provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-316

Tenant's duty to disclose to landlord identity of vendee of crops

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-316.1

Landlord's right against sublessee. In all cases when the leased premises are sublet, or the lease is assigned, the landlord shall have the same right to enforce his or her lien against the sublessee or assignee, that the landlord has against the tenant to whom the premises were leased

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-317

Abandonment of premises. When a tenant abandons or removes from the premises or any part thereof, the landlord or his or her agent or attorney may seize upon any grain or other crops grown or growing upon the premises or part thereof so abandoned, whether the rent is due or not. If such grain or other crops or any part thereof is not fully grown or matured, the landlord or his or her agent or attorney shall cause the same to be properly cultivated and harvested or gathered, and may sell and dispose of the same, and apply the proceeds, so far as may be necessary, to compensate for his or her labor and expenses, and to pay the rent. The tenant may, at any time before the sale of the property so seized, redeem the same by tendering the rent due and the reasonable compensation and expenses of the cultivation and harvesting or gathering the same, or the tenant may replevy the property seized

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-318

Removal of fixture. Subject to the right of the landlord to distrain for rent, a tenant has the right to remove from the leased premises all removable fixtures erected thereon by him or her during the term of the lease, or of any renewal thereof, or of any successive leasing of the premises while the tenant remains in possession in the character of a tenant

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-319

Notice by nonresident owner

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-320

Distress before rent due. If any tenant shall, without the consent of his or her landlord, sell and remove, or permit to be removed, or be about to sell and remove, or permit to be removed, from the demised premises, such part or portion of the crops raised thereon, as shall endanger the lien of the landlord upon such crops for the rent agreed to be paid, it is lawful for the landlord to institute proceedings by distress before the rent is due, as is now provided by law, in case of the removal of the tenant from the demised premises; and thereafter the proceedings shall be conducted in the same manner as is now provided by law in ordinary cases of distress, where the rent is due and unpaid

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 9-321

Section Art. IX Pt. 1 heading

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § Art. IX Pt. 1 heading

Section Art. IX Pt. 2 heading

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § Art. IX Pt. 2 heading

Section Art. IX Pt. 3 heading

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § Art. IX Pt. 3 heading

Section Art. IX heading

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § Art. IX heading

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Landlord and Tenant Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 0.01

Liability exemptions

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 1

Failure to inform lessor who is a child sex offender and who resides in the same building in which the lessee resides or intends to reside that the lessee is a parent or guardian of a child under 18 years of age. If a lessor of residential real estate resides at such real estate and is a child sex offender as defined in Section 11-9.3 or 11-9.4 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 and rents such real estate to a person who does not inform the lessor that the person is a parent or guardian of a child or children under 18 years of age and subsequent to such lease, the lessee discovers that the landlord is a child sex offender, then the lessee may not terminate the lease based upon such discovery that the lessor is a child sex offender and such lease shall be in full force and effect. This subsection shall apply only to leases or other rental arrangements entered into after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 10

Changing or rekeying of the dwelling unit lock

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 15

Military personnel in military service; right to terminate lease

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 16

Heating and cooling standards

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 20

Disclosure of potential flooding in rental and lease agreements

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 25

Rent payments at business office; cross-reference. Leases and other rental agreements may be subject to Section 9-218 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/9-218)

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 3

Reusable tenant screening report

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 30

Rental fee transparency and limitations

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 35

Additional means to pay rent when electronic payment methods charge additional fees. If a landlord uses a third-party payment portal to collect rental payments from tenants and if a transaction fee or other charge is imposed through the portal on rental payments made by e-check or other means, then the landlord shall allow the tenant to make rental payments by delivering a paper check or cash to the landlord or the landlord's business office or by means that do not require the tenant to pay the transaction fee or other charge. This Section applies to leases or agreements executed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 3.5

Payment by electronic funds transfer

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 4

Class X felony by lessee or occupant

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705 § 5

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Security Deposit Return Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 710 § 0.01

Statement of damage

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 710 § 1

In the event of a sale, lease, transfer or other direct or indirect disposition of residential real property, other than to the holder of a lien interest in such property, by a lessor who has received a security deposit or prepaid rent from a lessee, the transferee of such property shall be liable to that lessee for any security deposit, including statutory interest, or prepaid rent which the lessee has paid to the transferor. Transferor shall remain jointly and severally liable with the transferee to the lessee for such security deposit or prepaid rent

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 710 § 1.1

Security deposit transfer. Notwithstanding Section 1.1, when a lessor transfers actual possession of a security deposit received from a lessee, including any statutory interest that has not been paid to a lessee, to a holder of the certificate of sale or deed issued pursuant to that certificate or, if no certificate or deed was issued, the purchaser of a foreclosed property under Article XV of the Code of Civil Procedure, the holder or purchaser shall be liable to a lessee for the transferred security deposit, including any statutory interest that has not been paid to the lessee, as provided in this Act. Within 21 days after the transfer of the security deposits and receipt of the name and address of any lessee who paid a deposit, the holder or purchaser shall post a written notice on the primary entrance of each dwelling unit at the property with respect to which the holder or purchaser has acquired actual possession of a security deposit. The written notice shall state that the holder or purchaser has acquired the security deposit paid by the lessee in connection with the lessee's rental of that dwelling unit

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 710 § 1.2

This Act takes effect January 1, 1974 and applies to leases executed on or after that date

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 710 § 2

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Security Deposit Interest Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 715 § 0.01

A lessor of residential real property, containing 25 or more units in either a single building or a complex of buildings located on contiguous parcels of real property, who receives a security deposit from a lessee to secure the payment of rent or compensation for damage to property shall pay interest to the lessee computed from the date of the deposit at a rate equal to the interest paid by the largest commercial bank, as measured by total assets, having its main banking premises in this State on minimum deposit passbook savings accounts as of December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the inception of the rental agreement on any deposit held by the lessor for more than 6 months

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 715 § 1

The lessor shall, within 30 days after the end of each 12 month rental period, pay to the lessee any interest that has accumulated to an amount of $5 or more, by cash or credit to be applied to rent due, except when the lessee is in default under the terms of the lease. The lessor shall pay all interest that has accumulated and remains unpaid, regardless of the amount, upon termination of the tenancy. A lessor who willfully fails or refuses to pay the interest required by this Act shall, upon a finding by a circuit court that he has willfully failed or refused to pay, be liable for an amount equal to the amount of the security deposit, together with court costs and reasonable attorneys fees

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 715 § 2

This Act does not apply to any deposit made with respect to public housing

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 715 § 3

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Rent Concession Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 § 0.01

That the purpose of this Act is to regulate the prevalent practice of making or using written leases of real estate, which, because of concessions to the lessees, do not truly state the real net rent being paid, it being recognized that such practice can be, and frequently is, used to mislead prospective purchasers and lessees, and lenders of money on the security of such real estate, into a belief that the rental value or market value thereof is greater than it really is

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 § 1

A rent concession is made, within the meaning of this Act, when, in case of a written lease of real estate or a part thereof, the lessor before or at the time the lease or any agreement therefor is entered into, and in consideration of such lease or agreement therefor, directly or indirectly, gives, or agrees or promises to give, to the lessee, without express mention thereof in the lease, any of the following: (1) any credit upon the rent reserved by the lease between the parties, or rebate of such rent or any part thereof after payment thereof by the lessee, or (2) the right, privilege or license to occupy the leased premises for a period other than the term created by the lease, rent free or for a rent less than the average rent fixed by the lease for the entire term, or (3) any other valuable thing, right or privilege. Repairing and decorating the leased premises by the lessor shall not be deemed a rent concession. An agreement by a lessor to waive any of the terms or conditions of the lease other than those relating to the payment of rent shall not be deemed a rent concession

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 § 2

When a rent concession shall be made in the case of any lease hereafter entered into, it shall be the duty of the lessor, at the time or immediately after the lease is made, to cause such lease to bear a legend across the face and text thereof plainly legible and in letters not less than one-half inch in height consisting of the words "Concession Granted," and to bear a memorandum on the margin or across the face of such lease stating the amount or extent and nature of each such concession, and any failure on the part of a lessor so to do shall be unlawful and a violation of this Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 § 3

When a rent concession shall have been made in the case of any lease heretofore or hereafter entered into, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this Act for any person knowing of such concession, to exhibit such lease to any purchaser or lessee or prospective purchaser or lessee of real estate, any part of which is covered by the lease, or to any lender of money, or prospective lender of money on such real estate or any part thereof as security, unless such lease shall bear the legend and memorandum required by section 3 hereof in the case of leases heretofore made

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 § 4

The terms "lessor," "lessee" and "person" as used herein shall include the plural thereof and shall include corporations

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 § 5

The provisions of this Act shall have no application to farm or agricultural property, or property used as such, nor to any leases or evidences of leasing executed relative thereto

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 § 5a

Any person or corporation violating the provisions of this Act, by using or exhibiting to any person, persons or corporation any written lease or other written evidence of leasing, not having endorsed thereon any and all concessions as herein provided, for the purpose of selling or effecting a sale of the premises in question or a loan thereon, shall be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 § 6

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Rental Property Utility Service Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 0.01

Utility payments; termination and restoration of service. Whenever, pursuant to any agreement, either written or verbal, a landlord or his or her agent is required to pay for any water, gas or electrical service, the landlord shall pay for the services to ensure that the services are available to the tenant throughout the term of the lease and shall pay for the services in a timely manner so as not to cause an interruption of the services. If the landlord or his or her agent does not pay for such service, the tenant, or tenants in the event more than one tenant is served by a common system of water, gas or electrical service, including electrical service to common areas, which goes through a common meter in a single building, may either (i) terminate the lease; however, the termination of the lease under this Section does not absolve the landlord or tenant from any obligations that have arisen under the lease prior to its termination under this Section; or (ii) pay for such service if the nonpayment jeopardizes the continuation of the service to the tenant or tenants, as the case may be. The utility company shall not terminate service for such nonpayment until the utility company mails, delivers or posts a notice as specified in Section 3 to all tenants of buildings with 3 or more residential apartments. Upon receipt of such payment of the past due cost of such water, gas or electrical service owed by the landlord, the provider of such service shall immediately restore service to such tenant or tenants. In the alternative, the provider of such service shall immediately restore and continue such service to any tenant who

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 1

Definitions. As used in this Act: "Agreement" includes leases, oral agreements, and any other understandings or contracts reached between a landlord and a tenant. "Individually metered utilities" means that the utility service to one or more rental dwelling units in a building is registered by an individual meter for each dwelling unit. "Master metered utilities" means that the utility service to a building with one or more rental dwelling units is registered by a single meter for the building. "Landlord" includes the owner of a building, the owner's agent, and the lessor of a building. "Tenant" includes occupants of a building or mobile home, whether under a lease or periodic tenancy. "Utility company" includes all suppliers of utility service, including municipalities. "Utility service" includes electric, gas, water, or sanitary utility service rendered by a utility company to a tenant at a specific location

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 1.1

Certain tenant-paid utility payment arrangements prohibited; Notice of change in payment arrangement

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 1.2

Tenant remedies and burdens of proof

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 1.3

Prohibition on termination of utility service by landlord. No landlord shall cause or request utility service to tenants to be interrupted, discontinued, or terminated in an occupied building (i) by nonpayment of utility bills for which the landlord has assumed responsibility by agreement or by implication (such as where the utilities are master metered) or (ii) by tampering with equipment or lines. This Section does not prohibit temporary utility shutoffs in cases of emergencies such as gas leaks or fire or, upon 7 days written notice to each affected tenant, temporary shutoffs required for building repairs or rehabilitation

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 1.4

Receivership; utility service termination

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 2

Tenant damages

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 2.1

Recovery of damages; costs and fees. In the case of a petition filed on or after July 1, 1992, where termination of utility service is averted as a result of action taken by the utility company or tenant or tenants under Section 2, the petitioner is entitled to recover its costs (including court costs), fees (including attorney's fees), and expenses incurred in connection with bringing the receivership proceeding. The costs, fees, and expenses, and damages recoverable under Section 2.1, may be awarded by the court in the receivership proceeding. The sum awarded by the court to the utility company shall be paid by the receiver to the utility company out of the rents paid to the receiver

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 2.2

Notice of utility service termination. The utility company shall notify all tenants of buildings with 3 or more residential apartments of the proposed termination of utility service. This notice shall contain the following information: (1) the specific date, no sooner than 10 days after the notice is rendered, that utility service is subject to termination; (2) a statement of the tenants' statutory right either (A) to pay the utility company the amount due and owing by the landlord and to deduct the amount paid to the utility company from the rent due on the rental agreement or (B) to petition the court for appointment of a receiver to collect the rents due for use and occupancy of the building and remit a portion to the utility company for payment of utility bills; (3) the dollar amount of the utility bills due and owing on the date such notice is given and the average monthly utility bill; and (4) the name and telephone number of any legal services agency within the utility company's service area where the tenants may obtain free legal assistance. Any notice provided to tenants of a building under this Act shall be of a conspicuous size, on red paper, and in at least 14 point bold face type, except that the words "notice of (utility service) termination" shall be in 36 point bold face type if the notice is posted, and shall state: It is unlawful for the landlord or his or her agent to alter, deface, tamper with, or remove this notice. A landlord or his or her agent who violates this provision is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 3

The lessor, landlord or his agent shall not increase rent paid by the lessees or tenants of the building in order to collect all or part of the amount lawfully deducted for utility service pursuant to this Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 4

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a utility company from pursuing any other action or remedy that it may have against the lessor, landlord or his agent for any amounts due and owing to the utility company and nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent a utility company from acting in the interest of public safety

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735 § 5

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tenant Utility Payment Disclosure Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 740 § 1

Disclosure of utility payments included in rent

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 740 § 5

Applicability. This Act shall regulate and determine legal rights, remedies and obligations of the parties to any lease of a mobile home or mobile home lot in a mobile home park containing five or more mobile homes within this State. Any lease, written or oral, shall be unenforceable insofar as any provision thereof conflicts with any provision of this Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 1

Waiver of Provisions. Any provision of a lease whereby any provisions of this Act are waived is declared void

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 10

Provisions of mobile home park leases. Any lease hereafter executed or currently existing between an owner and tenant in a mobile home park in this State shall also contain, or shall be made to contain, the following covenants binding the owner at all times during the term of the lease to:

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 11

Lease prohibitions. No lease hereafter executed or currently existing between a park owner and tenant in a mobile home park or manufactured home community in this State shall contain any provision:

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 12

No lease hereafter executed between a mobile home park owner and a tenant in such a park in this State shall contain any provision requiring the tenant to purchase a mobile home from the park owner, or requiring that if the tenant purchases any mobile home during the lease term that such mobile home must be purchased from the park owner, and no such requirement shall be made as a condition precedent to entering into a lease agreement with any such tenant

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 12a

Tenant's Duties. The tenant shall agree at all times during the tenancy to:

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 13

Rules and regulations of park. Rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the park owner are enforceable against a tenant only if:

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 14

The Department of Public Health shall produce and distribute a pamphlet setting forth clearly, and in detail, the tenant's and park operator's rights and obligations under this Act. The pamphlet shall be produced within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1992. Each park owner shall make these pamphlets available to all current tenants within 60 days after receiving the pamphlets. This requirement may be satisfied by distributing or mailing the pamphlets to each tenant. All new tenants shall be offered a pamphlet at or before the time at which they are offered a written lease. A violation of the provisions of this Section shall not render any lease void or voidable nor shall it constitute: (1) A defense to any action or proceeding to enforce the lease. (2) A defense to any action or proceeding for breach of the lease

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 14-1

Relocation plan. The Department of Public Health shall facilitate the development of a plan to address the relocation efforts of manufactured home or mobile home owners who are compelled to relocate due to (i) the sale of the manufactured home community or mobile home park in which they live to a person or entity which will use the property for a use other than as a manufactured home community or mobile home park or (ii) the closure of or the cessation of the operation of the manufactured home community or mobile home park in which they live. The plan shall be developed in cooperation with members of the General Assembly, manufactured home owners, mobile home owners, manufactured home community owners, mobile home park owners, and the respective statewide organizations that represent manufactured home owners, mobile home owners, manufactured home community owners, or mobile home park owners. Both the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Housing Development Authority will participate in this collaborative effort by providing office space for meetings and information on matters that arise in which the agencies have expertise, such as issues relating to public health and options for affordable housing, respectively. The plan shall include provisions for the special counseling of manufactured home or mobile home owners displaced from the manufactured home community or mobile home park in which they live; the relocation or shelter needs of displaced manufactured home or mobile home owners; and the creation of a Manufactured Housing Relocation Fund. The plan may include proposed legislation. No later than October 1, 2011, the plan and any proposed legislation shall be submitted to the President of the Senate, the Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the House Minority Leader

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 14.2

Water supply requirement. If exigent circumstances arise, the park owner is responsible for providing a water supply to each household. The amount shall be determined based on the lower-range quantity of water needed for survival, per person, pursuant to the World Health Organization's guidelines. The park owner shall provide water following a 3-day period in which the normal supply of water is disrupted, and shall provide water for as long as the disruption in water service continues. This Section does not apply if the disruption of water service originates from factors outside the control of the mobile home park

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 14.3

Statutory grounds for eviction

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 15

Improper grounds for eviction. The following conduct by a tenant shall not constitute grounds for eviction or termination of the lease, nor shall an eviction order be entered against a tenant:

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 16

Notice required by Law. The following notice shall be printed verbatim in a clear and conspicuous manner in each lease or rental agreement of a mobile home or lot: "IMPORTANT NOTICE REQUIRED BY LAW: The rules set forth below govern the terms of your lease of occupancy arrangement with this mobile home park. The law requires all of these rules and regulations to be fair and reasonable, and if not, such rules and regulations cannot be enforced against you. As required by law, the park must be licensed to operate a mobile home park either by the State of Illinois Department of Public Health or applicable home rule jurisdiction. Pursuant to the Mobile Home Park Act, this license shall expire April 30 of each year, and a new license shall be issued upon proper application and payment of the annual license fee. You may continue to reside in the park as long as you pay your rent and abide by the rules and regulations of the park. You may only be evicted for non-payment of rent, violation of laws, or for violation of the rules and regulations of the park and the terms of the lease. If this park requires you to deal exclusively with a certain fuel dealer or other merchant for goods or service in connection with the use or occupancy of your mobile home or on your mobile home lot, the price you pay for such goods or services may not be more than the prevailing price in this locality for similar goods and services. You may not be evicted for reporting any violations of law or health and building codes to boards of health, building commissioners, the Office of the Attorney General, or any other appropriate government agency."

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 17

Security deposit; Interest

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 18

Purchase of Goods and Services

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 19

Jurisdiction. Any person whether or not a citizen or resident of this State, who owns, holds an ownership or beneficial interest in, uses, manages or possesses real estate situated in this State, submits himself or his personal representative to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State as to any action proceeding for the enforcement of an obligation arising under this Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 2

Gifts, Donations, Bonus, Gratuity, Etc

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 20

Publication of false or misleading information; remedies. Any person who pays anything of value toward the purchase of a mobile home or placement of a mobile home in a mobile home park located in this State in reasonable reliance upon any material statement or information that is false or misleading and published by or under authority from the park owner or developer in advertising and promotional materials, including, but not limited to, a prospectus, the items required as exhibits to a prospectus, brochures, and newspaper advertising, shall have a cause of action to rescind the contract or collect damages from the developer, park owner, or mobile home dealer for her or his loss

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 20.5

Remedies, Tenants. If the park owner fails to substantially conform to the lease agreement or fails to substantially comply with any code, statute, ordinance or regulation governing the operation of a mobile home park or the maintenance of the premises, the tenant may, on written notice to the park owner, terminate the lease and vacate the premises at any time during the first 30 days of occupancy. After the expiration of said 30 days the tenant may terminate the lease only if he has remained in possession in reliance upon the park owner's written promise to correct all or any part of the condition which would justify termination by the tenant under this Section. Any condition which deprives the tenant of substantial benefit and enjoyment which the park owner shall fail to remedy within 30 days after having received notice in writing of such condition shall constitute grounds for the tenant to terminate the lease and vacate the premises. No such notice shall be required where the condition renders the mobile home uninhabitable or poses an imminent threat to the health, welfare and safety of any occupant. If such condition was proximately caused by the willful or negligent act or omission of the park owner, the tenant may recover any damages sustained as a result of the condition including, but not limited to, reasonable expenditures necessary to obtain adequate substitute housing while the mobile home is uninhabitable. The tenant may sue to enforce all Sections of this Act and the court may award damages or grant any injunctive or other relief

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 21

Remedies, park owner. A park owner may, any time rent is overdue, notify the tenant in writing that unless payment is made within the time specified in the notice, not less than 5 days after receipt thereof, the lease will be terminated. If the tenant remains in default, the park owner may institute legal action for recovery of possession, rent due and any damages. If the tenant breaches any provision of the lease or rules and regulations of the mobile home park, the park owner shall notify the tenant in writing of his breach. Such notice shall specify the violation and advise the tenant that if the violation shall continue for more than 24 hours after receipt of such notice the park owner may terminate the lease. If the tenant breaches any provision of the lease or rules and regulations of the mobile home park, the park owner shall give the tenant written notice specifying in writing the reason for any fine that may be imposed on the tenant. As used in this Section, "fine" does not include fees that are imposed on a tenant for services or products provided by the park owner to the tenant. If a fine is imposed on a tenant, the following applies for 45 days after written notice of the fine is delivered to the tenant: (1) non-payment of a fine shall not be grounds for refusal to accept a rent payment; and(2) the fine shall not be deducted from a rent payment.Acceptance of a rent payment shall not be construed as a waiver of an unpaid fine

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 22

Termination of Lease. If a tenant shall remain in possession of the premises after the expiration of his lease without having notified the park owner of his acceptance or rejection of a renewal of the lease and without the park owner's consent, the tenant shall pay to the park owner a sum, not to exceed twice the monthly rental under the previous lease, computed and pro-rated daily for each day he shall remain in possession

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 23

Sale of mobile home. The park owner shall be enjoined and restrained from prohibiting, limiting, restricting, obstructing, or in any manner interfering with the freedom of any mobile home owner to:

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 24

Meetings of Tenants. Meetings by tenants relating to mobile home living shall not be subject to prohibition by the park owner if such meetings are held at reasonable hours and when facilities are available and not otherwise in use

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 25

This Act shall be cited as the "Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act"

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 26

Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly defined, all terms in this Act shall be construed to have their ordinarily accepted meanings or such meaning as the context therein requires

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 3

Requisites for Rental or Offer of Mobile Home or Lot for Rental. No person shall rent or offer for rent any mobile home which does not conform to the sanitation, housing and health codes of the State or of the county or municipality in which the mobile home is located. No person shall rent or offer for rent any lot in a mobile home park which does not conform to subdivision ordinances of the county or municipality in which the mobile home park is located

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 4

No park owner, after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987, may require a tenant to remove an outside conventional television antenna, or require that a tenant subscribe to and pay for master antenna television services rather than use an outside conventional television antenna. This Section shall not prohibit an owner from supplying free master antenna television services provided that the price of such services, is not made a part of the rent of the tenant. This Section also shall not prohibit a park owner from requiring a tenant to remove an outside conventional television antenna if such owner makes available master antenna television services at no charge above the rental stated in such tenant's lease

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 4a

Exemptions. No mobile home park operated by the State or the Federal Government, or park land owned by either, and no trailer park operated for the use of recreational campers or travel trailers shall be subject to the provisions of this Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 5

Obligation of Park Owner to Offer Written Lease. Except as provided in this Act, no person shall offer a mobile home or lot for rent or sale in a mobile home park without having first exhibited to the prospective tenant or purchaser a copy of the lease applicable to the respective mobile home park, unless the prospective tenant waives this right in writing

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6

Utility services

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.2

Sale of mobile home parks; right of first refusal

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.25

Affidavit of compliance with statutory requirements

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.26

Homeowners' associations. In order to exercise the rights of a homeowners' association as provided in this Act, the mobile home owners shall form an association in compliance with this Section and Sections 6.28, 6.29, and 6.30, shall be a corporation or not-for-profit corporation and of which not less than two-thirds of all of the mobile home owners within the park shall have consented, in writing, to become members or shareholders. Upon incorporation of the association, all consenting mobile home owners in the park may become members or shareholders. "Member" or "shareholder" means a mobile homeowner who consents to be bound by the articles of incorporation, bylaws, and policies of the incorporated homeowners' association. The association may not have a member or shareholder who is not a bona fide owner of a mobile home located in the park. Upon incorporation and service of the notice described in Section 6.28, the association shall become the representative of all the mobile home owners in all matters relating to this Act, regardless of whether the homeowner is a member of the association

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.27

Incorporation; notification of park owner

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.28

Articles of incorporation. The articles of incorporation of a homeowners' association shall provide: (1) That the association has the power to negotiate for, acquire, and operate the mobile home park on behalf of the mobile home owners.(2) For the conversion of the mobile home park once acquired to a condominium, a cooperative, a subdivision form of ownership, or another type of ownership.Upon acquisition of the property, the association, by action of its board of directors, shall be the entity that: (A) creates a condominium, cooperative, or subdivision; (B) is responsible for offers of sale or lease; or (C) if the home owners choose a different form of ownership, the entity that owns the record interest in the property is responsible for the operation of property

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.29

Temporary Tenant. If a tenant suffers from an illness or disability that requires the tenant to temporarily leave the mobile home park, the park owner shall allow a relative or relatives, designated by the tenant or the tenant's legal guardian or representative, to live in the home for a period of up to 90 days as temporary occupants if the following conditions are met: (1) The tenant must provide documentation of the disability or illness by a licensed physician dated within the past 60 days;(2) The temporary occupant must meet all qualifications other than financial, including age in a community that provides housing for older persons, and the terms of the lease and park rules must continue to be met; as used in this item (2), "housing for older persons" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3-106 of the Illinois Human Rights Act; and(3) At least 5 days before occupancy, the temporary occupant must submit an application for residency to the park owner by which the temporary occupant provides all information required to confirm that the temporary occupant meets community requirements.After the 90-day temporary occupancy period, the temporary occupant shall be required to provide documentation of ongoing financial ability to pay the costs relative to occupancy

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.3

Bylaws of homeowners' associations

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.30

Powers and duties of homeowners' association

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.31

Rent Deferral Program. A tenant or co-tenants may defer, for up to one year, payment of the amount by which the rent has most recently been increased if the tenant or co-tenants provide proof of inability to pay the increased rent amount by meeting the following requirements within 30 days of the date on which the tenant or co-tenants receive either a new lease or a notice of rent increase: (1) The tenant or co-tenants attest, by sworn affidavit, that they shall diligently proceed to list their mobile home with a licensed sales entity and market it for sale;(2) The tenant or co-tenants attest, by sworn affidavit, that the proposed new lease amount will exceed 45% of the tenant's or co-tenants' current taxable and non-taxable income, from whatever source derived; and(3) The tenant or co-tenants provide verification in the form of a tax return and other such documents as may be required to independently verify the annual income and assets of the tenant or co-tenants.If the tenant or co-tenants meet the above requirements, the tenant or co-tenants may continue to reside in the mobile home for a period of up to 12 months or the date on which the tenant or co-tenants sell the mobile home to a new tenant approved by the park owner, whichever date is earlier. The tenant or co-tenants must remain current on all rent payments at the rental amount due before the notice of the rent increase. The tenant or co-tenants shall be required to pay, upon sale of the home, the deferred rent portion which represents the difference between the actual monthly rental amount paid starting from the effective date of the rent increase and the monthly amount due per the rent increase notice without any additional interest or penalty charges

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.4

Disclosure. A park owner must disclose in writing the following with every lease or sale and upon renewal of a lease of a mobile home or lot in a mobile home park or manufactured home community: (1) the rent charged for the mobile home or lot in the past 5 years;(2) the park owner's responsibilities with respect to the mobile home or lot;(3) information regarding any fees imposed in addition to the base rent;(4) information regarding late payments; (5) information regarding any privilege tax that is applicable;(6) information regarding security deposits, including the right to the return of security deposits and interest as provided in Section 18 of this Act; (7) information on a 3-year rent increase projection which includes the 2 years of the lease and the year immediately following. The basis for such rent increases may be a fixed amount, a "not to exceed" amount, a formula, an applicable index, or a combination of these methodologies as elected by the park owner. If a formula is used, the formula shall include the total fixed amount determined by the formula, and, if applicable, the "not to exceed" amount. These increases may be in addition to all the non-controllable expenses including, but not limited to, property taxes, government assessments, utilities, and insurance;(8) the contact information of the legal entity that owns the manufactured home community or mobile home park or, if applicable, the contact information of the property manager or designated agent for the manufactured home community or mobile home park;(9) information contained in any inspection notice required to be posted under subsection (b) of Section 6.7 of this Act; and(10) information notifying a tenant that the tenant's right to trial by jury shall not be waived.The park owner must update the written disclosure at least once per year. The park owner must advise tenants who are renewing a lease of any changes in the disclosure from any prior disclosure. Within 20 days after the closing of a purchase and sale of a manufactured home community or mobile home park that results in a change in the owner, the purchaser or the representative of the purchaser must provide written notice to each homeowner of the new owner and either: (i) the name, address, and telephone number of the property manager or designated agent for the manufactured home community or mobile home park; or (ii) the address and telephone number of the legal entity that owns the manufactured home community or mobile home park if the manufactured home community or mobile home park does not have a property manager or designated agent. The written notice may be provided by hand delivery to the resident's home, by United States mail or a recognized courier service, by posting in the office of the custodian of the park or in the clubhouse or other area of the park where park residents gather, or by posting on a community bulletin board. The changes to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly apply to disclosures made and changes of ownership that take place on or after January 1, 2015. The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly apply to disclosures made and changes of ownership that take place on or after January 1, 2023

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.5

Notice of bankruptcy or foreclosure proceedings. If a bankruptcy case is commenced by or against a park owner by the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition under Title 11 of the United States Code, if a receiver is appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction in a case filed by or against a park owner, or if a foreclosure proceeding is initiated against the park property by a creditor of the park owner, then: (i) the park owner shall provide written notice of the commencement of the bankruptcy or foreclosure to the tenant within 30 days of process having been properly served upon the park owner notifying the park owner of the commencement of the case or proceeding, or, with respect to a voluntary petition filed by the park owner under Title 11 of the United States Code, within 30 days of the park owner's filing of the petition; and (ii) the receiver shall notify all tenants of the park of its appointment in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of Section 15-1704 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The park owner shall cause the written notice from the park owner required by subclause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence to be served by delivering a copy to the known occupant or by leaving the notice with some person of the age of 13 years or upwards who is residing on or in the leased premises or who is in possession of the leased premises or by sending a copy of the notice to the known occupant by first-class mail addressed to the occupant by the name known to the park owner

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.6

Violations; inspection reports; postings; penalty

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 6.7

Effect of Unsigned Lease. If the tenant shall fail to sign a written lease which has been signed and tendered to him by the owner and shall further provide the owner with a rejection in writing of such offer, the tenant's continuation of possession and payment of rent without reservation shall constitute an acceptance of the lease with the same effect as if it had been signed by the tenant

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 7

Renewal of Lease

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 8

Park Closure. If a park owner elects to cease the operation of either all or a portion of the mobile home park, the tenants shall be entitled to at least 12 months' notice of such ceasing of operations. If 12 months or more remain on the existing lease at the time of notice, the tenant is entitled to the balance of the term of his or her lease up to the date of the closing. If less than 12 months remain in the term of his or her lease, the tenant is entitled to the balance of his or her lease plus a written month-to-month tenancy and rent must remain at the expiring lease rate to provide him or her with a full 12 months' notice

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 8.5

The Terms of Fees and Rents. The terms for payment of rent shall be clearly set forth and all charges for services, ground or lot rent, unit rent, or any other charges shall be specifically itemized in the lease and in all billings of the tenant by the park owner. The owner shall not change the rental terms nor increase the cost of fees, except as provided herein. The park owner shall not charge a transfer or selling fee as a condition of sale of a mobile home that is going to remain within the park unless a service is rendered. Rents charged to a tenant by a park owner may be increased upon the renewal of a lease. Notification of an increase shall be delivered 90 days prior to expiration of the lease. The park owner shall not charge or impose upon a tenant any fee or increase in rent which reflects the cost to the park owner of any fine, forfeiture, penalty, money damages, or fee assessed or awarded by a court of law against the park owner, including any attorney's fees and costs incurred by the park owner in connection therewith unless the fine, forfeiture, penalty, money damages, or fee was incurred as a result of the tenant's actions. The park owner shall not charge or impose a pet fee upon a resident that owns the home, unless a service related to the pet is offered by the park owner and accepted by the resident. A tenant of a home owned by the park owner may be subject to the imposition of a pet fee as agreed to in the lease

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 9

Abandoned or repossessed properties. In the event of the sale of abandoned or repossessed property, the park owner shall, after payment of all outstanding rent, fees, costs, and expenses to the community, and payment in priority order to lienholders, including providers of any utility services, pay any remaining balance to the title holder of the abandoned or repossessed property. If the tenant cannot be found through a diligent inquiry after 90 days, then the funds shall be forfeited. As used in this Section, "diligent inquiry" means sending a notice by certified mail to the last known address. An action by a park owner involving an abandoned manufactured home and any household goods or other personal property in the abandoned manufactured home following an eviction shall comply with the Abandoned Mobile Home Act. For a repossessed manufactured home, a park owner shall comply with subsection (g) of Section 10.1 of the Abandoned Mobile Home Act regarding any household goods or other personal property in the repossessed manufactured home

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742 § 9.5

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Conveyance of Burial Places to County Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 745 § 0.01

Any person or persons desiring to dedicate any lot of land, not exceeding five acres, as a burying ground or place for the interment of the dead, for the use of any society, association or neighborhood, may, by deed duly executed or recorded, convey such land to the county in which it is situated, by the corporate name of such county, specifying in such deed the society, association or neighborhood for the use of which the dedication is desired to be made, and thereby vest the title to such land, in perpetuity, for the uses stated in the deed, and such land shall be thereafter exempt from taxes for all purposes whatever

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 745 § 1

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Cemetery Company Land Not Used for Burial Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 750 § 0.01

That in all cases where cemetery companies, incorporated by special law, have been or shall be prohibited by any act of the legislature or municipal ordinance from occupying any land purchased for burial purposes, and the boundaries limited by such law or ordinance, it shall and may be lawful for any such company to sell and convey the land outside of such boundaries for other than burial purposes

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 750 § 1

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Cemetery Association Land Not Used for Burial Act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 755 § 0.01

That cemetery associations incorporated by the laws of this state, and owning land in any cemetery located in any county of less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, shall have power to sell such lands so owned by said association and not suitable or required for burial purposes, and in which no person shall have been buried: Provided, That the trustees or other officers having control of such cemetery, shall first call a meeting of the lot owners in such cemetery, at which a vote shall be taken in regard to such sale, and if a majority of the votes so cast shall be in favor of such sales, the trustees or other officers having control of such cemetery shall have power to sell such lands, as hereinafter provided

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 755 § 1

Notice of such meeting shall be given by publication in some newspaper published in such county of less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, where such cemetery is located, at least once in each week for three successive weeks previous to such meeting; if no newspaper is published in the county where such cemetery is located, then such notice shall be published in the newspaper nearest to such cemetery

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 755 § 2

The trustees or other officers having control of such cemetery shall sell such lands at public sale, to the highest bidder, upon such terms as they may determine

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 755 § 3

Notice of the sale of such land shall be given in the same manner as is provided in section 2 of this act

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 755 § 4

The proceeds of the sale of such lands may be used to pay indebtedness of such association, or for purchasing other lands for burial purposes, or for ornamenting or improving such cemetery, as the trustees or other officers having control of the same may determine

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 755 § 5

Definitions. The following definitions are applicable strictly in the context of this Article: (A) Real Property. "Real property" includes buildings, structures, real estate, lands, tenements, leaseholds, interests in real estate cooperatives, condominiums, and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal, or any interest therein. (B) Real Estate Transaction. "Real estate transaction" includes the sale, exchange, rental or lease of real property, or any act that otherwise makes available such a transaction or alters a person's rights to real property. "Real estate transaction" also includes the brokering or appraising of residential real property and the making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance: (1) for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling; or(2) secured by residential real estate. (C) Housing Accommodations. "Housing accommodation" includes any improved or unimproved real property, or part thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of one or more individuals. (D) Real Estate Broker or Salesman. "Real estate broker or salesman" means a person, whether licensed or not, who, for or with the expectation of receiving a consideration, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges, rents, or leases real property, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate any of these activities, or who holds oneself out as engaged in these. (E) Familial Status. "Familial status" means one or more individuals (who have not attained the age of 18 years) being domiciled with: (1) a parent or person having legal custody of such individual or individuals; or(2) the designee of such parent or other person having such custody, with the written permission of such parent or other person.The protections afforded by this Article against discrimination on the basis of familial status apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any individual who has not attained the age of 18 years. (F) Conciliation. "Conciliation" means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a charge, or by the investigation of such charge, through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved party, the respondent and the Department. (G) Conciliation Agreement. "Conciliation agreement" means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation. (H) Covered Multifamily Dwellings. As used in Section 3-102.1, "covered multifamily dwellings" means: (1) buildings consisting of 4 or more units if such buildings have one or more elevators; and(2) ground floor units in other buildings consisting of 4 or more units.(I) Immigration Status. "Immigration status" means a person's actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-101

Civil rights violations; real estate transactions and other prohibited acts. It is a civil rights violation for an owner or any other person, or for a real estate broker or salesman, because of unlawful discrimination, familial status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest record, as defined under subsection (B-5) of Section 1-103, to: (A) Transactions. Refuse to engage in a real estate transaction or deny real property, or to discriminate in making available such a transaction;(B) Terms. Alter the terms, conditions or privileges of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;(C) Offers. Refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a bona fide offer in a real estate transaction from a person;(D) Negotiation. Refuse to negotiate a real estate transaction with a person;(E) Representations. Represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or to fail to bring a property listing to the person's attention, or to refuse to permit the person to inspect real property;(F) Publication of Intent. Make, print, circulate, post, mail, publish or cause to be made, printed, circulated, posted, mailed, or published any notice, statement, advertisement or sign, or use a form of application for a real estate transaction, or make a record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction, that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on unlawful discrimination or unlawful discrimination based on familial status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest record, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination;(G) Listings. Offer, solicit, accept, use or retain a listing of real property with knowledge that unlawful discrimination or discrimination on the basis of familial status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest record in a real estate transaction is intended.(H) Criteria. Use criteria or methods that have the effect of subjecting individuals to unlawful discrimination or discrimination based on familial status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest record in a real estate transaction. Such criteria or methods are unlawful under this subsection if they are not necessary to achieve a substantial, legitimate, non-discriminatory interest; or if the substantial, legitimate, non-discriminatory interest could be served by another practice that has a less discriminatory effect

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-102

Disability. (A) It is a civil rights violation to refuse to sell or rent or to otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a disability of that buyer or renter, a disability of a person residing or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented or made available or a disability of any person associated with the buyer or renter. (B) It is a civil rights violation to alter the terms, conditions or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling or the provision of services or facilities in connection with such dwelling because of a disability of a person with a disability or a disability of any person residing or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented or made available, or a disability of any person associated with that person. (C) It is a civil rights violation: (1) to refuse to permit, at the expense of the person with a disability, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises; except that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may, where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for a modification on the renter agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before modifications, reasonable wear and tear excepted. The landlord may not increase for persons with a disability any customarily required security deposit. However, where it is necessary in order to ensure with reasonable certainty that funds will be available to pay for the restorations at the end of the tenancy, the landlord may negotiate as part of such a restoration agreement a provision requiring that the tenant pay into an interest bearing escrow account, over a reasonable period, a reasonable amount of money not to exceed the cost of the restorations. The interest in any such account shall accrue to the benefit of the tenant. A landlord may condition permission for a modification on the renter providing a reasonable description of the proposed modifications as well as reasonable assurances that the work will be done in a workmanlike manner and that any required building permits will be obtained; (2) to refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling; or (3) in connection with the design and construction of covered multifamily dwellings for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, to fail to design and construct those dwellings in such a manner that:

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-102.1

Third-party loan modification service provider. (A) It is a civil rights violation for a third-party loan modification service provider, because of unlawful discrimination, familial status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest record, to: (1) refuse to engage in loan modification services; (2) alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of such services; or(3) discriminate in making such services available, including, but not limited to, by making a statement, advertisement, representation, inquiry, listing, offer, or solicitation that indicates a preference or the intention to make such a preference in making such services available.(B) For purposes of this Section, "third-party loan modification service provider" means a person or entity, whether licensed or not, who, for or with the expectation of receiving consideration, provides assistance or services to a loan borrower to obtain a modification to a term of an existing real estate loan or to obtain foreclosure relief. "Third-party loan modification service provider" does not include lenders, brokers or appraisers of mortgage loans, or the servicers, subsidiaries, affiliates, or agents of the lender

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-102.10

Unlawful activity. The prohibition against the use of an arrest record under Section 3-102 shall not preclude an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or a real estate broker or salesman, from prohibiting the tenant, a member of the tenant's household, or a guest of the tenant from engaging in unlawful activity on the premises

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-102.5

Blockbusting. It is a civil rights violation for any person to: (A) Solicitation. Solicit for sale, lease, listing or purchase any residential real estate within this State, on the grounds of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person or persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, immigration status, source of income, or disability. (B) Statements. Distribute or cause to be distributed, written material or statements designed to induce any owner of residential real estate in this State to sell or lease the owner's property because of any present or prospective changes in the race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, immigration status, source of income, or disability of residents in the vicinity of the property involved. (C) Creating Alarm. Intentionally create alarm, among residents of any community, by transmitting communications in any manner, including a telephone call whether or not conversation thereby ensues, with a design to induce any owner of residential real estate in this state to sell or lease the owner's property because of any present or prospective entry into the vicinity of the property involved of any person or persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, immigration status, source of income, or disability

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-103

Refusal to sell or rent because a person has a guide, hearing or support dog. It is a civil rights violation for the owner or agent of any housing accommodation to: (A) refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny property to any blind or hearing impaired person or person with a physical disability because the blind or hearing impaired person or person with a physical disability has a guide, hearing, or support dog; or (B) discriminate against any blind or hearing impaired person or person with a physical disability in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental property, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because the blind or hearing impaired person or person with a physical disability has a guide, hearing, or support dog; or (C) require, because a blind or hearing impaired person or person with a physical disability has a guide, hearing, or support dog, an extra charge in a lease, rental agreement, or contract of purchase or sale, other than for actual damage done to the premises by the dog

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-104.1

Restrictive covenants. (A) Agreements. Every provision in an oral agreement or a written instrument relating to real property which purports to forbid or restrict the conveyance, encumbrance, occupancy, or lease thereof on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin is void. (B) Limitations. (1) Every condition, restriction or prohibition, including a right of entry or possibility of reverter, which directly or indirectly limits the use or occupancy of real property on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin is void. (2) This Section shall not apply to a limitation of use on the basis of religion of real property held by a religious institution or organization or by a religious or charitable organization operated, supervised, or controlled by a religious institution or organization, and used for religious or charitable purposes. (C) Civil Rights Violations. It is a civil rights violation to insert in a written instrument relating to real property a provision that is void under this Section or to honor or attempt to honor such a provision in the chain of title

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-105

Interference, coercion, or intimidation. It is a civil rights violation to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of his or her having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of his or her having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this Article 3

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-105.1

Exemptions. Nothing contained in Section 3-102 shall prohibit: (A) Private Sales of Single Family Homes. (1) Any sale of a single family home by its owner so long as the following criteria are met:

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § 3-106

Section Art. 3 heading

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5 § Art. 3 heading

Action for actual damages

815 Ill. Comp. Stat. 505 § 10a

Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, including but not limited to the use or employment of any deception fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation or the concealment, suppression or omission of any material fact, with intent that others rely upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material fact, or the use or employment of any practice described in Section 2 of the "Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act", approved August 5, 1965, in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared unlawful whether any person has in fact been misled, deceived or damaged thereby. In construing this section consideration shall be given to the interpretations of the Federal Trade Commission and the federal courts relating to Section 5

815 Ill. Comp. Stat. 505 § 2

Code Compilations

765 ILCS 705

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 705

Illinois Landlord and Tenant Act

765 ILCS 705 — Landlord and Tenant Act. Core Illinois landlord-tenant statute: prohibits retaliatory rent increases, requires disclosure of flooding, security deposit interest, alternative rent payment means (§ 3.5), and more. Confirmed 10 sections live 2026-09-17.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

765 ILCS 710

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 710

Illinois Security Deposit Return Act

765 ILCS 710 — Security Deposit Return Act. Requires landlords to itemize and return security deposits within 30 days; sets penalty of 2× deposit for noncompliance. Applies to residential units in buildings with 5+ units.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

765 ILCS 715

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 715

Illinois Security Deposit Interest Act

765 ILCS 715 — Security Deposit Interest Act. Requires interest on security deposits held more than 6 months in buildings with 25+ units; interest rate set annually by Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

765 ILCS 730

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 730

Illinois Rent Concession Act

765 ILCS 730 — Rent Concession Act. Governs rent concession agreements: requires written disclosure of any rent concession in the lease; prohibits undisclosed concessions. Confirmed live 2026-09-08.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

765 ILCS 735

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 735

Illinois Rental Property Utility Service Act

765 ILCS 735 — Rental Property Utility Service Act. Governs utility service for rental property: metering, submetering, utility billing, and landlord duties when utilities are included in rent.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

765 ILCS 740

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 740

Illinois Tenant Utility Payment Disclosure Act

765 ILCS 740 — Tenant Utility Payment Disclosure Act. Requires landlord disclosure of how tenant utility payments will be applied; prohibits landlord from retaining utility overpayments.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

765 ILCS 742

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 742

Illinois Residential Tenants Right to Repair Act

765 ILCS 742 — Residential Tenants Right to Repair Act. Gives residential tenants in buildings with 5+ units the right to repair and deduct up to $500 (or one month's rent) for essential services after landlord inaction.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

765 ILCS 745

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 745

Illinois Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act

765 ILCS 745 — Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Comprehensive statute governing mobile home park tenancies: lease requirements, rent increases (90-day notice), security deposits, eviction procedure, and tenant remedies. Largest single Act in scope (≈44 sections).

Official source: www.ilga.gov

765 ILCS 750

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 750

Illinois Safe Homes Act

765 ILCS 750 — Safe Homes Act. Allows victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking to terminate a lease early without penalty; prohibits landlord from discriminating against such tenants.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

765 ILCS 755

765 Ill. Comp. Stat. 755

Illinois Immigrant Tenant Protection Act

765 ILCS 755 — Immigrant Tenant Protection Act. Prohibits landlords from using or threatening to use tenant's immigration status as a basis for retaliation, discrimination, or eviction. Effective 2019.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

735 ILCS 5 Art. IX

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/9-101 et seq.

Illinois Code of Civil Procedure — Eviction (Article IX)

735 ILCS 5, Article IX — Eviction. The Illinois forcible entry and detainer statute (§§ 9-101 through approx. 9-322): grounds for eviction, service of summons, answer, judgment, stay of enforcement, and appeal. Narrow-scoped to Art. IX only (eviction procedure); the broader Code of Civil Procedure is out of scope. Confirmed live 2026-09-08.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

775 ILCS 5 Art. 3

775 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/3-101 et seq.

Illinois Human Rights Act — Real Estate Transactions (Article 3)

775 ILCS 5, Article 3 — Real Estate Transactions. Illinois fair housing law: prohibits discrimination in sale, rental, or financing of housing on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, age, sexual orientation, or source of income. Narrow-scoped to Art. 3 (Real Estate) only; the broader Human Rights Act is out of scope. Confirmed live 2026-09-08.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

50 ILCS 825

50 Ill. Comp. Stat. 825

Illinois Rent Control Preemption Act

50 ILCS 825 — Rent Control Preemption Act. Illinois's state-level preemption of local rent control ordinances: § 5 prohibits any unit of local government from enacting rent control; § 10 preempts home-rule authority. First-priority preemption row in the IL corpus. Confirmed live 2026-09-08.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

815 ILCS 505 (§§ 2, 10a)

815 Ill. Comp. Stat. 505

Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (narrow)

815 ILCS 505 — Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Narrow-scoped to §§ 2 (unfair practices prohibition) and 10a (private right of action) only, matching MA/CT/MN precedent. Included because 765 ILCS 705 § 4 directly invokes CFA liability for retaliatory rent increases. ActID pending live verification; allowedDesignators=[2, 10a]. Approved 2026-09-17.

Official source: www.ilga.gov

47 IAC Part 380

47 Ill. Admin. Code pt. 380

Illinois Administrative Code Title 47, Part 380 — Rental Housing Support Program

47 Ill. Admin. Code Part 380 — Rental Housing Support Program (RHSP). IHDA administrative rules for the state low-income rental-housing subsidy program created by the Rental Housing Support Program Act (310 ILCS 105). 73 sections in 6 Subparts: A (General Provisions, §§ 380.101–380.113), B (Definitions, §§ 380.201–380.205), C (Tenant and Landlord Obligations, §§ 380.301–380.312 including Tenant Bill of Rights § 380.311), D (Application and Award, §§ 380.401–380.416), E (Ongoing Administration, §§ 380.501–380.508), F (Allocations and Reporting, §§ 380.601–380.619). Source: JCAR FTP mirror (https://www.ilga.gov/ftp/JCAR/AdminCode/047/). TLS cert renewed June 2026; ETag/If-Modified-Since supported for conditional GETs. Section count confirmed 73 from live directory listing 2026-09-17 (scope proposal counted 74 on 2026-09-08; FTP mirror as of 2026-09-17 has 73 unique section files). COURTESY COPY DISCLAIMER: "This database is NOT the 'official' text of the Illinois Administrative Code. The accuracy of any specific provision originating from this site cannot be guaranteed. For an 'official' copy of any administrative rule, contact the Secretary of State's Index Department for a certified copy of the document filed with the Secretary of State. This site should not be cited as an official or authoritative source." — JCAR database disclaimer (verbatim). Ingested as an agency courtesy copy per DEC-042. License: Illinois government work (public domain under state law). Cadence: weekly re-fetch with ETag conditional GET. Verified 2026-09-17.

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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Rent Control Preemption Act

Rent control prohibited

Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law

Forcible entry prohibited. No person shall make an entry into lands or tenements except in cases where entry is allowed by law, and in such cases he or she shall not enter with force, but in a peaceable manner