Name: Illinois 5 Day Notice to Quit
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The Illinois 5 Day Notice to Quit is a free download that terminates the lease of a tenant within 5 days for unlawful activity and does so without any chance to cure the violation. This document requires a landlord to specifically state the reason for ending the tenancy by stating what tenant actions occurred such drug manufacturing, sexual assault, illegal discharge of a firearm, etc.

What Does Illinois Law Say?

(740 ILCS 40/11) a) If any lessee or occupant, on one or more occasions, shall use leased premises for the purpose of unlawful possessing, serving, storing, manufacturing, cultivating, delivering, using, selling or giving away controlled substances or shall permit them to be used for any such purposes, the lease or contract for letting such premises shall, at the option of the lessor or the lessor’s assignee, become void, and the owner or the owner’s assignee may notify the lessee or occupant by posting a written notice at the premises requiring the lessee or occupant to vacate the leased premises on or before a date 5 days after the giving of the notice.

(765 ILCS 705/5) if any lessee or occupant is charged during his or her lease or contract term with having committed an offense on the premises constituting a Class X felony under the laws of this State, upon a judicial finding of probable cause at a preliminary hearing or indictment by a grand jury, the lease or contract for letting the premises shall, at the option of the lessor or the lessor’s assignee, become void, and the owner or the owner’s assignee may notify the lessee or occupant by posting a written notice at the premises requiring the lessee or occupant to vacate the leased premises on or before a date 5 days after the giving of the notice.

How to Fill Out

Step 1 – Enter the county.

Step 2 – Provide the name and address of the tenant.

Step 3 – Specify the violations that occurred.

Step 4 – Type the City and County where the property is located.

Step 5 – Then enter the rental property street address.

Step 6 – Date and sign.

Step 7 – Serve the tenant with the notice and have the person who delivered it sign the affidavit of service section in the presence of a notary.

Illinois Eviction Laws

• Rent Grace Period: 5 days. 770 ILCS 95/7.10(a)
• Nonpayment of Rent: 5 days. 735 ILCS 5/9-209
• Noncompliance: 10 days. 735 ILCS 5/2-210
• Termination (Month-to-Month Lease): 30 days. 735 ILCS 5/9-207
• Eviction Lawsuit: Forcible Entry and Detainer. Illinois Code of Civil Procedure

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