Ten-Day Notice to Cure or Quit (Illinois)

TEN-DAY LEASE-DEFAULT NOTICE — ILLINOIS

Statewide base: notice to quit and of termination under 735 ILCS 5/9-210. A cure option requires separate authority.

1. PARTIES AND PREMISES

2. NOTICE OF DEFAULT — DESCRIPTION OF BREACH

TO: [TENANT FULL LEGAL NAME(S)] AND ALL OTHER OCCUPANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that you are in material default of your lease/rental agreement for the premises identified above. The specific acts and/or omissions constituting the default are:

[DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF BREACH — DATES, LOCATIONS, WITNESSES, LEASE PARAGRAPH(S) VIOLATED]

Lease provision(s) violated:

3. NOTICE ROUTE

Choose ONE variant. Delete the others before issuance.

735 ILCS 5/9-210 authorizes a ten-day notice to quit and of termination after a lease-term default. It does not itself create a tenant cure right. Use a cure option only when the lease or verified current local or program law supplies it.

Variant A — Statewide Notice to Quit and of Termination

Because of the default described in Section 2, the landlord has elected to terminate the lease. You are notified to quit and deliver possession of the premises within TEN (10) DAYS of [NOTICE DATE / OTHER COUNSEL-APPROVED STARTING POINT].

Termination date stated in the notice: [__/__/____].

If you do not surrender possession by that date, the landlord may commence an eviction action, subject to the lease and every applicable State, local, federal, and program-specific protection.

Variant B — Separate Cure Right Applies

Source of the cure right: [LEASE SECTION / CURRENT LOCAL ORDINANCE / PROGRAM RULE / OTHER VERIFIED AUTHORITY].

Cure required: [________________________________].

Cure deadline: [__/__/____].

If the breach is fully cured as the identified authority requires by the deadline, the landlord will treat this termination election as withdrawn to the extent that authority requires. If it is not cured, you must quit and deliver possession by [__/__/____].

Do not describe this cure option as a right supplied by 735 ILCS 5/9-210.

4. PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS; NON-WAIVER

The landlord does not waive, and expressly reserves, all rights and remedies under the lease, 735 ILCS 5/9-101 et seq., 765 ILCS 705/ et seq., applicable local ordinances, and the common law. Acceptance of any rent, late charge, or other payment after the date of this notice shall not be construed as a waiver of the default or this notice unless such waiver is set forth in a signed writing by the landlord.

5. METHOD OF SERVICE (TO BE COMPLETED BY SERVER)

Service is made pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/9-211. Check the method used:

☐ Personal delivery to Tenant on [__/__/____] at [__:__ ☐ AM ☐ PM]

☐ Delivery to a person 13 years of age or older residing on or in possession of the premises:

• Recipient name: [__________]
• Recipient age (estimated): [____]
• Date / time: [__/__/____] at [__:__ ☐ AM ☐ PM]

☐ Certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to Tenant at the premises

• USPS tracking #: [__________]
• Date mailed: [__/__/____]
• Date delivered (per USPS): [__/__/____]

☐ Posting on the premises (PERMITTED ONLY IF the premises is unoccupied)

• Date / time: [__/__/____] at [__:__ ☐ AM ☐ PM]

6. RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR TENANT

You have the right to consult an attorney. If you cannot afford one, free or low-cost legal aid is available through:

• Illinois Legal Aid Online: www.illinoislegalaid.org
• Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (LCBH) (Cook County): www.lcbh.org
• Legal Aid Chicago Tenant Helpline: (312) 738-9200
• Cook County Legal Aid for Housing and Debt (CCLAHD): (855) 956-5763
• Land of Lincoln Legal Aid (central / southern Illinois): (877) 342-7891
• Prairie State Legal Services (northern Illinois outside Cook): (855) 631-0811

In the City of Chicago, the Right to Counsel pilot may provide free representation in eviction court.

7. CHICAGO RLTO OVERLAY ADDENDUM (CITY OF CHICAGO UNITS)

This notice is governed by the Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance, Chicago Mun. Code §§ 5-12-010 et seq. ("RLTO"), in addition to 735 ILCS 5/9-210.

Specific RLTO requirements observed:

• The acts/omissions constituting the breach are stated with the particularity required by § 5-12-130(b);
• Tenant is afforded a 10-day cure period unless an exception under § 5-12-130(c) (repeat breach) or § 5-12-130(d) (imminent threat / unlawful activity) is invoked;
• This notice is not retaliatory; landlord has not, within the preceding 12 months, terminated, threatened to terminate, increased rent, decreased services, or refused to renew the lease in response to: (i) a tenant's good-faith code complaint; (ii) tenant's exercise of RLTO rights; (iii) tenant participation in a tenant organization; or (iv) requests for required repairs (§ 5-12-150);
• The required RLTO Summary (§ 5-12-170) was attached to the lease at execution and at each renewal.

8. SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RTLO ADDENDUM (UNINCORPORATED / NON-OPT-OUT MUNICIPALITIES)

This notice complies with the Cook County Residential Tenant and Landlord Ordinance (RTLO) for the suburban Cook County premises identified above. The notice describes the breach with particularity, provides a 10-day cure period (where applicable), and is not retaliatory under Cook Cnty. Code § 42-806.

9. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CERTIFICATION

The landlord certifies that this notice is not based, in whole or in part, on:

• Tenant's actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, source of income, familial status, order of protection status, or any other class protected by 775 ILCS 5/3-101 et seq. (Illinois Human Rights Act);
• Tenant's covered criminal history in the manner prohibited by Cook Cnty. Code § 42-38 (Just Housing Amendment);
• Tenant's actual or perceived immigration status (765 ILCS 740/);
• Tenant's exercise of any right under 735 ILCS 5/, 765 ILCS 705/ et seq., 765 ILCS 720/ (Retaliatory Eviction Act), Chicago Mun. Code § 5-12-150, or Cook Cnty. Code § 42-806.

10. SIGNATURE BLOCK

LANDLORD / AUTHORIZED AGENT:

By: [____________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

Print Name: [____________________________]

Title / Capacity: ☐ Landlord ☐ Property Manager ☐ Authorized Agent ☐ Attorney

Address: [____________________________________________]

Telephone: [__________] Email: [__________]

Attorney for Landlord (if applicable):

Name: [____________________________] ARDC No.: [__________]

Firm: [____________________________]

11. AFFIDAVIT / PROOF OF SERVICE

STATE OF ILLINOIS )

COUNTY OF [__________] ) ss.

I, [SERVER NAME], being first duly sworn on oath, depose and state:

1. I am over 18 years of age and not a party to this matter.
2. On [__/__/____] at [__:__ ☐ AM ☐ PM], I served the foregoing Ten-Day Lease-Default Notice on Tenant by the method indicated in Section 5 above.
3. The facts stated herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Signature: [____________________________]

Print Name: [____________________________]

Subscribed and sworn before me this [____] day of [__________], 20[____].

[____________________________]
Notary Public

My commission expires: [__/__/____]

12. SOURCES AND REFERENCES

• 735 ILCS 5/9-210 (Notice to quit on default): https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=073500050HArt%2E+IX&ActID=2017
• 735 ILCS 5/9-211 (Service): https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=073500050HArt%2E+IX&ActID=2017
• 735 ILCS 5/9-118 (Drug-related forfeiture): https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=073500050HArt%2E+IX&ActID=2017
• Chicago Mun. Code ch. 5-12 (RLTO): https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2639041
• Cook County RTLO: https://www.cookcountyil.gov/agency/cook-county-residential-tenant-landlord-ordinance
• Cook County Just Housing Amendment: https://www.cookcountyil.gov/content/just-housing-amendment-human-rights-ordinance
• Illinois Human Rights Act, 775 ILCS 5/: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2266
• Retaliatory Eviction Act, 765 ILCS 720/: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2204