Notice to Terminate Tenancy (No-Cause / Month-to-Month) — Illinois

NOTICE TO TERMINATE TENANCY — ILLINOIS

Issued Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/9-207 / § 9-205 (and Chicago Mun. Code § 5-12-130(j) where applicable)

1. PARTIES AND PREMISES

2. CLASSIFICATION OF TENANCY

Check the applicable tenancy type:

☐ Month-to-month tenancy — minimum 30 days under 735 ILCS 5/9-207

☐ Week-to-week tenancy — minimum 7 days under 735 ILCS 5/9-207

☐ Year-to-year tenancy (oral or expired written annual lease holding over) — minimum 60 days under 735 ILCS 5/9-205, ending on the anniversary date

☐ Other periodic tenancy: [SPECIFY] — minimum [____] days

☐ Chicago RLTO Fair Notice Ordinance applies (City of Chicago):
☐ <6 months → 30 days
☐ 6 months – 3 years → 60 days
☐ 3+ years → 120 days

3. NOTICE OF TERMINATION

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

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the tenancy under which you hold and occupy the premises identified above is TERMINATED effective [__/__/____] (the "Termination Date").

You are required to vacate, surrender, and deliver possession of the premises to the landlord on or before the Termination Date.

This notice provides at least [____] days' notice as required by [735 ILCS 5/9-207 / 735 ILCS 5/9-205 / Chicago Mun. Code § 5-12-130(j)].

4. CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO VACATE

If you fail to vacate the premises and surrender possession on or before the Termination Date, the landlord will commence an eviction action against you under the Illinois Eviction Act, 735 ILCS 5/9-101 et seq., to recover possession of the premises, holdover damages, court costs, and (where authorized by lease or law) attorney's fees.

5. NON-WAIVER; RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

The landlord's acceptance of any rent or other payment for the period through the Termination Date is consideration for the use and occupancy of the premises through that date and does not waive this notice or reinstate the tenancy. Acceptance of any payment after the Termination Date will not waive this notice unless evidenced by a writing signed by the landlord expressly reinstating the tenancy.

6. 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]

7. RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR TENANT

You may consult an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, free or low-cost legal aid is available:

• 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

Chicago Right to Counsel pilot may provide free representation in eviction court for low-income City of Chicago tenants.

8. CHICAGO RLTO FAIR NOTICE ORDINANCE ADDENDUM (CITY OF CHICAGO)

This notice is governed by the Chicago Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance, including the Fair Notice Ordinance codified at Chicago Mun. Code § 5-12-130(j). The landlord has provided the tenant with the minimum notice corresponding to the duration of tenancy as set forth in Section 2.

The landlord certifies:

• This notice is not retaliatory within the meaning of Chicago Mun. Code § 5-12-150;
• The required RLTO Summary was provided at lease execution and at each renewal in compliance with § 5-12-170;
• Any security deposit will be returned (with statutory interest) within the timeframes required by Chicago Mun. Code §§ 5-12-080 / 5-12-081;
• If the tenant has occupied the unit for 6 months or more, the landlord understands that failure to provide the proper tiered notice entitles the tenant to remain in the unit at the prior rent for the duration of the missing notice period.

9. SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RTLO ADDENDUM

This notice complies with the Cook County RTLO. The landlord has not, within the previous 12 months, retaliated against the tenant for exercising rights under the RTLO, the Illinois Retaliatory Eviction Act, or any other applicable law.

10. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CERTIFICATION

The landlord certifies that this notice is not based on the tenant's actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, source of income (including housing assistance), familial status, order of protection status, immigration status, or covered criminal history; nor on the tenant's exercise of any right under 735 ILCS 5/, 765 ILCS 705/ et seq., 765 ILCS 720/, Chicago Mun. Code § 5-12, Cook Cnty. Code § 42-38 / § 42-806, or other applicable law.

11. 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: [____________________________]

12. 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 Notice to Terminate Tenancy on Tenant by the method indicated in Section 6 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: [__/__/____]

13. SOURCES AND REFERENCES

• 735 ILCS 5/9-205 (Notice to terminate yearly tenancy): https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=073500050HArt%2E+IX&ActID=2017
• 735 ILCS 5/9-207 (Notice to terminate tenancy of less than a year): 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
• Chicago Mun. Code ch. 5-12 (RLTO, Fair Notice Ordinance § 5-12-130(j)): https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2639041
• Chicago Department of Housing — Fair Notice Ordinance: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/doh/provdrs/renters/svcs/know-your-rights--fair-notice-ordinance.html
• Cook County RTLO: https://www.cookcountyil.gov/agency/cook-county-residential-tenant-landlord-ordinance
• 765 ILCS 720/ (Retaliatory Eviction Act): https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2204
• Illinois Human Rights Act: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2266