Illinois Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

Illinois Tenant Notice of Intent to Vacate

Use this form only after identifying the tenant's controlling notice period. Do not import a landlord eviction-notice period as a tenant requirement. Use a separate ground-specific notice for protected early termination.

Illinois Lease and Local-Law Gate

735 ILCS 5/9-207 authorizes a landlord to terminate certain holdover tenancies with 7 or 30 days' written notice. It does not state a general numerical notice period for a tenant choosing to vacate. Determine the tenant's deadline from the lease, tenancy structure, applicable municipal ordinance, subsidy or program rule, and current Illinois law.

• Tenancy: ☐ Fixed term ending [__/__/____] ☐ Periodic ☐ Other: [________]
• Controlling tenant-notice source identified: ☐ Yes
• Required period: [____] days/month(s)
• Lease/local/program source: [________________________________]
• Chicago or other municipal requirements checked: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
• This is not an unsupported early termination: ☐ Confirmed

1. Notice

Date: [__/__/____]

To: [LANDLORD / PROPERTY MANAGER NAME]
Notice address: [________________________________]

From tenant(s): [________________________________]
Rental premises: [________________________________]

I give written notice that I will vacate and surrender possession on [TERMINATION / MOVE-OUT DATE] under the following controlling lease or authority:

[____________________________________________________________]

• Notice delivery date: [__/__/____]
• Effective-date calculation: [________________________________]
• Lease section, if any: [________________________________]

This notice does not waive any tenant right or duty and does not claim a protected early-termination ground.

2. Move-Out Coordination

• Requested inspection date/time: [________________________________]
• Keys/access devices will be returned at: [________________________________]
• Utilities scheduled for transfer/termination: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
• Forwarding address for deposit/accounting and later communications:

[____________________________________________________________]

3. Signatures and Delivery

Tenant signature/name/date: [________________________________]

Co-tenant signature/name/date: [________________________________]

Phone/email: [________________________________]

• Verified delivery method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Mail ☐ Other: [________]
• Person/address delivered to: [________________________________]
• Date/time and proof/tracking: [________________________________]
• Signed copy retained: ☐ Yes

Sources and References

• 735 ILCS 5/9-207 — Illinois General Assembly — https://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext?DocName=073500050K9-207