Illinois Notice to Vacate

Illinois notice periods

Each period is the one LeaseCraft's record of the statute holds. Read it with the conditions under it: some periods are minimums and some apply unless the lease sets another. "Lease controls" means the record holds no statutory period for that situation, and "No pre-suit notice" means it holds no notice before filing. The source column shows the law and the date LeaseCraft read it on the official site (most recently 2026-09-27).

What the Illinois statute says

Ending a month-to-month tenancy: 30 calendar days

• Tenancy for any term less than one year other than week-to-week (includes month-to-month): landlord may terminate by 30 days' written notice (735 ILCS 5/9-207(b)), except as provided in 9-207.5 (post-foreclosure tenancies).

Exceptions

• Chicago Fair Notice Ordinance requires 30/60/120 days depending on length of tenancy (local overlay, not researched).

Ending a week-to-week tenancy: 7 calendar days

• Week-to-week tenancy: landlord may terminate by 7 days' written notice (735 ILCS 5/9-207(a)).

Tenant staying after the lease ends: Lease controls

• 9-207 itself applies to tenants 'holding over without special agreement' under tenancies of less than one year (30 days / 7 days). Year-to-year tenancies (9-205, 60 days before year end) and holdover after a fixed term (9-202 double rent) were not read.

Delivery, form and other Illinois rules

Statewide just-cause rule

No statewide just-cause requirement

• No statewide good-cause requirement in the Eviction Act (735 ILCS 5/Art. IX); periodic tenancies terminable on 30/7 days' notice without cause.

735 ILCS 5/9-207 · read 2026-09-27

How the notice may be delivered

735 ILCS 5/9-211: deliver a written/printed copy to the tenant; or leave it with a person aged 13 or older residing on or in possession of the premises; or send by certified or registered mail with return receipt from the addressee; or, only when no one is in actual possession, post on the premises.

735 ILCS 5/9-211 · read 2026-09-27

City and county rules

Could not verify LeaseCraft has not verified this at the official source (Chicago Mun. Code ch. 5-12; Cook County Code ch. 42, art. IV (RTLO)), so this page states no rule. Check it before you serve the notice.

Preparing the notice

The form asks for the tenancy, the date the tenant must leave and how the notice is delivered, and states the notice period plainly. You enter the period; where LeaseCraft has verified the Illinois period for ending a month-to-month tenancy, it refuses a shorter one.

Create a Illinois notice to vacate

A notice is not a court order and does not by itself remove a tenant. Cities and counties can add rules. LeaseCraft is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.

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