Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Illinois

I have a tenant who is always 10-15 days late in rent.Pays me 1/2 on the first and remainder on the 20 of each month. her lease is up on april 1. I am frightened of her as she posts notices on my car. Do you have a nonrenewal notice I can purchase?


Asked on 2/16/10, 8:05 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

No we do not have legal forms. Sorry. Sounds like she lives paycheck to paycheck. The fact is she pays. There are tenants who don't (I'm sure you know that). Technically she's probably broken the lease every month but you've let her do that especially if you don't charge late fees. You don't say what kind of "notices" and for all we can tell this may or may not be a breach of the lease too. If you're a landlord collecting rent, you should have an attorney look at the situation, because sometimes you do need to give written notice of non-renewal, and in other situations you don't. Depends on the kind of lease you have with the tenant and the community in which you live. If you have no written lease, for example, then Illinois law requires 60 days' prior notice not to renew on year-to-year tenancies, and if the arrangement you have with this tenant ends April 1, then it sounds like you're beyond the 60 day's notice period and would have to take other steps.

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Answered on 2/21/10, 9:16 pm


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