Illinois Supreme Court-Approved Instructions, How to File and Present an Eviction Case

term? additional activities such as requesting
reasonable repairs or organizing tenants.
o You may serve the tenant with a Notice of
Termination for Lease Violation (Other than Non- • You may not engage in unlawful discrimination.
Payment of Rent) (also known as a 10-Day Notice)
stating that you are terminating the lease. This
Notice should be specific about how the tenant
violated the lease. If possible, you should name the
STEP 2: FILL OUT AND FILE AN
person who violated the lease, describe the EVICTION COMPLAINT AND
violation, and state when the violation happened.
EVICTION SUMMONS
o Some local landlord-tenant laws and leases give the
tenant a right to fix the problem before the notice
period expires (if the problem can be fixed). This is What forms do I need to file an eviction case?
sometimes called the right to "cure." If the tenant has You will need these documents:
the right to fix the problem, the Notice must inform o Eviction Complaint: asks the court for an eviction
the tenant of this right. Check the lease and contact and gives information needed to begin the eviction.
your city or county officials and get a copy of any If there is any past due rent when you file the
local landlord-tenant laws. Complaint, you may ask for this rent in the
o If the tenant has the right to fix the problem and the Complaint. You may also ask for any rent that will
tenant fixes the problem before the notice period come due during the case.
expires, you may not evict the tenant for that lease You MUST attach the following to the Eviction
violation. If the tenant does not have the right to fix Complaint:
the problem or has the right to but does not fix the
problem within the notice period, you can file the • a copy of the Notice or Demand (if any);
Eviction Complaint after the