Illinois Compiled Statutes

735 ILCS 5/9-207 (2026)

Notice to terminate tenancy for less than a year

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(735 ILCS 5/9-207) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-207)
    Sec. 9-207. Notice to terminate tenancy for less than a year.
    (a) Except as provided in Section 9-207.5 of this Code, in all cases of tenancy from week to week, where the tenant holds over without special agreement, the landlord may terminate the tenancy by 7 days' notice, in writing, and may maintain an action for eviction or ejectment.
    (b) Except as provided in Section 9-207.5 of this Code, in all cases of tenancy for any term less than one year, other than tenancy from week to week, where the tenant holds over without special agreement, the landlord may terminate the tenancy by 30 days' notice, in writing, and may maintain an action for eviction or ejectment.
(Source: P.A. 100-173, eff. 1-1-18.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2000–2025 · leading case: Wendy & William Spatz Charitable Found. v. 2263 North Lincoln Corp., 2013 IL App (1st) 122076 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013).
Wendy & William Spatz Charitable Found. v. 2263 North Lincoln Corp., 2013 IL App (1st) 122076 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “735 ILCS 5/9-207 (West 2008). They also rely on Hoefler v.”
Wendy & William Spatz Charitable Found. v. 2263 North Lincoln Corp., 2013 IL App (1st) 122076 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “735 ILCS 5/9-207 (West 2008). They also rely on Hoefler v.”
Cui v. Kubycheck, 2021 IL App (2d) 200239-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “See 735 ILCS 5/9-207(b) (West 2012). Plaintiffs, however, failed to vacate the premises within that time and on March 22, 2012, Lynn filed an eviction case pursuant to the Illinois Forcible Entry and Detainer Act (the Act) (735 ILCS 5/9-101 et seq.”
BKA Holdings, LLC v. Sam, 2025 IL App (2d) 250160-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 2× “” 735 ILCS 5/9-207(b) (West 2024). ¶ 29 Noticeably absent from section 9-207 is an obligation imposed on the landlord to explain why he wants to terminate the lease with the tenant.”
Tech. Innovation Ctr., Inc. v. Advanced Multiuser Tech. Corp. (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). “- TIC and Murray falsely pled in the Second Amended Complaint, filed on January 14, 1994, that AMT was given a 30-day notice to vacate premises pursuant to section 9-207 (735 ILCS 5/9-207 (West 1992)), when they knew the letter notice dated December 1, 1993, was not delivered…”
— 735 ILCS 5/9-207(b) — 2 cases
Cui v. Kubycheck, 2021 IL App (2d) 200239-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “See 735 ILCS 5/9-207(b) (West 2012). Plaintiffs, however, failed to vacate the premises within that time and on March 22, 2012, Lynn filed an eviction case pursuant to the Illinois Forcible Entry and Detainer Act (the Act) (735 ILCS 5/9-101 et seq.”
BKA Holdings, LLC v. Sam, 2025 IL App (2d) 250160-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “” 735 ILCS 5/9-207(b) (West 2024). ¶ 29 Noticeably absent from section 9-207 is an obligation imposed on the landlord to explain why he wants to terminate the lease with the tenant.”
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