What are the eviction notice requirements in Cook County?
In suburban Cook County the Residential Tenant Landlord Ordinance requires written notice giving five days to pay before a landlord may terminate for nonpayment, and at least ten days to cure a material lease violation other than nonpayment (§ 42-109). Ending a tenancy without fault requires 60 days' written notice — twice the City of Chicago's baseline, and a flat period that does not vary with how long the tenant has lived there. Where the landlord fails to give it, the tenant may remain up to 120 days after proper written notice is finally given. No cause need be stated for a non-renewal; only the notice is required. Two exclusions decide whether any of this applies: a building of six or fewer units in which the owner lives is excluded outright, and a single-family home or condominium is excluded only if ALL FOUR of the following hold — it is the only unit the owner leases, the owner or an immediate family member lived there at least one month in the previous twelve, the owner personally manages it rather than a management company, and the owner is not a corporation. Failing any one of the four means the property is covered.
