--- title: "Illinois Landlord Compliance Kit | MCC Solutions" description: "Illinois landlord kit: no deposit cap in the law read, deposit returned within 45 days. Checklists, notice calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/illinois-landlord-compliance-kit" --- Document pack # Illinois Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker The Illinois landlord-tenant rules in one package: no deposit cap in the law read; deposit returned within 45 days; 30-day notice to end month-to-month; 5-day notice for unpaid rent; $10,000 small claims limit. **Coming soon** not on sale yet Why it is not on sale yet [Read the free guide](/state-rules?state=il) 🌙 The desk is asleep. The store never is. Every kit and ebook downloads the moment you pay, day or night. Questions get answered after we open in the morning. [Browse the store](/toolkits) Who it is for Landlords and property managers with rentals in Illinois, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Not the right fit if Your rental is outside Illinois: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered. Why it is different - Built only from our Illinois data files, checked November 2026 against 8 official pages, among them Illinois Attorney General: Landlord and Tenant Rights and Laws (01/24); Illinois Courts: Eviction Summons, statewide approved form (ATJ 3510.4, 10/26); Illinois Courts: Eviction Help Illinois; 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois: Evictions Overview; Illinois Courts: How to File and Serve a Small Claims Complaint and Summons (SC-I 1802.1, rev. 08/20); Illinois Supreme Court Library: Small Claims research guide, plus Nolo and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read. - 4 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed. - The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Illinois notice and deposit dates for you. What is inside - **Start here.** How to use the kit, the 19 confirmed Illinois rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 4 points to check: filing fee, judgment to writ, writ to lockout, paying to stop the case, each with the official page. - **Illinois landlord rules checklist.** Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No maximum in 765 ILCS 710; return deadline: In buildings of five or more units: the deposit in full within 45 days of move-out; if any amount is withheld, an itemized statement of damages with paid receipts within 30 days of move-out; itemized list of deductions: An itemized statement of damages with paid receipts, within 30 days of move-out; interest on the deposit: Where the deposit is held at least six months and the building or complex has at least 25 units, interest is paid or credited every 12 months; where the deposit is held: None stated in 765 ILCS 710; penalty the law states: If a court finds a violation, damages of two times the deposit, plus court costs and attorney fees; ending month-to-month (landlord): A 30-day written notice; no reason needed; ending month-to-month (tenant): A 30-day notice is normally enough, unless the lease requires longer; rent increase notice: 30 days' notice for a month-to-month tenancy (7 days for week-to-week); no increase during a fixed-term lease; unpaid rent notice: Five days to pay the rent; entry notice: No statewide entry notice statute: Nolo's 50-state chart (updated 7/18/2025) lists Illinois as 'No statute'; late fee limits: A reasonable fee for late rent; the guide sets no cap; court: The circuit court for the county; time to answer or appear: The tenant attends court on the summons date; a written Answer is needed only if the judge orders one; hearing after filing: The summons must be served at least 3 days before the court date (7 in Cook County); the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day; who carries out the lockout: If the tenant doesn't move after an eviction order, the sheriff can remove the occupants. - **Move-in and move-out deposit checklist.** A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Illinois's return deadline (within 45 days). - **Notice calendar.** When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules. - **Eviction timeline sheet.** The Illinois case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates. - **Illinois landlord workbook (Excel).** A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Illinois rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance. A look inside ## The first pages, as you will get them [![Page 1 of the Start Here (Illinois Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/illinois-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/illinois-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the Illinois Landlord Rules Checklist (Illinois Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/illinois-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/illinois-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp) First page of Illinois Landlord Rules Checklist Get it ## Illinois Landlord Compliance Kit Coming soon This kit is being finished: every state rule in it is checked against official sources before it goes on sale. Free now: [State rules directory](/state-rules?state=il) Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. The kit describes the rules for both sides of a lease and takes neither side. Cities, counties and the lease can add rules; the official pages linked in the kit have the final word. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. Questions ## Common questions **What do I get and how is it delivered?** The Illinois Landlord Kit comes as a zip with five documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, Illinois Landlord Rules Checklist, Move-In Move-Out Deposit Checklist, Notice Calendar 2027, and Eviction Timeline Sheet, plus an Excel workbook (Illinois Landlord Workbook). The download link arrives by email after payment. **Will it open on a Mac, Google Sheets or my phone?** The PDFs open in any PDF reader, and the Word files edit in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. The workbook is built for Excel and tested in LibreOffice; it should open in Google Sheets, but not every feature is tested there. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. If it is not right for you, email us within 14 days of buying for a full refund. **Is this legal or tax advice?** General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. **Is it the right fit for me?** It is made for landlords and property managers with rentals in Illinois, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case. Skip it if your rental is outside Illinois: get that state's kit. Also from MCC Solutions [### Month-End Close Workbook A real month-end close in one Excel file. 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