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CIVIL PROCEDURE
(735 ILCS 5/) Code of Civil Procedure.

735 ILCS 5/9-213

    (735 ILCS 5/9-213) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-213)
    Sec. 9-213. Expiration of term. When the tenancy is for a certain period, and the term expires by the terms of the lease, the tenant is then bound to surrender possession, and no notice to quit or demand of possession is necessary.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-213.1

    (735 ILCS 5/9-213.1) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-213.1)
    Sec. 9-213.1. Duty of landlord to mitigate damages. After January 1, 1984, a landlord or his or her agent shall take reasonable measures to mitigate the damages recoverable against a defaulting lessee.
(Source: P.A. 84-1043.)

735 ILCS 5/9-214

    (735 ILCS 5/9-214) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-214)
    Sec. 9-214. Lease defined. The term "lease," as used in Part 2 of Article IX of this Act, includes every letting, whether by verbal or written agreement.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-215

    (735 ILCS 5/9-215) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-215)
    Sec. 9-215. Remedies available to grantee. The grantees of any leased lands, tenements, rents or other hereditaments, or of the reversion thereof, the assignees of the lessor of any lease, and the heirs, legatees and personal representatives of the lessor, grantee or assignee, shall have the same remedies by action or otherwise, for the non-performance of any agreement in the lease, or for the recovery of any rent, or for the doing of any waste or other cause of forfeiture, as their grantor or lessor might have had if such reversion had remained in such lessor or grantor.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)

735 ILCS 5/9-216

    (735 ILCS 5/9-216) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-216)
    Sec. 9-216. Remedies available to lessee. The lessees of any lands, their assigns or personal representatives, shall have the same remedy, by action or otherwise, against the lessor, his or her grantees, assignees or his, her or their representatives, for the breach of any agreement in such lease, as such lessee might have had against his or her immediate lessor. This section shall have no application to the covenants against incumbrances, or relating to the title or possession of the premises demised.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-217

    (735 ILCS 5/9-217) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-217)
    Sec. 9-217. Rent recoverable by representative, from subtenant. When a tenant for life demises any lands and dies on or after the day when any rent becomes due and payable, his or her executor or administrator may recover from the subtenant the whole rent due, but if such tenant for life dies, before the day when any rent is to become due, his or her executor or administrator may recover the proportion of rent which accrued before his or her death, and the remainder man shall recover for the residue.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-218

    (735 ILCS 5/9-218)
    Sec. 9-218. Rent payments at business office.
    (a) If the lessor, or agent of the lessor, of residential real property, containing 100 or more residential units in either a single building or a complex of buildings, maintains a business office on the premises of the building or complex that has regularly scheduled office hours, then the lessor, or agent of the lessor, must accept rent payments from a lessee of any of those residential units at that business office during the regularly scheduled office hours and the lessor may not impose any penalty, fee, or charge for making rent payments in this manner that are otherwise considered timely under the lease, but the landlord may refuse to accept payment by cash when rent payments are made in this manner.
    (b) This Section applies to each lease and other rental agreement in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly unless there is specific language in that lease or other rental agreement that conflicts with the provisions of this Section. If any provision of a lease or other rental agreement entered into, extended, or renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly conflicts with the provisions of this Section, then that provision of the lease or other rental agreement is void and unenforceable.
(Source: P.A. 94-2, eff. 5-31-05.)

735 ILCS 5/Art. IX Pt. 3

 
    (735 ILCS 5/Art. IX Pt. 3 heading)
Part 3. Distress for Rent

735 ILCS 5/9-301

    (735 ILCS 5/9-301) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-301)
    Sec. 9-301. Property subject to distraint. In all cases of distress for rent, the landlord, by himself or herself, his or her agent or attorney, may seize for rent any personal property of his or her tenant that may be found in the county where such tenant resides, and in no case shall the property of any other person, although the same may be found on the premises, be liable to seizure for rent due from such tenant.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-302

    (735 ILCS 5/9-302) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-302)
    Sec. 9-302. Filing of distress warrant with inventory. The person making such distress shall immediately file with the clerk of the circuit court a copy of the distress warrant, together with an inventory of the property levied upon.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-303

    (735 ILCS 5/9-303) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-303)
    Sec. 9-303. Summons and return. Upon the filing of such copy of distress warrant and inventory, the clerk shall issue a summons against the party against whom the distress warrant has been issued, returnable as summons in other civil cases.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-304

    (735 ILCS 5/9-304) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-304)
    Sec. 9-304. Notice to non-residents. When it appears, by affidavit filed in the court where such proceeding is pending, that the defendant is a nonresident or has departed from this state, or on due inquiry cannot be found, or is concealed within this state, and the affiant states the place of residence of the defendant, if known, and if not known, that upon diligent inquiry he or she has not been able to ascertain the same, notice may be given as in attachment cases.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-305

    (735 ILCS 5/9-305) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-305)
    Sec. 9-305. Proceedings - Pleading. The action shall thereafter proceed in the same manner as in case of attachment before the court. It shall not be necessary for the plaintiff in any case to file a complaint, but the distress warrant shall stand as a complaint and shall be amendable, as complaints in other civil cases, but no such amendment shall in any way affect any liabilities that have accrued in the execution of such warrant.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-306

    (735 ILCS 5/9-306) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-306)
    Sec. 9-306. Counterclaim - Defenses. The defendant may file a counterclaim as in other civil actions or other defense which would have been proper if the action had been for the rent, and with like effect.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-307

    (735 ILCS 5/9-307) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-307)
    Sec. 9-307. Judgment for plaintiff. If the plaintiff recovers, judgment shall be entered in favor of plaintiff, for the amount which the court finds to be due the plaintiff.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-308

    (735 ILCS 5/9-308) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-308)
    Sec. 9-308. Effect of judgment against defendant. After the defendant is served with process or appears in the action, the judgment shall have the same force and effect as if served by summons, and the judgment may be enforced, not only against the property distrained, but also against the other property of the defendant. But the property distrained, if the same has not been replevied or released from seizure, shall be first sold.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-309

    (735 ILCS 5/9-309) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-309)
    Sec. 9-309. Judgment by default. When publication of notice, as provided by law, but the defendant is not served with process and does not appear, judgment by default may be entered, and the plaintiff may recover the amount due him or her for rent at the time of issuing the distress warrant, and enforcement may be had against the property distrained, but no enforcement may be had against any other property of the defendant.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-310

    (735 ILCS 5/9-310) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-310)
    Sec. 9-310. Judgment in favor of defendant - Counterclaim. If the judgment is in favor of the defendant, the defendant shall recover costs and judgment shall be entered for the return to the defendant of the property distrained, unless the same has been replevied or released from such distress. If a counterclaim is interposed, and it is determined by the court that a balance is due from the plaintiff to the defendant, judgment shall be entered in favor of the defendant.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-311

    (735 ILCS 5/9-311) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-311)
    Sec. 9-311. Bond for release of property. When any distress warrant is levied, the person whose property is distrained, may release the same by entering into bond in double the amount of the rent claimed, payable to the landlord, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the person making the levy, if the bond is tendered before the filing of a copy of the warrant, as provided in Part 3 of Article IX of this Act, or if after, by the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, conditioned to pay whatever judgment the landlord may recover in the action, with costs of the action. If the bond is taken before the filing of a copy of the distress warrant, such bond shall be filed therewith, and if taken after the filing of a copy of the distress warrant, it shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court where the action is pending.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)

735 ILCS 5/9-312

    (735 ILCS 5/9-312) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-312)
    Sec. 9-312. Perishable property. If any property distrained is of a perishable nature and in danger of immediate waste or decay, and is not replevied or bonded, the landlord or his or her agent or attorney may, upon giving notice to the defendant or his or her attorney, or if neither can be found, without any notice, apply to the court in which the action is pending describing the property, and showing that it is so in danger, and if the court is satisfied that the property is of a perishable nature and in danger of immediate waste or decay, and if the defendant or his or her attorney is not served with notice, or does not appear, that neither the defendant nor the attorney can be found, the court may enter an order to the person having possession of the property, directing the sale thereof upon such time and notice, terms and conditions as the court shall deem for the best interests of the parties concerned. The money resulting from such sale shall be deposited with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, there to abide the event of the action.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-313

    (735 ILCS 5/9-313) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-313)
    Sec. 9-313. Limitation. The right of the landlord to distrain the personal goods of the tenant, shall continue for the period of 6 months after the expiration of the term for which the premises were demised or the tenancy is terminated.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-314

    (735 ILCS 5/9-314) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-314)
    Sec. 9-314. Distress for products and labor. When the rent is payable wholly or in part in specific articles of property or products of the premises, or labor, the landlord may distrain for the value of such articles, products or labor.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

735 ILCS 5/9-315

    (735 ILCS 5/9-315) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-315)
    Sec. 9-315. Exemption. The same articles of personal property which are, by law, exempt from the enforcement of a judgment thereon, except the crops grown or growing upon the demised premises, shall also be exempt from distress for rent.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)