(735 ILCS 5/9-202) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-202)
Sec. 9-202.
Wilfully holding over.
If any tenant or any person who is in or comes into
possession of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, by, from or under,
or by collusion with the tenant, wilfully holds over any lands,
tenements or hereditaments, after the expiration of his or her term or terms,
and after demand made in writing, for the possession thereof, by his or her
landlord, or the person to whom the remainder or reversion of such
lands, tenements or hereditaments belongs, the person so holding over,
shall, for the time the landlord or rightful owner is so kept out of
possession, pay to the person so kept out of possession, or his or her legal
representatives, at the rate of double the yearly value of the lands,
tenements or hereditaments so detained to be recovered by a civil
action.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)
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