On what grounds can an Illinois mobile home park evict a tenant?

Section 765 ILCS 745/15 limits eviction to three grounds: non-payment of rent due, failure to comply with the park rules, and failure to comply with local ordinances and State laws regulating mobile homes. A termination outside these grounds is not authorized. This is general information, not advice about a specific notice — consider consulting a licensed attorney in Illinois.

Can an Illinois park evict a tenant in retaliation?

No. Section 16 lists improper grounds: eviction may not be used as a reprisal for enforcing lease rights, for a good-faith complaint to a government authority about health or safety violations, for involvement in a homeowners' association, or on the basis of immigration or citizenship status.

Is there a special notice an Illinois park lease must contain?

Yes. Section 17 requires an 'IMPORTANT NOTICE REQUIRED BY LAW' to be printed verbatim in every lease, stating that park rules must be fair and reasonable, that the park must be licensed, and that a tenant 'may only be evicted for non-payment of rent, violation of laws, or for violation of the rules and regulations of the park and the terms of the lease.'

Mobile home eviction rules in Illinois

Illinois limits when a mobile home park may end a tenancy. Under the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act (765 ILCS 745), eviction is allowed only on specific statutory grounds, several reprisal-based evictions are expressly barred, and every lease must contain a verbatim notice of the tenant's rights. The court process itself runs through the Illinois eviction statute. For a specific notice or situation, consider consulting a licensed attorney in Illinois.

What the statute says

Section 15, "Statutory grounds for eviction," provides:

A park owner may terminate the lease and evict a tenant for any one or more of the following acts: (1) Non-payment of rent due; (2) Failure to comply with the park rules; (3) Failure to comply with local ordinances and State laws regulating mobile homes.

Section 16, "Improper grounds for eviction," bars termination "[a]s a reprisal for the tenant's good faith complaint to a governmental authority of the park owner's alleged violation of any health or safety law," for homeowners' association activity, or "on the basis of the tenant's immigration or citizenship status." Section 17 requires that each lease print, verbatim, that a tenant "may only be evicted for non-payment of rent, violation of laws, or for violation of the rules and regulations of the park and the terms of the lease."

How it works in general

A park must identify one of the three statutory grounds before terminating a tenancy. The reprisal protections in Section 16 mean a complaint to a government agency, organizing a homeowners' association, or a tenant's immigration status cannot be the basis for eviction. Section 15 also provides that non-payment is not a ground if the park has failed to apply for or renew its license under the Mobile Home Park Act. The actual court process for regaining possession is governed by the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5, Article IX), which sets the notice and filing procedures.

Common scenarios

General examples Illinois park residents commonly encounter:

A notice cites non-payment of rent. Section 15(a)(1) lists this as a ground, while the timing and form of the demand are governed by the general eviction statute.
A notice follows a complaint to a health department or code office. Section 16 bars eviction used as a reprisal for a good-faith complaint to a governmental authority.
A resident questions a park rule used as a basis for eviction. Section 14 requires park rules to be fair and reasonable, and Section 17 repeats that in the required lease notice.

Other authorities that may apply

The Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/Art. IX) controls the court process and notice requirements. The Mobile Home Park Act (210 ILCS 115) and Illinois Department of Public Health licensing interact with Section 15's licensing rule. Federal protections — including the Fair Housing Act and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act — can apply depending on circumstances, and the written lease and park rules also frame what conduct is at issue.