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| 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008SB2539
  Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. John J. Cullerton  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 
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 735 ILCS 5/9-201 |   from Ch. 110, par. 9-201 |   |  | 
    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning recovery of rent.
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|  |  | SB2539 |  | LRB095 19769 WGH 46143 b |  | 
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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 |  |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | 
| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  |     Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended  by  | 
| 5 |  | changing Section 9-201 as follows:
 
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| 6 |  |     (735 ILCS 5/9-201)  (from Ch. 110, par. 9-201)
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| 7 |  |     Sec. 9-201. Recovery of rent. The The owner of lands, his  | 
| 8 |  | or her executors or
administrators, may sue for and recover  | 
| 9 |  | rent therefor, or a fair and
reasonable satisfaction for the  | 
| 10 |  | use and occupation thereof, by a civil
action in any of the  | 
| 11 |  | following instances:
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| 12 |  |     1.  When rent is due and in arrears on a lease
for life or  | 
| 13 |  | lives.
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| 14 |  |     2.  When lands are held and occupied by any person without  | 
| 15 |  | any
special agreement for rent.
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| 16 |  |     3.  When possession is obtained under an agreement, written  | 
| 17 |  | or
verbal, for the purchase of the premises, and before a deed  | 
| 18 |  | is
given the right to possession is terminated by forfeiture or
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| 19 |  | non-compliance with the agreement, and possession is  | 
| 20 |  | wrongfully refused
or neglected to be given upon demand, made  | 
| 21 |  | in writing, by the party
entitled thereto. All payments made
by  | 
| 22 |  | the vendee, or his or her
representatives or assigns, may be  | 
| 23 |  | set off against such rent.
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