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Flat Fee Eviction Procedures for 2025
If you wanted to know what the procedures for a Chicago eviction are in 2025, you came to the right place. The laws are against you, the taxes are high, and the regulation has gotten out of control. That's why you need a confident and cost-effective eviction attorney who can move quickly and protect your investment.
In Chicago, evictions are governed by specific local ordinances such as the Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance (RLTO). As experienced Chicago eviction lawyers, we guide you through these complex rules and ensure that you comply with every notice, service, and disclosure requirement so your case is not thrown out on a technicality.
We will draft your business documents to protect you against liability, help insulate you with the lease, notify your tenants about what they owe you, and — importantly — get them out quickly and painlessly.
What Does It Cost to Hire a Chicago Eviction Lawyer in 2025?
Tired of the headaches associated with eviction processes? Say goodbye to the uncertainty of hourly rates and escalating costs. Welcome to our Flat Fee Eviction Services — a solution designed with landlords like you in mind.
Legal Fees by Region
| Region | Flat Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago (City) | $650 – $1,600 | Sliding scale based on complexity |
| Cook County (Suburbs) | $995 | Client pays filing fees |
| DuPage County | $895 | Client pays filing fees |
| Kane County | $995 | Client pays filing fees |
| Lake & Other Counties | Quoted | Commercial rates available on request |
Circuit Court Filing Fees (Pass-Through)
| Filing Type | Cost |
|---|---|
| Chicago — Possession Only | $295.25 |
| Chicago — Possession + Back Rent | $389.25 |
| DuPage — Possession Only | $117.00 |
| DuPage — Possession + Back Rent | $297.50 |
| Process Service | $195.00 per packet (5 attempts) |
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How Every Eviction Works
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Correct 2025 Process for Eviction Notices
If your tenant has not paid rent, we serve them an Illinois 5-Day Notice. When your tenant has damaged the property — or moved an unwanted occupant in — an Illinois 10-Day Notice is appropriate. If you are not renewing the lease, you'll need an Illinois 30-Day Notice (and you might need to send it up to 120 days early). Squatters have a quicker solution we'll use if it applies.
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Your Eviction Lawyer Files the Case
After you've served the notice, we complete the affidavit and confirm process. Your Chicago Eviction Lawyer then e-files your complaint, notice, affidavit, and lease. You get a summons and we serve it on the tenant.
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Court, Mediation, and the Sheriff
If the tenant doesn't come to court, we ask the Court for an order of eviction. If they do come, the case goes to ERP — the Court's mediation program. If mediation fails, your Chicago eviction attorney wins the trial, gives you the paperwork, and sends you to the Sheriff to get your home back.
Correct Notices for the Correct Chicago Eviction Procedures
In Illinois, a landlord must give the tenant a written notice and then proceed through the court process to get an Eviction Order. The timeline for this process typically involves issuing an official notice of 5–30 days, followed by issuing and serving of summons and complaint within 24 hours to 5 days. At the end of that time, you e-file a summons, wait for the stamped copy to be returned, and send that copy to the relevant Sheriff.
5-Day Notice
Non-Payment of Rent
10-Day Notice
Breaking the Terms of the Lease
30-Day Notice
Non-Renewal of Lease
60-Day Notice
Tenant has been there 6 months+
120-Day Notice
Tenant has been there 3 years+
Immediate
Squatters
Read the full step-by-step Illinois Eviction Process guide →
Flat-Fee Chicago Eviction Lawyers
We take eviction cases on a flat fee plus expenses. From first missed payment through ERP, there is one rate. No matter how much frustration, how many court dates, or how many hours trying to chase down payment — just one fee.
Things your Chicago Eviction Lawyer covers at no additional cost:
- Can't seem to serve the tenant notices
- Can't seem to serve the Complaint
- The Tenant forces us to go to mediation and stall three more court dates
- The Tenant brings up mold or other housing regulations
Eviction services starting at only $895.00 plus costs. You pay no extra attorney fees unless the case goes to trial. Evict the problem — not the tenant.
Understand the Chicago Landlord Tenant Ordinance
If you want your eviction to result in the tenant leaving and not result in you getting sued, read this section. The RLTO imposes specific requirements on Chicago landlords for security deposits, notices, lease disclosures, and maintenance. Get any one of them wrong and the tenant can countersue for two times the deposit plus attorney fees.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Five days for the notice. Then you file. Then it's six weeks to get your first court date. During that break before the first court hearing, we make every attempt to serve process on your tenant. They have to get copies of the court documents. If service succeeds, we start the timetable right away. If it fails, we try again with additional safeguards. After the first court date there is usually a mediation hearing 3–4 weeks out. Then the case proceeds to trial if mediation fails.
It's not hard. You prepare the file, make proper notices, and wait. The thing that will delay your process and complicate things the most is failing to act now. Don't take late rent payments while your case is ongoing.
Non-Payment of Rent: 5 days. Breaking the Terms of the Lease: 10 days. Non-Renewal of Lease: 30 days. If they have been there 6 months or more: 60 days. If they have been there 3 years or more: 120 days. Squatters get told to leave immediately.
Judges call me by my first name. We're in these courts at least four days a week. In the last year I've done hundreds of filings. We have given guest talks and have been a source for the Chicago Tribune twice. You're in good hands.
In Illinois, landlords can evict a tenant who doesn't hold a formal lease but instead operates under a renter's agreement, provided the landlord gives at least 30 days notice. Tenants without a lease ("at will" tenants) are not shielded from eviction.
The rules require us to attach the notice, an affidavit of service, and your lease to a complaint. We'd also like your ledger of accounts. We often generate notices based on what you tell us about the problem, and we hire process servers to deliver them. An expired lease is fine — they nearly always count in court.
Rates vary by location: Chicago (Cook County) — $1,600 flat fee (RLTO cases). Cook County Suburbs — $995. DuPage County — $895. Kane County — $995. Other counties and commercial eviction rates are available on request. You will also need to pay a process server and filing fees.
Yes. You get direct attorney communication and access to our client portal. We update you at every meaningful step — service, court dates, mediation outcomes, judgment, and sheriff scheduling.
We coordinate with the Sheriff and, when needed, with locksmiths and trade-out crews. The goal is to get possession back cleanly and document the condition of the unit so any post-judgment damages claim is well-supported.
Section 8 tenancies have additional federal notice and good-cause requirements layered on top of Illinois law. We handle Section 8 evictions and coordinate with the housing authority on any required notices.
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