Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Illinois

The concept of a "30-day notice" is more complicated than it needs to be. The concept is to give notice 30 days BEFORE your next rent payment is due, so that the landlord or tenant has at least that amount of time, and so that the next rental period isn't partial and subject to some kind of dispute over the amount owed. The statute in Illinois does not clearly put it in those words, but that is the best way of viewing it and as a practical matter that's how most people apply it. Frankly there are tenancies that begin on days other than the first of the month, and the law was written at a time when you calculated rental periods from the day you moved in. So theoretically in your case the landlord's notice, given on 9-9, would end on 10-8 and there would be a question of prorating the October rent, which the statute does not talk about. Because there COULD be a misunderstanding here, you should verify w/ your landlord that you expect to pay rent and stay in possession til 10-31. The landlord SHOULD confirm this, and if not try to explain your understanding of the situation. If the landlord STILL disagrees it may be time for an attorney to write a letter for you, at the very least.

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Attorney Messutta is spot on.

Try to resolve the situation "amicably", but if that does not work you may want to contact an attorney.