Illinois
For Illinois, presumption period is one year; what the presumption does is creates a rebuttable presumption that the landlord's conduct was retaliatory; example of a protected activity is exercised any right or remedy provided by law; statute is 765 ILCS 721/20, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.
- State
- Illinois our reading
- Presumption period
- one year verified
- What the presumption does
- creates a rebuttable presumption that the landlord's conduct was retaliatory verified
- Example of a protected activity
- exercised any right or remedy provided by law verified
- Statute
- 765 ILCS 721/20 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Sec. 20. Rebuttable presumption. In an action by or against the tenant, if within one year before the alleged act of retaliation there is evidence that the retaliation was against the tenant's conduct that is protected under this Act, that evidence creates a rebuttable presumption that the landlord's conduct was retaliatory.
— ilga.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Example of a protected activity
(7) exercised any right or remedy provided by law.
— all from ilga.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- ilga.govhttps://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=4532&ChapterID=62&Print=True