Cook County Illinois best case scenario Chicago eviction timeline

When I talk to landlords about the Illinois eviction process, one of their first questions is “how long”?  The easy answer is as follows: long.  I wish that were not the case, but it is the truth.  The process is not as fast, convenient, or easy as any landlord would like it to be.  I thought it might be instructive to demonstrate the timeline for a Cook County Illinois eviction using the example of a nonpaying Chicago tenant.

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