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✓ Source checked 2026-10-20Illinois (statewide), IL lead-safe rental rules
No routine rental lead certificate. Owners of pre-1978 units must give tenants the lead brochure, and must disclose prior hazards if a mitigation notice was issued; inspections are triggered by elevated blood lead cases
- The rule
- No routine rental lead certificate. Owners of pre-1978 units must give tenants the lead brochure, and must disclose prior hazards if a mitigation notice was issued; inspections are triggered by elevated blood lead cases
- How often
- at each lease (disclosure); inspection only when triggered
- Fees & fines
- Not yet verified. Check the official source.
- Who can inspect
- Illinois-licensed lead inspector/risk assessor (when triggered)
- Applies at
- state (410 ILCS 45) level
- Official source
- ilga.gov/ftp/JCAR/AdminCode/077/077008450A00250R.html…
- Last checked
- 2026-10-20
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