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For the best rental housing help, please visit our Eviction Help Illinois page.

Go to Get Legal Help or text 'eviction' to ILAOHelps at 85622 to apply for legal help. Reply Stop to cancel or Help for help. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Terms of use and Privacy Policy. 

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Eviction is a court process for removing tenants and other occupants from rental property.

In Illinois, only the county sheriff can perform evictions. The county sheriff…

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This Easy Form helps you ask a court to remove an eviction from the public record. If you were evicted or an eviction case was filed against you, the eviction court case will be in the public record. This may affect your ability to get new housing or credit.

The Easy Form does not e-file your forms. You can download the forms and e-filing instructions at the end of the program.

Learn more about getting an eviction case off your record.

This program will help you make your court forms. It will ask questions for you to answer. At the end of the program, you will get completed court forms and instructions. You can save and print them, or the program can email them to you.

Form completion time: 10 minutes to 15 minutes

You will not be able to save your work in the middle of the program.

This program will help you avoid mistakes when filling out the court forms. Your case could be delayed if there are errors on your forms. If you want to download a PDF version, visit the Illinois Courts Standardized State Forms website. Use Adobe Reader to fill in the PDF forms or print the forms to fill out by hand.

The interview and forms are in English.

Can I use this program?

To use this program: 

  • You must have an eviction on your record, or
  • You must have an eviction court case against you.

Landlords who have filed a residential eviction case can also use this program.

What do I need first?

To complete this program, you will need:

  • The names and addresses of the parties in the eviction case, and
  • Court papers from the eviction case.

What documents will this create?

This program prepares the following forms. 

  • Instructions (How to File and Send a Motion to Remove Eviction Court File from Public Record) 
  • Motion to Remove Eviction Court File from Public Record
  • Notice of Court Date for Motion
  • Additional Proof of Delivery
  • Order to Remove Eviction Court File from Public Record

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Eviction is a court process for removing tenants and other occupants from rental property.

In Illinois, only the county sheriff can perform evictions. The county sheriff…

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Apply Online

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Eviction notices in public housing
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