Later of vacate date or end of right of possession.
From the date the tenant vacated.
Paid receipts or copies generally follow within 30 days after an estimate statement.
The current statute expressly includes verified email.
Illinois charge guides
These pages are indexable because they are built from the current Illinois General Assembly text of the Security Deposit Return Act.
Security Deposit
Illinois security deposit return, damage itemization, receipt and documentation rules.
Open guide →30 / 45-Day Rule
How Illinois uses a 30-day damage statement deadline and a 45-day full-return rule when required documentation is missing.
Open guide →Itemization & Receipts
What Illinois requires when a landlord withholds a security deposit for property damage.
Open guide →Move-Out Charges
Review Illinois cleaning, repair and replacement deductions after move-out.
Open guide →Electronic Delivery
Illinois allows certain deposit damage statements by email to a verified email address provided by the tenant.
Open guide →Bad-Faith Withholding
Illinois statutory remedy for certain bad-faith failures involving the required damage statement and deposit return.
Open guide →Why Illinois is useful for bill checking
The statute links damage deductions to itemization and cost evidence instead of treating a move-out balance as self-proving. It also limits lease-specified cleaning, repair or replacement amounts to damage beyond normal wear and tear and requires those amounts to be reasonable to restore the premises.
Primary sources
Official Illinois Security Deposit Return Act.
Illinois General Assembly765 ILCS 710/1 — Statement of damage ↗Current primary statute for damage itemization, receipts, 30-day damage statement and 45-day full-return rule when required documentation is not supplied.