Illinois park sale — resident rights
Illinois gives residents a true right of first refusal when a manufactured home park is sold. This page is the resident side of that law: what triggers it, who must be told, the exact clocks, and how a purchase actually gets organized — computed from the national survey of state purchase laws and the statute it cites.
Trigger: Park owner offers the park for sale to the general public; a new notice and right arise if the owner later offers the park at a price 20% higher or lower than the original notice price
Who must be told: Officers of a homeowners' association created under the statute
Who can act: Homeowners' association (preconditions: two-thirds of homeowners as members; written notice to the owner by certified mail with officers' names and addresses; a filed notice of its purchase right with the county clerk; articles of incorporation and bylaws meeting statutory requirements)
| Step | Clock | What the statute says |
|---|---|---|
| meet the owner's price and terms and sign a contract | 60 days from the owner’s notice | Residents exercise the right of first refusal by executing a contract within 60 days. |
| meet a later lower price | 70 days from the owner’s notice | For a later offer at a price lower than the original price, the window is 10 days. |
Total window on the main track: 60 days.
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Assigning the right: Whether the right can be assigned was not stated in the national survey summary — confirm with a local attorney or the state housing agency before counting on it.
Notice goes only to a qualifying homeowners' association that has met the preconditions in whoMayAct; the two-thirds figure is an association-membership precondition, not a per-offer household vote, so householdThreshold is null.
Park sold or closing anywhere else? The Park-Sold Deadline Checker covers all 22 purchase-law states, and the guides hub links every state's park-law and title pages.
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Rule: 765 Ill. Comp. Stat. §§ 745/6.25 to 745/6.31 (effective Jan. 1, 2025). Source: National Consumer Law Center, Summary of State Manufactured Home Community Purchase Laws (September 2026).
Verified October 2026. State data verified October 2026 — re-checked quarterly.
General information about how the process works in your state — not legal advice. For a contested eviction, a park-sale fight, or a title dispute with a lienholder, a local attorney or legal-aid office is the next step.