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US-IL / 770 ILCS 95/4

Self-storage software for Illinois operators.

Illinois's self-storage lien statute encoded day-by-day: first notice at D+30, sale eligibility at D+59, with publication, delivery, surplus, and fee guardrails pulled from 770 ILCS 95/4.

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Illinois lien clock

The full day-by-day clock, with statute citations.

This is the actual policy seeded for Illinois. Every delinquent account locks in the rules that applied the day it opened.

US-IL / v2026.06.09

Illinois lien timeline

Late fee
Operator-configured fee under the rental agreement
Notice path
Notice of Claim, then Notice of Sale
Sale gate
Auction permitted after D+59 on our default schedule with publication evidence

Vehicle, trailer, and watercraft tow opens at D+60; unclaimed surplus stays with the owner after one year.

The full day-by-day timeline — every transition, delivery rule, and citation from first notice to auction — runs live in the product, and every case pins the version in force the day it opened.

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What UnitOps does differently for Illinois operators

Built around the Illinois statute, not retrofitted onto generic PMS.

  • 01 The lien clock starts with Notice of Claim at D+30, holds 14 days before Notice of Sale at D+44 under 770 ILCS 95/5, keeps the auction gate closed until D+59, with citation 770 ILCS 95/4.
  • 02 Vehicle and titled-property handling stays separate at D+60, with tow evidence kept out of the ordinary goods sale path under 770 ILCS 95/4.
  • 03 Publication is required with a 15-day sale lead and publication in a newspaper for two consecutive weeks or posting in six conspicuous places for 10 days under 770 ILCS 95/4. Delivery evidence tracks Notice of Claim by in person, verified mail, and email (with the occupant's consent) and Notice of Sale by newspaper publication and posting publication.
  • 04 Surplus is held for 1 year (365 days); then returns to the owner after the statutory holding period. Run your own payment processor and your own QuickBooks — UnitOps never sits in the middle of either.

Lien evidence packet

Built for the day you get sued.

For Illinois cases, the packet presents the evidence trail beside the policy snapshot that was pinned when the case opened. It lists notices, delivery proof, ledger entries, photos, and state changes in chronological order. It presents records and citations only. The downloadable sample uses fictional seeded data with redacted names and a SAMPLE watermark.

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