Joliet, IL Rental Inspections: Tenant Complaint Process (2026)

Joliet's rental registration ordinance lets qualifying rental properties skip a scheduled reinspection: a Type O certificate carries a five-year waiver, Type I a three-year waiver, and Type II a one-year waiver, so long as the property was cited for no violations, or no more than five minor, non-life-safety violations corrected by the first reinspection (Sec. 7(b)). That waiver is conditional, not permanent. Sec. " A waiver is also void from the start if the dwelling has any of a list of disqualifying conditions in Sec.

7(b)(2), including a common-law nuisance, an attractive nuisance to children such as an abandoned well or unsafe fence, unsanitary sewerage or plumbing, disconnected utilities, uncontrolled weed growth or litter, or a state of dilapidation or fire hazard. If a complaint triggers reinspection and the inspector finds an imminent threat to life and safety, the case becomes an "emergency reinspection" under Sec. 00 emergency reinspection fee under the Division 15 fee schedule.