Tinley Park, IL Rental Inspections: Tenant Complaint Process (2026)

61, which governs any multi-family rental dwelling structure of three or more units before it can be converted to condominiums. 52. 58 gives the Building Commissioner two options: proceed with the administrative search warrant, or simply waive the inspection requirement for that tenant's unit. Where the village does seek a warrant from the Circuit Court of Cook or Will Counties, the statute lists twelve factors the court may weigh, starting with eyewitness accounts of violations and citizen complaints, and naming tenant complaints third on that list, alongside plain-view violations, village records, property deterioration, the property's age, the nature of the alleged violations, similar or documented violations at comparable properties, time since the last inspection, and any previous violations on the property.

58(B) sets the underlying legal standard: cause exists when reasonable legislative and administrative standards show reason to believe a condition of non-conformity exists on the property. 57. 55, and a Certificate found deficient triggers a second inspection once the owner corrects the listed problems.