SU # 68__Legal Considerations Flashcards
Illinois law generally requires what prior to an eviction?
Written notice
Oral notice
That the police are called to escort the person from his home.
That a professional moving company be called to empty the tenant’s apartment of his belongings after 30 days of unpaid rent.
Written notice
A broker must establish and maintain a separate account for the deposit of current rents and money received from the owner or on the owner’s behalf for payment of expenses related to property management.
This account is called the:
Earnest money account
Leasing agent account
Broker’s escrow account
Property management escrow account
Property management escrow account
In a situation in which a property owner inserts a condition in the lease that ends the lease if a child under 18 is ever in the family living in the property, which of the following statements is most accurate?
The lease would be valid as is.
The lease would be invalid.
That clause of the lease would be void.
That clause of the lease would be enforceable.
That clause of the lease would be void.
Which of the following would NOT be considered a “place of public accommodation?”
Restaurants
Hotels
Religious organizations
Doctors’ offices
Religious organizations
Which of the following is permissible as part of a property advertisement under HUD’s Fair Housing guidelines?
“Great family home”
“Wonderful ethnic neighborhood”
“Large master bedroom with bath”
“No children or pets”
“Large master bedroom with bath”
All of the following are ways in which written eviction notices can be served to the tenant, but one. Which of the following is NOT one of these ways?
Personal service on the tenant.
Personal service on someone at the tenant’s home, who is more than 10 years old.
Personal service on someone at the tenant’s home, who is more than 13 years old.
Mailing to the tenant by certified or registered mail, with a return receipt from the tenant.
Personal service on someone at the tenant’s home, who is more than 10 years old.
Security deposits must be deposited in the escrow account:
Within 6 hours after the lease is signed
Within 24 hours after the lease is signed
By the next business day after a lease is signed
By the end of the third business day after the lease is signed.
By the next business day after a lease is signed
Which of the following is NOT permissible as part of an advertisement about an apartment for rent?
“Great apartment complex with on-site chapel”
“Kosher meals available”
“Non-smoking building”
“Maximum two children”
“Maximum two children”
Rental properties may allow discrimination based on sex in the event of:
A question of sexual orientation
A transgendered individual.
Roommates who share a common bathroom or bedroom.
Roommates who share ONLY a common bedroom.
Roommates who share a common bathroom or bedroom.
Which of the following parties is NOT covered under the Illinois Human Rights Act?
A 38-year-old woman who uses a seeing eye dog.
A 43-year-old man who has been convicted of dealing illegal drugs.
A 27-year-old homosexual man who is an alcoholic.
A 43-year-old unmarried woman who is an Army reservist
A 43-year-old man who has been convicted of dealing illegal drugs.
The escrow account maintained by the property manager must be in a non-interest-bearing account
without exception.
unless the property is residential with 15 or more units.
unless the property is residential with 25 or more units or local ordinance requires payment of interest.
unless the property is industrial.
unless the property is residential with 25 or more units or local ordinance requires payment of interest.
All security deposits held by a broker must be maintained, intact, in an escrow account other than the property management accounts:
Without exception.
Unless the owners have agreed otherwise in writing.
Unless the broker has decided otherwise with good cause.
Unless it’s in the city of Chicago, where the regulations do not require this type of escrow account.
Unless the owners have agreed otherwise in writing.
The Federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination for all of the following reasons except:
Race or color
Sexual orientation
Familial status
Handicap
Sexual orientation
According to the Illinois Human Rights Act, “elderly” is defined as anyone over:
35 years old
40 years old
55 years old
62 years old
40 years old
