For AI agents: read the machine-readable documentation index at /llms.txt or the single-file full reference at /llms-full.txt.

§ 5-10-040 — Exceptions

Municipal Code of Chicago (2026 S-74, current through Council Journal of June 17, 2026) · Municipal Code of Chicago § 5-10-040

Corpus is an independent public-information project, not the official City of Chicago website. Stable reference URL

5-10-040 Exceptions.

The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to the transfers identified below, but shall apply to any subsequent transfer to a non-exempt party: (a) a transfer of legal title or an interest in an entity holding legal title to a rental property pursuant to a deed of trust or mortgage, and thereafter any transfer by foreclosure sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure pursuant to a deed of trust or mortgage to an entity not affiliated with the owner; or (b) a transfer made in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including, but not limited to, any transfer made by a bankruptcy trustee); or (c) a tax sale or transfer pursuant to tax foreclosure; or (d) a transfer by devise or intestacy, or any other transfer made in connection with a bona fide effort to pass an interest in real property to one's devisees or heirs (including, but not limited to, such transfers made in connection with a living trust); or (e) a transfer between or among spouses, domestic partners, siblings (including, but not limited to, half-siblings, step-siblings, and adoptive siblings), parents (including, but not limited to, step-parents and adoptive parents) or guardians and their children, grandparents and their grandchildren, aunts or uncles and their nieces or nephews, great-aunts or great-uncles and their grand-nieces or grand-nephews, or first cousins, or any combination thereof; or (f) a transfer of bare legal title into a revocable trust, without actual consideration for the transfer, where the transferor is the current beneficiary of the trust; or (g) a transfer to a named beneficiary of a revocable trust by reason of the death of the grantor of the revocable trust; or (h) a transfer by the trustee of a revocable trust if the transfer would otherwise be excluded under this chapter if made by the grantor of the revocable trust; or (i) a transfer pursuant to court order or court-approved settlement; or (j) a transfer by eminent domain or negotiated purchase under threat of eminent domain; or (k) a transfer directly caused by a change in the form of the entity owning the rental property, provided that the transfer is without consideration. (Added Coun. J. 9-9-20, p. 20074, § 10)

§ 5-10-040 — Exceptions | Chicago, IL — Municipal Code of Chicago (2026 S-74, current through Council Journal of June 17, 2026) | Corpus