No, lease agreements in Illinois do not need to be notarized to be legally valid; a signed lease between the landlord and tenant is sufficient. A notary can help verify the identities of the parties signing the lease if there’s a claim of fraud, but a notary isn’t necessary for a lease to be valid.
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The information for this answer was found on our Illinois Residential Lease Agreement answers.