Beardstown — Ch. 5 Art. VIII Rental Housing Inspection § 5-85

(a) A landlord shall file a registration statement with the city clerk for each premises upon which a rental unit exists, notwithstanding whether the rental unit is occupied or vacant. The registration statement shall be prima facie evidence that the information in the statement is true. The registration statement, at a minimum, shall include:
(1) The landlord's name, business address, and telephone number. If the landlord is a partnership or corporation, the statement shall provide the name, business address, and telephone number for all partners or officers. Further, if the landlord is a corporation, the statement shall include the name, business address and telephone number of the registered agent for the corporation.
(2) The name, business address and telephone number of the landlord's agent for the purpose of managing, controlling or collecting rent and the landlord's local agent as provided for in section 5-85 (b).
(3) The street address, the number of rental units, and the date on which the rental units were built.
(4) The maximum number of occupants permitted by the landlord in each building containing rental units, and in each rental unit.
For the purpose of this section, a post office box is not sufficient as an address.
(b) Each landlord shall have a local agent. The local agent shall be authorized by the landlord to receive notices of code violations and receive process in any court proceeding or administrative enforcement proceeding on behalf of such landlord in connection with the enforcement of this Code. The local agent must maintain an office in Cass County, Illinois, or must actually reside within thirty-five (35) miles of Beardstown, Illinois. The agent must be a natural person twenty-one (21) years or older. A landlord who is a natural person, however, and who meets the requirements of this subsection as to location of residence or office, may designate himself as the local agent.