Illinois Hunting Lease Agreement

Illinois land owners, lease your farm land to a tenant who will work it for you with this Illinois Cash Farm Lease.

• This Lease contains two options for calculating annual rent - either fixed rent (a base rent per acre x number of acres leased), or flexible rent (based on crop yield per acre and base price per bu or ton).
• The landlord will provide all buildings, structures, fences and improvements on the land, as well as all materials required for repairs and maintenance to those items. The actual repairs and maintenance are the responsibility of the tenant.
• The landlord is responsible for paying all taxes and charges against the land, and for maintaining insurance on the buildings and structures.
• The tenant will provide all equipment, labor, electricity and fuel required to run the farming operations.
• The tenant will also provide all seed, fertilizer, and disease treatment materials.
• The tenant agrees to use the land for agricultural purposes only, and to farm the land in accordance with proper farming practices.
• The tenant is responsible for obtaining crop, liability, property damage and workers' compensation insurance.
• The landlord has a lien on the crops as security for the rent payable under the lease.

Lease Illinois farm land to a tenant on a sharecropping basis with this Illinois Crop Share Farm Lease.

• The tenant agrees to pay the landlord a share of the crops grown on the leased lands as rent.
• In addition to the crop shares, the tenant agrees to pay a certain amount per acre for land used for pasture, hay and silage. Rent will be paid in a series of installment payments.
• The tenant agrees to store the landlord's share of the crops, provided that it does not exceed a certain percentage of the storage available to the tenant.
• Each party will provide certain items of equipment, materials, and labor, and will pay a share of the expenses to run the farming operations.
• The tenant agrees to use the land for agricultural purposes only, and to farm the land in accordance with proper farming practices.
• The tenant is responsible for obtaining crop, liability, property damage and workers' compensation insurance.
• The parties will share in the decision making and management of the farming operations to the extent set out in the lease.
• The landlord has a lien on the crops as security for the rent payable under the lease.
• Available in MS Word format and fully editable to fit your needs.
• Intended to be used only for land located in the State of Illinois.

IL landowners, allow fishermen to fish in the streams and lakes on your property with this Illinois Fishing Lease Agreement.

• This Agreement can be used for individual fishermen or for groups and organizations.
• The user can only fish at the times of the year permitted by local, State and federal laws.
• The user's rights to fish on the property are subject to the rights of the landowner, and any oil and gas or mineral leases on the land.
• The landowner has the right to limit fishing in any body of water in order to preserve the quality of the fish stock.
• The user must take proper care of the property and comply with all rules and regulations. Failure to do so will result in immediate termination of the lease.
• The landowner has no responsibility for the user's safety or that of any guests or invitees, and the user indemnifies and holds the landowner harmless against any claim, loss, cost or damage arising from the user's use of the property.

This Illinois Fishing Lease Agreement is provided in MS Word format, and can be easily edited to fit your circumstances.