(35 ILCS 516/230)

Sec. 230. Offense of scavenger sale fraud. A person commits the offense of tax sale fraud who knowingly:

(a) enters a bid or authorizes or procures the entry of a bid on any mobile home offered for sale under Section 200, when the person in whose behalf the bid is made or authorized or procured has an ownership interest or nonownership interest in the mobile home, or where that person had such an interest on January 1 of any year for which delinquent taxes were included within the judgment for sale under Section 200;

(b) acquires, or attempts to acquire, ownership of any certificate of purchase for a mobile home sold under Section 200, when the person in whose behalf such certificate of purchase is or would be acquired has an ownership interest or nonownership interest in the mobile home, or where that person had that interest on January 1 of any year for which delinquent taxes were included within the judgment for sale under Section 200;

(c) conveys or assigns any certificate of purchase for a mobile home sold under Section 200 to any person who has an ownership interest or nonownership interest in the mobile home, or who had that interest on January 1 of any year for which delinquent taxes were included within the judgment for sale under Section 200;

(d) makes a false statement in any application for certificate of purchase or registration form submitted under Sections 210 and 215; or

(e) forfeits 2 or more bids at any one sale under Section 200 by failing to pay the minimum cash bid timely or by failing to pay the balance of the bid timely as required by Section 200.

Tax sale fraud is a Class A misdemeanor. A subsequent conviction for tax sale fraud as defined in subsections (a) through (d) of this Section is a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03.)