093_HB1489ham002
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1489
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1489, on page 1,
3 line 5, by replacing "Section 21-135" with "Sections 21-135,
4 21-265, 22-5, and 22-10"; and
5 on page 2, immediately below line 13, by inserting the
6 following:
7 "(35 ILCS 200/21-265)
8 Sec. 21-265. Scavenger sale; persons ineligible to bid
9 or purchase.
10 (a) No person, except a unit of local government, shall
11 be eligible to bid or receive a certificate of purchase at
12 any sale under Section 21-260 unless that person has
13 completed and delivered to the county clerk a true, accurate
14 and complete application for certificate of purchase which
15 shall affirm that:
16 (1) the person has not bid upon or applied to
17 purchase any property at the sale for a person who is the
18 party or agent of the party who owns the property or is
19 responsible for the payment of the delinquent taxes;
20 (2) the person is not, nor is he or she the agent
21 for, the owner or party responsible for payment of the
22 general taxes on any property which is located in the
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1 same county in which the sale is held and which is tax
2 delinquent or forfeited for all or any part of each of 2
3 or more years, excepting any year for which a certificate
4 of error issued under Sections 14-15, 14-20 and 14-25 is
5 pending for adjudication; and
6 (3) the person, although otherwise eligible to bid,
7 has not either directly or through an agent twice during
8 any previous sale in the last 3 calendar years the same
9 sale failed to complete a purchase by the immediate
10 payment of the minimum bid or the payment of the balance
11 of a bid within the time provided by Section 21-260.
12 (Source: P.A. 86-949; 87-669; 88-455.)
13 (35 ILCS 200/22-5)
14 Sec. 22-5. Notice of sale and redemption rights. In
15 order to be entitled to a tax deed, within 4 months and 15
16 days after any sale held under this Code, the purchaser or
17 his or her assignee shall deliver to the county clerk a
18 notice to be given to the party in whose name the taxes are
19 last assessed as shown by the most recent tax collector's
20 warrant books, in at least 10 point type in the following
21 form completely filled in:
22 TAKE NOTICE OF SALE OF DELINQUENT
23 REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN AND OF POSSIBLE LOSS
24 OF PROPERTY IF THE SALE IS NOT REDEEMED
25 County of ...................................................
26 Date Lien for Taxes Premises Sold ...........................
27 Certificate of Purchase No. .................................
28 Sold for General Taxes of (year) ............................
29 Sold for Special Assessment of the (Municipality) of.........
30 and special assessment number ...............................
31 Warrant No. ............... Inst. No. .................
32 THE LIEN ON THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
33 DELINQUENT TAXES HAS BEEN SOLD
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1 Property located at .........................................
2 Property Legal Description or Permanent Index No: Vol ......
3 .............................................................
4 PIN .........................................................
5 Legal Description (required if location, volume, and PIN are
6 not given): .................................................
7 .............................................................
8 .............................................................
9 .............................................................
10 This notice is to advise you that the lien on the above
11 property has been sold for delinquent taxes has been sold
12 and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire
13 on ..........................................................
14 The tax purchaser may, without notice to you, extend the
15 date of redemption to a date between .......... and
16 ........... After the first expiration date above, you need
17 to call the county clerk to determine whether the tax
18 purchaser has extended the date. The tax purchaser is not
19 required to and may not extend the redemption date. If the
20 redemption date has expired, you will not be able to redeem
21 your lien and may lose your property.
22 This notice is also to advise you that a petition will be
23 filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
24 to possession of this property if redemption is not made on
25 or before ............................, or any extended date.
26 At the date of this notice the total amount which you
27 must pay in order to redeem the above property is ...........
28 The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month
29 intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased
30 if the tax purchaser pays any subsequently accruing
31 delinquent taxes or special assessments in order to protect
32 the tax purchaser's lien on your taxes.
33 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
34 PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
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1 Redemption can be made at any time on or before .... (or
2 any extended date, if any), by applying to the County Clerk
3 of .... County, Illinois at the County Court Building House
4 in ...., Illinois.
5 The above amount is subject to increase at 6 month
6 intervals from the date of sale. Check with the county clerk
7 as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. Payment
8 must be made by certified check, cashier's check, money
9 order, or in cash.
10 For further information contact the County Clerk.
11 Address:................................
12 Telephone: ...............................
13 Purchaser or Assignee.
14 Name: ...................................................
15 Address: ................................................
16 Dated (insert date).
17 Within 10 days after receipt of said notice, the county
18 clerk shall mail to the addresses supplied by the purchaser
19 or assignee, by registered or certified mail, copies of said
20 notice to the party in whose name the taxes are last assessed
21 as shown by the most recent tax collector's warrant books.
22 The purchaser or assignee shall pay to the clerk postage plus
23 the sum of $10. The clerk shall write or stamp the date of
24 receiving the notices upon the copies of the notices, and
25 retain one copy.
26 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
27 (35 ILCS 200/22-10)
28 Sec. 22-10. Notice of expiration of period of
29 redemption. A purchaser or assignee shall not be entitled to
30 a tax deed to the property sold unless, not less than 3
31 months nor more than 5 months prior to the expiration of the
32 period of redemption, he or she gives notice of the sale and
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1 the date of expiration of the period of redemption to the
2 owners, occupants, and parties interested in the property,
3 including any mortgagee of record, as provided below.
4 The Notice to be given to the parties shall be in at
5 least 10 point type in the following form completely filled
6 in:
7 TAX DEED NO. .................... FILED ....................
8 TAKE NOTICE OF SALE OF DELINQUENT
9 REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN AND PETITION FOR A
10 TAX DEED TO THE PROPERTY
11 County of .............................TAX DEED NO. .........
12 Date Taxes Premises Sold ..............FILED ................
13 Certificate No. ............................................
14 Sold for General Taxes of (year) ............................
15 Sold for Special Assessment of the (Municipality) of ........
16 and special assessment No. number ...........................
17 Warrant No. ................ Inst. No. .................
18 THE LIEN ON THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
19 DELINQUENT TAXES HAS BEEN SOLD
20 Property located at .........................................
21 Legal Description or Property Index No.: Vol.....PIN......
22 Legal Description (required if location, volume, and PIN, are
23 not given) ..................................................
24 .............................................................
25 .............................................................
26 .............................................................
27 .............................................................
28 This notice is to advise you that the lien on the above
29 property has been sold for delinquent taxes has been sold and
30 that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on ..
31 .............................................................
32 This notice is also to advise you that a petition HAS
33 BEEN filed for a tax deed that will transfer title and right
34 to possession of property if redemption is not made on or
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1 before .....................
2 The matter is set for hearing in the circuit court of
3 this county in ........, Illinois on ........... You may be
4 present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already
5 have expired at that time.
6 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY
7 TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY.
8 Redemption can be made at any time on or before . . . . .
9 . . by applying to the County Clerk of ......... County,
10 Illinois at the County Building in ......., Illinois.
11 The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month
12 intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased
13 if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays
14 any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to
15 redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales.
16 Check with the county clerk as to the exact amount you owe
17 before redeeming.
18 PAYMENT MUST BE MADE BY CERTIFIED CHECK,
19 CASHIER'S CHECK, MONEY ORDER, OR IN CASH.
20 This notice is also to advise you that a petition has
21 been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the
22 right to possession of this property if redemption is not
23 made on or before ...........................................
24 This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of
25 this county in ...., Illinois on .....
26 You may be present at this hearing but your right to
27 redeem will already have expired at that time.
28 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY
29 TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
30 Redemption can be made at any time on or before .... by
31 applying to the County Clerk of ...., County, Illinois at the
32 County Court House in ...., Illinois.
33 For further information contact the County Clerk.
34 Address: ................................................
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1 Telephone: ..............................................
2 Purchaser or Assignee.
3 Name:....................................................
4 Address: ................................................
5 Date: (insert date).
6 In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
7 notice shall also state the address, room number and time at
8 which the matter is set for hearing.
9 This amendatory Act of 1996 applies only to matters in
10 which a petition for tax deed is filed on or after the
11 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-267, eff. 1-1-02.)".