093_HB2276
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1 AN ACT in relation to taxes.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 22-5 and 22-10 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 200/22-5)
7 Sec. 22-5. Notice of sale and redemption rights. In
8 order to be entitled to a tax deed, within 4 months and 15
9 days after any sale held under this Code, the purchaser or
10 his or her assignee shall deliver to the county clerk a
11 notice to be given to the party in whose name the taxes are
12 last assessed as shown by the most recent tax collector's
13 warrant books, in at least 10 point type in the following
14 form completely filled in:
15 TAKE NOTICE
16 County of ...............................................
17 Date Premises Sold ......................................
18 Certificate No. .........................................
19 Sold for General Taxes of (year) ........................
20 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
21 and special assessment number ...........................
22 Warrant No. ............... Inst. No. .................
23 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
24 DELINQUENT TAXES
25 Property located at .........................................
26 Legal Description or Permanent Index No. ....................
27 .............................................................
28 .............................................................
29 This notice is to advise you that the above property has
30 been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of
31 redemption from the sale will expire on .....................
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1 This notice is also to advise you that a petition will be
2 filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
3 to possession of this property if redemption is not made on
4 or before ...................................................
5 At the date of this notice the total amount which you
6 must pay in order to redeem the above property is ...........
7 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
8 PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
9 Redemption can be made at any time on or before .... by
10 applying to the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois at the
11 County Court House in ...., Illinois.
12 The above amount is subject to increase at 6 month
13 intervals from the date of sale. Check with the county clerk
14 as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. Payment
15 must be made by certified check, cashier's check, money
16 order, or in cash.
17 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK.
18 ADDRESS:...............................
19 TELEPHONE:.............................
20 MAIL TO FOLLOWING PERSONS
21 (a)........................ (d)........................
22 (b)........................ (e)........................
23 (c)........................ (f)........................
24 ...........................
25 CLERK'S CERTIFICATION
26 Purchaser or Assignee
27 Dated (insert date).
28 Within 10 days after receipt of said notice, the county
29 clerk shall mail to the addresses supplied by the purchaser
30 or assignee, by registered or certified mail, copies of said
31 notice to the party in whose name the taxes are last assessed
32 as shown by the most recent tax collector's warrant books.
33 The purchaser or assignee shall pay to the clerk postage plus
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1 the sum of $10. The clerk shall write or stamp the date of
2 receiving the notices upon the copies of the notices, and
3 retain one copy.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
5 (35 ILCS 200/22-10)
6 Sec. 22-10. Notice of expiration of period of
7 redemption. A purchaser or assignee shall not be entitled to
8 a tax deed to the property sold unless, not less than 3
9 months nor more than 5 months prior to the expiration of the
10 period of redemption, he or she gives notice of the sale and
11 the date of expiration of the period of redemption to the
12 owners, occupants, and parties interested in the property,
13 including any mortgagee of record, as provided below.
14 The Notice to be given to the parties shall be in at
15 least 10 point type in the following form completely filled
16 in:
17 TAX DEED NO. .................... FILED ....................
18 TAKE NOTICE
19 County of ...............................................
20 Date Premises Sold ......................................
21 Certificate No. ........................................
22 Sold for General Taxes of (year) ........................
23 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
24 and special assessment number ...........................
25 Warrant No. ................ Inst. No. .................
26 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
27 DELINQUENT TAXES
28 Property located at .........................................
29 Legal Description or Property Index No. .....................
30 .............................................................
31 .............................................................
32 This notice is to advise you that the above property has
33 been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of
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1 redemption from the sale will expire on .....................
2 .............................................................
3 The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month
4 intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased
5 if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays
6 any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to
7 redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales.
8 Check with the county clerk as to the exact amount you owe
9 before redeeming.
10 This notice is also to advise you that a petition has
11 been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the
12 right to possession of this property if redemption is not
13 made on or before ...........................................
14 This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of
15 this county in ...., Illinois on .....
16 You may be present at this hearing but your right to
17 redeem will already have expired at that time.
18 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY
19 TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
20 Redemption can be made at any time on or before .... by
21 applying to the County Clerk of ...., County, Illinois at the
22 County Court House in ...., Illinois.
23 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK.
24 ADDRESS:..........................
25 TELEPHONE:........................
26 MAIL TO FOLLOWING PERSONS
27 (a)........................ (d)........................
28 (b)........................ (e)........................
29 (c)........................ (f)........................
30 ...........................
31 CLERK'S CERTIFICATION
32 Purchaser or Assignee.
33 In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
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1 notice shall also state the address, room number and time at
2 which the matter is set for hearing.
3 This amendatory Act of 1996 applies only to matters in
4 which a petition for tax deed is filed on or after the
5 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996.
6 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-267, eff. 1-1-02.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.