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.