093_HB3600
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1 AN ACT concerning 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 OF SALE OF DELINQUENT
16 REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN AND OF POSSIBLE LOSS
17 OF PROPERTY IF THE SALE IS NOT REDEEMED
18 County of ...................................................
19 Date Lien for Taxes Premises Sold ...........................
20 Certificate of Purchase No. .................................
21 Sold for General Taxes of (year) ............................
22 Sold for Special Assessment of the (Municipality) of.........
23 and special assessment number ...............................
24 Warrant No. ............... Inst. No. .................
25 THE LIEN ON THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
26 DELINQUENT TAXES HAS BEEN SOLD
27 Property located at .........................................
28 Property Legal Description or Permanent Index No: Vol ......
29 .............................................................
30 PIN .........................................................
31 Legal Description (required if location, volume, and PIN are
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1 not given): .................................................
2 .............................................................
3 .............................................................
4 .............................................................
5 This notice is to advise you that the lien on the above
6 property has been sold for delinquent taxes has been sold
7 and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire
8 on ..........................................................
9 The tax purchaser may, without notice to you, extend the
10 date of redemption to a date between .......... and
11 ........... After the first expiration date above, you need
12 to call the county clerk to determine whether the tax
13 purchaser has extended the date. The tax purchaser is not
14 required to and may not extend the redemption date. If the
15 redemption date has expired, you will not be able to redeem
16 your lien and may lose your property.
17 This notice is also to advise you that a petition will be
18 filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right
19 to possession of this property if redemption is not made on
20 or before ............................, or any extended date.
21 At the date of this notice the total amount which you
22 must pay in order to redeem the above property is ...........
23 The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month
24 intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased
25 if the tax purchaser pays any subsequently accruing
26 delinquent taxes or special assessments in order to protect
27 the tax purchaser's lien on your taxes.
28 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
29 PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
30 Redemption can be made at any time on or before .... (or
31 any extended date, if any), by applying to the County Clerk
32 of .... County, Illinois at the County Court Building House
33 in ...., Illinois.
34 The above amount is subject to increase at 6 month
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1 intervals from the date of sale. Check with the county clerk
2 as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. Payment
3 must be made by certified check, cashier's check, money
4 order, or in cash.
5 For further information contact the County Clerk.
6 Address:................................
7 Telephone: ...............................
8 Purchaser or Assignee.
9 Name: ...................................................
10 Address: ................................................
11 Dated (insert date).
12 Within 10 days after receipt of said notice, the county
13 clerk shall mail to the addresses supplied by the purchaser
14 or assignee, by registered or certified mail, copies of said
15 notice to the party in whose name the taxes are last assessed
16 as shown by the most recent tax collector's warrant books.
17 The purchaser or assignee shall pay to the clerk postage plus
18 the sum of $10. The clerk shall write or stamp the date of
19 receiving the notices upon the copies of the notices, and
20 retain one copy.
21 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
22 (35 ILCS 200/22-10)
23 Sec. 22-10. Notice of expiration of period of
24 redemption. A purchaser or assignee shall not be entitled to
25 a tax deed to the property sold unless, not less than 3
26 months nor more than 5 months prior to the expiration of the
27 period of redemption, he or she gives notice of the sale and
28 the date of expiration of the period of redemption to the
29 owners, occupants, and parties interested in the property,
30 including any mortgagee of record, as provided below.
31 The Notice to be given to the parties shall be in at
32 least 10 point type in the following form completely filled
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1 in:
2 TAX DEED NO. .................... FILED ....................
3 TAKE NOTICE OF SALE OF DELINQUENT
4 REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN AND PETITION FOR A
5 TAX DEED TO THE PROPERTY
6 County of .............................TAX DEED NO. .........
7 Date Taxes Premises Sold ..............FILED ................
8 Certificate No. ............................................
9 Sold for General Taxes of (year) ............................
10 Sold for Special Assessment of the (Municipality) of ........
11 and special assessment No. number ...........................
12 Warrant No. ................ Inst. No. .................
13 THE LIEN ON THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
14 DELINQUENT TAXES HAS BEEN SOLD
15 Property located at .........................................
16 Legal Description or Property Index No.: Vol.....PIN......
17 Legal Description (required if location, volume, and PIN, are
18 not given) ..................................................
19 .............................................................
20 .............................................................
21 .............................................................
22 .............................................................
23 This notice is to advise you that the lien on the above
24 property has been sold for delinquent taxes has been sold and
25 that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on ..
26 .............................................................
27 This notice is also to advise you that a petition HAS
28 BEEN filed for a tax deed that will transfer title and right
29 to possession of property if redemption is not made on or
30 before .....................
31 The matter is set for hearing in the circuit court of
32 this county in ........, Illinois on ........... You may be
33 present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already
34 have expired at that time.
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1 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY
2 TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY.
3 Redemption can be made at any time on or before . . . . .
4 . . by applying to the County Clerk of ......... County,
5 Illinois at the County Building in ......., Illinois.
6 The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month
7 intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased
8 if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays
9 any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to
10 redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales.
11 Check with the county clerk as to the exact amount you owe
12 before redeeming.
13 PAYMENT MUST BE MADE BY CERTIFIED CHECK,
14 CASHIER'S CHECK, MONEY ORDER, OR IN CASH.
15 This notice is also to advise you that a petition has
16 been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the
17 right to possession of this property if redemption is not
18 made on or before ...........................................
19 This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of
20 this county in ...., Illinois on .....
21 You may be present at this hearing but your right to
22 redeem will already have expired at that time.
23 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY
24 TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
25 Redemption can be made at any time on or before .... by
26 applying to the County Clerk of ...., County, Illinois at the
27 County Court House in ...., Illinois.
28 For further information contact the County Clerk.
29 Address: ................................................
30 Telephone: ..............................................
31 Purchaser or Assignee.
32 Name:....................................................
33 Address: ................................................
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1 Date: (insert date).
2 In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
3 notice shall also state the address, room number and time at
4 which the matter is set for hearing.
5 This amendatory Act of 1996 applies only to matters in
6 which a petition for tax deed is filed on or after the
7 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996. 126
8 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-267, eff. 1-1-02.)
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.