103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2166

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Margaret Croke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/22-5

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning the notice of tax sale and redemption rights. Provides that the specific redemption amount need not be included in the notice. Provides that the notice shall contain certain information concerning subsequent taxes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 22-5 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/22-5)
7    Sec. 22-5. Notice of sale and redemption rights. In order
8to be entitled to a tax deed, within 4 months and 15 days after
9any sale held under this Code, the purchaser or his or her
10assignee shall deliver to the county clerk a notice to be given
11to the party in whose name the taxes are last assessed as shown
12by the most recent tax collector's warrant books, in at least
1310 point type in the following form completely filled in:
14
TAKE NOTICE
15    County of ...............................................
16    Date Premises Sold ......................................
17    Certificate No. .........................................
18    Sold for General Taxes of (year) ........................
19    Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
20    and special assessment number ...........................
21    Warrant No. ............... Inst. No. .................
22
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
23
DELINQUENT TAXES

 

 

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1Property located at .........................................
2Legal Description or Property Index No. .....................
3.............................................................
4.............................................................
5    This notice is to advise you that the above property has
6been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of
7redemption from the sale will expire on .....................
8    This notice is also to advise you that a petition will be
9filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to
10possession of this property if redemption is not made on or
11before ......................................................
12    At the date of this notice the total amount which you must
13pay in order to redeem the above property is ................
14
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
15
PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
16    Redemption can be made at any time on or before .... by
17applying to the County Clerk of .... County, Illinois at the
18Office of the County Clerk in ...., Illinois.
19    The above amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6
20month intervals from the date of sale and may be further
21increased if the purchaser at the tax sale, or purchaser's
22assignee, pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special
23assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures
24or tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the exact
25amount you owe before redeeming. Payment must be made by
26certified check, cashier's check, money order, or in cash.

 

 

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1    For further information contact the County Clerk
2ADDRESS:............................
3TELEPHONE:..........................
 
4
...............................
5
Purchaser or Assignee
6
Dated (insert date).

 
7    Within 10 days after receipt of said notice, the county
8clerk shall mail to the addresses supplied by the purchaser or
9assignee, by registered or certified mail, copies of said
10notice to the party in whose name the taxes are last assessed
11as shown by the most recent tax collector's warrant books.
12With the exception of a county or taxing district acquiring
13certificates pursuant to Section 21-90 and 21-260, all
14purchasers or assignees shall pay to the clerk postage plus
15the sum of $10. The clerk shall write or stamp the date of
16receiving the notices upon the copies of the notices, and
17retain one copy.
18    The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of
19the 103rd 97th General Assembly apply only to tax sales that
20occur on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
21the 103rd 97th General Assembly.
22(Source: P.A. 102-815, eff. 5-13-22.)