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35 ILCS 200/20-5

(35 ILCS 200/20-5)

Sec. 20-5. Mailing or e-mailing tax bill to owner.

(a) Every township collector, and every
county collector in cases where there is no township collector, upon receiving
the tax book or books, shall prepare tax bills showing each installment of
property taxes assessed, which shall be filled out in accordance with Section
20-40. A copy of the bill shall be mailed by the collector, at least 30 days
prior to the date upon which unpaid taxes become delinquent, to the owner of
the property taxed or to the person in whose name the property is taxed.

(b) The collector may send the bill via e-mail as provided in subsection (b) of Section 20-20.  However, no bill shall be sent to a property owner or taxpayer via e-mail unless that owner or taxpayer shall have first made such a request to the collector in writing.

(Source: P.A. 98-628, eff. 1-1-15.)