100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3270

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sheri Jesiel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/22-15
35 ILCS 200/22-20

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in the case of vacant property, notice of sale of tax liens can be given by registered or certified mail (currently, notice is given by publication in a newspaper and registered or certified mail). Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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
5Sections 22-15 and 22-20 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/22-15)
7    Sec. 22-15. Service of notice. The purchaser or his or her
8assignee shall give the notice required by Section 22-10 by
9causing it to be published in a newspaper as set forth in
10Section 22-20, except in the case of a vacant property. In
11addition, the notice shall be served by a sheriff (or if he or
12she is disqualified, by a coroner) of the county in which the
13property, or any part thereof, is located or, except in Cook
14County, by a person who is licensed or registered as a private
15detective under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
16Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 upon
17owners who reside on any part of the property sold by leaving a
18copy of the notice with those owners personally. In the case of
19a vacant property, the person making the service shall cause a
20copy of the notice to be sent by registered or certified mail
21before having to serve any owner or party interested in-person.
22    In counties of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants where a taxing
23district is a petitioner for tax deed pursuant to Section

 

 

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121-90, in lieu of service by the sheriff or coroner the notice
2may be served by a special process server appointed by the
3circuit court as provided in this Section. The taxing district
4may move prior to filing one or more petitions for tax deed for
5appointment of such a special process server. The court, upon
6being satisfied that the person named in the motion is at least
718 years of age and is capable of serving notice as required
8under this Code, shall enter an order appointing such person as
9a special process server for a period of one year. The
10appointment may be renewed for successive periods of one year
11each by motion and order, and a copy of the original and any
12subsequent order shall be filed in each tax deed case in which
13a notice is served by the appointed person. Delivery of the
14notice to and service of the notice by the special process
15server shall have the same force and effect as its delivery to
16and service by the sheriff or coroner.
17    The same form of notice shall also be served, in the manner
18set forth under Sections 2-203, 2-204, 2-205, 2-205.1, and
192-211 of the Code of Civil Procedure, upon all other owners and
20parties interested in the property, if upon diligent inquiry
21they can be found in the county, and upon the occupants of the
22property.
23    If the property sold has more than 4 dwellings or other
24rental units, and has a managing agent or party who collects
25rents, that person shall be deemed the occupant and shall be
26served with notice instead of the occupants of the individual

 

 

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1units. If the property has no dwellings or rental units, but
2economic or recreational activities are carried on therein, the
3person directing such activities shall be deemed the occupant.
4Holders of rights of entry and possibilities of reverter shall
5not be deemed parties interested in the property.
6    When a party interested in the property is a trustee,
7notice served upon the trustee shall be deemed to have been
8served upon any beneficiary or note holder thereunder unless
9the holder of the note is disclosed of record.
10    When a judgment is a lien upon the property sold, the
11holder of the lien shall be served with notice if the name of
12the judgment debtor as shown in the transcript, certified copy
13or memorandum of judgment filed of record is identical, as to
14given name and surname, with the name of the party interested
15as it appears of record.
16    If any owner or party interested, upon diligent inquiry and
17effort, cannot be found or served with notice in the county as
18provided in this Section, and the person in actual occupancy
19and possession is tenant to, or in possession under the owners
20or the parties interested in the property, then service of
21notice upon the tenant, occupant or person in possession shall
22be deemed service upon the owners or parties interested.
23    If any owner or party interested, upon diligent inquiry and
24effort cannot be found or served with notice in the county,
25then the person making the service shall cause a copy of the
26notice to be sent by registered or certified mail, return

 

 

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1receipt requested, to that party at his or her residence, if
2ascertainable.
3    The changes to this Section made by Public Act 95-477 apply
4only to matters in which a petition for tax deed is filed on or
5after June 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-477).
6(Source: P.A. 95-195, eff. 1-1-08; 95-477, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876,
7eff. 8-21-08.)
 
8    (35 ILCS 200/22-20)
9    Sec. 22-20. Proof of service of notice; publication of
10notice. The sheriff or coroner serving notice under Section
1122-15 shall endorse his or her return thereon and file it with
12the Clerk of the Circuit Court and it shall be a part of the
13court record. A private detective or a special process server
14appointed under Section 22-15 shall make his or her return by
15affidavit and shall file it with the Clerk of the Circuit
16Court, where it shall be a part of the court record. If a
17sheriff, private detective, special process server, or coroner
18to whom any notice is delivered for service, neglects or
19refuses to make the return, the purchaser or his or her
20assignee may petition the court to enter a rule requiring the
21sheriff, private detective, special process server, or coroner
22to make return of the notice on a day to be fixed by the court,
23or to show cause on that day why he or she should not be
24attached for contempt of the court. The purchaser or assignee
25shall cause a written notice of the rule to be served upon the

 

 

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1sheriff, private detective, special process server, or
2coroner. If good and sufficient cause to excuse the sheriff,
3private detective, special process server, or coroner is not
4shown, the court shall adjudge him or her guilty of a contempt,
5and shall proceed to punish him as in other cases of contempt.
6    If the property is located in a municipality in a county
7with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the purchaser or his or
8her assignee shall also publish a notice as to the owner or
9party interested, in some newspaper published in the
10municipality, except in the case of a vacant property. If the
11property is not in a municipality in a county with less than
123,000,000 inhabitants, or if no newspaper is published therein,
13or if the property is in a county with 3,000,000 or more
14inhabitants, the notice shall be published in some newspaper in
15the county. If no newspaper is published in the county, then
16the notice shall be published in the newspaper that is
17published nearest the county seat of the county in which the
18property is located. If the owners and parties interested in
19the property upon diligent inquiry are unknown to the purchaser
20or his or her assignee, the publication as to such owner or
21party interested, may be made to unknown owners or parties
22interested. Any notice by publication given under this Section
23shall be given 3 times at any time after filing a petition for
24tax deed, but not less than 3 months nor more than 6 months
25prior to the expiration of the period of redemption. The
26publication shall contain (a) notice of the filing of the

 

 

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1petition for tax deed, (b) the date on which the petitioner
2intends to make application for an order on the petition that a
3tax deed issue, (c) a description of the property, (d) the date
4upon which the property was sold, (e) the taxes or special
5assessments for which it was sold and (f) the date on which the
6period of redemption will expire. The publication shall not
7include more than one property listed and sold in one
8description, except as provided in Section 21-90, and except
9that when more than one property is owned by one person, all of
10the parcels owned by that person may be included in one notice.
11    The changes to this Section made by Public Act 95-477 apply
12only to matters in which a petition for tax deed is filed on or
13after June 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-477).
14(Source: P.A. 95-195, eff. 1-1-08; 95-477, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876,
15eff. 8-21-08.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.