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Public Act 92-0267
HB1094 Enrolled LRB9206800SMdv
AN ACT regarding taxes.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Sections 21-165 and 22-10 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/21-165)
Sec. 21-165. Payment of delinquent tax before sale. Any
person owning or claiming properties upon which application
for judgment is applied for and any lienholder of record may,
in person or by agent, pay the taxes, and costs due, or in
counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the taxes,
special assessments, interest and costs due, to the county
collector at any time before sale.
(Source: P.A. 76-2254; 88-455.)
(35 ILCS 200/22-10)
Sec. 22-10. Notice of expiration of period of
redemption. A purchaser or assignee shall not be entitled to
a tax deed to the property sold unless, not less than 3
months nor more than 5 months prior to the expiration of the
period of redemption, he or she gives notice of the sale and
the date of expiration of the period of redemption to the
owners, occupants, and parties interested in the property,
including any mortgagee of record, as provided below.
The Notice to be given to the parties shall be in at
least 10 point type in the following form completely filled
in:
TAX DEED NO. .................... FILED ....................
TAKE NOTICE
County of ...............................................
Date Premises Sold ......................................
Certificate No. ........................................
Sold for General Taxes of (year) ........................
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality)
and special assessment number ...........................
Warrant No. ................ Inst. No. .................
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
DELINQUENT TAXES
Property located at .........................................
Legal Description or Property Index No. .....................
.............................................................
.............................................................
This notice is to advise you that the above property has
been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of
redemption from the sale will expire on .....................
.............................................................
The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month
intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased
if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays
any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to
redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales.
Check with the county clerk as to the exact amount you owe
before redeeming.
This notice is also to advise you that a petition has
been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the
right to possession of this property if redemption is not
made on or before ...........................................
This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of
this county in ...., Illinois on .....
You may be present at this hearing but your right to
redeem will already have expired at that time.
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY
TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
Redemption can be made at any time on or before .... by
applying to the County Clerk of ...., County, Illinois at the
County Court House in ...., Illinois.
For further information contact the County Clerk.
..........................
Purchaser or Assignee.
In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
notice shall also state the address, room number and time at
which the matter is set for hearing.
This amendatory Act of 1996 applies only to matters in
which a petition for tax deed is filed on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
January 1, 2002.
Passed in the General Assembly May 15, 2001.
Approved August 07, 2001.
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