Public Act 094-0380
 		





SB0309 Enrolled
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    AN ACT concerning 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 22-5 and 22-10 as follows:


 



    (35 ILCS 200/22-5)


    Sec. 22-5. Notice of sale and redemption rights. In order 
to be
entitled to a tax deed, within 4 months and 15 days after 
any
sale held under this Code, the purchaser
or his or her 
assignee shall deliver to the county clerk a notice
to be given 
to the party in whose name the taxes are last assessed as
shown 
by the most recent tax collector's warrant books, in at least 
10
point type in the following form completely filled in:

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 Permanent 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 .....................

    This notice is also to advise you that a petition will be 
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 ......................................................

    At the date of this notice the total amount which you must 
pay in order
to redeem the above property is ................

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.

    The above amount is subject to increase at 6 month 
intervals from the
date of sale.  Check with the county clerk as 
to the exact amount you owe
before redeeming.  Payment must be 
made by certified check, cashier's check,
money order, or in 
cash.

    For further information contact the County Clerk.

ADDRESS:............................

TELEPHONE:..........................


 
...............................

Purchaser or Assignee

    Dated (insert date).

 

    Within 10 days after receipt of said notice, the county 
clerk shall mail
to the addresses supplied by the purchaser or 
assignee, by registered or
certified mail, copies of said 
notice to the party in whose name the taxes
are last assessed 
as shown by the most recent tax collector's warrant books.
The 
purchaser or assignee shall pay to the clerk postage plus the 
sum of $10.
The clerk shall write or stamp the date of 
receiving the notices upon the
copies of the notices, and 
retain one copy.

(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)


 



    (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.

ADDRESS:....................

TELEPHONE:..................

 

..........................


Purchaser or Assignee.



Dated (insert date).



 

    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; 92-267, eff. 1-1-02.)



 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.