Rep. Kevin John Olickal
Filed: 4/8/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1440 

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1440 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 
5Section 22-65 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/22-65)
7    Sec. 22-65. Form of deed.  
8    (a) A tax deed executed by the county clerk under the 
9official seal of the county shall be recorded in the same 
10manner as other conveyances of property, and vests in the 
11grantee, his or her heirs and assigns, the title of the 
12property therein described without further acknowledgment or 
13evidence of the conveyance. The conveyance shall be 
14substantially in the following form:
15State of Illinois)

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10400HB1440ham001- 2 -LRB104 05733 HLH 24970 a

1County of .......)
2    At a public sale of property for the nonpayment of taxes, 
3held in the county above stated, on (insert date), the 
4following described property was sold: (here place description 
5of property conveyed). The property not having been redeemed 
6from the sale, and it appearing that the holder of the 
7certificate of purchase of the property has complied with the 
8laws of the State of Illinois necessary to entitle (insert 
9him, her or them) to a deed of the property: I ...., county 
10clerk of the county of ...., in consideration of the property 
11and by virtue of the statutes of the State of Illinois in such 
12cases provided, grant and convey to ...., his or her heirs and 
13assigns forever, the property described above.
14    Dated (insert date).
15
Signature of .................. County Clerk
16
Seal of County of ...., Illinois
17    (b) Tax deeds that are issued to a county, as trustee 
18pursuant to Section 21-90, shall be recorded by the county and 
19shall not require a municipal transfer stamp or be subject to 
20any municipal real estate transfer taxes. 
21(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)".