093_HB3600

                                     LRB093 03781 SJM 03816 b

 1        AN ACT concerning taxes.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
 5    Sections 22-5 and 22-10 as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 200/22-5)
 7        Sec. 22-5.  Notice of sale  and  redemption  rights.   In
 8    order  to  be  entitled to a tax deed, within 4 months and 15
 9    days after any sale held under this Code,  the  purchaser  or
10    his  or  her  assignee  shall  deliver  to the county clerk a
11    notice to be given to the party in whose name the  taxes  are
12    last  assessed  as  shown  by the most recent tax collector's
13    warrant books, in at least 10 point  type  in  the  following
14    form completely filled in:
15                  TAKE NOTICE OF SALE OF DELINQUENT
16              REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN AND OF POSSIBLE LOSS
17               OF PROPERTY IF THE SALE IS NOT REDEEMED
18    County of ...................................................
19    Date Lien for Taxes Premises Sold ...........................
20    Certificate of Purchase No. .................................
21    Sold for General Taxes of (year) ............................
22    Sold for Special Assessment of the (Municipality) of.........
23    and special assessment number ...............................
24    Warrant No. ...............   Inst. No. .................
25             THE LIEN ON THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
26                   DELINQUENT TAXES HAS BEEN SOLD
27    Property located at .........................................
28    Property Legal Description or Permanent Index No:  Vol ......
29    .............................................................
30    PIN .........................................................
31    Legal  Description (required if location, volume, and PIN are
 
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 1    not given): .................................................
 2    .............................................................
 3    .............................................................
 4    .............................................................
 5        This notice is to advise you that the lien on  the  above
 6    property  has    been sold for delinquent taxes has been sold
 7    and that the period of redemption from the sale  will  expire
 8    on ..........................................................
 9        The  tax purchaser may, without notice to you, extend the
10    date  of  redemption  to  a  date  between   ..........   and
11    ...........  After  the first expiration date above, you need
12    to call  the  county  clerk  to  determine  whether  the  tax
13    purchaser  has  extended  the  date. The tax purchaser is not
14    required to and may not extend the redemption  date.  If  the
15    redemption  date  has expired, you will not be able to redeem
16    your lien and may lose your property.
17        This notice is also to advise you that a petition will be
18    filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the  right
19    to  possession  of this property if redemption is not made on
20    or before ............................, or any extended date.
21        At the date of this notice the  total  amount  which  you
22    must pay in order to redeem the above property is ...........
23        The  amount  to  redeem is subject to increase at 6 month
24    intervals from the date of sale and may be further  increased
25    if   the   tax   purchaser  pays  any  subsequently  accruing
26    delinquent taxes or special assessments in order  to  protect
27    the tax purchaser's lien on your taxes.
28               YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO
29                      PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
30        Redemption  can be made at any time on or before .... (or
31    any extended date, if any), by applying to the  County  Clerk
32    of  ....  County, Illinois at the County Court Building House
33    in ...., Illinois.
34        The above amount  is  subject  to  increase  at  6  month
 
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 1    intervals from the date of sale.  Check with the county clerk
 2    as  to  the  exact  amount you owe before redeeming.  Payment
 3    must be made  by  certified  check,  cashier's  check,  money
 4    order, or in cash.

 5    For further information contact the County Clerk.
 6        Address:................................
 7        Telephone: ...............................

 8    Purchaser or Assignee.
 9        Name: ...................................................
10        Address: ................................................
11        Dated (insert date).

12        Within  10  days after receipt of said notice, the county
13    clerk shall mail to the addresses supplied by  the  purchaser
14    or  assignee, by registered or certified mail, copies of said
15    notice to the party in whose name the taxes are last assessed
16    as shown by the most recent tax  collector's  warrant  books.
17    The purchaser or assignee shall pay to the clerk postage plus
18    the  sum  of $10.  The clerk shall write or stamp the date of
19    receiving the notices upon the copies  of  the  notices,  and
20    retain one copy.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

22        (35 ILCS 200/22-10)
23        Sec.   22-10.  Notice   of   expiration   of   period  of
24    redemption. A purchaser or assignee shall not be entitled  to
25    a  tax  deed  to  the  property  sold unless, not less than 3
26    months nor more than 5 months prior to the expiration of  the
27    period  of redemption, he or she gives notice of the sale and
28    the date of expiration of the period  of  redemption  to  the
29    owners,  occupants,  and  parties interested in the property,
30    including any mortgagee of record, as provided below.
31        The Notice to be given to the  parties  shall  be  in  at
32    least  10  point type in the following form completely filled
 
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 1    in:
 2    TAX DEED NO. ....................  FILED ....................
 3                  TAKE NOTICE OF SALE OF DELINQUENT
 4               REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN AND PETITION FOR A
 5                      TAX DEED TO THE PROPERTY
 6    County of .............................TAX DEED NO. .........
 7    Date Taxes Premises Sold ..............FILED ................
 8    Certificate No.  ............................................
 9    Sold for General Taxes of (year) ............................
10    Sold for Special Assessment of the (Municipality) of ........
11    and special assessment No. number ...........................
12    Warrant No. ................  Inst. No. .................
13             THE LIEN ON THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR
14                   DELINQUENT TAXES HAS BEEN SOLD
15    Property located at .........................................
16    Legal Description or Property Index No.:   Vol.....PIN......
17    Legal Description (required if location, volume, and PIN, are
18    not given) ..................................................
19    .............................................................
20    .............................................................
21    .............................................................
22    .............................................................
23        This notice is to advise you that the lien on  the  above
24    property has been sold for delinquent taxes has been sold and
25    that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on ..
26    .............................................................
27        This  notice  is  also  to advise you that a petition HAS
28    BEEN filed for a tax deed that will transfer title and  right
29    to  possession  of  property  if redemption is not made on or
30    before .....................
31        The matter is set for hearing in  the  circuit  court  of
32    this  county  in ........, Illinois on ........... You may be
33    present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already
34    have expired at that time.
 
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 1                 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY
 2                    TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY.
 3        Redemption can be made at any time on or before . . . . .
 4    . . by applying to the  County  Clerk  of  .........  County,
 5    Illinois at the County Building in ......., Illinois.
 6        The  amount  to  redeem is subject to increase at 6 month
 7    intervals from the date of sale and may be further  increased
 8    if  the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays
 9    any subsequently accruing taxes  or  special  assessments  to
10    redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales.
11    Check  with  the  county clerk as to the exact amount you owe
12    before redeeming.
13              PAYMENT MUST BE MADE BY CERTIFIED CHECK,
14              CASHIER'S CHECK, MONEY ORDER, OR IN CASH.
15        This notice is also to advise you  that  a  petition  has
16    been  filed  for a tax deed which will transfer title and the
17    right to possession of this property  if  redemption  is  not
18    made on or before ...........................................
19        This  matter  is  set for hearing in the Circuit Court of
20    this county in ...., Illinois on .....
21        You may be present at this  hearing  but  your  right  to
22    redeem will already have expired at that time.
23                 YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY
24                     TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
25        Redemption  can be made at any time on or before ....  by
26    applying to the County Clerk of ...., County, Illinois at the
27    County Court House in ...., Illinois.

28    For further information contact the County Clerk.
29        Address: ................................................
30        Telephone: ..............................................

31    Purchaser or Assignee.
32        Name:....................................................
33        Address: ................................................
 
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 1        Date:  (insert date).

 2        In counties  with  3,000,000  or  more  inhabitants,  the
 3    notice  shall also state the address, room number and time at
 4    which the matter is set for hearing.
 5        This amendatory Act of 1996 applies only  to  matters  in
 6    which  a  petition  for  tax  deed  is  filed on or after the
 7    effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act   of   1996.   126
 8    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-267, eff. 1-1-02.)

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