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35 ILCS 200/22-5

(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 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

.

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 Office of the County Clerk 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.
With the exception of a county or taxing district acquiring certificates pursuant to Section 21-90 and 21-260, all purchasers or assignees 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.

The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly apply only to tax sales that occur on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 102-815, eff. 5-13-22.)