Public Act 094-0380
 
SB0309 Enrolled LRB094 03602 BDD 33606 b

    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.