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Public Act 92-0267

HB1094 Enrolled                                LRB9206800SMdv

    AN ACT regarding 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 21-165 and 22-10 as follows:

    (35 ILCS 200/21-165)
    Sec. 21-165.  Payment of delinquent tax before sale.  Any
person  owning  or claiming properties upon which application
for judgment is applied for and any lienholder of record may,
in person or by agent, pay the taxes, and costs  due,  or  in
counties  with  3,000,000  or  more  inhabitants,  the taxes,
special assessments, interest and costs due,  to  the  county
collector at any time before sale.
(Source: P.A. 76-2254; 88-455.)

    (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.
                                   ..........................
                                     Purchaser or Assignee.

    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.)

    Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
January 1, 2002.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 15, 2001.
    Approved August 07, 2001.

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