County tax lien/deed listings and auction information for investors.

Illinois is a lien state. Tax sales are the responsibility of the county treasurer. State law requires that bidders be registered at least 10 business days prior to the start of the sale. Different counties have different requirements for registration and for payment. Some counties will require that you put up some form of deposit in order to bid and some counties will only accept certified funds in the exact amount owed (no cash). By law, the maximum interest rate bid is 18% per 6 months, that’s 36% per year. Illinois pays the highest interest rate of all the tax lien states, but the interest rate is bid down at the tax sale. 

According to information from the DuPage County treasurer’s website, last year (2009) the average successful bid was 3% per 6 months (6% per annum). 



The redemption period is 2 – 2&#189; years depending on the classification of the property. If the tax lien is not redeemed by the owner, the purchaser must petition the circuit court for a tax deed, after first fulfilling all of the legal requirements.  The lien holder may also pay all subsequent taxes at a specified time and record the payments against the sale.



Although you can find tax sale information online for a few counties, only the larger counties will have property lists online. Cook county had its first online tax sale in December of 2009 and currently they are the only county in Illinois that has an online tax sale. Their tax sale is conducted by www.RealAuction.com and the auction site is www.Cooktaxsale.com.

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Counties	Auction Date	Auction Type
Adams	10/2010	Lien
Alexander	12/2010	Lien
Bond	12/2199	Lien
Boone	12/2199	Lien
Brown	12/2199	Lien
Bureau	11/2010	Lien
Calhoun	12/2199	Lien
Carroll	11/2010	Lien
Cass	12/2199	Lien
Champaign	10/2010	Lien
Christian	12/2199	Lien
Clark	12/2199	Lien
Clay	12/2199	Lien
Clinton	12/2199	Lien
Coles	10/2010	Lien
Cook	09/2010	Lien
Crawford	12/2199	Lien
Cumberland	12/2199	Lien
De Kalb	12/2199	Lien
De Witt	12/2199	Lien
Douglas	12/2199	Lien
Du Page	12/2199	Lien
Edgar	12/2199	Lien
Edwards	12/2199	Lien
Effingham	12/2199	Lien
Fayette	12/2199	Lien
Ford	12/2199	Lien
Franklin	12/2199	Lien
Fulton	12/2199	Lien
Gallatin	12/2199	Lien
Greene	12/2199	Lien
Grundy	12/2199	Lien
Hamilton	12/2199	Lien
Hancock	12/2199	Lien
Hardin	12/2199	Lien
Henderson	12/2199	Lien
Henry	12/2199	Lien
Iroquois	12/2199	Lien
Jackson	12/2199	Lien
Jasper	12/2199	Lien
Jefferson	12/2199	Lien
Jersey	12/2199	Lien
Jo Daviess	12/2199	Lien
Johnson	12/2199	Lien
Kane	12/2199	Lien
Kankakee	12/2199	Lien
Kendall	12/2199	Lien
Knox	10/2010	Lien
La Salle	12/2199	Lien
Lake	12/2199	Lien
Lawrence	12/2199	Lien
Lee	12/2199	Lien
Livingston	12/2199	Lien
Logan	12/2199	Lien
Macon	12/2199	Lien
Macoupin	12/2199	Lien
Madison	12/2199	Lien
Marion	12/2199	Lien
Marshall	12/2199	Lien
Mason	12/2199	Lien
Massac	12/2199	Lien
McDonough	12/2199	Lien
McHenry	12/2199	Lien
McLean	12/2199	Lien
Menard	12/2199	Lien
Mercer	12/2199	Lien
Monroe	12/2199	Lien
Montgomery	12/2199	Lien
Morgan	12/2199	Lien
Moultrie	12/2199	Lien
Ogle	12/2199	Lien
Peoria	11/2010	Deed
Perry	12/2199	Lien
Piatt	12/2199	Lien
Pike	12/2199	Lien
Pope	12/2199	Lien
Pulaski	12/2199	Lien
Putnam	12/2199	Lien
Randolph	12/2199	Lien
Richland	12/2199	Lien
Rock Island	12/2199	Lien
Saline	12/2199	Lien
Sangamon	10/2010	Lien
Schuyler	12/2199	Lien
Scott	12/2199	Lien
Shelby	12/2199	Lien
St. Clair	12/2199	Lien
Stark	12/2199	Lien
Stephenson	12/2199	Lien
Tazewell	12/2199	Lien
Union	12/2199	Lien
Vermilion	12/2199	Lien
Wabash	12/2199	Lien
Warren	12/2199	Lien
Washington	12/2199	Lien
Wayne	12/2199	Lien
White	12/2199	Lien
Whiteside	12/2199	Lien
Will	12/2199	Lien
Williamson	12/2199	Lien
Winnebago	10/2010	Lien
Woodford	12/2199	Lien

Illinois Tax Lien/Deed Information and Listings

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