Were Your Taxes Sold?

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Will County’s sale of delinquent 2007 Levy Year Real Estate Property Tax took place November 5-7, 2008.

Follow these steps to find out if your taxes were sold:

1. Click View or Pay Taxes Online.



2. At the bottom of View or Pay Taxes Online, click “I accept the above disclaimer” to reach Inquire Real Estate Tax Information.



3. Enter your PIN (Permanent Identification Number) in the box on Inquire Real Estate Tax Information. Then click Submit. (If you do not know your PIN, click Find Your PIN.)



4. A 2007 Levy Real Estate Tax Inquiry containing information about the PIN will appear. Note the information printed in red.



5. The amount due changes periodically according to state statute. To verify the amount due, contact the Will County Clerk in any of the ways listed at #1 below.



6. Questions? Call the Will County Treasurer at (815) 740-4675.

Important information about sold delinquent taxes and the redemption process

1. The Will County Clerk’s office is where sold delinquent taxes are redeemed (bought back). Contact the Will County Clerk after November 24, 2008, to learn the full cost of redemption, including all fees, penalties and interest. You may reach the Will County Clerk in any of these ways:

• Phone (815) 740-4623 or (815) 740-4619

• Email coclrk@willcountyillinois.com

• Fax (815) 723-1378

• Mail or in person at the Will County Office Building, 302 N. Chicago St., Joliet, IL 60432

The Will County Clerk’s office is open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sold delinquent taxes cannot be redeemed on the Saturdays the Will County Clerk’s office is open.

2. A lien has been placed against the property.

3. The purchase of a delinquent tax by a tax buyer does not cause the immediate loss of property. A residential property owner has 24 to 30 months to buy back (“redeem”) the sold delinquent tax before the tax buyer can acquire the deed to the property.

4. An immediate fee of $104 or $129 has been attached to the sold delinquent tax.

5. The delinquent tax was sold at an interest rate of 18% to 0%.

6. The interest rate on the sold delinquent tax is added to the total amount due every six months.

7. A redemption (buying back) of the sold delinquent tax—including all fees, penalties, and interest—must be paid in full. Partial redemption is not accepted.

8. Illinois law requires the tax buyer to serve a Take Notice to the property owner within 4 ½ months of the tax buyer’s purchase of the delinquent tax.

9. The tax buyer who purchased the delinquent 2007 tax may add any unpaid 2008 tax to the 2007 tax sale after the second installment due date in 2009 and before the next tax sale.

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