Tax Sale Information
Will County's annual sale of unpaid 2006 levy year real estate property taxes took place November 5-7, 2007.
To find out if your taxes were sold at the tax sale, use the Real Estate Tax Information System. A new window will open where you can enter your PIN number. If your taxes have been sold, you will see a message in the Real Estate Tax Inquiry window which reads, "TAXES SOLD - CONTACT COUNTY CLERK, 815-740-4623."
If your taxes were sold, Illinois statute requires the tax buyer to prepare a Take Notice which the tax buyer must bring to the County Clerk. The County Clerk then mails the Take Notice to the property owner. The statute requires the Take Notice to be mailed within 4½ months of the tax sale.
If your taxes were sold, please note the following important information.
Residential property owners have approximately 2 to 2½ years to redeem these taxes before the tax buyer can acquire a deed to the property.
Additional interest and costs will accrue during the 2 to 2½ years.
The first step toward redeeming sold taxes is to contact the Will County Clerk at (815) 740-4623 after November 30, 2007, for the amount owed.
As a result of the nationwide mortgage lending crisis, the non-profit organizations and government agencies listed below offer free financial counseling to Will County homeowners.
Will County Center for Community Concerns
Vicki McDonald, housing counselor
specialist
304 N. Scott Street
Joliet, IL 60432
(815) 722-0722 ext. 221
Website:
www.wcccc.net
Homeownership Preservation Foundation
24 hours a day, 7 days a week: (888) 995-4673
Website: www.995hope.org
ACORN Home Equity Loss Prevention (HELP)
(888) 409-3557
Website: www.acornhousing.org
Email: help@acornhousing.org
"FHASecure"
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(800) 225-5342
Website: www.fha.gov/about/fhasfact.cfm
Illinois Department of Human Services
(800) 843-6154
Website: www.dhs.state.il.us
Local partner:
Catholic Charities of Joliet
Donna Reed
(815) 774-4663
Email: dnreed@cc-doj.org
Kevin Bunker
(815) 774-4663
Office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa
Madigan
(312) 814-3000
Website:
www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov
Office of Illinois Treasurer Alexi
Giannoulias
"Our Own Home"
Ben Noven, director
(312) 814-1249
Website:
www.ourownhome.net
United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development
(202) 708-1112
Website: www.hud.gov
Illinois Housing Development Authority
(312) 836-5200
Website: www.ihda.org