Illinois tax sales
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Redemption period
2–2.5 years depending on property type
Investor return
Up to 36% penalty per 6-month period (bid-down), 18% max per period at auction
Governing statute
35 ILCS 200, Art. 21
Notes
Cook County and downstate counties run separate sale calendars; scavenger sale also exists for long-delinquent parcels.
Counties (102)
Adams✓
64,109 residents
Alexander
4,594 residents
Bond
16,576 residents
Boone✓
53,313 residents
Brown
6,307 residents
Bureau
32,486 residents
Calhoun
4,224 residents
Carroll
15,444 residents
Cass
12,713 residents
Champaign✓
212,374 residents
Christian
33,247 residents
Clark
15,076 residents
Clay
12,821 residents
Clinton
37,087 residents
Coles
46,423 residents
Cook✓
5,182,617 residents
Crawford
18,388 residents
Cumberland
10,305 residents
De Witt
15,319 residents
DeKalb✓
101,335 residents
Douglas
19,824 residents
DuPage✓
937,142 residents
Edgar
16,398 residents
Edwards
5,984 residents
Effingham
34,602 residents
Fayette
21,157 residents
Ford
13,451 residents
Franklin
37,033 residents
Fulton
32,510 residents
Gallatin
4,690 residents
Greene
11,417 residents
Grundy✓
53,835 residents
Hamilton
7,818 residents
Hancock
17,008 residents
Hardin
3,550 residents
Henderson
6,048 residents
Henry
48,177 residents
Iroquois
26,067 residents
Jackson✓
53,199 residents
Jasper
9,092 residents
Jefferson
36,107 residents
Jersey
21,150 residents
Jo Daviess
21,528 residents
Johnson
13,320 residents
Kane✓
520,997 residents
Kankakee✓
106,410 residents
Kendall✓
143,171 residents
Knox
48,716 residents
Lake✓
718,604 residents
LaSalle✓
108,390 residents
Lawrence
14,801 residents
Lee
33,544 residents
Livingston
35,375 residents
Logan
27,518 residents
Macon✓
100,737 residents
Macoupin
43,895 residents
Madison✓
263,017 residents
Marion
36,437 residents
Marshall
11,552 residents
Mason
12,543 residents
Massac
13,627 residents
McDonough
26,662 residents
McHenry✓
315,959 residents
McLean✓
172,069 residents
Menard
11,963 residents
Mercer
15,292 residents
Monroe
34,969 residents
Montgomery
27,615 residents
Morgan
32,618 residents
Moultrie
14,365 residents
Ogle✓
51,345 residents
Peoria✓
179,630 residents
Perry
20,272 residents
Piatt
16,628 residents
Pike
14,258 residents
Pope
3,703 residents
Pulaski
4,879 residents
Putnam
5,633 residents
Randolph
29,903 residents
Richland
15,362 residents
Rock Island✓
142,731 residents
Saline
22,826 residents
Sangamon✓
194,345 residents
Schuyler
6,750 residents
Scott
4,880 residents
Shelby
20,542 residents
St. Clair✓
251,149 residents
Stark
5,272 residents
Stephenson
43,088 residents
Tazewell✓
129,821 residents
Union
16,886 residents
Vermilion✓
71,106 residents
Wabash
10,979 residents
Warren
16,217 residents
Washington
13,535 residents
Wayne
15,928 residents
White
13,395 residents
Whiteside✓
54,657 residents
Will✓
708,583 residents
Williamson✓
67,064 residents
Winnebago✓
283,790 residents
Woodford
38,290 residents