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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Adams county, Illinois is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.
Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Adams county, Illinois.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Adams county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Adams county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.
The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Adams county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Adams county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Adams county, Illinois lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Illinois laws and competition, savvy Adams county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Illinois tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Illinois tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Mike McLaughlin | County Board Chair, District 3 | achd@adams.net |
| Richard Baum | County Board Member, District 5 | |
| Dave Bellis | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| Billy Bennett | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| David Bockhold | County Board Member, District 7 | |
| William Cole Jr. | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Keith Frank | County Board Member, District 5 | |
| John Heidbreder | County Board Member, District 4 | |
| John Hibbert | County Board Member, District 6 | |
| John Johnson | County Board Member, District 4 | |
| Bill Markwood | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Melvin Niekamp | County Board Member, District 7 | |
| Richard Obert | County Board Member, District 5 | |
| Mark Peter | County Board Member, District 5 | |
| Nicholas Peters | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Randall Reis | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Richard Reis | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Robert Scott | County Board Member, District 7 | |
| Robert Smith | County Board Member, District 6 | |
| Kent Snider | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| Seldon Totsch | County Board Member, District 6 | |
| Joe Wand | County Board Member, District 4 | |
| Byron Bier | State's Attorney | statesattorney@co.adams.il.us |
| Gary Hamilton | County Coroner | coroner@co.adams.il.us |
| Brent Fischer | County Sheriff | sheriff@co.adams.il.us |
| Jean Reddington | County Treasurer | treasurer@co.adams.il.us |
| Georgia Volm | County Clerk | countyclerk@co.adams.il.us |
| Larry Ehmen | County Recorder | recorder@co.adams.il.us |
| Glen Hultz | Circuit Clerk | circuitclerk@co.adams.il.us |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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