States › Illinois › Effingham County

County Courthouse
100 E. Jefferson Street
Effingham, IL 62401-3481
Phone: (217)342-4990
www.co.effingham.il.us/

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:

If Effingham 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 Effingham county, Illinois.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Effingham county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Effingham 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 Effingham county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Effingham county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Effingham 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 Effingham 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:
Carolyn Willenburg	County Board Chair, District G
Donald Althoff	County Board Member, District B
Mike Brown	County Board Member, District H
Terry Croft	County Board Member, District C
Don Cunningham	County Board Member, District D
Robert Shields	County Board Member, District E
Larry Vahling	County Board Member, District I
Charles Voelker	County Board Member, District F
Leonard Waldhoff	County Board Member, District A
Leigh Hammer	County Coroner	coroner@effingham.net
John Monnet	County Sheriff
Jeff Simpson	Supervisor Of Assessments
Kerry Hirtzel	County Clerk/Recorder	khirtzel@co.effingham.il.us
Becky Jansen	Circuit Clerk	bjansen@co.effingham.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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