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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Henry 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 Henry county, Illinois.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Henry county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Henry 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 Henry county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Henry county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Henry 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 Henry 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: |
| Tom Nicholson | County Board Chair, District 1 | Countyboard@Henrycty.com |
| David Ahlstrand | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Dennis Anderson | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Mark Carlson | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Kippy Cauwels | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Jesse Crouch | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Ann DeSmith | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| Marvin Gradert | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Roger Gradert | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Roger Grafton | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| Jo Anne Hillman | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Dennis Kenney | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| James Kursock | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| Larry Lock | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| Jan May | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| William Preston | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Carol Reynolds | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Rick Rivesay | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Russell Smith | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| John Sovanski | County Board Vice Chairman, Distric | |
| Stephen Strohmeyer | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Maurice Swanson | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Muriel Weber | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Terry Patton | States Attorney | |
| David Johnson | Coroner | |
| Gilbert Cady | County Sheriff | |
| Richard Verheecke | Treasurer | |
| Barbara Link | County Clerk & Recorder | blink@henrycty.com |
| Debra Doss | Circuit Clerk |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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