States › Illinois › Jersey County

County Courthouse
200 North Lafayette, Suite 2
Jerseyville, IL 62052-1680
Phone: (618) 498-5571
Fax: (618) 498-6128

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:

If Jersey 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 Jersey county, Illinois.

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

To solve this problem Jersey county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Jersey 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 Jersey 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:
Howard Landon	Chair, County Board, District 2
Shirley Armstrong	County Board Member
Russell Crotchett	County Board Member, District 2
Joe Heneghan	County Board Member, District 1
Carl Meisner	County Board Member, District 1
Diane Stumpe	County Board Member, District 4
Carol Yocom	County Board Member, District 1
Mary Kirbach	States Attorney
Larry Alexander	County Coroner
Gilbert Ashlock	County Treasurer
Linda Crotchett	County Clerk

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