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County Courthouse
330 North Bench Street
Galena, IL 61036-1828
Phone: (815) 777-0161
Fax: (815) 777-2285
www.jodaviess.org

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:


If Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess county, Illinois.

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

To solve this problem Jo Daviess county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess 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: 
Merri BerlageBoard Chairperson, District 13berlage@blkhawk.net
Joanne BielendaBoard Member, District 13 
Jody CarrollBoard Member, District 15 
Bill CooperBoard Member, District 8 
John CreightonBoard Member, District 7 
Vincent HaskenBoard Member, District 3 
Dane JacksonBoard Member, District 4 
Ron MapesBoard Member, District 17 
Margie MonteliusBoard Member, District 1 
Tim PetitgoutBoard Member, District 9 
Yerda PotterBoard Member, District 14 
Domer SchubertBoard Member, District 5 
Marvin SchultzBoard Member, District 5 
Lynn SislerBoard Member, District 10 
Terry StoffregenBoard Member, District 12 
Sally ToepferBoard Member, District 6 
Jack ZilligBoard Member, District 2 
Glen WeberStates Attorney 
Bill MillerCoroner 
John LangSuperintendant Of Schools 
Steve AllendorfCounty Sheriffsallendorf@jodaviess.org
Carol SoatCounty Treasurercountytreasurer@jodaviess.org
Jean DimkeCounty Clerk/Recordercountyclerk@jodaviess.org
Sharon WandCircuit Clerk 

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