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5th Floor
189 E. Court Street
Kankakee, IL 60901-0000
Phone: (815) 937-2990
www.co.kankakee.il.us/

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:


If Kankakee 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 Kankakee county, Illinois.

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

To solve this problem Kankakee county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Kankakee 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 Kankakee 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: 
Karl KruseCounty Board Chairman, District 11kkruse@k3county.net
Ruth BarberCounty Board Member, District 8rbarber@k3county.net
Ann BernardCounty Board Member, District 6 
Duane BertrandCounty Board Member, District 10 
Linda FaberCounty Board Member, District 15 
Larry GibbsCounty Board Member, District 4 
Douglas GravesCounty Board Member, District 1 
Karen HertzbergerCounty Board Member, District 14 
Frances JacksonCounty Board Member, District 18 
Stanley JamesCounty Board Member, District 5sjames@k3county.net
Michael LaGesseCounty Board Member, District 21mlagesse@k3county.net
Lisa Latham-WaskoskyCounty Board Member, District 27 
Pamela LeeCounty Board Member, District 16plee@k3county.net
Stephen LiehrCounty Board Member, District 28sliehr@k3county.net
Ralph Marcotte Jr.County Board Member, District 26rmarcotte@k3county.net
Leonard MartinCounty Board Member, District 20 
Kelly McLarenCounty Board Member, District 22 
Edwin MeentsCounty Board Member, District 9 
Sam NicholosCounty Board Member, District 13snicholos@k3county.net
William OlthoffCounty Board Member, District 25 
Jamie RomeinCounty Board Member, District 3 
Robert SchollCounty Board Member, District 12rscholl@k3county.net
James StauffenbergCounty Board Member, District 2 
James TrippCounty Board Member, District 24 
Jim VickeryCounty Board Member, District 2 
George Washington Jr.County Board Member, District 17 
Leo WhittenCounty Board Member, District 23 
Elmer WilsonCounty Board Member, District 19ewilson@k3county.net
Edward SmithState's Attorney 
Robert GessnerCoroner 
Tim BukowskiCounty Sheriff 
Mark FrechetteTreasurer 
Deborah WoodluffCounty Auditor 
Bruce ClarkCounty Clerk 
Dennis CoyRecorder of Deeds 

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