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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Knox 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 Knox county, Illinois.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Knox county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Knox 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 Knox county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Knox county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Knox 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 Knox 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: |
| Janet Occhi | County Board Chair, District 3 | |
| Russell Idle | County Board Member | |
| Sally Keener | County Board Member, District 4 | |
| Gayle Keiser | County Board Member, District 2 | |
| Dale Parsons | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| Allen Pickrel | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Linda Roberts | County Board Member, District 1 | |
| Paul Mangieri | State's Attorney | |
| John Watson | Coroner | |
| Jim Thompson | County Sheriff | |
| Robin Davis | Treasurer | |
| Nancy McCune | Recorder Of Deeds | |
| Kelly Cheesman | 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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