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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Lee 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 Lee county, Illinois.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Lee county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Lee 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 Lee county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Lee county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Lee 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 Lee 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: |
| Larry Eisenberg | Board Chair, District 1 | |
| Sid Aurand | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Richard Binder | Board Member, District 2 | |
| Louis Cecchetti | Board Member, District 3 | |
| Thomas Coffey | Board Member, District 3 | |
| S. Charles Dumphy | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Douglas Farster | Board Member, District 3 | |
| Raymond Harrison | Board Member, District 2 | |
| Kathy Hummel | Board Member, District 1 | |
| Patrick Jones Jr. | Board Member, District 1 | |
| Gerald Leffelman | Board Member, District 2 | |
| Dennis McCoy | Board Member, District 1 | |
| Isaac Mercer | Board Member, District 3 | |
| John Nicholson | Board Member, District 2 | |
| Jim Orgiesen | Board Member, District 1 | |
| Joseph Patzer | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Beverly Power | Board Member, District 2 | |
| James Seeberg | Board Member, District 2 | |
| Robert Stevens | Board Member, District 3 | |
| Ann Taylor | Board Member, District 1 | |
| Arthur Tofte | Board Member, District 3 | |
| Donald Trent | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Judy Truckenbrod | Board Member, District 2 | |
| Norris Tucker | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Margaret Tyne | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Marvin Willaims | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Charles Willett | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Gregory Witzleb | Board Member, District 3 | |
| Linda Giesen | State's Attorney | |
| Richard Schilling | County Coroner | |
| Amy Jo Clemens | County Superintendent of Schools | |
| Delight Pitman | County Superintendent Of Schools | |
| Tim Bivins | County Sheriff | |
| John Fritts | County Treasurer | |
| Nancy Nelson | County Clerk & Recorder | |
| Denise McCaffrey | 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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