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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Macon 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 Macon county, Illinois.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Macon county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Macon 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 Macon county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Macon county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Macon 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 Macon 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: |
| David Wolfe | Board Chair, District 7 | |
| Keith Ashby | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Patricia Cox | Board Member, District 5 | |
| Walt Dannewitz | Board Member, District 2 | |
| Patricia Dawson | Board Member, District 3 | |
| David Drobisch | Board Member, District 6 | |
| James Gresham | Board Member, District 1 | |
| Phillip Hogan | Board Member, District 5 | |
| Mervil Jacobs Jr. | Board Member, District 5 | |
| Harold Langford | Board Member, District 3 | |
| Linda Little | Board Member, District 1 | |
| David Livingston | Board Member, District 1 | |
| Kevin Meachum | Board Member, District 4 | |
| William Oliver | Board Member, District 2 | |
| Lisa Poston | Board Member | |
| Robert Sampson | Board Member, District 1 | |
| John Snyder Jr. | Board Member, District 3 | |
| Don Westerman | Board Member, District 6 | |
| David Williams | Board Member, District 6 | |
| Billy Williams | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Edward Yoder | Board Member, District 7 | |
| Scott Rueter | State's Attorney | |
| Michael Day | County Coroner | |
| Roger Walker | County Sheriff | |
| Bruce Bird | County Engineer | |
| Cathy Ashby | Treasurer/Tax Collector | |
| Daysa Miller | Supervisor of Assessments | |
| Stephen Bean | County Clerk | |
| Mary Eaton | County Recorder | |
| Kathy Hott | County 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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