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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Peoria 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 Peoria county, Illinois.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Peoria county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Peoria 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 Peoria county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Peoria county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Peoria 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 Peoria 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 Williams | County Board Chairman, District 1 | |
| Robert Baietto | County Board Member, District 12 | |
| Brian Elsasser | County Board Member, District 14 | |
| Patricia Hidden | County Board Member, District 18 | |
| Jeffrey Joyce | County Board Member, District 5 | |
| Sharon Kennedy | County Board Member, District 7 | |
| Jeff Lickiss | County Board Member, District 6 | |
| Thomas O'Neill | County Board Member, District 17 | |
| Lynn Scott Pearson | County Board Member, District 3 | |
| Michael Phelan | County Board Member, District 9 | |
| Eldon Polhemus | County Board Member, District 16 | |
| William Prather | County Board Member, District 13 | |
| Timothy Riggenbach | County Board Member, District 10 | |
| Phillip Salzer | County Board Member, District 8 | |
| James Thomas | County Board Member, District 4 | |
| Carol Trumpe | County Board Member, District 15 | |
| William Watkins Jr. | County Board Member, District 2 | wwatkins@peoriacounty.org |
| Merle Widmer | County Board Member, District 11 | |
| Dan Heinz | County Coroner | |
| Michael McCoy | County Sheriff | |
| Edward O'Conner III | County Treasurer | |
| Robert Steve Sonnemaker | County Auditor | steve_sonnemaker@ilcountyoffic |
| JoAnn Thomas | County Clerk | jthomas@co.peoria.il.us |
| Robert Spears | 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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