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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Sangamon 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 Sangamon county, Illinois.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Sangamon county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Sangamon 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 Sangamon county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Sangamon county, Illinois allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Sangamon 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 Sangamon 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: |
| Andy VanMeter | Board Chair, District 24 | |
| Dick Bond | Board Member, District 11 | |
| John Buecker | Board Member, District 15 | |
| Clyde Bunch | Board Member, District 21 | |
| Sam Cahnman | Board Member | |
| Deborah Cimarossa | Board Member, District 23 | |
| William Earl | Board Member, District 14 | |
| Harry Fraase Jr. | Board Member, District 1 | |
| Jeff Fulgenzi | Board Member, District 17 | |
| Andrew Goleman | Board Member, District 4 | |
| Tim Griffin | Board Member, District 29 | |
| Rosemarie Long | Board Member, District 10 | |
| David Mendenhall | Board Member, District 3 | |
| Sam Montalbano | Board Member, District 13 | |
| Sarah Moore | Board Member, District 9 | |
| Tim Moore | Board Member, District 22 | |
| William Moss Sr. | Board Member, District 28 | |
| John O'Neill | Board Member, District 26 | |
| Tyrone Pace | Board Member, District 20 | |
| Cathy Scaife | Board Member, District 12 | |
| Sam Snell | Board Member, District 6 | |
| Don Stephens Jr. | Board Member, District 5 | |
| Greg Stumpf | Board Member, District 16 | |
| Doris Turner | Board Member, District 19 | |
| Jane VanHoos | Board Member, District 25 | |
| Dale Dan Vaughn | Board Member, District 2 | |
| Dennis Wieland | Board Member, District 8 | |
| John Schmidt | State's Attorney | |
| Susan Boone | Coroner | |
| Helen Tolan | School Superintendent | |
| Neil Williamson | County Sheriff | |
| Tom Cavanagh | County Treasurer | |
| Paul Palazzolo | County Auditor | |
| Joseph Aiello | County Clerk | |
| Mary Ann Lamm | Recorder | |
| Anthony Libri Jr. | Circuit Clerk |
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