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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5372

Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 200/21-250

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for tax sales occurring
on or after January 1, 2027, a certificate of purchase shall not be issued
sooner than 90 days after the conclusion of the tax sale.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning revenue.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
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Section 21-250 as follows:

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(35 ILCS 200/21-250)
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Sec. 21-250.
Certificate of purchase.
The county clerk
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shall make out and deliver to the purchaser of any property
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sold under Section 21-205, or to the county if the lien is
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acquired pursuant to Section 21-90 and a certificate is
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requested by the county or its agent, a tax certificate
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countersigned by the collector, describing the property sold,
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the date of sale, the amount of taxes, special assessments,
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interest and cost for which they were sold and that payment of
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the sale price has been made.
Notwithstanding any other
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provision of law, for tax sales occurring on or after January
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1, 2027, a certificate of purchase shall not be issued sooner
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than 90 days after the conclusion of the tax sale.
If any
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person becomes the purchaser of more than one property owned
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by one party or person, the purchaser may have the whole or one
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or more of them included in one certificate, but separate
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certificates shall be issued in all other cases. A tax
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certificate shall be assignable by endorsement. An assignment

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shall vest in the assignee or his or her legal
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representatives, all the right and title of the original
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purchaser.
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If the tax certificate is lost or destroyed, the county
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clerk shall issue a duplicate certificate upon written request
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and a sworn affidavit by the tax sale purchaser, or his or her
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assignee, that the tax certificate is lost or destroyed. The
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county clerk shall cause a notation to be made in the tax sale
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and judgment book that a duplicate certificate has been
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issued, and redemption payments shall be made only to the
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holder of the duplicate certificate.
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(Source: P.A. 103-555, eff. 1-1-24
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