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Tax Buyers

  1. What is a “tax buyer”? How do I become one? When is the tax sale? What is the procedure at the tax sale? How do I pay? How do I get my certificate of sale?
  2. What is the next step after I buy the taxes on a property?
  3. What should I do if the subsequent years’ taxes are not paid either?
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Taxpayers

  1. I’m late paying my property taxes. What do I do?
  2. What is a “tax sale”? What does it mean that my taxes have been sold or that my property has been sold for delinquent taxes?
  3. How long do I have to pay off sold taxes? Can the final deadline be extended?
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  1. Tax Extension & Redemption

    TaxExtension@lakecountyil.gov

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    18 N County Street
    Room 101
    Waukegan, IL 60085

    Phone: 847-377-2404
    Fax: 847-984-5825

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