The end of the redemption period is getting close. What is the procedure for obtaining the deed to the property?
Within the window of three to six months before the final date to redeem, you must file a Petition for Tax Deed with the Circuit Court and have final Take Notices mailed, served and published. After the redemption period has expired, you can apply to the Court for an Order Directing Issuance of Tax Deed. Bring that executed Order, the tax sale certificate, the tax deed and $5.00 to the County Clerk’s Office. The County Clerk’s Office will verify that the party on the tax deed is the tax buyer on the property, and that all subsequent years’ taxes have been paid, including taxes bought by a different tax buyer. Once we sign off on the tax deed, you can record it with the Recorder’s office for a nominal fee.

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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?
4. How do I extend the last date to redeem?
5. The end of the redemption period is getting close. What is the procedure for obtaining the deed to the property?
6. Can I get reimbursed for expenses?
7. How can I verify whether charges have posted or what the current redemption balance is?
8. How do I know if the taxes have been redeemed?
9. How do I get paid on a property that has been redeemed?
10. Do I have to pay income tax on any of this?