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Cook County Clerk Announces Over-The-Counter Forfeiture Tax Sale
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Jul 5, 2023


Supreme Court of The United States Decides Case of "Home Equity Theft."
Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. ___ (2023), is a United States Supreme Court case about government seizure of property for unpaid...
Jun 1, 2023


Pappas Publishes Report On Alleged Abuses of Sales In Error
In October 2022, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas published a report about purported abuses of the sale in error provisions of the...
Oct 28, 2022
Cook County Treasurer: 55,000+ properties in 2020 Annual Tax Sale starting November 15.
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas will conduct the annual sale of delinquent 2020 property taxes (due in 2021) starting November 15,...
Oct 6, 2022
Cook County governments have lost $89.7 million letting tenants skip out on property taxes.
Have you ever wondered how much money is lost when the government does not ensure its tenants are paying real estate taxes on leased...
Jul 15, 2022
Cook County Treasurer Pappas: More than 37,000 Properties in 2019 Annual Sale Starting May 12th
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas will conduct the annual sale of delinquent 2019 property taxes from May 12 – 18, 2022. This tax sale...
May 4, 2022
Cook County Land Bank Facilitates Owner of Property Not Paying Real Estate Taxes for 12 Years
Josephine’s Cooking hasn’t paid property taxes in 12 years. However, the Cook County Land Bank Authority, a county government agency,...
Apr 12, 2022
Cook County Treasurer Changes to Scavenger Tax Sale are Not Enough
The 2022 Cook County Scavenger Tax Sale will have some administrative changes but they do not go far enough. Read more here (courtesy of...
Jan 27, 2022
Cook County Treasurer Announces 2022 Scavenger Tax Sale
The 2022 Cook County Scavenger Tax Sale is scheduled to begin on February 14, 2022. In order to be eligible for the scavenger sale a...
Jan 15, 2022
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