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Kane County, Illinois — Tax Sale & Surplus Procedure

Local operations layer. The legal framework (redemption periods, surplus rights, statutes, case law) lives on the parent page → illinois. This page covers how Kane County actually runs it. Legal information, not legal advice. Last verified: 2026-06-02.

REFORM FLUX NOTE. Illinois’s tax-sale system is in active constitutional and legislative reform following bell-v-pappas-2025 (Cook County system held unconstitutional, Dec. 2025) and HB4537 (surplus-equity reform, passed May 2026, awaiting governor’s signature). Kane County is a sub-3-million county so the Cook County $80+5$20/parcel indemnity-fee schedule applies (35 ILCS 200/21-295). HB4537’s post-reform surplus mechanism will affect Kane County when effective — see illinois §3.

C0. Identity

  • County seat: Geneva, Illinois
  • Population: ~516,522 (2020 census); FIPS 17089
  • Recording unit: county
  • Parent legal framework: illinois

C1. Local Tax Sale

  • Conducts own sale? Yes — the Kane County Treasurer, as ex officio county collector (Christopher J. Lauzen, Treasurer), conducts the annual Real Estate and Mobile Home Tax Sale for delinquent property taxes. See treasurer-sale.
  • Platform / vendor: ILTaxSale.com / iltaxsalebids.com — a sealed-bid auction system operated by Joseph E. Meyer & Associates. Parcels are available for review on ILTaxSale.com; bids are submitted on sale day in person at the Kane County Government Center. (Note: the iltaxsale.com listing for Kane County shows a “Sealed Bid” format with a minimum bid of $849 for the upcoming 2027 cycle and listed the 2025 sale as January 10, 2025 — indicating some parcels move through a separate sealed-bid track; however, the official annual sale per the Treasurer’s 2025 document was October 27, 2025. needs_verification: whether ILTaxSale.com handles only unsold/scavenger parcels or whether the annual sale also uses this platform.) https://iltaxsale.com/new/index.php/county/Kane/KNE
  • Sale is in-person: Illinois law requires all bidders to personally attend the sale. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends promptly at 9:00 a.m. NO EXCEPTIONS. Location: Kane County Government Center, 719 S. Batavia Avenue, Building A, Geneva, IL 60134. https://treasurer.kanecountyil.gov/Documents/TaxSaleInformation.pdf
  • Calendar / frequency:
  • Key pre-sale dates (2025 tax year / as verified):
  • Bidding method: Bid-down-the-penalty per illinois §1 (35 ILCS 200/21-215); maximum bid 9% per penalty period; lowest bidder wins the parcel. Secondary sources confirm bidding starts at 9% and may go to zero.
  • Registration requirements:
    1. Tax Buyer Registration application (printable from treasurer’s website from September 10 each year).
    2. First-time buyers must use certified funds for application deposits and day-of-sale purchases. NO EXCEPTIONS.
    3. Must be physically present at the sale. https://treasurer.kanecountyil.gov/Documents/TaxSaleInformation.pdf
  • Registration deposit: Specific deposit amount not published on the retrieved pages. First-time buyers are required to use certified funds. needs_verification: exact deposit amount; contact Kane County Treasurer at (630) 232-3565.
  • Per-parcel statutory fee: $20 indemnity fund fee per parcel (sub-3-million county rate; 35 ILCS 200/21-295). Additional statutory fees (certificate, costs, automation fund, sale-in-error fund) are rolled in per state law. needs_verification: Kane County's exact bundled per-parcel fee schedule (compare DuPage County's$104/parcel breakdown).
  • Delinquent list location: Published in local newspapers approximately 3 weeks before the annual sale (confirmed by secondary sources; specific newspaper titles — needs_verification). Delinquent property lists: contact Kane County Treasurer’s Office, (630) 232-3565. https://treasurer.kanecountyil.gov/
  • Tax sale list / catalog: Available approximately 30 days before sale per ILTaxSale.com listing. needs_verification: purchase price and delivery method for the 2026 sale year. https://iltaxsale.com/new/index.php/county/Kane/KNE

C2. Local Redemption → framework: right-of-redemption

  • Where to redeem locally: The Kane County Clerk’s Office — Tax Redemption / Tax Extension Division, main office at 719 S. Batavia Ave., Bldg. B, Geneva, IL 60134. The County Clerk receives redemption payments — mirroring the state-standard Treasurer-sells/Clerk-redeems split. https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/TaxExtension/Pages/taxRedemption.aspx
  • Accepted payment: Cash, certified funds, or money orders made payable to the Kane County Clerk only. Personal checks and credit cards are not accepted for redemption. A receipt is issued upon completion. https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/TaxExtension/Pages/taxRedemption.aspx
  • Redemption periods: Per illinois §2 (35 ILCS 200/21-350):
    • General rule: 2½ years from date of sale.
    • 1 year for vacant non-farm, commercial/industrial, and 7+ residential unit properties.
    • Extendable by the certificate holder to a maximum of 3 years (35 ILCS 200/21-385). The Clerk’s page confirms: “property owners have a period of 2½ to 3 years to redeem their property before losing their property.” https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/TaxExtension/Pages/taxRedemption.aspx
  • Subsequent taxes (“subs”): If taxes remain unpaid by mid-September the following year, the tax buyer may purchase subsequent-year taxes at 12% interest per year or portion thereof; sub-tax amounts are added to the redemption total. (35 ILCS 200/21-355; confirmed on the Clerk’s redemption page.) https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/TaxExtension/Pages/taxRedemption.aspx
  • Deed proceedings / take-notice timing: The Clerk’s page confirms that deed proceedings begin “six months before the redemption period expires”; associated statutory costs (take-notice, sheriff, publication, etc.) are added to the redemption amount at that point. https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/TaxExtension/Pages/taxRedemption.aspx
  • Redemption contact:
    • Office: Kane County Clerk — Tax Extension / Redemption
    • Director: John A. Cunningham (County Clerk)
    • Chief Deputy: Celeste Weilandt
    • Address: 719 S. Batavia Ave., Bldg. B, Geneva, IL 60134
    • Phone: (630) 232-5964
    • Fax: 630-232-5488
    • Email: CountyClerk@KaneCountyIL.gov
    • Hours: Mon–Fri, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
    • Aurora branch: 5 E. Downer Pl., Suite F, Aurora, IL 60505
    • Elgin branch: 2170 Point Blvd., Suite 600, Elgin, IL 60123; phone (630) 232-5950; Spanish line (630) 232-5991; Wed. open until 8 p.m. https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/TaxExtension/Pages/taxRedemption.aspx
  • Local fees / deviations from state default: Redemption amount follows the state formula (certificate amount + penalty multiplier schedule + 12%/yr on sub-taxes + statutory fees) per illinois §2 (35 ILCS 200/21-355). needs_verification: Kane County-specific itemized fee schedule (sheriff service fees, publication fees, clerk processing fees folded into redemption total).

C3. Local Surplus / Excess Proceeds → framework: surplus-funds

▸ For Investors / Operators — Kane County runs an in-person annual tax sale (last Monday of October) using bid-down-the-penalty at a maximum 9% with mandatory physical presence and certified funds for first-time buyers; a parallel sealed-bid scavenger track runs through ILTaxSale.com in January. The 16th Judicial Circuit’s mortgage-foreclosure auction is held the 1st and 3rd Thursday monthly at the Sheriff’s Office (10% certified-funds deposit, 24-hour balance deadline); the Sheriff’s Chancery Surplus PDF shows an actively funded surplus pool ($840K+ in 2026 YTD). There is no tax-sale excess-proceeds pool under the historical Illinois model; the reform path (post-HB4537) is described on illinois §3.

▸ For Former Owners — On the tax-deed side, the historical remedy is the Indemnity Fund — a petition to the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Kane County (540 South Randall Rd, St. Charles; Clerk Theresa Barreiro; (630) 232-3413), naming the Kane County Treasurer as trustee, with a 10-year filing deadline and recovery capped at $99,000 for owner-occupied residential property (35 ILCS 200/21-305). The mechanism is constitutionally challenged; a post-HB4537 surplus-equity fund is pending — see illinois §3. Mortgage-foreclosure surplus is claimed by filing a “Petition to Turnover Surplus Funds” in the 16th Circuit after a 30-day wait.

Tax Sale Side (Indemnity Fund — no traditional surplus pool)

  • No traditional surplus pool on the tax side. As explained on illinois §3, an Illinois annual tax sale generates no excess-proceeds fund — the tax buyer pays only the delinquency, not the property value. On non-redemption the buyer obtains a tax deed from the circuit court and captures any equity exceeding the taxes. Under the historical model (pre-HB4537) the former owner’s only remedy is the Indemnity Fund (35 ILCS 200/21-305). This mechanism is held unconstitutional by bell-v-pappas-2025; illinois §3 describes the pending HB4537 reform.
  • Indemnity Fund — claim filing venue: A petition must be filed in the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Kane County (the court that issued the tax deed order), naming the Kane County Treasurer, as trustee, as respondent. (35 ILCS 200/21-305; see illinois §3.)
    • Circuit Clerk: Theresa Barreiro
    • Address: 540 South Randall Road, St. Charles, IL 60174
    • Phone: (630) 232-3413
    • Hours: Mon–Fri, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. https://cic.countyofkane.org/
  • Indemnity Fund fee source: $20.00 per parcel sold at the annual tax sale (sub-3-million-county rate; 35 ILCS 200/21-295). The Kane County Treasurer is the trustee of the Indemnity Fund.
  • Indemnity Fund claim deadline: Within 10 years after the tax deed was issued (35 ILCS 200/21-305; see illinois §3).
  • Indemnity Fund recovery cap: Owner-occupied residential (≤4 units) up to $99,000; other property — fair cash value minus mortgages/liens, if no fault/negligence. (35 ILCS 200/21-305; see illinois §3.)
  • Indemnity Fund claim form: No Kane County-specific indemnity claim form was found on the retrieved official pages. The claim is a circuit court petition (16th Judicial Circuit). needs_verification: whether a standardized Kane County form exists or whether practitioners draft a bespoke petition citing 35 ILCS 200/21-305. https://cic.countyofkane.org/Pages/Forms.aspx

Mortgage Foreclosure Surplus (genuine surplus pool)

C4. Offices & Contacts

OfficeNameAddressPhoneURL
Treasurer / Tax CollectorChristopher J. Lauzen719 S. Batavia Ave., Bldg. A, Geneva, IL 60134(630) 232-3565https://treasurer.kanecountyil.gov/
County Clerk (tax redemption)John A. Cunningham719 S. Batavia Ave., Bldg. B, Geneva, IL 60134(630) 232-5964https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/TaxExtension/Pages/taxRedemption.aspx
Clerk of the Circuit CourtTheresa Barreiro540 South Randall Road, St. Charles, IL 60174(630) 232-3413https://cic.countyofkane.org/
Recorder of DeedsSandy Wegman719 S. Batavia Ave., Bldg. C, Geneva, IL 60134(630) 232-5935https://www.kanecountyrecorder.net/
Sheriff (judicial foreclosure sales)Ron Hain37W755 IL Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175(630) 232-6840https://www.kanesheriff.com/

C5. Local Procedure Notes

  • Treasurer-sells / Clerk-redeems split: Like most Illinois counties, the Treasurer/Collector runs the annual tax sale while the County Clerk handles redemption computations and receives redemption payments. The Treasurer holds the Indemnity Fund as trustee. The Circuit Court (16th Judicial Circuit) issues the annual judgment and order of sale, and later (on non-redemption) issues the tax deed order.
  • In-person attendance required: Unlike counties using RAMS or online-only platforms, Kane County’s annual tax sale requires physical presence on sale day. Check-in at 8:30 a.m. sharp; latecomers after 9:00 a.m. cannot participate. No exceptions. https://treasurer.kanecountyil.gov/Documents/TaxSaleInformation.pdf
  • ILTaxSale.com sealed-bid track: A second sale track for unsold/scavenger parcels runs through iltaxsalebids.com. The 2027 cycle shows a minimum bid of $849 and a January 8, 2027 date at the Government Center. This appears to be a separate scavenger/unsold track distinct from the main annual sale. needs_verification: confirmation of whether this is the scavenger sale under 35 ILCS 200/21-260 or a separate re-sale of unsold annual-sale parcels. https://iltaxsale.com/new/index.php/county/Kane/KNE
  • First-time buyer certified-funds requirement: First-time buyers face a stricter requirement to use certified funds for both the application deposit and day-of-sale payment. Repeat buyers may have payment flexibility; exact rules for repeat buyers — needs_verification. https://treasurer.kanecountyil.gov/Documents/TaxSaleInformation.pdf
  • 2026 property tax bill timeline: First installment due June 1, 2026; second installment due September 1, 2026; last in-person payment day is the last Friday in October. Unpaid taxes at close of business that Friday proceed to the annual tax sale. https://kanecountyconnects.com/article/KaneCountyPropertyTaxes-2026
  • Sheriff foreclosure sales: Held 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month (except holidays) at 9:00 a.m. at the Sheriff’s Office, 37W755 Route 38, St. Charles. Sale registration opens at 8:45 a.m. and closes at 9:00 a.m.; only registered individuals may bid. Deposit: 10% of the judgment amount in certified funds presented at registration; remaining balance due within 24 hours or the deposit is forfeited. Minimum bid increment: $100. All sales subject to court confirmation. https://www.kanesheriff.com/Documents/Foreclosures/ForeclosureSalesRules.pdf https://www.kanesheriff.com/Pages/Civil-Warrants-Division.aspx
  • Sub-3-million county: Kane County applies the $20/parcel indemnity fee schedule under 35 ILCS 200/21-295, not the Cook County$80+5% schedule.
  • Chancery surplus actively published: The Sheriff’s Chancery Surplus PDF (updated 6/1/2026) showed $840,049.61 in 2026 mortgage-foreclosure surplus across 12 cases through May 26, 2026 — a notably active surplus pool for recovery-agent purposes. https://www.kanesheriff.com/Documents/Foreclosures/foreclosureSurplus.pdf

C6. Records Access

C7. Meta

  • sources:

    • {type: county_official, url: “https://treasurer.kanecountyil.gov/Documents/TaxSaleInformation.pdf”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # 2025 Kane County Tax Sale: Oct 27 2025 date; registration Sep 10–Oct 9; physical presence; 8:30am checkin; certified funds for first-time buyers
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://treasurer.kanecountyil.gov/”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Christopher J. Lauzen Treasurer; 719 S Batavia Ave Bldg A Geneva IL 60134; (630) 232-3565; Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm; fax 630-208-7549; links to ILTaxSale.com
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://clerk.kanecountyil.gov/TaxExtension/Pages/taxRedemption.aspx”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # John A. Cunningham County Clerk; 719 S Batavia Bldg B Geneva; (630) 232-5964; annual sale last Monday October; 2.5-3 yr redemption; cash/certified/MO only; deed proceedings begin 6 months before redemption expires; sub-taxes at 12%
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://kanecountyconnects.com/article/KaneCountyPropertyTaxes-2026”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # 2026 tax bill: 1st inst June 1; 2nd inst Sep 1; last Friday in October last in-person day; unpaid taxes proceed to sale; payment methods
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://www.kanesheriff.com/Documents/Foreclosures/ForeclosureSalesRules.pdf”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Foreclosure Sale Rules: 1st & 3rd Thursday monthly; 9am; 10% certified funds deposit; 24hr remaining balance; $100 min increment; court confirmation required; Ron Hain Sheriff; Pat Gengler Undersheriff; 37W755 IL Rt 38 St Charles IL 60175; (630) 232-6840; fax (630) 513-6984; foreclosures@co.kane.il.us
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://www.kanesheriff.com/Documents/Foreclosures/foreclosureSurplus.pdf”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Chancery Surplus PDF dated 6/1/2026: $276,841.25 (2023);$114,860.43 (2024); $187,585.71 (2025);$840,049.61 (2026 YTD through 5/26/2026); itemized per case with chancery# and sheriff#
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://www.kanesheriff.com/Pages/Civil-Warrants-Division.aspx”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Jennifer Weibler Foreclosure Coordinator; Foreclosures@countyofkane.org; 630-208-2013; fax 630-513-5693; confirms 1st & 3rd Thursday; 10% certified funds to register; 37W755 IL Route 38 Suite A St Charles IL 60175-7557
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://applications.kanecountyil.gov/foreclosures/foreclosures.pdf”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Sheriff Foreclosure Sales list as posted 6/2/2026: 2026 sales through 11/5/2026 with Chancery#, Sheriff#, address, and judgment amount
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://cic.countyofkane.org/”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Theresa Barreiro Circuit Clerk; 540 South Randall Road St Charles IL 60174; (630) 232-3413; Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm; eFiling and eServices; forms at /Pages/Forms.aspx
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://cic.countyofkane.org/Pages/Forms.aspx”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Forms page: P1-CI-017-E Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Initial Case Mgmt Designation; no dedicated surplus petition form found; standardized IL Supreme Court forms required
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://www.kanecountyrecorder.net/contact-us/”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Sandy Wegman Recorder; 719 S Batavia Ave Bldg C Geneva IL 60134; (630) 232-5935; fax 630-232-5945; Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm; plat recording stops 3pm; document recording stops 4:15pm
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://www.kanecountyrecorder.net/”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Land records from 1837; LRS portal at lrs.kanecountyrecorder.net; Property Watch email alert; MyDec PTAX-203 system; 6 public terminals; GIS fee $48/transaction effective 10/1/2024
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://lrs.kanecountyrecorder.net/”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Land Records Search portal — public land records search, confirmed accessible
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://kaneil.devnetwedge.com/”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Property Tax Inquiry: parcel search by PIN/address/owner; advanced filters by township/district/class; multi-year tax records; links to assessment/clerk/treasurer/recorder
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://www.kanecountyil.gov/Pages/Maps.aspx”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # GIS maps portal: ArcGIS viewer URL; GIS contact 630-208-8655; links to UIRVDA map and interactive gallery
    • {type: county_official, url: “https://treasurer.kanecountyil.gov/Pages/unclaimedFunds.aspx”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Unclaimed funds: Claim Form PDF; List of Unclaimed Funds PDF; Carlos Mata (630) 444-1061; requires notarized ID documentation; includes Circuit Clerk-related funds
    • {type: platform, url: “https://iltaxsale.com/new/index.php/county/Kane/KNE”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # ILTaxSale.com Kane County: Sealed Bid auction; Jan 10 2025 (recent); Jan 8 2027 (next); minimum bid $849; Government Center Bldg A; certificates assignable$25; Joseph E. Meyer & Associates
    • {type: secondary, url: “https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/collecting-surplus-after-foreclosure-sale”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} # Illinois surplus claim procedure: file Petition to Turnover Surplus Funds with circuit clerk; 30-day wait after final order; ~10 business days processing; must appear in person with photo ID

  • needs_verification:

    • Annual tax sale platform — ILTaxSale.com role: The ILTaxSale.com page for Kane County shows a January 2025 sale date (not October 2025), suggesting ILTaxSale.com may handle only unsold/scavenger parcels rather than the main annual sale. Reason: dates conflict with the official October 27, 2025 Treasurer document; contact Treasurer (630) 232-3565 to confirm whether the annual sale uses ILTaxSale.com or a different system.
    • Registration deposit amount: The 2025 Tax Sale Information document requires certified funds for first-time buyers but does not state the deposit dollar amount or percentage. Reason: not published on retrieved pages; may be in the Tax Sale Packet document linked from treasurer’s website.
    • Kane County per-parcel fee schedule: The bundled per-parcel fee (including $20 indemnity fee + certificate + costs + automation fund + sale-in-error fund) is not published on any retrieved Kane County official page. Reason: compare with DuPage County's$104/parcel; contact Treasurer (630) 232-3565.
    • Delinquent list newspaper: Secondary sources confirm publication in local newspapers approximately 3 weeks before sale, but no specific newspaper title was confirmed on an official retrieved page. Reason: not stated in the Treasurer’s retrieved document.
    • ILTaxSale.com scavenger/unsold track vs. annual sale distinction: Whether the January ILTaxSale.com auction is the 35 ILCS 200/21-260 scavenger sale or a re-offer of unsold annual-sale parcels. Reason: date discrepancy between retrieved Treasurer document (October) and ILTaxSale.com (January).
    • Indemnity Fund claim form (Kane County-specific): No standardized Kane County indemnity claim form was found. The claim is a 16th Judicial Circuit petition citing 35 ILCS 200/21-305; practitioners typically draft a bespoke petition. Reason: not found on cic.countyofkane.org/Pages/Forms.aspx or Treasurer’s website.
    • Exact mortgage-foreclosure surplus claim procedure at 16th Circuit: The specific local rules, any designated chancery judge or courtroom, and processing timeline for the “Petition to Turnover Surplus Funds” in Kane County are not confirmed from a retrieved official Kane County page. Reason: Circuit Clerk’s forms page does not list a surplus petition form; Illinois Legal Aid Online provides general guidance only.
    • Post-HB4537 surplus-equity mechanism: When HB4537 is signed and effective, a surplus-equity fund will be created for former owners of parcels lost to tax deeds. Kane County implementation details — pending enacted text; see illinois §3.

  • cross_links: illinois, right-of-redemption, surplus-funds, third-party-recovery-rules, treasurer-sale, sheriff-sale, bell-v-pappas-2025, tyler-v-hennepin-county, due-process-notice, bankruptcy-automatic-stay

  • changelog:

    • 2026-06-02 — initial autoresearch population from Kane County Treasurer (tax sale info PDF: Oct 27 2025 date, registration window, in-person requirement), County Clerk redemption page (John Cunningham, 2.5-3 yr redemption, certified funds only), Sheriff Foreclosure Sale Rules PDF (1st/3rd Thursday, 10% deposit, 24hr balance, Ron Hain), Sheriff Chancery Surplus PDF (6/1/2026: $840K YTD 2026 surplus), Circuit Clerk (Theresa Barreiro, 540 S. Randall Rd), Recorder (Sandy Wegman, 719 S. Batavia Bldg C), ILTaxSale.com (sealed-bid track, Jan 8 2027 next sale), and GIS/records portal URLs.

▸ For Investors / Operators — Kane County runs an in-person annual tax sale (last Monday of October) using bid-down-the-penalty at a maximum 9% with mandatory physical presence and certified funds for first-time buyers; a parallel sealed-bid scavenger track runs through ILTaxSale.com in January. The 16th Judicial Circuit’s mortgage-foreclosure auction is held the 1st and 3rd Thursday monthly at the Sheriff’s Office (10% certified-funds deposit, 24-hour balance deadline); the Sheriff’s Chancery Surplus PDF shows an actively funded surplus pool ($840K+ in 2026 YTD). There is no tax-sale excess-proceeds pool under the historical Illinois model; the reform path (post-HB4537) is described on illinois §3.

▸ For Former Owners — On the tax-deed side, the historical remedy is the Indemnity Fund — a petition to the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Kane County (540 South Randall Rd, St. Charles; Clerk Theresa Barreiro; (630) 232-3413), naming the Kane County Treasurer as trustee, with a 10-year filing deadline and recovery capped at $99,000 for owner-occupied residential property (35 ILCS 200/21-305). The mechanism is constitutionally challenged; a post-HB4537 surplus-equity fund is pending — see illinois §3. Mortgage-foreclosure surplus is claimed by filing a “Petition to Turnover Surplus Funds” in the 16th Circuit after a 30-day wait.

Disclaimer: This page is legal information, not legal advice. Tax-foreclosure law and county procedure change frequently. Verify every fact against the cited official sources and consult a licensed Illinois attorney before acting. Last verified: 2026-06-02.

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