Illinois Code § 22-35

§ 22-35.

Reimbursement of a county or municipality before issuance of tax deed. Except in any proceeding in which the tax purchaser is a county acting as a trustee for taxing districts as provided in Section 21-90, an order for the issuance of a tax deed under this Code shall not be entered affecting the title to or interest in any property in which a county, city, village or incorporated town has an interest under the police and welfare power by advancements made from public funds, until the purchaser or assignee makes reimbursement to the county, city, village or incorporated town of the money so advanced or the county, city, village, or town waives its lien on the property for the money so advanced. In lieu of reimbursing the county, city, village, or town for any advancement of money that have not been waived, the purchaser or his or her assignee may make application for and the court shall order that the tax purchase be set aside as a sale in error. However, a sale in error may not be granted under this Section if: (1) the lien has been released, satisfied, discharged, or waived; or (2) the following conditions apply: (A) the county, city, village, or town does not agree to release, discharge, or waive the lien; (B) the aggregate total of all such liens recorded against the property by the county, city, village, or town is less than $5,000; and (C) the lien or liens secure money advanced by the county, city, village, or town to abate conditions on the property that are in violation of Section 11-20-7, Section 11-20-12, or Section 11-20-13 of the Illinois Municipal Code or any other applicable codes or ordinances adopted by a county, city, village or town pursuant to its emergency authority to abate neglected weeds, grass, trees, bushes, garbage, debris, or graffiti from property. A filing or appearance fee shall not be required of a county, city, village or incorporated town seeking to enforce its claim under this Section in a tax deed proceeding. (Source: P.A. 103-555, eff. 1-1-24.)