Illinois Statutes Chapter 35. Revenue § 516/35. Purchase and sale by county; distribution of proceeds

§ 35. Purchase and sale by county; distribution of proceeds. When any mobile home is delinquent, or is forfeited for each of 2 or more years, and is offered for sale under any of the provisions of this Act, the county board of the county in which the mobile home is located, in its discretion, if there are no other bids, may bid, or, in the case of a forfeited mobile home, may apply to purchase it, in the name of the county as trustee for all taxing districts having an interest in the mobile home's taxes for the nonpayment of which the mobile home is sold. The presiding officer of the county board, with the advice and consent of the board, may appoint on its behalf some officer or person to attend such sales and bid or, in the case of a forfeited mobile home, to apply to the county clerk to purchase. The county shall apply on the bid or purchase the unpaid taxes due upon the mobile home. No cash need be paid. The county shall take all steps necessary to acquire certificate of title to the mobile home and upon acquisition of the certificate of title may manage and operate the mobile home. When a county, or other taxing district within the county, is a petitioner for a tax certificate of title, no filing fee shall be required. When a county or other taxing district within the county is the petitioner for a tax certificate of title, one petition may be filed including all mobile homes that are tax delinquent within the county or taxing district, and any publication made under Section 380 of this Act may combine all such mobile homes within a single notice. The notice shall list the street or common address, and the mobile home park where the mobile home is sited, if known, of the mobile homes for informational purposes. The county, as tax creditor and as trustee for other tax creditors, or other taxing districts within the county, shall not be required to allege and prove that all taxes that become due and payable after the sale to the county have been paid nor shall the county be required to pay the subsequently accruing taxes at any time, except when subsequent taxes are sold to another buyer. The county board or its designee may prohibit the county collector from including the mobile home in the tax sale of one or more subsequent years. The lien of taxes that become due and payable after a sale to a county shall merge in the certificate of title of the county, or other taxing district within the county, on the issuance of a certificate of title.

The County may sell or assign the mobile home so acquired, or the certificate of purchase to it, to any party, including taxing districts. The proceeds of that sale or assignment, less all costs of the county incurred in the acquisition and sale or assignment of the mobile home, shall be distributed to the taxing districts in proportion to their respective interests therein.

Under Sections 55 and 60, a County may bid or purchase only in the absence of other bidders.