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35 ILCS 200/22-65 (2026)

Form of deed

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(35 ILCS 200/22-65)
    Sec. 22-65. Form of deed. A tax deed executed by the county clerk under the official seal of the county shall be recorded in the same manner as other conveyances of property, and vests in the grantee, his or her heirs and assigns, the title of the property therein described without further acknowledgment or evidence of the conveyance. The conveyance shall be substantially in the following form:
State of Illinois)
                 ) ss.
County of .......)
    At a public sale of property for the nonpayment of taxes, held in the county above stated, on (insert date), the following described property was sold: (here place description of property conveyed). The property not having been redeemed from the sale, and it appearing that the holder of the certificate of purchase of the property has complied with the laws of the State of Illinois necessary to entitle (insert him, her or them) to a deed of the property: I ...., county clerk of the county of ...., in consideration of the property and by virtue of the statutes of the State of Illinois in such cases provided, grant and convey to ...., his or her heirs and assigns forever, the property described above.
    Dated (insert date).
Signature of .................. County Clerk
Seal of County of ...., Illinois
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2007–2010 · leading case: In Re Cnty. Treasurer, 869 N.E.2d 1065 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007).
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In Re Cnty. Treasurer, 869 N.E.2d 1065 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 4× “Section 22-40 states that once the redemption period expires, the property has not been redeemed, and the petitioner has complied with all the provisions of law entitling him or her to a deed, "the court shall so find and shall enter an order directing the county clerk on the…”
Strong v. City of Peoria (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “Section 22-40 of the Code provides that if the property has not been redeemed within the redemption period and the petitioner has complied with all provisions of law entitling him to a deed, the court shall enter an order directing the county clerk to issue a tax deed.”
In re Application of the Cnty. Treasurer (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “2d 77, 82 (1971); see 35 ILCS 200/22-65 (West 2002). Thus, in order to determine when the assessments began to accrue, we must first determine when petitioner gained title to the properties.”
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