Illinois Compiled Statutes
35 ILCS 516/ - Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act.
Division 5 - Scavenger Sales; Procedures

(35 ILCS 516/Div. 5 heading)

(35 ILCS 516/200)
Sec. 200.
Collector's scavenger sale.
Upon the county collector's
application under Section 90, to be known as the Scavenger Sale
Application, the Court shall enter judgment for the taxes,
interest, penalties, and costs as are included in
the advertisement and appear to be due thereon after allowing an opportunity to
object and a hearing upon the objections as provided in Section 115, and
order those mobile homes sold by the county collector at public sale to the
highest bidder for cash, notwithstanding the bid may be less than the full
amount of taxes, interest, penalties, and costs for which judgment has been
entered.
(a) Conducting the sale; bidding. All mobile homes shall be offered for
sale in consecutive order as they appear in the delinquent list. The minimum
bid for any mobile home shall be $250 or one-half of the tax if the total
liability is less than $500. The successful bidder shall immediately pay the
amount of minimum bid to the County Collector in cash, by certified or
cashier's check, by money order, or, if the
successful bidder is a governmental unit, by a check issued by that
governmental unit. If the bid exceeds the minimum bid, the
successful bidder shall pay the balance of the bid to the county collector in
cash, by certified or cashier's check, by money order, or, if the
successful bidder is a governmental unit, by a check issued by that
governmental unit
by the close of the
next business day. If the minimum bid is not paid at the time of sale or if
the balance is not paid by the close of the next business day, then the sale is
void and the minimum bid, if paid, is forfeited to the county general fund. In
that event, the mobile home shall be reoffered for sale within 30 days of the last
offering of mobile homes in regular order. The collector shall make available
to
the public a list of all mobile homes to be included in any reoffering due to the
voiding of the original sale. The collector is not required to serve or
publish any other notice of the reoffering of those mobile homes. In the event
that any of the mobile homes are not sold upon reoffering, or are sold for less
than the amount of the original voided sale, the original bidder who failed to
pay the bid amount shall remain liable for the unpaid balance of the bid in an
action under Section 175. Liability shall not be reduced where the bidder
upon reoffering also fails to pay the bid amount, and in that event both
bidders shall remain liable for the unpaid balance of their respective bids. A
sale of mobile homes under this Section shall not be final until confirmed by the
court.
(b) Confirmation of sales. The county collector shall file his or her
report of sale in the court within 30 days after the date of sale of each
mobile home. No notice of the county collector's application to confirm the
sales shall be required except as prescribed by rule of the court. Upon
confirmation, except in cases where the sale becomes void under Section 430,
or in cases where the order of confirmation is vacated by the court, a sale
under this Section shall extinguish the in rem lien of the taxes,
for which judgment has been entered and a
redemption shall not revive the lien. Confirmation of the sale shall in no
event affect the owner's personal liability to pay the taxes, interest, and
penalties as provided in this Act or prevent institution of a proceeding under
Section 355 to collect any amount that may remain due after the sale.
(c) Issuance of tax sale certificates. Upon confirmation of the sale, the
county clerk and the county collector shall issue to the purchaser a
certificate of purchase in the form prescribed by Section 185 as near as may
be. A certificate of purchase shall not be issued to any person who is
ineligible to bid at the sale or to receive a certificate of purchase under
Section 205.
(d) Scavenger Tax Judgment, Sale and Redemption Record; sale of
parcels not sold. The county collector shall prepare a Scavenger Tax Judgment,
Sale and Redemption Record. The county clerk shall write or stamp on the
scavenger tax judgment, sale, forfeiture and redemption record opposite the
description of any mobile home offered for sale and not sold, or not confirmed for
any reason, the words "offered but not sold". The mobile homes that are offered
for sale under this Section and not sold or not confirmed shall be offered for
sale annually thereafter in the manner provided in this Section until sold.
At any time between annual sales the county collector may advertise for sale
any mobile homes subject to sale under judgments for sale previously entered
under this Section and not executed for any reason. The advertisement and sale
shall be regulated by the provisions of this Act as far as applicable.
(e) Proceeding to tax certificate of title. The owner of the certificate of purchase shall
give notice as required by Sections 365 through 390, and may extend the
period of redemption as provided by Section 330. At any time within 5 months
prior to expiration of the period of redemption from a sale under this Act,
the owner of a certificate of purchase may file a petition and may obtain a tax
certificate of title under Sections 390 through 410. All proceedings for the issuance of
a tax certificate of title and all tax certificates of title for mobile homes sold under this
Section shall be subject to Sections 390 through 410. This Section shall be
liberally construed so that the certificates of title provided for in this
Section convey merchantable title.
(f) Redemptions from scavenger sales. Redemptions may be made from sales
under this Section in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as
redemptions from sales made under the county collector's annual application for
judgment and order of sale, except that in lieu of penalty the person redeeming
shall pay interest on that part of the amount for which the mobile home was
sold equal to or less than the full amount of delinquent
taxes, penalties, interest, and costs, included in the
judgment and order of sale as follows:
The person redeeming shall not be required to pay any interest on any part
of the amount for which the mobile home was sold that exceeds the full amount
of delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and costs included in the judgment
and order of sale.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
the amount required to be paid for redemption
shall also include an amount equal to all delinquent taxes on the mobile home
which taxes were delinquent at the time of sale. The delinquent taxes shall be
apportioned by the county collector among the taxing districts in which the
mobile home is situated in accordance with law. In the event that all moneys
received from any sale held under this Section exceed an amount equal to all
delinquent taxes on the mobile home sold, which taxes were delinquent at the
time
of sale, together with all publication and other costs associated with the
sale, then, upon redemption, the county collector and the county clerk shall
apply the excess amount to the cost of redemption.
(g) Bidding by county or other taxing districts. Any taxing district may
bid at a scavenger sale. The county board of the county in which mobile homes
offered for sale under this Section are located may bid as trustee for all
taxing districts having an interest in the taxes for the nonpayment of which
the mobile homes are offered. The county shall apply on the bid the unpaid
taxes due upon the mobile home and no cash need be paid. The county or other
taxing district acquiring a tax sale certificate shall take all steps necessary
to acquire certificate of title to the mobile home and may manage and operate
the mobile home so acquired.
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 on the
petition. The county as
a tax creditor and as trustee for other tax creditors, or other taxing district
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. The county shall not be required to pay the subsequently
accruing taxes at any time. Upon the written request of
the county board or its designee, the county collector shall not offer the
mobile home for sale at any tax sale subsequent to the sale of the mobile home
to the
county under this Section. The lien of taxes that become due and payable after
a sale to a county shall merge in the certificate title of
the county, or other taxing district, on the issuance of a certificate of
title. The County may
sell the mobile homes so acquired, or the certificate of purchase thereto, and
the proceeds of the sale shall be distributed to the taxing districts in
proportion to their respective interests therein. The presiding officer of the
county board, with the advice and consent of the county board, may appoint some
officer or person to attend scavenger sales and bid on its behalf.
(h) Miscellaneous provisions. In the event that a mobile home
sold at any such sale is not redeemed within the time permitted by law and a
tax certificate of title is issued, all moneys that may be received from the sale of
mobile homes in excess of the delinquent taxes, together with all publication
and other costs associated with the sale,
shall, upon petition of any interested party to the court that issued the tax
certificate of title, be distributed by the county collector pursuant to order of the court
among the persons having legal or equitable interests in the mobile home according
to the fair value of their interests in the mobile home.
Appeals may be taken from the orders and judgments entered under this Section
as in other civil cases. The remedy herein provided is in addition to other
remedies for the collection of delinquent taxes.

(Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03.)

(35 ILCS 516/205)
Sec. 205. Scavenger sale; persons ineligible to bid or purchase. No person, except a unit of local government, shall be eligible to bid
or receive a certificate of purchase at any sale under Section 200 unless
that person has completed and delivered to the county clerk a true, accurate,
and complete application for certificate of purchase which shall affirm that:
(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)

(35 ILCS 516/210)
Sec. 210.
Scavenger sale registration.
No person, except a unit of local
government, shall be eligible to bid or to receive a certificate of purchase
who did not register with the county collector at least 5 business days in
advance of the first day of the sale under Section 200. The collector may
charge, for each registration, a fee of not more than $50 in counties with less
than 3,000,000 inhabitants.
Registration shall be made upon such forms and according to
such regulations as the county collector deems necessary in order to effect
complete and accurate disclosure of the identity of all persons beneficially
interested, directly or indirectly, in each sale under Section 200. The
information to be disclosed shall include, but not be limited to, the name,
address, and telephone number of the purchaser to whom the clerk and collector
will be requested to issue a certificate of purchase; if the purchaser is a
corporation, the place of incorporation and the names and addresses of its
shareholders unless the corporation is publicly held; if the purchaser is a
partnership, the names and addresses of all general and limited partners; if
the purchaser is doing business under an assumed business name, the county
where such name is registered and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers
of all persons having an ownership interest in the business; and the identity
and location of any other tax delinquent mobile home owned by the bidder and
purchaser.
Every application for certificate of purchase and form for registration
authorized and required by this Section and Section 215 shall be executed
under penalty of perjury as though under oath or affirmation, but no
acknowledgement is required.

(Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03.)

(35 ILCS 516/215)
Sec. 215.
Scavenger sale; application for certificate of purchase.
The application for certificate of purchase shall be executed by the
purchaser and by any individual bidder acting in the purchaser's behalf.
The application shall be initially executed and delivered to the county
clerk at the time of registration for the sale as provided in this Section.
Before receiving any certificate of purchase, each purchaser and
individual bidder acting in the purchaser's behalf shall sign and deliver
to the county clerk a schedule or schedules of the mobile homes
for which that purchaser has successfully bid and is applying to purchase,
which schedule or schedules shall be attached to and incorporated within the
application. The schedule or schedules shall be accompanied by a fee, for each
mobile home listed, of $10 in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants.
The application and
schedule or schedules shall be in substantially the following form:

Name of Purchaser: .................
Address: ...........................
Name of Bidder: ....................

Address: ...........................
I (we) hereby apply to the County Clerk and County Treasurer of .....
County for issuance of a certificate of purchase for each of the mobile homes
on the attached schedule(s), and state as follows:
1. I (we) made (or authorized) the successful bid on each mobile home listed
on the attached schedule or schedules at the sale of delinquent mobile homes
under Section 200 of the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act
conducted by the County Treasurer of ..... County, Illinois, on the dates
indicated for each mobile home on the schedule(s).
2. At least 5 business days before the first day of this sale, I (we)
submitted a truthful, accurate and complete registration to the Treasurer of
..... County on the form(s) and according to the regulations prescribed by
the Treasurer's office.
3. Neither I (we) nor any person or firm identified in the registration
submitted to the Treasurer of ..... County was an owner or agent of an
owner, lienholder or agent of a
lienholder (other than the mobile home park owner or his or her agent), holder
of beneficial
interest or agent of a holder of a
beneficial interest in or of any mobile home identified on the schedule(s)
attached to this application on January 1st of any years for which taxes
were delinquent at the time of my (our) bid(s) described in the schedule(s).
4. Neither I (we) nor any person or firm identified in the registration
submitted to the Treasurer of ..... County was an owner or agent of an
owner, lienholder or agent of a
lienholder (other than the mobile home park owner or his or her agent), holder
of a beneficial
interest or agent of a holder of a
beneficial interest in or of the mobile home identified on the schedule(s)
attached to this application at the time of the bid(s) described in the
schedule.
5. Neither I (we) nor any person or firm identified in the registration
submitted to the Treasurer of ..... County was an owner or agent for an
owner, or party or agent for a party responsible for the payment of
delinquent taxes, on any mobile home in the county that was tax delinquent or
forfeited for all or any part of each of 2 or more years when the registration
was submitted.
6. Neither I (we) nor any person acting in my (our) behalf has twice
failed to complete a purchase at the sale during which the mobile homes on
the attached schedule(s) were offered by failing to immediately pay a
minimum bid or by failing to pay the balance of a bid for any mobile home
within one business day thereafter.
I (we) hereby affirm that I (we) have read this application and that the
statements made in it are personally known by me (us) to be true, accurate
and complete, under penalty of perjury as provided by law.
I (we) further understand that this application shall be void unless the
schedule(s) of mobile homes referred to in the application is (are) completed
and delivered to the County Clerk.

........................ Dated: ..............
(Signature of Purchaser)
........................ Dated: ..............

(Signature of Bidder)

(or other identification)
Date of Bid

(insert number or other identification) (insert date)
I (we) hereby affirm that I (we) successfully bid upon the above
mobile homes at the sale conducted by the County Treasurer of ..... County on
the indicated dates, and I (we) request that the County Clerk of .....
County attach this schedule to my (our) application for certificate of
purchase dated ......
Signed under penalty of perjury as provided by law:

........................ Dated: ..............
(Signature of Purchaser)
........................ Dated: ..............

(Signature of Bidder)

(Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03.)

(35 ILCS 516/220)
Sec. 220.
Scavenger sale; ineligible bid; liability.
(a) Any person who is ineligible under Section 205 to bid or to receive a
certificate of purchase from a sale under Section 200, who nevertheless
registers to bid or bids or receives or acquires ownership of a certificate of
purchase from a sale, and any person who registers to bid or bids at a sale on
behalf of an ineligible person, shall be personally liable, jointly and
severally, in a sum equal to the full amount of delinquent or forfeited
taxes, interest, penalties, and costs for
which the judgment for sale under Section 200 was entered.
(b) The State's Attorney of the county in which the sale under Section
200 was conducted may bring an action in the name of the People of the State
of Illinois against the person and, upon a finding of liability under this
Section, the court shall enter judgment against the person in a sum equal to
the full amount of delinquent or forfeited taxes,
interest, penalties, and costs for which judgment for sale
under Section 200 was entered, together with the costs of the action and
reasonable attorney's fees. The proceeds of any judgment under this Section
shall be paid into the county general fund.

(Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03.)

(35 ILCS 516/225)
Sec. 225.
Tax scavenger sale fraud; definitions.
For purposes of
Section
230:
(Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03.)

(35 ILCS 516/230)
Sec. 230.
Offense of scavenger sale fraud.
A person commits the
offense of tax sale fraud who knowingly:
Tax sale fraud is a Class A misdemeanor. A subsequent conviction for tax
sale fraud as defined in subsections (a) through (d) of this Section is a Class
4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 92-807, eff. 1-1-03.)