You must apply for the exemption with the County Assessment Office. You can get an application here General Homestead Exemption Form or you can call 630-208-3818 and one will be mailed to you.
Following the tax sale, the property owner has a period of time to redeem the taxes before the potential loss of ownership occurs. The default redemption period is two years from the tax sale date. However, the tax buyer can extend the final redemption date up to a maximum of three years from the tax sale date.
The redemption period may range from 6 to 36 months, depending on when the tax certificate was issued, the property type, and whether there is an extension. For tax certificates issued on or after January 1, 2024, most redemption periods are 30 months from the date of the tax sale.
This annual exemption is available for property that is occupied as a residence by a person 65 years of age or older who is liable for paying real estate taxes on the property and is an owner of record of the property or has a legal or equitable interest therein as evidenced by a written instrument, except for a ...
Homestead Exemption for Persons with Disabilities This exemption is an annual $2,000 reduction in the EAV of the primary residence that is owned and occupied by a person with a disability who is liable for the payment of property taxes.
General Homestead Exemption (General or Homestead Exemption) The amount of exemption is the increase in the current year's equalized assessed value (EAV), above the 1977 EAV, up to a maximum of $6,000. The General Homestead Exemption is granted automatically in most cases.
The Illinois homestead exemption allows homeowners to exempt up to $15,000 of equity ($30,000 for married couples) from collection attempts from creditors, potentially preventing the seizure, foreclosure, and sale of their home.
That act was repealed in 1976 and homestead now has a modern-day definition. Illinois says that a homestead is owned and occupied by the person as their home. It includes surrounding property that is not separated from the home by someone else's property.
Every individual is entitled to an estate of homestead to the extent in value of $15,000 of his or her interest in a farm or lot of land and buildings thereon, a inium, or personal property, owned or rightly possessed by lease or otherwise and occupied by him or her as a residence, or in a cooperative that owns ...
You must apply for the exemption with the County Assessment Office. You can get an application here General Homestead Exemption Form or you can call 630-208-3818 and one will be mailed to you.