This comprehensive resource provides best-practice guidance with handling issues concerning the Illinois Property Tax Code and associated statutes. It also offers practical assistance for traversing the complex web of the intricate Code. This handbook is instructive for newer and seasoned attorneys alike. It includes guidance addressing appraisals; tax incentives; the levy, extension, and collection of property taxes; tax rates objections; tax bills and payments; tax sales and redemptions; and miscellaneous collection and enforcement matters. Additional resources include a guide to tax deed and indemnity fund proceedings.
General Editor — Timothy E. Moran, Schmidt Salzman & Moran, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 1 — Appraisals
Bradley R. Braemer, Real Estate Analysis Corporation; Lauren M. Trilling, Stout Risius Ross, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 2 — Real Property Tax Incentive
Lauren Elliot, Elliott & Associates, PLLC, Des Plaines,and Melissa Whitley, Elliott & Associates, PLLC, Des Plaines & Chicago
Chapter 3 — Additional Resources for Practitioners
Nora Ann Devine, The Devine Law Group, LLC,Chicago,and Ellen G. Berkshire, Verros Berkshire, PC, Oakbrook Terrace
Chapter 4 — Levy, Extension, and Collection of Property Taxes
Thomas J. McNulty, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Tax Rate Objections
Thomas J. McNulty, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Tax Bills and Payments; Tax Sales and Redemptions; Miscellaneous Collections and Enforcement Matters
Jeffrey S. Blumenthal, Slutzky & Blumenthal, and David R. Gray, Jr., Gray Law Offices, Inc., Chicago
Chapter 7 — A Guide to Tax Deed and Indemnity Fund Proceedings
Jeffrey S. Blumenthal, Slutzky & Blumenthal, and David R. Gray, Jr., Gray Law Offices, Inc., Chicago
