Bond County, IL tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Bond County, seat of Greenville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
Verified Jul 30, 2026 against official county and state sources.
New here? Read how Illinois tax sales work, the difference between a lien and a deed, and redemption periods.
How Bond County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Bond County Treasurer's Office (the Treasurer serves as ex officio County Collector; Treasurer Colleen Camp)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- November, once per tax cycle, at the county Treasurer's Office. The county's 2026 tax date sheet lists "November 19th, 2026 10:00am (Thursday) Annual Sale of delinquent taxes," and the Treasurer's FAQ says "Tax sale for 2025 Property Taxes payable in 2026 will be Thursday November 19th, 2026 at 10am." The page also states the sale "is held at the end of the tax cycle" and is "held one time per tax cycle." Recent sales ran on similar November dates (the prior final list is dated 11/21/2025).
Registration and deposit
Register in writing with the County Treasurer's Office 10 working days before the sale; the 2026 tax date sheet sets November 1, 2026 as the "Last day to register as a tax buyer." The county posts a Tax Certificate Sale Registration form (https://bondcountyil.gov/wp-content/uploads/TAX-SALE-REGISTRATION-FORM-2026.pdf), mailed to Bond County Treasurer, 206 W Main St, Greenville, IL 62246, with $100 payment ($50 registration fee plus $50 file fee); the form says the registration fee is refunded if you submit a bid. A W-9 must be attached to the registration form with payment 10 days prior to the sale. The form also notes county officers, county employees and their relatives are barred from purchasing, citing Chapter 55 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Act 55, Section 1. A copy of the parcel list is sold separately for a $50 fee; email the Treasurer to request it.
Bidding is on the 6-month interest rate: "The bids start at 9% and goes down to 0%. The lowest bid is accepted." The sale is not live bidding and there is no online auction platform. Every registered tax buyer loads bids onto a flash drive using RAMS-2 and brings the drive to the Bond County Treasurer's office on sale day for processing. If someone other than the registered bidder delivers the drive, name that person on the registration form. Mail, telephone and fax bidding are not accepted. Payment is due immediately after the close of the sale, by personal check, business check, cashier's check or cash. Certificates are mailed to the winning buyer about a week after the sale and must be issued in the winning buyer's name. Buyers file their own paperwork to pursue a deed; the county does not handle it, and the sale clears no other liens from the property. Delinquent tax sale listings are published in The Greenville Advocate, with publication around October 24, 2026 for the 2026 sale and application for judgment on November 12, 2026. Anything not purchased by a tax buyer goes to the Bond County Trustee, Joseph E. Meyer, whose office handles assignment purchases at 1-800-248-2850. Caution on a common mix-up: ILTaxSale.com (Joseph E. Meyer & Associates) is the Trustee's separate channel for assignable certificates and the county's annual sealed-bid surplus auction of tax-deeded parcels, not the platform for this annual tax certificate sale. Also note the Treasurer's tax sale page still carries an older line describing a prior cycle's sale as not yet scheduled; the FAQ and the 2026 date sheet are the current figures. RAMS-2 auction software, run in person at the Bond County Treasurer's Office (bids are loaded onto a flash drive and hand delivered, not bid online)
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Sheriff or a court-appointed private selling officer, under an order of the circuit court. A county acting as trustee runs its own tax deed auctions.
- Frequency
- as ordered by the circuit court
- Typical timing
- Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction. Public Act 104-0553 created this route for tax certificates issued on or after July 10, 2026, so the earliest Illinois judicial tax deed auctions fall in 2027, after the 1 year short redemption track runs.
Registration and deposit
Terms of a judicial tax deed auction, including whether it runs online, in person, or both, and what deposit is required, are set in the court's order and published in the notice of tax deed auction. That notice runs once a week for 3 consecutive weeks, starting no more than 45 days and ending no less than 7 days before the auction. Read the notice for each parcel; there is no statewide platform or standing bidder registration.
Bidding opens at the tax deed judgment amount plus 0.75 percent per month since judgment, plus publication and selling officer costs. The petitioning certificate holder is entered as a credit bidder at that minimum. Surplus above the minimum goes to the county treasurer for the former owner to claim.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
Certificates nobody bids on at the annual sale are forfeited to the county as trustee for the taxing districts. The county may then assign a forfeited certificate to any party or sell property it has acquired, which many counties handle through a delinquent tax agent rather than a public counter. Counties may also offer county-held certificates at a scavenger sale with a minimum bid of $250, or half the tax when total liability is under $500. Ask the county collector and the county clerk which program the county runs and who may buy.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Notes for Bond County
- Bond County sells tax certificates once per tax cycle at the Treasurer's Office in Greenville, with the 2026 sale set for Thursday, November 19, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.
- Bidding is a rate bid-down on the 6-month penalty rate, starting at 9% and falling to 0%, with the lowest bid winning.
- The sale is in person and uses RAMS-2 software: registered buyers submit bids on a flash drive delivered to the Treasurer's office. There is no online bidding platform.
- Registration closes about 10 working days before the sale (November 1, 2026 for the 2026 sale) and requires the county form, a W-9, and $100 in fees, $50 of which is refunded if you submit a bid.
- Parcels no tax buyer takes go to the Bond County Trustee, Joseph E. Meyer & Associates, which sells assignable certificates and runs the county's annual sealed-bid surplus auction of tax-deeded property at ILTaxSale.com.
- The Treasurer's mailing address on its own page and on the registration form is 206 W. Main Street, while the county website header shows the general county address at 200 West College Ave.
Illinois statewide rules
- Redemption
- Property sold at an Illinois tax sale may be redeemed at any time before the redemption period expires. Public Act 104-0553 set the standard period at 3 years from the date of sale for tax certificates issued on or after July 10, 2026. Certificates issued between January 1, 2024 and July 9, 2026 run on the earlier 2.5 year (30 month) track, and on that track the certificate holder could file a written notice with the county clerk extending redemption to a date no later than 3 years from the sale. A short 1 year period applies when the parcel was, on the date of sale, vacant non-farm property, commercial or industrial property, or improved with a structure holding 7 or more residential units. Certificates the county holds or assigns as trustee run on their own schedule under Section 21-385, and an assignee must file notice within 60 days of assignment setting a redemption deadline no later than 3 years from the assignment.
- Deed deposit
- Illinois does not fix a statutory deposit percentage. Deposit and payment terms are set in the court's order authorizing the auction and by the selling officer, so read the notice of tax deed auction for each sale. A purchaser who fails to complete the sale forfeits any deposit already made to the county surplus equity fund, and the court orders a new auction of the property.
- Surplus proceeds
- Any amount by which the winning bid exceeds the minimum bid is surplus. Within 30 days after the court confirms the sale the selling officer deposits the surplus with the county treasurer, who notifies everyone who received the Section 22-10 take notice that the owner at the time of the sale may file a claim for it. A county running its own tax deed auction deposits surplus with the treasurer within 30 days of the sale and notifies interested parties within 60 days. Separately, a previous owner who lost equity through a tax deed can claim an award from the county surplus equity fund, capped at the value of the property when the deed issued less mortgages, liens, and the taxes the purchaser paid.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Bond County, Illinois sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Bond County follows Illinois's tax lien state system.
When is the Bond County tax certificate sale?
- November, once per tax cycle, at the county Treasurer's Office. The county's 2026 tax date sheet lists "November 19th, 2026 10:00am (Thursday) Annual Sale of delinquent taxes," and the Treasurer's FAQ says "Tax sale for 2025 Property Taxes payable in 2026 will be Thursday November 19th, 2026 at 10am." The page also states the sale "is held at the end of the tax cycle" and is "held one time per tax cycle." Recent sales ran on similar November dates (the prior final list is dated 11/21/2025).. Registration and bidding happen on the county's online platform. Always confirm the exact date with the Tax Collector before the sale.
How often does Bond County hold tax deed sales?
- as ordered by the circuit court. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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