Jasper County, IL tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Jasper County, seat of Newton: 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 Jasper County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Jasper County Treasurer's Office (Clinton Bigard, County Treasurer, serving as ex officio County Collector). Joseph E. Meyer & Associates, Inc., the Jasper County Trustee and delinquent tax agent, conducts the annual tax sale for the county.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The county does not publish a fixed calendar date. Its tax buyer page states the annual sale "is held each year after the final due date(s) and after all notifications have been mailed and posted," and the Treasurer's FAQ says the second real estate installment falls in the middle of September, so the sale follows that installment. The tax buyer letter tells registrants to send forms and payment "after the sale date has been determined but at least 10 days prior to sale date." Confirm the current year's date directly with the Treasurer's office.
Registration and deposit
Register with the Jasper County Treasurer, not with the trustee. Submit the county's Tax Buyer Registration Form in writing, a completed IRS Form W-9, and a $150 registration fee payable to the Jasper County Treasurer. A judgement book is available for an additional $100. All forms and payments are due at least 10 days before the sale date. The $150 fee is returned to a registered buyer who attends and attempts to purchase taxes, and is forfeited to the county if the buyer skips the sale or attends without bidding. Every participating buyer must sign in before bidding starts. Registrants certify under penalty of perjury that they hold no interest prohibited by 55 ILCS 55/1. Mail to Clinton Bigard, Jasper County Treasurer, PO Box 107, Newton, IL 62448.
Jasper County runs its annual tax sale in person in the County Board Room at 204 W Washington St, Newton, IL 62448, so plan to attend. No online platform is confirmed for this county's certificate sale; verify with the office before assuming remote bidding. Joseph E. Meyer & Associates, Inc. of Edwardsville is the Jasper County Trustee and delinquent tax agent and conducts the sale, but registration forms and fees go to the Jasper County Treasurer rather than the trustee. Meyer runs the bidding on its RAMS system, which its own site describes as purchasers attending the sale in person and bidding via networked computers with a simple mouse click. The county does not post the delinquent list online. The Treasurer's FAQ says the office sends a certified-mail delinquent notice after second installment payments are processed and publishes the names and amounts due in the local newspaper. That FAQ also confirms the lien structure: the taxes are sold rather than the property, the interest rate is determined on the day of the sale, the owner has at least two years to redeem, and a buyer who is not redeemed may petition the circuit court for a deed. Separately, ILTaxSale.com lists a Jasper County Trustee sealed-bid sale of trustee-held real estate and mobile homes, shown next for October 2, 2026 with a $850 minimum bid and a catalog posted roughly 30 days ahead. That is a deed-side sale of property the trustee already holds, not the annual certificate sale, so treat the two as separate opportunities. In person at the county board room. No online bidding platform is used for the annual certificate sale.
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 Jasper County
- County Treasurer is Clinton Bigard. Office email is [email protected] and office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm.
- Office fax is (618) 783-8455 per the Treasurer's tax buyer letterhead.
- Sale location is the County Board Room, 204 W Washington St, Newton, IL 62448.
- Registration fee is $150 and is refunded to buyers who attend and bid. An optional judgement book costs $100.
- Real estate tax bills are typically mailed by the middle of July, with the first installment due the middle of August and the second installment due the middle of September, per the Treasurer's FAQ.
- County trustee contact: Joseph E. Meyer & Associates, Inc., 141 St. Andrews Ave, PO Box 96, Edwardsville, IL 62025, (618) 656-5744 or toll free (800) 248-2850, fax (618) 656-5094. They answer questions about sale procedure only.
- The RAMS Auctions published tax sale schedule at ramsauctions.com/schedule.php returned no entries when checked on 2026-07-29, so it is not a usable source for the Jasper sale date.
- Property tax records are searchable at jasperil.devnetwedge.com (DEVNET), but that system does not expose delinquent status, certificate status, or redemption figures.
- Joseph E. Meyer & Associates describes itself as Illinois County Trustee for 81 counties, which matches the Treasurer's statement that the firm serves as Jasper County's delinquent tax agent and trustee.
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 Jasper County, Illinois sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Jasper County follows Illinois's tax lien state system.
When is the Jasper County tax certificate sale?
- The county does not publish a fixed calendar date. Its tax buyer page states the annual sale "is held each year after the final due date(s) and after all notifications have been mailed and posted," and the Treasurer's FAQ says the second real estate installment falls in the middle of September, so the sale follows that installment. The tax buyer letter tells registrants to send forms and payment "after the sale date has been determined but at least 10 days prior to sale date." Confirm the current year's date directly with the Treasurer's office.. 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 Jasper 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.
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