Jersey County, IL tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Jersey County, seat of Jerseyville: 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 Jersey County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Jersey County Collector/Treasurer (Jersey County Treasurer's Office)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Late October, held in person. The Treasurer page for the 2025 cycle stated the sale would be held "on Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 2:00 pm in the auditorium" of the Jersey County Government Building. The live Treasurer page currently lists only the 2026 installment due dates of July 24, 2026 and September 4, 2026 and has not yet posted a 2026 sale date, so confirm the current date and time with the Collector's office.
Registration and deposit
The county does not post bidder registration forms, deposit amounts, or a registration deadline online. Contact the Jersey County Treasurer's Office at (618) 498-5571, extension 109, 110, or 111, for the registration packet and deadline before the sale. Bidding is conducted in person at the county government building auditorium.
Jersey County runs its annual tax sale in person. The Treasurer page states: "The Tax Sale is held in the Auditorium of the Jersey County Government Building. Only the delinquent taxes are sold at the sale, not the property. If the taxes remain delinquent for 3 years the tax buyer can go to the courts and petition for a tax deed." No online bidding platform is confirmed for this county, so verify the bidding method with the office. RAMS Auctions, which supplies in person computerized bidding to Illinois collectors, announced in 2015 that Jersey County would use its system, and its current schedule page lists no Jersey County date. Redemption of sold taxes is handled by the Jersey County Clerk, not the Treasurer. A separate auction exists: Joseph E. Meyer & Associates, operating ILTaxSale.com, lists a Jersey County sealed bid real estate and mobile home auction on September 10, 2026 with a minimum bid of $838.00 and a catalog released roughly 30 days before, plus a paid list of assignable tax lien certificates. That is the county trustee sale of previously forfeited parcels and certificates, not the annual tax sale run by the Collector. In person at the Jersey County Government Building auditorium, 200 North Lafayette Street, Jerseyville
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)
Jersey County Treasurer's Office (Jersey County Collector)
(618) 498-5571, extension 109, 110, or 111
200 North Lafayette Street, Suite 5, Jerseyville, IL 62052
Official websiteNotes for Jersey County
- Treasurer Rebecca Strang, Deputy Treasurer Brooke Vanausdoll. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and the office fax is (618) 498-8256.
- Sold taxes are redeemed through the Jersey County Clerk's office, which calculates tax rates, handles redemption of delinquent taxes, and keeps levy and budget files. The Clerk is at 200 N. Lafayette, P.O. Box 216, Jerseyville, IL 62052, (618) 498-5571 option 6.
- The 2026 installment due dates posted by the Treasurer are July 24, 2026 for the first installment and September 4, 2026 for the second. In 2025 the office posted that certified letters would be mailed in late September and that personal checks would not be accepted after that date.
- Real estate taxes can be paid at local Jerseyville banks until the due date; once delinquent they must be paid at the Treasurer's office in the Jersey County Government Building.
- No delinquent or sale list is posted on the county website. The Property Tax Inquiry portal at jerseyil.devnetwedge.com is a parcel search rather than a sale list, and it identifies the office as the Jersey County Collector/Treasurer.
- Third-party aggregator pages for Jersey County circulate sale dates that trace back to the ILTaxSale.com trustee auction rather than the Collector's annual tax sale. Treat any date not confirmed by the Treasurer's office as unverified.
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 Jersey County, Illinois sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Jersey County follows Illinois's tax lien state system.
When is the Jersey County tax certificate sale?
- Late October, held in person. The Treasurer page for the 2025 cycle stated the sale would be held "on Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 2:00 pm in the auditorium" of the Jersey County Government Building. The live Treasurer page currently lists only the 2026 installment due dates of July 24, 2026 and September 4, 2026 and has not yet posted a 2026 sale date, so confirm the current date and time with the Collector'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 Jersey 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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