Pike County, IL tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Pike County, IL tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Illinois sells tax lien certificates paying up to 9%. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax lien and tax deed sales work in Pike County, seat of Pittsfield: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Illinois tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next tax deed sale
- Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction.
- Format
- Online
- County office
- (217) 285-4218
On this page
How Pike County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Pike County Treasurer, serving as Ex-Officio County Collector (Scott Syrcle, Treasurer/Ex-Officio Collector)
- Frequency
- annual
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Two bidding routes are published for the Pike County trustee sale, and the sale notice states it is a sealed bid auction with no verbal bidding. Online: create an account or log in at ILTaxSaleBids.com to place a bid; a winning online bidder is emailed payment instructions and has seven days to pay in full or the bid is rejected and the next highest bid is taken. By mail or in person: obtain a catalog and the Binding Purchase Contract / Sealed Bid form from the Treasurer's office, include full payment (no cash) made payable to COUNTY TRUSTEE by personal check, cashier's check, money order or bank draft, seal it in an envelope marked SEALED BID with the item number, and deliver it to the Treasurer by the last day to bid. Postmark does not count. Registration and deposit terms for the separate annual tax sale are not published online and must be confirmed with the County Collector at (217) 285-4218.
Sale format and venue
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.
When it 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.
Sale format and venue
Pike County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Pike County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use Pike County trustee sale notices, terms and sealed bid form, September 2026 (PDF) as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.Register to bid
Ask the Pike County Treasurer how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction. Bidding runs on Online; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Pike County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Pike County
4 checks
Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Pike County trustee sale notices, terms and sealed bid form, September 2026 (PDF). Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.Confirm 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.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Illinois due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Illinois before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold liens and deeds
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. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Illinois calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
County notes
- Pike County posts no tax sale page. The Treasurer and Ex-Officio Collector page (Scott Syrcle, Treasurer/Ex-Officio Collector) lists hours of 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday, phone (217) 285-4218, fax (217) 285-5451, and property tax payment methods, but no annual tax sale date, bidder registration, or delinquent list.
- 2026 real estate tax bills were mailed July 15, with the first installment due August 19 and the second installment due September 22, 2026. Parcels still unpaid after the second installment move toward the annual tax sale.
- Redemption and delinquent payment questions go to the County Clerk, who collects delinquent tax payments and calculates and extends the tax rates on all real estate in the county. The Clerk is at 121 E. Washington Street, Pittsfield, IL 62363, phone (217) 285-6812.
- Joseph E. Meyer & Associates, the Delinquent Tax Agent for 94 of 102 Illinois counties, runs the Pike County trustee sale of tax deed foreclosed property and assignable tax certificates. That sale is separate from the Collector's annual tax sale and takes place after it.
- Pike trustee sales are sealed bid only, with no verbal bidding. Bid online at ILTaxSaleBids.com, or deliver a completed Binding Purchase Contract / Sealed Bid with full payment to the Treasurer's office by the last day to bid.
- Results are mailed roughly seven days after the last day to bid. Unsuccessful bidders get their payment back marked void along with a letter stating the winning bid amount.
- Pike County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to withdraw any parcel from the sale without prior notice, and the catalog information is described as deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
- Pike County trustee sales were held 10/13/2023, 09/13/2024, 09/05/2025 and 09/11/2026, so a September window is the pattern to watch for this channel; no later trustee sale is scheduled yet.
Illinois 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. Once 30 days have passed 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
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Verified Oct 6, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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 office that runs the sale before you bid.
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