Illinois § 11-84-5
Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 11-84-5, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-84-5.
When the specified general officer of the county receives such a report, he shall at once proceed to obtain judgment against the lots, blocks, tracts, or parcels of land enumerated therein for the special tax remaining due and unpaid, in the same manner as may be provided by law for obtaining judgment against land for taxes due and unpaid to the county and state, and in the same manner shall proceed to sell the same for the special tax due and unpaid. In obtaining this judgment, and making this sale, the specified officer shall be governed by the general revenue laws of Illinois, except when otherwise provided in this Division 84. The general revenue laws shall also apply to the execution of certificates of sales and deeds, and to the force and effect of these sales and deeds. All other laws in relation to the enforcement and collection of taxes, and redemption from tax sales, shall apply to proceedings to collect this special tax, except as otherwise provided in this Division 84. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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