Form Tax Deed
§ 35 ILCS 200/22-65. Form of deed
Sec. 22-65. Form of deed. A tax deed executed by the county clerk under the official seal of the county shall be recorded in the same manner as other conveyances of property, and vests in the grantee, his or her heirs and assigns, the title of the property therein described without further acknowledgment or evidence of the conveyance. The conveyance shall be substantially in the following form:
State of Illinois )
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County of )
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At a public sale of property for the nonpayment of taxes, held in the
county above stated, on (insert date), the following described property was
sold: (here place description of property conveyed). The property not having
been redeemed from the sale, and it appearing that the holder of the
certificate of purchase of the property has complied with the laws of the
State of Illinois necessary to entitle (insert him, her or them) to a deed of
the property: I ........, county clerk of the county of ........, in
consideration of the property and by virtue of the statutes of the State of
Illinois in such cases provided, grant and convey to ........, his or her
heirs and assigns forever, the property described above.
Dated (insert date).
Signature of ............. County Clerk
Seal of County of ................, Illinois
