SB3097 Summary

• Amends the Property Tax Code to allow county collectors to conduct scavenger sales through electronic automated sales in addition to in-person public sales.

• Modifies payment procedures for scavenger sales, requiring successful bidders to pay the minimum bid by the end of the business day for in-person sales or by close of business day for electronic sales, with balance due by close of next business day.

• Removes a requirement that certificate of purchase owners file property owner names and addresses with the county clerk within 30 days of filing a tax deed petition, instead delegating notice procedures to the clerk.

• Changes the notice delivery timeline for mailed notices from "promptly" to a specific requirement that notices be mailed not less than 3 months prior to redemption expiration, and adjusts the filing deadline to not more than 6 months and not less than 111 days before redemption expiration.

• Applies changes to matters in which a tax deed petition is filed on or after the effective date, with a savings clause protecting tax deeds issued before the effective date.