Marshall County, IL tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Marshall County, IL tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 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 Jul 30, 2026.
How tax lien and tax deed sales work in Marshall County, seat of Lacon: 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 sale
- Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction.
- Format
- County site
- County office
- 309-246-6085
On this page
How Marshall County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Marshall County Collector, the office of the Marshall County Treasurer acting as ex officio County Collector (Cynthia A. Nighsonger, Treasurer). Redemption of taxes sold is handled separately by the Marshall County Clerk and Recorder.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Marshall County does not publish an annual tax sale date online.
- Registration
- Two separate paths.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Two separate paths. For the annual tax sale, register directly with the County Collector's office at the Marshall County Courthouse; no online registration portal is published, and Illinois requires bidders to attend in person (35 ILCS 200/21-205 as quoted by RAMS Auctions: "All bidders are required to personally attend the sale"). For the trustee sealed bid sale on ILTaxSale.com, the Marshall County terms state: "You must either submit a bid online or deliver a completed 'BINDING PURCHASE CONTRACT / SEALED BID' along with payment in full to the Treasurer's office no later than the 'last day to bid' date in order to participate." Online bidders create an account at ILTaxSaleBids.com; sealed written bidders obtain the catalog and bid form from the Treasurer's office. Full payment accompanies every sealed written bid, by personal check, cashier's check, money order, or bank draft, and is returned if you are outbid. There is no verbal bidding at the Marshall County trustee sale. Catalogs are released roughly 30 days before the sale; Marshall County's digital catalog is $5 and its list of assignable certificates is $25.
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
Marshall County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Marshall 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.
Get the advertised list
Use Marshall County trustee auction listings, sale notices, terms, and assignable certificate list (ILTaxSale.com) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office 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 County site; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use 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. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Marshall County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Marshall County trustee auction listings, sale notices, terms, and assignable certificate list (ILTaxSale.com). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.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
- Redemption is not handled by the Treasurer. The County Clerk and Recorder page states: "Delinquent taxes sold in Marshall County tax sales must be redeemed in the Office of the County Clerk in person or by mail. It is necessary to call our office to be assured of the exact amount of payment. Payment must be made in cash, certified check or money order made out to the Marshall County Clerk." County Clerk and Recorder Jill M. Kenyon, 122 North Prairie St., P.O. Box 328, Lacon, Illinois 61540, phone 309-246-6325, open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Pre-sale delinquency costs come from the Treasurer's page: "interest will be added at the rate of 1 1/2% per month for all real estate property effective on the first day following each due date until tax is sold or forfeited. Parts or fractions of a month shall be considered as a month." It also states "Advertising costs will be added to each delinquent bill."
- The County Collector's counter is at the Marshall County Courthouse, 122 North Prairie Street, Lacon, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, closed holidays. Payments are made payable to Marshall County Collector.
- Caution on the trustee page's county link: ILTaxSale.com points to marshallcountyillinois.com, while the county's live official site is marshallcountyillinois.gov. Use the .gov address.
- The RAMS Auctions statewide schedule page was reachable but listed no active sale dates when checked on 2026-07-30, and it warns that "this schedule is subject to change, please contact the respective County Treasurer's Office to confirm the date and time of any tax sales you might wish to attend". Treat the Collector's office as the only reliable source for the Marshall County annual sale date.
- No county-published delinquent tax list, bidder registration form, deposit amount, or sale rules document was found on marshallcountyillinois.gov. The document search on the county site returns zero results for "tax sale".
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. 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
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Verified Jul 30, 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 county office before you bid.
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