MARIA PAPPAS
COOK COUNTY TREASURER
MARIA PAPPAS
COOK COUNTY TREASURER
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Michael Puccinelli
Director of Media & Public Relations • Communications
312.603.3211
mpuccinelli@cookcountytreasurer.com
Erika Maldonado
Hispanic Liaison
312.603.5057
emaldonado@cookcountytreasurer.com
Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas
118 North Clark Street, Room 212
Chicago, Illinois 60602
312.603.6202
news@cookcountytreasurer.com
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If Taxes Were Sold
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Multiple Payments Via Wire Transfer
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How the Illinois Property Tax System Works
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Understanding Your Tax Bill
Get a Copy of Your Tax Bill
About Your Property Index Number (PIN)
Update Your Name or Mailing Address
Monitoring Your Mortgage
Taxing Districts' Financial Statements and Disclosures
Receive Your Tax Bill By Email
Sign In to Your Electronic Billing Account
20-Year Tax Bill History
View Taxing District Debt Attributed to Your Property
Tax and Scavenger Sales
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Search to See If Your Property Has Sold Taxes
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Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer's Biography
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Pappas Studies
A Broken Property Tax Appeals System
Voter Turnout, Race, Income and the Fate of Property Tax Referendums
Tax Year 2023 Bill Analysis
Pappas Portal - the newsletter
How Wealthy Investors are Making Millions Exploiting Illinois' Property Tax Law
Maps of Inequality
Additional Studies
Your Property Tax Overview
See how your tax bill changed
View taxing district debt attributed to your property
Search $122 million in available property tax refunds
Search $33 million in missing senior exemptions going back four years
Change your name and mailing address
Pay Online for Free
Use your bank account to pay your property taxes with no fee
More Ways to Pay
Chase Bank
Community Bank
Mail
Our Office
Avoid the Tax Sales
What are Cook County's two Tax Sales?
Are your taxes delinquent?
Downloadable Forms
Apply for a refund
Receive your bill by email
Request tax deferral for seniors, military
Pappas Studies
A Broken Property Tax Appeals System
Voter Turnout, Race, Income and the Fate of Property Tax Referendums
Tax Year 2023 Bill Analysis
Pappas Portal - the newsletter
How Wealthy Investors are Making Millions Exploiting Illinois' Property Tax Law
Maps of Inequality
Additional Studies
Your Property Tax Overview
See how your tax bill changed
View taxing district debt attributed to your property
Search $122 million in available property tax refunds
Search $33 million in missing senior exemptions going back four years
Change your name and mailing address
Pay Online for Free
Use your bank account to pay your property taxes with no fee
More Ways to Pay
Chase Bank
Community Bank
Mail
Our Office
Avoid the Tax Sales
What are Cook County's two Tax Sales?
Are your taxes delinquent?
Downloadable Forms
Apply for a refund
Receive your bill by email
Request tax deferral for seniors, military