35 ILCS 200/22-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 35 - REVENUE|35 ILCS 200/ - Property Tax Code.|Title 7 - Tax Collection

Sec. 22-40. Issuance of deed; possession.(a) If the redemption period expires  and the property has not been redeemed and all taxes and special assessments  which became due and payable subsequent to the sale have been paid and all  forfeitures and sales which occur subsequent to the sale have been redeemed and  the notices required by law have been given and all advancements of public  funds under the police power made by a county, city, village or town under Section  22-35 have been paid and the petitioner has complied with all the provisions of  law entitling him or her to a deed, the court shall so find and shall enter an  order directing the county clerk on the production of the certificate of  purchase and a certified copy of the order, to issue to the purchaser or his or  her assignee a tax deed.  The court shall insist on strict compliance with  Section 22-10 through 22-25.  Prior to the entry of an order directing the  issuance of a tax deed, the petitioner shall furnish the court with a report of  proceedings of the evidence received on the application for tax deed and the  report of proceedings shall be filed and made a part of the court record.(b) If taxes for years prior to the year or years sold are or become  delinquent subsequent to the date of sale, the court shall find  that the lien of those delinquent taxes has been or will be merged into the tax  deed grantee's title if the court determines that  the tax deed grantee or any prior holder of the certificate of purchase, or  any  person or entity under common ownership or control with any such grantee or  prior holder of the certificate of purchase, was at no time the holder of any  certificate of purchase for the years sought to be merged.  If delinquent taxes are merged into the tax deed pursuant to this subsection,  the court shall enter an order declaring which specific taxes have been or  will  be merged into the tax deed title and directing the county treasurer and county  clerk to reflect that declaration in the warrant and judgment records;  provided,  that no such order shall be effective until a tax deed has been issued and  timely recorded. Nothing contained in this Section shall relieve any owner  liable for delinquent property taxes under this Code from the payment of the  taxes that have been merged into the title upon issuance of the tax deed.(c) The county clerk is entitled to a fee of $10 in counties of  3,000,000 or more  inhabitants and $5 in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants for the  issuance of the tax deed.  The clerk may not include in a tax deed more than  one property as  listed, assessed and sold in one description, except in cases  where several properties are owned by one person.Upon application the court shall, enter an order to place the tax deed  grantee or the grantee's successor in interest in possession of the property and may enter orders and grant relief as  may be necessary or desirable to maintain the grantee or the grantee's successor in interest in possession.(d) The court shall retain jurisdiction to enter orders pursuant to  subsections (b) and (c) of this Section.  This amendatory Act of the 92nd  General Assembly and this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be construed as being declarative of existing law  and not as a new enactment.  (Source: P.A. 98-1162, eff. 6-1-15.)