35 ILCS 200/22-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 35 - REVENUE|35 ILCS 200/ - Property Tax Code.|Title 7 - Tax Collection

Sec. 22-20. Proof of service of notice; publication of notice. The sheriff or coroner serving notice under Section 22-15 shall  endorse his or  her return thereon and file it with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and it shall  be a part of the court record.  A private detective or a special process server appointed under  Section  22-15 shall make his or her return by affidavit and shall file it with the  Clerk of the Circuit Court, where it shall be a part of the court record.  If  a sheriff, private detective, special process server, or coroner to whom any notice is  delivered for service, neglects or refuses to make the return, the purchaser or  his or her assignee may petition the court to enter a rule requiring the  sheriff,  private detective, special process server, or coroner to make return of the notice on  a day to be fixed by the  court, or to show cause on that day why he or she should not be attached for  contempt of the court. The purchaser or assignee shall cause a written notice  of the rule to be served upon the sheriff, private detective, special process server, or  coroner.  If good and sufficient cause to excuse the sheriff, private detective, special process  server, or coroner is not shown, the court shall adjudge him or her guilty of  a contempt, and shall proceed to punish him as in other cases of contempt.If the property is located in a municipality in a county with less than  3,000,000 inhabitants, the purchaser or his or her assignee shall also publish  a notice as to the owner or party interested, in some newspaper published in  the municipality.  If the property is not in a municipality in a county with  less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, or if  no newspaper is published therein, or  if the property is in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the notice  shall be published in some newspaper in the county.  If no newspaper is  published in the county, then the notice shall be published in the newspaper  that is published nearest the county seat of the county in which the property  is located. If the owners and parties interested in the property upon diligent  inquiry are unknown to the purchaser or his or her assignee, the publication as  to such owner or party interested, may be made to unknown owners or parties  interested.  Any notice by publication given under this Section shall be given  3 times at any time after filing a petition for tax deed, but not less than 3  months nor more than 6 months prior to the expiration of the period of  redemption.  The publication shall contain (a) notice of the filing of the  petition for tax deed, (b) the date on which the petitioner intends to make  application for an order on the petition that a tax deed issue, (c) a  description of the property, (d) the date upon which the property was sold, (e)  the taxes  or special assessments for which it was sold and (f) the date on  which the period of redemption will expire. The publication shall not include  more than one property listed and sold in one description, except as provided  in Section 21-90, and except that when  more than one property is owned by one person, all of the parcels owned by that  person may be included in one notice.The changes to this Section made by Public Act 95-477   apply only to matters in which a petition for tax deed is filed on or after June 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-477).(Source: P.A. 95-195, eff. 1-1-08; 95-477, eff. 6-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)