Illinois Counties Sue State Over Delinquent Property Tax Sales
County officials are turning to federal court over regulations of delinquent property taxes that they say puts them in an impossible bind.Two Illinois counties surrounding Chicago, Lake and DuPage counties, have filed federal lawsuits against the state over a property tax sale process they say leaves them stuck enforcing laws that are “unconstitutional by design,” Crain’s reported.Officials in the counties are asking a judge to declare that the Illinois property tax code, which dates back to the 1930s, forces them to run tax delinquency sales that violate property owners’ rights...