Cook County of Illinois

Scavenger Tax Sale

Properties in Cook County offered for sale through the biennial Scavenger Tax Sale, due to three or more years of delinquent property taxes. Each record includes the property's city, the owner's business name, full name, and full address.

Example records
Namelegal entityCityaddressFull NamepersonFull AddressgeospatialTax Sale YeartemporalPinregistrationFrom YeartemporalTo YeartemporalTotal Amount PaidfinancialSold At SalestatusVolidentifierBuyer Numberidentifier
Z FINANCIALBremenZ FINANCIAL(41.609565898976, -87.678983998036)200728-13-203-003-000020032005740true29700309
9C LLCThornton9C LLC(41.637285525152, -87.60711017478)201529-03-202-037-0000200420133890true1941500044
B HARTMAN GROUPHyde ParkB HARTMAN GROUP(41.734258900261, -87.551759706477)201526-06-209-035-000020072013440true2961500047
Use cases

Vendor Tax Compliance Screening

A fintech lender onboarding a small business checks whether the applicant entity or any affiliated business appears in Cook County scavenger sale records, which would signal a history of prolonged tax non-payment and raise counterparty risk flags before extending credit.

NameFrom YearTo YearTotal Amount PaidSold At Sale

Distressed Property Portfolio Sourcing

A real estate investment firm scans for parcels that went unsold at scavenger sales, identifying properties with unresolved delinquencies that may be available for acquisition at a discount or through subsequent tax deed proceedings.

PinSold At SaleTotal Amount PaidTax Sale YearCity

Fraud Pattern Detection Across Tax Sale Buyers

A fraud investigator at a title insurance company cross-references buyer numbers against known bad actors to detect whether the same purchaser repeatedly acquires distressed parcels under different entity names, a pattern associated with deed fraud and title clouding schemes.

Buyer NumberNamePinTax Sale YearSold At Sale
Related datasets
Cook County Assessor PermitsBoard of Review Appeal Decision HistoryCook County of IllinoisProcurement Intent to AwardCook County of IllinoisTax Exempt PropertiesDistrict of ColumbiaBuilding Code ScofflawsCity of ChicagoCook County Address Points, Township 23Retail Sales Tax RegistrantsBusiness Personal Property TaxGrocery StoresCity of ChicagoCommunity Service CentersCity of ChicagoState LeasesState of CaliforniaRegistered Business OwnersCity of ChicagoProcurement Bid TabulationsCook County of IllinoisAffordable Rental Housing DevelopmentsCity of ChicagoProperty Assessment ActionsLicensee Excise Tax ReportedState of MissouriLeases (Department of General Services)Montgomery County of MarylandOrdinance ViolationsCity of ChicagoReal Property Transactions of Local Development CorporationsState of New YorkProperty Tax RollCity of Providence