Cook County Property Search

To view payment summary, or to make an online payment:

To navigate to the new Property Tax Portal, where visitors may access comprehensive information about their properties such as appeal or exemption opportunities or liens:

To view the financial information, including debt and 10-year agency tax history:

The 2011 Annual Tax Sale has been scheduled to commence at 8:30 a.m. on August 5, 2013. Registration for the Annual Tax Sale begins June 6, 2013, and can be completed online at www.cooktaxsale.com

The due date for the Tax Year 2012 First Installment was Friday, March 1, 2013.

The due date for the Tax Year 2011 Second Installment was Wednesday, August 1, 2012.

You may pay current Tax Year 2012 at any of the more than 400 Chase Bank locations, by mail or online.

For Tax Year 2011, please see the Payment Instructions.

Listed below are pamphlets in 24 different languages from the Cook County Treasurer's Office which contain useful information for taxpayers.

Forbes Interview with Maria Pappas

Click here to read a recent Forbes Magazine interview with Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas regarding local debt.

Pappas: Tax Bills Allow Homeowners to Track Government Spending

Click here for informational video regarding the new tax bill information.

Property owners can now see the financial state of their various local governments that tax them right on their property tax bill, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced today.

On each individual tax bill homeowners will find how much their local governments are in debt, where their taxes are going, how much their local governments spend, and pension obligations both funded and unfunded.

Pappas also noted that First Installment tax bills for tax year 2012 (payable in 2013) will reach mail boxes this week and will be due March 1. Pappas encourages paying online at cookcountytreasurer.com. Property owners can also pay at more than 400 Chase Bank locations in Chicagoland and at some 200 participating community banks.