Cook County Treasurer

Look up current property tax details using your property’s PIN number

 

 

Cook County Assessor
Find your property’s PIN number by searching on your address Learn more about your property’s assessed value 

 

 

Cook County Recorder
Click “Search Recordings” to find recorded documents using a property PIN number, or a person’s name (the 20/20 SEARCH SITE), or an address (the ONYX SEARCH SITE)

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Cook County Property Tax Portal
Find out even more about your property taxes, including information on how the property tax system works, forms, and news and events

 

 

Delinquent Property Tax Search

Learn about delinquent or unpaid property taxes by searching a property’s PIN.  , and it shows whether a property’s taxes were sold.  There is also information about the tax sale and redemption process, as well has a helpful FAQ list and glossary. 

 

 

Detailed Breakdown of your Cook County Tax Bill

The commonly used Cook County Treasurer website only shows you the amount of any given tax bill.  This web page, however, lets you see the full details of your tax bill, including the various tax rates used to calculate your property taxes.   This is a very easy way to see where your tax money is going (and you can click the “+” symbol next to any given line item to see the full annual budget for the given township, county, and so on).

 

 

Understanding the Math Behind your Cook Co Property Taxes

Not many people understand how their property taxes are calculated.  The following page shows how the Cook County Assessor’s valuation of your home turns into your property tax bill.  Keep in mind that a new State Equalizer and a new Tax Rate percentage is defined every year and they are the same for everyone in the county, Your property is reassessed every three years depending on your neighborhood).  

 

 

Cook Co Court Case Lookup

Click the type of case you’re trying to search for in the Cook Co Circuit Court.  If you are searching “Civil, Law, Chancery...” the page that opens is a little finicky:  1) First, pick a Division from the “Division Name” drop down list.  There is a brief description of each case type for each division in the drop down.  2) Click how you want to search.  Note In the “Search by Name” field, type in at least the last name of a plaintiff or defendant and click the button for Plaintiff or Defendant accordingly.  If you are searching by case number, you must know the “division code” and the Case # may require leading zeros to be included.  3) Click the blue “Start New Search” button.  If you simply press Enter to initiate your search, the search will not be successful – you have to click the button to initiate the search. 

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If you are searching by someone’s name, to quickly find that specific name in the list of results, use your web browsers “Find on Page” feature by pressing the keyboard shortcut <Ctrl>F (hold down the CTRL key and press the letter F key, then release).  This opens the “Find on Page” search for most web browsers.  If not, locate your browser’s “Find on Page” feature and search for some part of the name you’re looking for.