Real Estate Tax Cycle
Below you will find how the Real Estate Tax Cycle works in Bureau County, Illinois.
Assessor
- Establishes values
- Approves exemptions
- Updates name and address information
- Works splits and combinations
- Forwards this information to the County Clerk
Treasurer
- Prints and mails tax bills
- Collects tax dollars
- Distributes tax dollars to taxing bodies
- Conducts delinquent tax sale
County Clerk
- Establishes the rates
- Monitors the TIF and enterprise abatements
- Calculates the tax dollar amounts
- Forwards this information to the Treasurer