Transfer Tax Ordinances (updated 05/10/06)

Taxing Body Amount Of Tax Place For Purchase Party Liable State of IL $.50/$500 County Building Either;Seller customary All Illinois Counties $.25/$500 County Building Either;Seller customary Addison*,*** $2.50/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Alsip* $3.50/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Aurora $3/$1,000 City Hall Seller Bartlett $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Bedford Park** $50 flat fee City Hall Seller Bellwood*,** $5/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Berywn** $10/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Boilingbrook* $7.50/$1,000 Village Hall Split Buffalo Grove* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Burbank $5/$1,000 City Hall Seller Burnham $5/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Calumet City*,** $8/$1,000 Village Hall Split Calumet Park*,** $5/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Carol Stream* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Channahon* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Chicago* $3.75/$500 City Hall Buyer Chicago Heights*,** $4/$1,000 City Hall Seller Cicero*,** $10/$1,000 Town Hall Seller Country Club Hills*,** $5/$1,000 City Hall Seller Countryside $50 flat fee City Hall Either Des Plaines*,**** $2/$1,000 City Hall Seller East Hazel Crest* $25 flat fee City Hall Buyer Elk Grove Village* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Elmhurst*,*** $1.50/$1,000 City Hall Seller Elmwood Park*,** $5/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Evanston* $5/$1,000 City Clerk Seller Evergreen Park*,** $5/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Freeport $4/$1,000 City Hall Seller Fort Sheridan See below     Glendale Hts* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Glen Ellyn $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Glenwood*,** $5/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Hanover Park * $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Harvey*,** $4/$1,000 City Clerk Split Harwood Hts*,** $10/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Hillside*** $7.50/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Highland Park $5/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Highwood See below     Hoffman Estates* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Joliet $3/$1,000 City Hall Seller Lake Forest $4/$1,000 (A rebate of the transfer tax owed in an amount up to $2,000 will be given to Lake Forest residents who move between residences within Lake Forest) Buyer Lincolnshire* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Maywood*,** $4/$1,000 Village Hall Seller McCook* $5/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Mettawa $5/$1,000 Buyer Morton Grove* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Mount Prospect $3/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Naperville $3/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Niles*,** $3/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer North Chicago*,** $5/$1,000 City Clerk Buyer Oak Lawn $5/$1,000 Village Office or Downtown Office Seller Oak Park* $8/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Park Forest*,** $5/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Park Ridge*,** $2/$1,000 City Hall Seller Peoria $2.50/$1,000 Village Clerk Seller River Forest*,** $.50/$1,000 Village Clerk Seller Robbins*,** $25 per property Village Hall Seller Rolling Meadows* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Romeoville $3.50/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Schaumburg* $1/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Skokie $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Stickney* $5/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Streamwood* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Stone Park*,** $4/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Sycamore $5/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer (exemption for current Sycamore residents) University Park*,** $1/$1,000 Village Hall Seller Westchester*,** $25 flat fee City Hall Seller Wheaton $2.50/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Wilmette* $3/$1,000 Village Hall Buyer Woodridge* $2.50/$1,000 Village Hall Seller

* Requires water bill to be paid before it will issue stamps
** Requires building inspection before it will issue stamps
*** Requires sewer/sump pump inspection before it will issue stamps
**** Requires vehicle sticker payment

[see below] Highwood does not have a transfer tax but properties within the town of Ft. Sheridan do - they are 'subject to a transfer fee pursuant to Section V B of the Annexation Agreement related to this subdivision' (City of Highwood).  The latest updated transfer tax information I found was updated on 05/10/06, which stated that Ft. Sheridan Areas are the only "parts" of Highwood that have transfer taxes $5.00/1,000 under Highwood's Ordinance 98-0-16.  The Seller is the party that is liable for this tax and this ordinance has been in effect since 03/03/1998 - there is no pre-transfer inspection required. Highwood refers to Ft. Sheridan as a 'town' but you have to go to Highwood's City Hall to pick up transfer fee declaration forms, etc.

updated (05/10/06)

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