Commissioners: Joseph Berrios, Brendan Houlihan, Larry R. Rogers, Jr.

Property Tax Exemption
Required Documents for Federal/State Agency Ownership
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Please note: All documents must be submitted in duplicate and proper sequence. Remember, your documents will only be accepted for review during one of the four exemption filing periods. You can find these dates by clicking on the “Dates and Deadlines” bar above.

• BOARD OF REVIEW REAL ESTATE EXEMPTION COMPLAINT
  (B.R. Form R.E.E. #7)
  
  
• ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE APPLICATION
  (PTAX-300-FS)
  
  
• BOARD OF REVIEW GOVERNMENTAL
  EXEMPTION PETITION (Ex. 5)
  
  
• RECORDED PROOF OF OWNERSHIP
  Deed, Title Insurance Policy, Contract for Deed and Proof of Current Installment Payments, Memorandum of Contract, or Lease
  
  If you acquired parts of your property on different dates or if parcels are not beside each other, file separate applications for each parcel.
  Cook County Recorder of Deeds
  
  
• CURRENT TAX BILL FOR EACH PARCEL
  Cook County Treasurer
  
  
• PLAT OF SURVEY
  
  
• REGISTERED MAIL NOTIFICATION TO AFFECTED MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS
  Copies of letters and U. S. Postal Service receipts.
  
  Determine whom to send letters by contacting the Cook County Clerk.
  
  Required only if property’s assessed value is more than $100,000.
  Cook County Assessor