First Installment Property Tax Bills Due March 1, 2012

Pappas encourages residents to pay online during winter season

CHICAGO, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas said today that the 2011 First Installment property tax bills are due March 1, 2012.  Pappas encourages paying online at cookcountytreasurer.com to avoid traveling during the winter season.

Payments received after the March 1, 2012, due date will be charged a 1.5 percent penalty per month.  Property owners can pay:

• Online at cookcountytreasurer.com, from a checking or savings account
• At more than 400 Chase Bank locations in Chicagoland
• From an account at some 200 participating community banks
• By mail with a postmark no later than March 1, 2012
• At the Cook County Treasurer's Office located in downtown Chicago

"Paying online allows you to sit at a computer and avoid traveling through winter weather," Pappas said.  "Your fingers do the walking, but you don't."

Partial payments are accepted.  All forms of payment require taxpayers to reference their 14-digit Property Index Number (PIN) located at the top of each tax bill.

Many property owners have their taxes paid from an escrow account managed by mortgage lenders.  It is the owner's responsibility to ensure that the lender pays on the correct PIN before the due date.

Taxpayers can call 312.443.5100 for information in English, Polish and Spanish. 

SOURCE Cook County Treasurer's Office

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