• Although your organization may have received a Certificate of Incorporation, sales tax exemption or status as a not-for-profit corporation, this does not automatically entitle you to a property tax exemption. You must apply for property tax exemption as outlined in this brochure.
   

• A property tax exemption must be approved for each parcel of real estate. For example, if the owner has an exemption on one property and moves, or acquires an additional property, the old exemption does not automatically extend to any other properties.
   

• Please note that if there are unpaid taxes and/or interest on the property, those taxes are subject to sale, even if they are from tax years before the exempt entity acquired the property.
   

• Find out whether there are any unpaid taxes for the property. This information is available at the Cook County Clerk’s Office

(312-603-5656).

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