Safeway Construction Co. v. Rosewell

Petitioner, Safeway Construction Company, bought various real estate parcels at a tax sale and received certificates of purchase evidencing the sales. The three-year period for the previous owners to redeem the parcels (see 35 ILCS 200/21 — 385 (West 1994)) expired on November 1, 1994. Petitioner then had one year from the expiration of the redemption period, until November 1, 1995, to take out and record tax deeds on the parcels, thereby obtaining title to the property. See 35 ILCS 200/22 — 85 (West 1994). Alternatively, petitioner could file a petition to vacate the tax sale and have the…