Property tax bill and wrong name on it

[Didi67]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?IL

How does it effect your property, if at all, if your property tax bill is not in your name? About 25yrs ago my in-laws bought their parents house (3 parcels, one which the house sits on), apparently the tax bill was never changed to my in-laws name. My Father in-law has since passed away. Mother in law has put the house in trust with her and her childrens names. Still the property tax for those parcels are listed with my husbands grandfathers name.

I don't know why Mother in-law hasn't done a name change on the tax bill, but I was just wondering if it could cause problems if she were to pass away. Specifically, could the children of my father in-laws sibling (also deceased) try to lay stake to that land? Or since my mother in law has a mtg. on the property does the wrong name not matter?

How important is it to get that name corrected and what if any effect will it have on the assessment of her property?

Thanks in advance

[pojo2]

Whose name is on the DEED?

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by pojo2

Whose name is on the DEED?

**A: yes, that is the critical information.

[Didi67]

well within the last two years she has gotten a home equity line of credit on the home so I'm sure hers is. As I said in the other post she has it in trust for her children.

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by Didi67

well within the last two years she has gotten a home equity line of credit on the home so I'm sure hers is. As I said in the other post she has it in trust for her children.

**A: get the facts straight. We need to know who is on title to the property as stated in the deed.

[Didi67]

Originally Posted by HomeGuru

**A: get the facts straight. We need to know who is on title to the property as stated in the deed.

According to the Recorder of Deeds by her PIN for those parcels it's stated as:
Deed in Trust
The Grantor:
(My mother in-laws name), A Widow and Not since Re-married, of (her address)

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by Didi67

According to the Recorder of Deeds by her PIN for those parcels it's stated as:
Deed in Trust
The Grantor:
(My mother in-laws name), A Widow and Not since Re-married, of (her address)

**A: you did not fully answer the question. We need to know who the current owner of the prioperty is. Who is the Grantee?

[Didi67]

Originally Posted by HomeGuru

**A: you did not fully answer the question. We need to know who the current owner of the prioperty is. Who is the Grantee?

Sorry, well on the Deed in Trust, the grantee is the bank. I'm pretty sure that's not what your looking for though. I searched grantee for the deed, but I'm only able to go back to 1985 and the house was put in trust with both my in-laws names as grantors before that, so at this moment I'm not able to tell you an absolute grantee on the deed before being put in trust. But as I posted before the house was purchased by my in-laws from my father-inlaws dad about 20+ years ago. Until I can get down to the recorder of deeds office and look back to when my in-laws took over the house and see the actual deed would it be to much to ask for an answers for both scenerios?

If the grantee of the deed is still as my husbands grandfather?
If the grantee of the deed is my in-laws names?