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Will County property data
Where Will County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Naperville and Joliet.
- 35Cities and towns
- 278,488Parcels
Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Will County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Will County Recorder of Deeds. Documents from 1965 forward can be searched by name, PIN or address through the Recorder's Tapestry pay-per-search or Laredo subscription services, and older records are searched at the office.
Owners and values
Will County Supervisor of Assessments. The free Property Search Portal finds parcels by PIN, address, owner name, subdivision, property class or sale date and amount.
Tax sales
Will County Treasurer. The Treasurer posts tax sale dates, the tax buyer registration packet and the published list of unpaid taxes, and the county's tax agent sells deeded property by sealed bid.
Foreclosure sales
Will County Sheriff's Office Foreclosures Department. The Sheriff runs a foreclosure portal with upcoming sales and a foreclosure surplus list.
Parcel maps
Will County GIS Data Viewer. The free GIS Data Viewer has more than 70 map layers, including parcels and aerial imagery, and can be searched by address.
How property is sold here
Will County follows Illinois's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the Illinois guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
Illinois sells the unpaid taxes, not the property. The Will County Treasurer holds its annual tax sale each December, with the 2026 sale set for December 1 after buyer registration closes November 13, and the unpaid tax list is published in the newspaper beforehand. Owners have 2.5 years to redeem most homes with fewer than 6 units and 1 year for vacant, commercial, industrial and 7+ unit property, and taxes no one buys go to the county's tax agent, Joseph E. Meyer and Associates, which later sells deeded properties by sealed bid auction.
Foreclosure sales
Illinois foreclosures go through the courts, and the Will County Sheriff's Foreclosures Department at the Will County Courthouse, 100 West Jefferson Street in Joliet, conducts the sheriff sales. Upcoming sales are listed on the Sheriff's online foreclosure portal.
Assessed values
Township assessors set values and the Supervisor of Assessments applies a yearly equalization factor, with a full reassessment every four years under Illinois law.
Transfer tax
Illinois charges $1.00 per $1,000 and Will County adds $0.50 per $1,000, and Joliet adds a city transfer tax of $3.00 per $1,000 paid by the seller, for $4.50 per $1,000 in Joliet.
Worth knowing
The Treasurer bills about 278,488 parcels a year.
Worth knowing
Naperville sits mostly in DuPage County, so check which county a Naperville parcel is in before searching records.
Worth knowing
After the tax sale, sold taxes can only be redeemed through the Will County Clerk's Tax Redemption Department, not the Treasurer.
Every town in Will County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Aurora city
- Beecher village
- Bolingbrook village
- Braceville village
- Braidwood city
- Channahon village
- Crest Hill city
- Crete village
- Diamond village
- Elwood village
- Frankfort village
- Godley village
- Homer Glen village
- Joliet city
- Lemont village
- Lockport city
- Manhattan village
- Minooka village
- Mokena village
- Monee village
- Naperville city
- New Lenox village
- Orland Park village
- Park Forest village
- Peotone village
- Plainfield village
- Rockdale village
- Romeoville village
- Shorewood village
- Steger village
- Symerton village
- Tinley Park village
- University Park village
- Wilmington city
- Woodridge village
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Will County?
Deeds are recorded by the Will County Recorder of Deeds at 158 N. Scott Street in Joliet, with a branch office in Bolingbrook. Documents from 1965 on can be searched online through paid services.
When is the Will County tax sale?
The Will County Treasurer holds the annual tax sale in December. The 2026 sale is December 1, and tax buyers must register by November 13, 2026.
How do I find who owns a property in Will County?
Use the Will County Supervisor of Assessments' free Property Search Portal to search by address, PIN or owner name.
Are Will County property records online?
Yes. Assessment records and GIS maps are free online, recorded documents from 1965 on are online through paid Recorder services, and the Sheriff lists upcoming foreclosure sales online.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
- willcountyrecorder.com/
- willcountyrecorder.com/Ways-to-Search
- willcountysoa.com/PropertySearchPortal
- willcountysoa.com/
- willcounty.gov/County-Offices/Budget-Finance/Treasurer-Office
- willcounty.gov/County-Offices/Finance-and-Revenue/Treasurer-Office/Tax-Sale-Information
- willcounty.gov/County-Offices/Finance-and-Revenue/Treasurer-Office/Tax-Buyer-Registration
- willcounty.gov/County-Offices/Finance-and-Revenue/Treasurer-Office/Public-Auction
- willcounty.gov/County-Offices/Finance-and-Revenue/Treasurer-Office/Delinquent-Taxes
- willcosheriff.org/civil-court/foreclosures/contact-foreclosures
- willcounty.gov/County-Offices/Administration/GIS-Division/GIS-Data-Viewer
- joliet.gov/government/departments/customer-service/real-estate-transfer
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