(A) The Lake County Sheriff’s fee for conducting a judicial sale shall be $600, except in the case of unimproved real estate which sells for $10,000 or less where the fee shall be $150. This fee shall be paid in advance of the sale by the party obtaining the sale. The fee to cancel a judicial sale, identified as the Foreclosure Cancellation Fee, is $300 per property per occurrence. If a sale is to be rescheduled, this fee shall be paid in advance of rescheduling by the party obtaining the cancellation and re-scheduling of said judicial sale.
(B) Upon receipt of the judgment order from a plaintiff-lender requesting a judicial sale, the Judicial Sales Division shall:
(1) Schedule a sale date to be held after the expiration of the redemption period;
(2) Give notice of sale to the public via the website;
(3) Obtain the publication certificate;
(4) Conduct a public auction;
(5) Make a report of sale to the Court;
(6) Issue the deed of sale after the Court confirms the sale; and
(7) Publish sale results on the Lake County Sheriff’s website.
(C) If the plaintiff-lender intends to make an opening bid, the plaintiff shall submit to the Judicial Sales Division its opening bid at least two days in advance of the date of sale. If the plaintiff does not make an opening bid, then the sale shall be rescheduled, unless the court order or judgment ordering the sale specifies otherwise. Notice of the date of all rescheduled sales shall be provided to the public via the Lake County Sheriff’s website.
(D) The Judicial Sales Division shall maintain a registry of properties that are scheduled for judicial sale, which shall include relevant information regarding the property including the property index number, plus the plaintiff’s opening bid, if any.
(E) The Judicial Sales Division shall work in cooperation with the county’s Information Technology Department to implement a program for dissemination of the information on the registry of properties via the internet, and to provide appropriate links from the Lake County Sheriff’s website registry to other agencies and departments providing information about the real estate to be sold (the Chief County Assessor’s Office, Maps Department, and the like).
(F) The Lake County Sheriff is authorized to staff the Judicial Sales Division with two Grade 8 Foreclosure Specialists effective immediately, and to add an additional Grade 10 Foreclosure Supervisor as workload permits and with agreement of the Lake County Administrator.
(Res./Ord. 09-1623, passed 6-9-2009; Ord. 17-0901, passed 11-14-2017)