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2 Months Late, 2nd Installment of 2025 Cook County Property Tax Bills Due Oct. 1

Cook County property owners have until Oct. 1 to pay the second installment of their 2025 property taxes, with bills available online now and headed to their mailboxes, officials said.

Second installment property tax bills are typically released in early July and due in early August, but those bills have been repeatedly delayed by an overhaul of the county’s property tax system plagued with problems that created “a cascade effect,” Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle said Tuesday.

The first installment of 2025 property tax bills — which arrived in mailboxes at the height of the primary for Cook County Board president — was a month late, with payments due April 1, records show.

The second installment of 2024 property tax bills was four months late, creating a cash crunch across the county that forced cities, school districts and other agencies to scramble to pay their bills.

A $300 million program that offers no-interest loans to taxing districts in need of “immediate relief” will accept applications through Aug. 24, Preckwinkle said.

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