County Online announces new unclaimed refund service in response to the Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas saying that 110,274 taxpayers have failed to claim $109,481,772 in property tax refunds over the past five tax years. Taxpayers can use our refund search to determine whether they have an unclaimed refund. “Refunds are money that belong not to government, but to property owners.” , Pappas said.

During the tax years involved -- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 – Pappas' office issued 80,002 refunds totaling $153,273,790. However, not all taxpayers who could have qualified for refunds applied for them during those five tax years, Pappas said.

The unclaimed 110,274 refunds are duplicates or overpayments. A duplicate payment occurs when two or more payments are made on a property tax installment; an overpayment typically occurs when a single payment of too much money is paid on an installment. Using treasurer payment records we've determined the properties due a refund due to duplicate and overpayment..

Unclaimed refunds services helps registered users obtain qualified duplicate or over payment refunds.