Search Champaign County Property Records

This page helps with a property search in Champaign County, Illinois by showing where to look up tax, parcel, assessment, sales, and map information through official county resources.

The main online options include the Champaign County Property Tax Inquiry, the Champaign County GIS Consortium public map, and the Champaign County Assessment Office for assessment-related questions.

Champaign County Property Tax Inquiry

Start with the Champaign County Property Tax Inquiry when you need to search property tax records, parcels, mobile homes, addresses, sales criteria, or tax years.

Have at least one search detail ready before using the form:

• Parcel number, with or without dashes
• House number, street name, street type, or city
• Sale date range or sale price range
• Township, tax district, property class, or tax year range
• Mobile home number, owner name, or site address for mobile home searches

The parcel number is the most direct search option when it is available from the tax bill.

• Choose Parcel Search, Advanced Parcel Search, or Mobile Home Search.
• Enter the parcel, address, owner, mobile home, sales, or tax year details that match your search.
• Clear the form and try a different field if the first search does not return the expected property.

Tax records can depend on the exact wording used on the bill. Try the parcel number first, then broaden the search by address or owner name if needed.

GIS maps and parcel location tools

Use the Champaign County GIS Web Maps for map-based parcel research. The GIS application is intended as a general index to spatial information, not as a legal description or site-specific determination.

The GIS map is unavailable each evening from about 10:45 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. Central time for maintenance.

For smaller parcel issues, the Parcel Sliver Detector helps property owners identify whether a property includes a larger parcel and an adjacent smaller parcel that may be eligible for a combination request.

Real estate sales search

The Champaign County Real Estate Sales Search supports searches using sale year, sale amount, property code, and map extent filters.

Property code options include residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, exempt, government, condominium, apartment, mobile home park, hotel or motel, and utility categories. This can help narrow sales results when comparing similar property types.

Assessment Office records and duties

The Champaign County Assessment Office monitors countywide real property valuation for real estate taxation. It also maintains parcel identification numbering, mailing addresses for real estate tax bills, cadastral map information, property and owner information, and assessment-related records used with the county GIS system.

The office applies property tax exemptions and preferential assessments, analyzes sales data, conducts sales ratio and neighborhood studies, applies equalization factors, and prepares assessment abstracts and reports for the Illinois Department of Revenue.

Champaign County’s Assessment Office is responsible for more than 76,000 parcels.

Exemptions and property forms

Champaign County provides exemption and form information through the Assessment Office. Available homeowner exemptions include the General Homestead Exemption, Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption, Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, Persons with Disabilities Homestead Exemption, Standard Homestead Exemption for Veterans with Disabilities, Returning Veterans’ Homestead Exemption, and Natural Disaster Homestead Exemption.

Some forms must be mailed or delivered in an accepted format because faxed or emailed copies of forms on the exemptions page cannot be accepted.

Common property-related forms include name, address and parcel description change forms, requests to combine Permanent Numbers, removal of homestead exemption, model home forms, and destruction of real estate forms.

Property tax payment dates and mailing instructions

The Property Tax Inquiry lists current payment information for Champaign County property taxes.

Not receiving a real estate tax bill does not stop penalties. Keep the Supervisor of Assessments updated with your current mailing address.

Property search contacts

Use these contacts for property assessment, GIS, map, and related search questions.

• Champaign County Assessment Office, Scott M. Bennett Administrative Center, 102 E. Main Street, Urbana, IL 61801
  Phone: (217) 384-3760
  Email: [email protected]
  Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time
• Champaign County GIS Consortium, 102 East Main Street, 3rd Floor, Urbana, Illinois 61801
  Phone: (217) 819-3555
  TTY: (217) 819-3521
  Email: [email protected]
  Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time