A sharp-eyed reader spotted a huge possible error on the Illinois PTAX-203 (Illinois Real Estate Transfer Declaration) form for the sale of Keith and Margarete Nygren's Hebron home to Bryan Krause, supervisor of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department vehicle garage.
If you go to http://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/ and scroll down to Cal Skinner's article on the sale, you can examine the tax form. Click on it to enlarge it. On the form it clearly directs the Seller to fill in his/their address after the sale! See Step 4, Seller Information.
The address entered on the form? The Seller's address before the sale. Was it also the Seller's address after the sale?
The form was prepared at the Woodstock law firm of Gummerson Rausch Wand Gray Wombacher, and the Preparer's name is shown as Andrian Gosch, who is an attorney with that firm. Was this just a "simple" error (lawyers aren't supposed to make simple errors)? Did the sheriff examine the form before he signed it? Will the State of Illinois return the form and insist on a correction?
Or did Keith not move out? Will Keith be a housemate of Bryan Krause, resulting in no error on the form because he never moved from that address? Which bedroom will be his? Did he sign a lease?
Did Bryan buy the house "furnished"?
Did Keith and Mrs. Nygren move out on December 3rd, when the sale closed?
Illinois law requires a sheriff to live in his county. Does Keith still live in McHenry County? Bonafide residence, I mean...
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3 months ago
3 comments:
Sometimes the anti-Sheriff conspiracy crowd cracks me up. The funny thing is you guys have answered your own question but refuse to see the forest through the tree's. The form explains itself the Sheriff sold the real estate but still lives there.
Gus, I believe you yourself don't own the property where you live, does that make you not a resident of the county?
Does the law actually require residency while serving as sheriff?
Most positions require proof of residency for a number of months before filling candidacy petitions.
From the Illinois State Board of Elections, "a person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to the office of sheriff unless that person is a U.S. citizen, has been a resident of the county for at least one year, and is not a convicted felon." (55 ILCS 5/3-6001.5)
The above was found in the section pertaining to filing petitions. I'll find the section that applies to holding office.
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