Morgan County property tax bills set to mail May 22

Morgan County property owners were told to watch their mailboxes as the 2026 tax cycle moved into its payment stage, with bills set to be mailed May 22 and payment options available through the treasurer’s office in Jacksonville.

The county said payments could be mailed to Morgan County Treasurer, 300 West State Street, Jacksonville, IL 62650, or placed in the drop box outside the north entrance to the courthouse. The county said the box is emptied daily by a courthouse employee, a detail that gives residents a local, county-controlled option instead of relying on the post office. Treasurer Crystal Myers is listed at 217-243-4311 for questions, and the Morgan County Courthouse is at 300 West State Street in Jacksonville.

The mailing date matters because it is the point when annual property tax obligations become concrete for homeowners, farmers, business owners and anyone whose mortgage escrow account depends on the bill. Morgan County’s property-tax inquiry portal, maintained through Devnet, had parcel data updated May 28, giving taxpayers another way to check account details online rather than waiting only on the paper bill.

The county’s assessment system helps explain why the bill arriving in May reflects work that began much earlier. The Supervisor of Assessments office says property in Morgan County, other than farmland and coal, is assessed at 33.33% of fair cash value. The Board of Review takes appeals for 30 days after assessments are published, typically in late December, and it reviews assessed valuations, not the tax bill amount or tax rates. The county also says the Illinois Department of Revenue’s multiplier may affect the final assessment.

That means the spring mailing is not the start of the tax process, but the moment when the process becomes payable. Morgan County’s Treasurer FAQ says real estate tax bills are mailed twice each year, in mid-January and mid-June, with payments due February 15 and July 15, or the next business day when those dates fall on a weekend or holiday. County meeting minutes from May 28, 2024 also showed Treasurer Myers telling county officials that tax bills had been mailed and that due dates were June 24 and Sept. 13 that year.

Morgan County’s open-government pages divide the work between offices. The treasurer handles property-tax payments, the County Clerk handles tax extensions and delinquent taxes, and the Supervisor of Assessments oversees the valuation side of the process. For taxpayers in Jacksonville, Waverly, Chapin and the rest of the county, the May 22 mailing marked the annual point when that structure turned into a bill in hand.