The State of Illinois oversees a program that intercepts tax refunds, lottery winnings and state employee income to offset monies owed to Illinois judicial and governmental entities (15 ILCS 405/10.05

The State of Illinois oversees a program that intercepts tax refunds, lottery winnings and state employee income to offset monies owed to Illinois judicial and governmental entities (15 ILCS 405/10.05-10.05D).  The Will County Circuit Clerk’s Office is a payee of this program.  It has come to our attention that the State Comptroller’s Office is, on occasion, incorrectly seizing individual tax return monies and sending portions of these refunds to various payees, including our office.  While we DO NOT have any control over these errors, we have implemented the following procedure for individuals who believe their tax return refunds, lottery winnings or state payroll check monies were incorrectly seized and sent to our office: