The 60-second version
The Assessor (CCAO) appeal window for North Chicago Township opened October 9, 2026 and closes November 24, 2026. Appeals are filed township by township in Cook County, so this window applies to every North Chicago parcel. Miss it and the next chance is the following venue or the following year. Check your parcel now (free lookup) or see every township's current dates.
What the Assessor (CCAO) window means for North Chicago homeowners
Cook County property owners get two cracks at an assessment each year: first at the Assessor, then at the Board of Review. The two are independent — a loss (or a pass) at one does not prevent filing at the other, and the Board decides tens of thousands of residential appeals every cycle. North Chicago sits in Cook County's city triad; in a reassessment year the whole township's values move at once, which is when uniformity appeals matter most.
What North Chicago appeals actually did, year by year
These are county-published outcomes for ALL residential (Class 2) appeals filed in North Chicago Township — every appellant, represented or not, not this firm's results:
| Tax year | Venue | Appeals decided | Received a reduction | Avg. cut (of AV, winners) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Board of Review | 2,993 | 853 (28%) | 7.1% |
| 2025 | Assessor | 2,009 | 487 (24%) | 12.3% |
| 2024 | Board of Review | 4,149 | 1,650 (40%) | 8.9% |
| 2024 | Assessor | 3,854 | 1,206 (31%) | 13.1% |
| 2023 | Board of Review | 2,359 | 575 (24%) | 8.7% |
| 2023 | Assessor | 1,388 | 316 (23%) | 17.1% |
| 2022 | Board of Review | 2,798 | 785 (28%) | 8.3% |
| 2022 | Assessor | 1,692 | 582 (34%) | 13.7% |
| 2021 | Board of Review | 4,040 | 1,477 (37%) | 10.4% |
| 2021 | Assessor | 3,667 | 1,564 (43%) | 15.6% |
| 2020 | Board of Review | 2,443 | 631 (26%) | 7.7% |
Read these within their year: reassessment years pull win rates and cut sizes around for the whole township, so the fair comparison is same-year, same-class, same-venue.
North Chicago's tax math: why the window is worth 15 minutes
The median North Chicago residential assessment is about $29,680 of assessed value. At the 2025 state equalizer (3.03) and North Chicago's average local rate (~6.86%), that assessment produces roughly $6,169 of gross tax before exemptions. Among last cycle's successful North Chicago appeals, the average reduction was about 12.3% of assessed value — on the median home, arithmetic of roughly $759 per year. Your parcel's numbers are what matter: run them in the calculator.
How to appeal your North Chicago assessment before November 24, 2026
- Look up your property and compare its assessment per square foot against comparable North Chicago homes — uniformity is the argument the county's own process is built around.
- Confirm the window on the deadlines page — dates are per township and per venue.
- File before November 24, 2026. Evidence can usually be supplemented after filing within the venue's posted evidence period.
Fees are contingency-only (no upfront cost). Every appeal is run through a valuation model built by Hani Khatib — a property tax attorney and CPA — and any case that falls outside the model is reviewed by him personally. See the appeal FAQs for how the process runs end to end.
What happens after you file
The Assessor (CCAO) reviews the complaint against its own records and the comparables submitted. Most residential appeals are decided on the papers — no hearing, no visit, and in practice a residential appeal results in either a reduction or no change. Decisions typically arrive after the township closes, and a certified change flows into the second-installment bill.
If you miss this window
The two venues are sequential: a North Chicago owner who misses the Assessor window can still file at the Board of Review later in the cycle. The deadlines page tracks every township's next window as the county publishes it.
