Upon dismissal of a complaint for failure to comply with this subsection, the court shall enter judgment against the taxpayer and in favor of the Department in the amount of the final assessment or revised final assessment, together with any interest that has accrued since the Department issued the final assessment or revised final assessment, and for costs. The judgment is enforceable as other judgments for the payment of money.
The amount of the bond shall be fixed and approved by the court, but shall not be less than the amount of the tax and penalty claimed to be due by the Department in its final assessment or revised final assessment to the person filing the bond, plus the amount of interest due from that person to the Department at the time when the Department issued its final assessment or revised final assessment to that person. The bond must be executed in favor of the Department and conditioned on the taxpayer's payment within 30 days after termination of the proceedings for judicial review of the amount of tax, penalty, and interest found by the court to be due in those proceedings. The bond, when filed and approved, is, from that time until 2 years after termination of the proceedings for judicial review in which the bond is filed, a lien against the real estate situated in the county in which the bond is filed of the person filing the bond and of the surety or sureties on the bond, until the condition of the bond is complied with or until the bond is canceled as provided in this subsection. The lien does not apply, however, to the real property of a corporate surety duly licensed to do business in this State. If the person filing the bond fails to keep its condition, the bond is forfeited, and the Department may institute an action upon the bond in its own name for the entire amount of the bond and costs. An action upon the bond is in addition to any other remedy provided by law. If the person filing the bond complies with its condition or if, in the proceedings for judicial review in which the bond is filed, the court determines that no tax, penalty, or interest is due, the bond shall be canceled by the issuer of the bond.
If the court finds in a particular case that the plaintiff cannot furnish a satisfactory surety or sureties for the kind of bond required in this subsection, the court may relieve the plaintiff of the obligation of filing a bond if, upon the timely application of the plaintiff for a lien in place of a bond and accompanying proof, the court is satisfied that a lien would secure the assessment as well as would a bond. Upon that finding, the court shall enter an order subjecting the plaintiff's real and personal property (including subsequently acquired property) situated in the county in which the order is entered to a lien in favor of the Department. The lien shall be for the amount of the tax and penalty claimed to be due by the Department in its final assessment or revised final assessment, plus the amount of interest due from that person to the Department at the time when the Department issued its final assessment or revised final assessment to that person. The lien shall continue until the court determines in the proceedings for judicial review that no tax, penalty, or interest is due, or until the plaintiff pays to the Department the tax, penalty, and interest secured by the lien. In its discretion, the court may impose a lien regardless of the ratio of the taxpayer's assets to the final assessment or revised final assessment plus the amount of the interest and penalty. This subsection does not give the Department a preference over the rights of a bona fide purchaser, mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lien holder arising before the entry of the order creating the lien in favor of the Department. "Bona fide", as used in this subsection, does not include a mortgage of real or personal property or other credit transaction that results in the mortgagee or the holder of the security acting as trustee for unsecured creditors of the taxpayer who executed the chattel or real property mortgage or the document evidencing the credit transaction. The lien is inferior to the lien of general taxes, special assessments, and special taxes levied by a political subdivision of this State. The lien is not effective against a purchaser with respect to an item in a retailer's stock in trade purchased from the retailer in the usual course of the retailer's business. The lien may not be enforced against the household effects, wearing apparel, books, or tools or implements of a trade or profession kept for use by any person. The lien is not effective against real property unless and until a certified copy or memorandum of such order is recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for the county or counties in which the property is located. The lien is not effective against real property whose title is registered under the provisions of the Registered Titles (Torrens) Act until the provisions of Section 85 of that Act are complied with.
Service upon the Director of Revenue or the Assistant Director of Revenue of summons issued in an action to review a final administrative decision of the Department is service upon the Department. The Department shall certify the record of its proceedings if the taxpayer pays to it 75 per page of testimony taken before the Department and 25 per page of all other matters contained in the record, except that these charges may be waived when the Department is satisfied that the aggrieved party is a poor person who cannot afford to pay the charges. If payment for the record is not made by the taxpayer within 30 days after notice from the Department or the Attorney General of the cost, the court in which the proceeding is pending, on motion of the Department, shall dismiss the complaint and (when the administrative decision as to which the action for judicial review was filed is a final assessment or revised final assessment) shall enter judgment against the taxpayer and in favor of the Department for the amount of tax and penalty shown by the Department's final assessment or revised final assessment to be due, plus interest as provided for in this Act from the date when the liability upon which the interest accrued became delinquent until the entry of the judgment in the action for judicial review under the Administrative Review Law, and also for costs.
35 ILCS 735/3-7