General Info

The Cook County Government governs the office of Cook County Public Administrator. It provides comprehensive investigative and estate administrative services for people who die in Cook County intestate (without a will), or where there is no person in Illinois with the right or desire to administer the estate. The office of Public Administrator auctions houses, condos, co-ops, multi-flats and sometimes even commercial properties. Cook County Government s additional agencies include Adoption & Child Custody Advocacy, Ambulatory and Community Health Network and Cermak Health Services, among others.