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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000902561-09-000071.txt : 20090224
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090224124308
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000902561-09-000071
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090224
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090224
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090224

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HEANEY TIMOTHY M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001255539

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06416
		FILM NUMBER:		09630138

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9733672698

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GATEWAY CENTER THREE
		STREET 2:		1100 MUBERRY STREET, 4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07102

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DTF TAX-FREE INCOME INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000879535
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				363793962
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		55 EAST MONROE ST
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60603
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3122141250

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 MULBERRY STREET
		CITY:			NEWARK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07102-4077

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DUFF & PHELPS UTILITIES TAX FREE INCOME INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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        <issuerName>DTF TAX-FREE INCOME INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>HEANEY TIMOTHY M</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>100 PEARL STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HARTFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06103</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP &amp; Chief Investment Officer</officerTitle>
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                <value>Common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-02-24</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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        <signatureName>Timothy M. Heaney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-02-24</signatureDate>
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<title>Power of Attorney - Lampton</title>
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<body>
  <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 12"><b>POWER OF
  ATTORNEY</b></p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
  and appoints each of Nathan I. Partain, T. Brooks Beittel, Alan M. Meder
  and Joyce B. Riegel, signing singly, the
  undersigned's attorney-in-fact to:</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
  undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the registered
  investment company(ies) listed on Schedule A
  hereto (the &quot;Fund&quot; or the &quot;Funds,&quot; as the case may be), Forms&nbsp;3, 4 and 5 in
  accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
  rules thereunder;</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
  the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
  any such Form&nbsp;3, 4, or 5, to complete and execute any amendment or amendments
  thereto and to timely file such forms and/or amendments with the United States
  Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
  authority; and</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp; take any other action of any type whatsoever in
  connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
  may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
  undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
  attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
  Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
  such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
  power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
  requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
  and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
  undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
  substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
  attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
  lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
  rights and powers herein granted.&nbsp; The undersigned acknowledges that the
  foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
  undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any Fund or any of its advisors
  assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16
  of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
  the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms&nbsp;3, 4 and 5 with respect to
  the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by any
  Fund, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
  to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
  Attorney to be executed as of this 8<sup>th</sup> day of May, 2008.<br>
  </p>
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      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/
      Timothy M. Heaney&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="379" valign="top" style="width: 3.95in; border-style: none; border-width: medium; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
      Timothy M. Heaney&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
 <p style="page-break-before:always">
  <p align="center"><br>
  <b>SCHEDULE A</b><p align="left">DTF Tax-Free Income Inc.<br>
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