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Old 05-12-2020, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by erojohn View Post
I would say your liability is to the taxing authority not the title company. The taxing authority will be the ones that come after you. They will get their due.
The Title Ins may have paid the tax so that their would not be a lien on the property. This is what the insurance is for. If not they could have simply ignored it and let the taxing authority go after the seller. IMHO