LIEN
Selling a House With Liens
Property Tax
Owning a home in Missouri means that your property is taxed yearly. These taxes help pay the town's businesses, such as police, firefighters, education, etc. Usually, property taxes are added to one's mortgage loan payment. However, after the mortgage is paid off, the homeowner is then responsible for continuing paying their yearly property taxes. If an owner does not pay, the town's treasurer will place your name and property address on a Tax Title list.
Once you are on this list, a property tax lien is issued and recorded to the local County Registry of Deeds. A lien, in this situation, is a legal claim that specifies that payment for property taxes was not received by the town. In Jackson County, for example, if taxes are not paid within three (3) years after the due date, a homeowner will receive a foreclosure citation. According to the Jackson County website "the property owner could pay the taxes, penalties and associated suit cost in full anytime prior to the sale to remove the property from the tax sale process".
Notice of Intent
A notice of intent to sell is sent out to the property. The notice is to inform the owner and others who have claims to the property that it will be sold on the courthouse steps. The notice will be published in the local newspaper weeks before the actual sale. There are usually only two delinquent tax sales one at the Kansas City Courthouse and one at the Independence Courthouse.
Selling House with a Property Tax Lien
To avoid all of this, you can contact us so that you can sell your house, and we can make you a reasonable cash/term offer. The offer will include the amount that is owed for unpaid property taxes, that way the lien on your house will be paid for and the difference will be yours to keep. Don’t wait until you lose your house, fill out a request form today!
Other Tax Liens
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Federal Tax
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Mechanic
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Judgments
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Child Support
