If my aunt and uncle passed away 3 years ago and left real property to beneficiaries woo don’t want it, how can I get it?
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If my aunt and uncle passed away 3 years ago and left real property to beneficiaries woo don’t want it, how can I get it?
The property was left to my uncle’s side of family but they will not respond to letters as they are not interested in it. They live in another state. I would like to have the property.
Asked on July 3, 2015 under Estate Planning, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
There is no way to get the property unless someone who owns it will give or sell it to you. If the beneficiaries (your uncle's side) accepted the property, then even if the don't do anything with it or don't really want it, it is their property legally--to do, or not do, with as they see fit, and they do not have to respond to you. If instead they turned down the bequest, the property still went to *someone*--another person in the will, or a more distant relative, oossibly even the town (if real estate taxes not paid) or bank (if mortgage not paid), etc. You can go to the county clerk's office and find out who is the owner, then deal with that person. Again, though, whomever owns it does not have to deal with you--you can ask and offer, but they do not need to respond.
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