Is there a time limit to change the deed to a property that you received in a Will?
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Is there a time limit to change the deed to a property that you received in a Will?
My neighbors say that their house was left to them in a Will by the previous owner who died around 20 years ago. They never changed the deed and the auditor’s page has it still listed to the dead person. Is this legal? Is there a time limit on when they get it done? I do not know if the Will went through probate court or not. If there was a time limit and it has passed, what happens to the property?
Asked on July 23, 2011 Ohio
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If your neighbors received the house they live in via a Will, and the Will was Probated in the court system of the State where you live, most likely there is a court order from that Probate ordering title of the home into the names of your neighbors.
Most likely the Probate attorney had the court order for the distribution of the assets of the prior owner, including the house recorded with the county recorder's office where ownership of the home is referenced in the court order in the names of your neighbors.
I suggest you go to the county recorder's office, pull the tax assessor number on your neighbor's home and do a chain of title search. Most likely you will see a recorded court order for the Probate of the Will of the deceased prior owner transferring title of the home into the names of your neighbors.
Good question.
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