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lien against heir selling property
13 heirs have property inherited from grandmother. 1 heir has 2 liens against him. Does he have to settle the liens before we can sell the property. No liens on the property being sold. Property in the state of Kentucky
Asked on June 23, 2018 under Real Estate Law, Kentucky
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Liens only affect the specific property that they are on--they do not "transfer" to or apply to any other property owned, purchased, inherited, etc. by the person. So this heir's liens will not affect your ability to sell this property. It may be that this heir will have to take his proceeds or share of the sale and apply them to the lien, but that is his concern; as long as there is no lien on *this* property, you can sell.
("Liens" are on property, by the way, not on people--do you mean judgments against him? Even if you do, that does not change the analysis: anything he owes does not affect the ability to sell property in which he has an intereset, but could affect what happens to the money he gets from the sale.)
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