If my mom and dad are deceased and I’ve been paying the taxes on the land for 17 years, what I have to do to get the land into my name?
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If my mom and dad are deceased and I’ve been paying the taxes on the land for 17 years, what I have to do to get the land into my name?
Asked on November 11, 2017 under Estate Planning, Louisiana
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Paying taxes on property does not create an ownership interest. In order for you to take legal title to the land, you will to initiate a probate proceeding and then claim your inheritance. If you have siblings, you will need to buy out their shares.
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
You have to inherit it, which means going through the probate process. Paying taxes on land (or other expenses associated with it) does not make you the owner of it; the only way to come to own land is to buy it, to be gifted it, to inherit it, or if it is foreclosed, to purchase it at the foreclosure sale.
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