will getting house into probate fend off pending public auction of home due to back property taxes?
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will getting house into probate fend off pending public auction of home due to back property taxes?
have not been able to afford probate due to unfortunate circumstances. mothers will was lost by sister. She and I are only surviving members of family and she has washed her hands of anything to do with house or me for that matter.
Asked on July 14, 2019 under Estate Planning, Kansas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
No, it will not: regardless of who owns the house (e.g. the owner; his/her estate after death; or an heir or beneficiary) the taxes have to be paid, and what transactions or events are otherwise going on in regards to the house (e.g a sale; probate) does not delay or block the government's right to auction it for unpaid taxes. The only way to stop the sale is to pay the taxes within the allowed time period for redemption.
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