Property Tax Foreclosures Wills?

Question:

Back Story: my mom and grandmother both died a year after each other when i was very young, but before that my grandmother had gave my mom some of her land to live on, after they both died my uncle moved into my moms house and i moved away, nine years later he moved into my grandmothers house (his mom) where he is currently staying a few days ago i got work that he hasn't been paying his property taxes and they are currently in collections, My question is what are my options as far as keeping the land and the property I dont want to lose it to someone else but i also dont want my uncle to live there while i am paying his taxes my mom nor grandmother left a will after they died, what rights do i have to my moms part of the land

Answer:
Contact the county tax collector and immediately express your intention to pay current all of the property taxes.

Either way, you need to pay the taxes. But do so in a way that you become the new property owner. The county will explain how to do that. Since the property will be sold for back taxes. When you pay them, be sure that you end up being the owner.

Then what most people would do is, start an eviction with an attorney to evict whoever is living in the property. Since your name will not show as the owner for some time. Just let the eviction attny handle it. That's cost around $700 in most places.

Once he's out. Then deside what you want to do. but there is no way i'd give Uncle any info. before he's out. If he can get others to gather round you could all loose everything while that's all going on. So just handle it like you are buying any other property at the tax sale. Sorry it sounds so cold, but this is the best way to go. He knows he cannot stay without paying.

Best of luck

Your question has quite a bit of hazy language. "...gave.moved into.staying"

I would suggest that you begin with some basic fact-finding. You could retain an attorney to do this, but, if you have some time, you can save some money by doing it yourself. Then, you can set up a consultation with an estate and/or real estate attorney to review what you have and suggest options.

Who is the legal owner of the land and the houses? Check the deeds at the county courthouse.

Were grandmother's and mother's estates ever probated? Again, you can check with the probate court for the county in which they resided.

Comment on additional details:
The point is that until you do the research, you have no idea who the legal owner is. It might well still be owned by the unprobated estate of your grandmother. Maybe part of it is owned by the unprobated estate of your mother. It might have been held in Joint Ownership with Right of Survivorship and ownership passed outside of the (un)probate estate. You may own part of it; you may own none of it.

Property Tax Foreclosures Wills?

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