Ron,<div><br></div><div>You are right, merely paying the taxes does NOT transfer ownership. However, if the original owner had failed to pay and the taxing authority (usually the county in GA), held a tax sale on the property and your father had been the one who bought it at the sale (which is ONLY for the amount of taxes owed and accumulated atty fees and such) he WOULD have been the proud owner of the property if the original owner did not redeem the property within 14 months if IIRC. However, since the tax sale extinguishes all non-governmental leans, had there been a mortgage on the property, the mortgage holder would surely have paid the taxes and extracted them from the original owner.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Ron Frazier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I'm not a lawyer either, but my Dad has moved on to another house which<br>
he's buying. The original owner has the first house. I'm not aware of<br>
any law that changes ownership based on paying county taxes by a renter.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Ron<br>
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On 03/24/2011 12:48 PM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:<br>
> Interesting that. IANAL but I believe your dad was the "owner" of the<br>
> house once he paid the taxes so probably didn't need to deduct it from<br>
> his rent. In fact he may still be the owner and might be responsible<br>
> for issues an owner is responsible for. Has he checked the tax rolls<br>
> to see who is listed as owner now? It might be worth his while to talk<br>
> to a lawyer.<br>
><br>
> As to the OP: What I have seen more than once on the news is people<br>
> being evicted when their landlord's property was foreclosed upon. In<br>
> fact I'm pretty sure I've seen people being given no warning. That is<br>
> to say I don't think the bank has to give you 30 days to move out<br>
> because you and they have no relationship to each other.<br>
><br>
> In a recent story about illegal "squatters" taking up residence in<br>
> foreclosed homes (that is they moved in after the foreclosure) there has<br>
> been trouble getting them out. However, those news stories made it<br>
> clear this was mainly because the banks that owned the properties simply<br>
> didn't bother to start the paperwork to evict them.<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ron<br>
> Frazier<br>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:09 PM<br>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: way off topic but help!!!!<br>
><br>
> I'm no expert, but I will share an experience my Dad had with you. Short<br>
><br>
> answer, find an attorney and get some solid info right now. My Dad used<br>
> to be renting a property as well. The owner was out of state and a very<br>
> strange character. One day, a neighbor told my dad about some yellow<br>
> signs that were attached to some of the trees around the edges of the<br>
> property. Dad checked, and the signs said the property was about to be<br>
> auctioned off for non payment of property taxes. My Dad went and paid<br>
> over $ 1000 of back taxes on behalf of the owner, because he couldn't<br>
> locate the owner at the time. As far as I know, had he not done that,<br>
> the property would have been auctioned off and my Dad and Mom would have<br>
><br>
> been evicted. He had only days to spare. He later recovered the money by<br>
><br>
> deducting from the rent.<br>
><br>
> A mortgage situation is a bit different, and they take longer to<br>
> foreclose / evict, etc. However, sometimes property taxes are attached<br>
> to the mortgage, so that might be an issue. In my opinion, get to the<br>
> bottom of it now, or there could be bad consequences. I don't think the<br>
> property management company has any real authority here. Panic is rarely<br>
><br>
> effective. However, I would be highly motivated.<br>
><br>
> Sincerely,<br>
><br>
> Ron<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 03/24/2011 11:43 AM, Scott Castaline wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Since I believe many of you on the list or at least some rent their<br>
>> homes instead of being actual homeowners I am posing this question to<br>
>> the list. I will be posing it as a hypothetical question due to<br>
>><br>
> certain<br>
><br>
>> circumstances that I wish not discuss at this time.<br>
>><br>
>> We have found out that the actual homeowner of the house we rent is<br>
>> delinquent in mortgage payments and has until April 19, 2011 to settle<br>
>> back payments with additional fees or be responsible for the full<br>
>><br>
> amount<br>
><br>
>> of loan, or I presume face foreclosure. Do I need to panic, or am I<br>
>><br>
> safe<br>
><br>
>> since I have already spoken to the property management company? I<br>
>><br>
> don't<br>
><br>
>> want to have Gwinnett SO knocking on my door to dump my stuff on the<br>
>><br>
> street.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
<br>
--<br>
<br>
(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to<br>
call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy<br>
mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)<br>
<br>
Ron Frazier<br>
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