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  • In some states, a lien is attached to the property, by the county in which the property is located, and the property owner is notified of that, then given a reasonable amount of time to pay the taxes. If the taxes are not at least ATTEMPTED to be paid in a reasonable amount of time, the county has the option to seize the property and sell it at auction, to recover the taxes owed. After the taxes are recovered by the county, the excess funds are returned to the former property owner. For example, if someone owed the county $1,000 in back taxes and the property was seized then sold for $100,000, the county would (in theory, at least) remove $1,000 (for themselves) from the sale of that property, then return the remaining $99,000 to the former property owner. That is the way it works here in Nevada, which I witnessed when I assisted a Utah law firm with the claiming process, in 2008. +5

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