Another Step

Another Step in the home building process. I looked at the property tax for the house I'm buying, and I found that it has not been paid, ever. Tax is due for 2006 with penalties, and 2007 payments are late! I was freaking about this because I'm about buy this house. The title company should have seen this as a problem, because if a lien is placed on the house, the lien holder has rights to the property over me. And the city is only going to auction the property for the lien amount! I called the county treasurer, they confirmed there is tax due on the property. I left a message with the county clerk to find out if a lien is placed against the property, or when a lien may be placed against the property; they have yet to respond. I emailed the title company, so I have a record in email of their response to this matter, they said that the seller/builder is allocating money towards paying the property tax for 2006 and 2007, in the complete amount due the county, and the title company will payoff the city. I guess that solves that problem... But I'm still going to followup with the county treasurer and clerk to make sure that it does get paid and there are no liens appearing!