Agree with you. They shouldn’t take the property. In principle I say they shouldn’t tax people’s homes at all (though in this case it was a second home so to speak) but the amount owed would, in any other instance, be a “small claims case” - judgement could be entered and a lien placed. The state would eventually recover when the property was sold. And interest and fees should be reasonable; related to actual costs and prevailing market rates.
Yeah, liens or something like that. With maybe more recourse if it drags on for decades. I also don’t want to reward people for building up a huge unpaid tax bill.