Even for New York, that's pretty extreme for that thing.
YOU DON'T OWN YOUR HOME. You're renting it from the government. Rent due twice annually.
Unless, of course, you live in Alaska...
What’s special about Alaska?
To accumulate $200,00 worth of property tax debt would take several years. She would have been notified several times by the town she lives in. For whatever reason she ignored the letters and warnings that were sent to her.
I wish the Constitution had specified Allodial title for land ownership. Absolute ownership: no ifs, no ands, no buts.
Tax Lien sale.
This is wrong.
Even for New York, that's pretty extreme for that thing.
Property taxes are only 30-40 yrs old in this country?
Do you know who owned what is now Arlington National Cemetary before the Feds owned it and how they came into possession of it?
(It was taken from Gen. Robert E Lee for failure to pay taxes).
Once a year here in Georgia.
If she doesn't own the house, why does she owe taxes? Shouldn't it be the owner?
Final sentence in Conclusion:
The existing laws should be replaced entirely by a simpler, single enforcement proceeding in which comprehensive notice is provided once, at the commencement of the proceeding, to all interested parties.Many states may still have 'public notice'; I don't think it can be assumed she knew what was happening.
Insofar as 'mailing notices' goes, here's a tidbit on NY Tax Lien Law:
The failure of the commissioner of finance to mail such notice shall not affect the validity of any proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter as to any parcel other than the parcel with respect to which notice was not mailed. d. The commissioner of finance shall cause a copy of such notice to be posted in the office of the commissioner of finance, in the county courthouse of the county in which the property subject to such tax lien is situated and at three other conspicuous places in the borough in which the affected properties are located.We all know how reliable 'mailing' something is. And 'conspicuous place' does not include placing a notice on the door of the property.
Worse:
NY Code - Section 11-411: Presumption of validityDefinitely made me put checking out our local laws here on my list...
It shall not be necessary for the city to plead or prove the various steps, procedures and notices for the assessment and levy of the taxes, assessments or other lawful charges against the parcels set forth in the list of delinquent taxes and all such taxes, assessments or other lawful charges and the lien thereof shall be presumed to be valid. A defendant alleging any jurisdictional defect or invalidity in such taxes, assessments or other lawful charges or in the foreclosure thereof must particularly specify in his or her answer such jurisdictional defect or invalidity and must affirmatively establish such defense. A judgment of foreclosure granted in any proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter, which contains recitals that any acts were done or proceedings had which were necessary to give the court jurisdiction or power to grant such judgment of foreclosure, shall be presumptive evidence that such acts were duly performed or proceedings duly had, if such judgment of foreclosure shall have been duly entered or filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the proceeding was pending and wherein such judgment was granted. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to and be valid and effective with respect to all defendants even though one or more of them be infants, incompetents, absentees or non-residents of the state of New York.
And in the end, that doesn't matter because we all die, meet God, get judged and then get to live in our ETERNAL home--with Him, we hope.