The property accres taxes whether it is lived in or not. If the property is in your name then you must pay the taxes. They will start collections procedures if you do not pay. If the property was in your name you do owe those taxes.
But didn’t the people who live it in before I did already pay those taxes?
He said he closed on it 7/1/15, so one would assume he wasn’t the property owner, therefore, not responsible for taxes prior to that date.