I can believe it! There are people who constantly do searches of property files looking for people who have forgotten to pay their taxes. They then pay the tax and after so long claim the property is theirs. One of the men I worked with had that problem with someone claiming his property.
Our family has 40 acres no one has lived on for 40 years. I keep the taxes paid and notify all family members the tax has been paid.
Yet I keep getting letters from various land companies wanting to buy that property. I got two letters last week, and three letters on Monday. The property is 25 miles from the nearest town in the middle of the Ozarks. The whole family has agreed not to sell.
Can you get property tax insurance, kind of like mortgage insurance?