[ivegotabrain]

When he bought the condo, the 2nd half of the tax bill was sent to the former owner. Only one delinquent notice is sent. After that there is apparently a small notice on property tax statements that past tax is due.

This is all explained in some detail in the article.

[Hodar]

If the 2nd half of the tax bill was sent to a former owner; then this man should have a legal option to sue his Real Estate Broker. He paid a real estate broker a commission to make certain that this sort of thing would not happen. A tax record and deed search and proper tax filing are standard practice. Also, one would certainly expect that at least one certified letter would have been delivered to the owner. I'm usually suspect of cases where the individual looses his home due to circumstances 'beyond his control'. My experience has been that people refuse to pay tax (or other such obligation), then cry innocence when the penalty phase of their decision is carried out.