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seal

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Ohio

A relative that passed away lived in Ky. at the time of his death. There was no will and one of the heirs at law refused to sign to sell the property. That has been taken care of ( by the other heirs ) through the courts without her signature . There were fees that had to be paid to lawyers and to the courts . The person who died also owned property in Virginia. That property was not included in the Ky. settlement. The other heirs could , by law, again go through the court system to sell the property but the costs to hire an attorney and pay court costs might exceed the value of the property so nothing has been done by the other heirs concerning the Virginia property. If the same heir refuses to sign to sell this property can another heir solely claim the property if they pay the property taxes for a number of years ? There are several heirs involved.What is the name of your state?
 


seal

Junior Member
There won't be a tax sale until the taxes are delinquent , and the taxes are all paid up to date. One of the heirs has been paying the taxes, with the assumption that he will soon be able to be the sole owner after paying the taxes for a few years.
 

seniorjudge

Senior Member
...One of the heirs has been paying the taxes, with the assumption that he will soon be able to be the sole owner after paying the taxes for a few years....

A bad assumption.

Think of the millions of pieces of real estate held by more than one party in this country. Then think of the tens of millions of checks (or whatever) that tax collectors get for the payment of taxes.

Do you think that if several people own one piece of property but just one of them pays the taxes that the rest of the people will be cut out of their rights? No, of course not.
 

Dandy Don

Senior Member
You obviously are doing this without consulting an attorney. If you had consulted an attorney you would know that this party's signature/agreement is not required and that the other heirs can force the sale.
 

seal

Junior Member
To Dandy Don

In the first post I made , I mentioned property in Ky. that was sold without the signature of the heir who refused to sign. The other heirs did hire an attorney to force the sale. The courts in Ky. had to investigate and approve the sale . However, in the case of the Virginia property, the costs to force the sale ( I'm going by what the expenses were in Ky. ) would most likely exceed the value of the property, therefore wouldn't be worth the trouble. Another one of the heirs was asking if they could claim the property if they paid the taxes for a number of years. ( someone in Virginia had told them that was the law there )
Senior judge responded to that part of the question.
Thank you for your response also.
 

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