View Full Version : Can I sue the county for negligence or dereliction of duties?
Plasible1
Sep 4, 2010, 07:57 AM
Can I sue the tax collectors office for selling me a property at auction, that he neglected to inform the new owner of its tax delinquency; AND causing me to lose the property through said negligence, as I purchased it at a county tax lien sale from the county?
Fr_Chuck
Sep 4, 2010, 10:51 AM
No, they have no legal obligation, I will assume this was an IRS tax lien or a city tax lien ? Since that is the only tax lien that can remain after the property tax sale ?
But the buyers have an duty to investigate the property, including title searches and the such.
ballengerb1
Sep 4, 2010, 12:00 PM
Rule of thumb is anyone can sue anyone for almost anything. Will you win and will you collect are the two big unknowns.