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  • Jan 22, 2009, 07:27 PM
    gdaviscox
    Selling Property When Both Owners are Deceased
    Both father and step-mother have been deceased for several years. Neither left a will. No step-siblings. They had land titled in both their names that I would like to sell. How do I go about getting it titled in my name? There is nothing owed on the land. I have paid taxes annually - nothing delinquent.
  • Jan 22, 2009, 07:28 PM
    ScottGem

    This is YOUR father? Who died first?
  • Jan 22, 2009, 08:45 PM
    gdaviscox
    Father died first, step-mother died eight months later.
  • Jan 23, 2009, 07:23 AM
    ScottGem

    Did the step mother have any relatives?

    If the property was held jointly with right of survivorship, then the step mother became the sole owner on your father's death. Since SHE died intestate, then the rules of inheritance for your state apply. I don't know where a step son falls in the successsion, but I think its pretty far down. So you will have to find the legal owner of the property.

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