[oneguyinohio]

Can anyone tell me if an auditor's sale, after the property has been forfeited to the state, wipes out any federal liens that might have been against the property previously?

What effect would old federal liens have on a new buyer who purchased a property through an auditor's tax sale. I am not talking about a sherriff's sale (some people get them confused).

[oneguyinohio]

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[Fr_Chuck]

What federal liens?? In most sales, liens such as IRS does not get cleared

Also you may wish to say which sale or what is the difference between a sheriff sale and your auditor sale.
Are you talking about a tax sale?

[oneguyinohio]

Thanks for your response. I am talking about a tax sale. The properties have been offered for sale twice on sherriff's sale due to non-payment of taxes and assessments for sewer bills, etc. The properties did not sell on the sherriff's sales, because the back taxes would have still been the responsibility of the new buyer (from my understanding).

After the properties did not sell at two attempts of sherriff's sale, the properties were forfeited to the state of Ohio. The state of Ohio, the clears the slate of the old state and local taxes, and the property is then able to be sold at what is called an Auditor's sale.

For the auditor's sale, the back local and state taxes are no longer attached to the property.

I just do not now what might happen with any federal liens that might be against the property 25 or 30 years ago.

I think that the federal government can take property and sell it in order to collect on unpaid liens, but I'm not even sure about that...

I wondered if I purchased the property, if I would then owe that money? Could I be held liable for the old federal lien, such as if the property is worth $1000, but the lien is $20,000 would that make the new purchaser responsible for the debt? Or only the original person that owed the money?

Is there a time limit for federal liens to expire and not be enforceable?