Q: How can i buy an abandoned house from a person who is deceased
My aunts bf died 3 years ago and the house has been abandoned since then no one has claimed ownership and 3 years of taxes are owed. It is in montana and i am wanting to know how i could go about buying the house
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A: Hire a competent MT attorney to search the Title, determine Heirship, and draft/record an Affidavit of Heirship. That will be your Source of Title but you will have to pay sufficient money to the Heirs to get their Deed. Or you might check when the Tax Sale will be. A possible successful bid will not be a Title for awhile though, and again you will need an attorney to get an unencumbranced Fee over to you.
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