Q: We completed closing on a house in December and the real estate closing attorney failed to pay the property taxes
The firm is trying now to bill us even though the unpaid tax bill has gone to the new owner. Are we liable since the attorney missed this completely? Or is this now the responsibility of the closing attorney since he failed to catch this? We had a lot of problems with this attorney, and I don't feel that this is now our responsibilty. The other catch is that they want us to pay them directly and not the county/city. This just seems very odd. Please help!!!
A: I would also want to see the contract to know how the taxes were to be apportioned. But I would also tell the closing attorney that they made a mistake and it is not your responsibility to fix the mistake.
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