Q: Can someone put a piece of property in your name for property taxes? Using a deed without warranty, when they sign over
their part cause a will was filed
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A: Your query makes no sense. Grantors can transfer land so that others pay those county taxes. It could be a quit claim deed, and the title may have been generated by a will devise. Probably need a TX attorney to search the title.
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Your question is vague.
If a decedent owns real property and dies with a will, ownership of the real property passes to the heir(s) named in the will unless they disclaim the inheritance. In the absence of a will, title to the real property passes to the decedent's heir(s) at law. In that context, heir(s) of a decedent who owned real property may become "liable" for payment of property taxes owed on the real property.
As a practical matter, the property taxes due immediately after a decedent's death will be a fraction of the value of the property. So, if the heirs do not want to pay the property taxes, do not want the real property, and do not want to bother with selling the real property, the taxing entities will conduct a tax foreclosure to sell the property in order to pay the unpaid taxes on it.
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