When Unpaid Texas Property Taxes Take the House
Texas Tax Sales and the Right to Redeem Texas has no state income tax, and property taxes carry a correspondingly heavy load. They are also secured by a lien on the property that attaches automatically each year. Fall far enough behind and the taxing units can foreclose, and that process runs separately from anything your mortgage lender is doing. A tax foreclosure in Texas is judicial. The taxing authority sues, and a court enters judgment for the taxes, penalties, inte
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Can You Sell a Texas House Before Probate Closes Probate is the court process that confirms a will and gives someone legal authority to deal with what the deceased owned. In Texas it is generally less painful than its reputation suggests, largely because of independent administration. When a will names an independent executor, or when all beneficiaries agree to one, the executor can administer the estate with limited court supervision. They can usually sell estate proper
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