Property Tax Foreclosure in Texas 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, interest a
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
Can a Texas HOA Really Foreclose on Your House Homeowners are usually stunned to learn that a homeowners association in Texas can foreclose over assessments that started as a few hundred dollars. It can, and the mechanism is straightforward enough that it catches people who were never really in financial trouble at all. Most Texas subdivisions record a declaration of covenants that creates a lien on every lot for unpaid assessments. When dues go unpaid, late fees, intere
Selling a House You Inherited in Texas An inherited house in Texas usually arrives with a legal question attached, and answering it first saves months. The question is not what the house is worth. It is whether you currently have the authority to sell it. A buyer's title company will want proof that ownership passed properly. How you establish that depends on how the estate was handled. If there is a will and it goes through probate, the executor named in it generally ha