Selling a House With a Property Tax Lien in Lawrenceville, GA
A property tax lien is already on your house — and it clears the moment you sell.
Many owners are surprised to learn there is a tax lien on their home, recorded as a Fi.Fa., even though it started as an ordinary tax bill. The reassuring news is that a property-tax lien is one of the most routine things a closing handles: it is paid from your proceeds, and clear title passes to the buyer the same day.
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When the Tax Lien Attaches in Georgia
Under O.C.G.A. 48-2-56, the lien for property taxes arises as soon as the taxes become due and unpaid, and it covers the property until the taxes are paid. To enforce it, the county records a Fi.Fa. — a tax execution — against the property and the owner of record as of January 1, which places the lien on the public record. So if you owe property taxes, the lien is effectively already there on the land, until the taxes are cleared.
How the Lien Is Paid Off When You Sell
A property-tax lien is paid from your sale proceeds at closing. The closing attorney orders a payoff from the county tax commissioner, the amount is paid at the closing table, and the buyer receives clear title. The money comes off the top of the sale, so you do not pay it separately in advance. Because a cash sale with POH Group LLC has no lender and no financing contingency, there is no third party that can refuse to proceed because the lien exists — we buy as-is and work the payoff into the closing.
Lien Priority — and When Liens Stack Up
Under O.C.G.A. 48-2-56, liens for taxes are superior to all other liens and are paid before other debts and claims, with limited exceptions — which is part of why the county can sell the property to collect. When more than one claim exists — a tax lien, a mortgage, maybe a judgment — the closing attorney determines the correct payoff order so the sale can close with clear title. If the combined debts run close to the home's value, a clean cash sale with a definite closing date still gives room to work: the tax payoff is handled first, and other lienholders will sometimes negotiate. POH Group LLC and the closing attorney work the numbers so the sale can close.
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A property-tax lien does not have to sit on your house any longer than your next closing. Tell us the address and roughly what is owed — we will make a written, as-is cash offer and the lien is paid from proceeds at closing. No repairs, no commissions, no money up front.
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