[WSBARP] estate tax lien on tax foreclosed property?

[John McCrady]

RCW 84.60.010<http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=84.60.010> states that the property taxes are first lien over everything, and so I believe that the property tax foreclosure wipes out the estate tax lien.  I wonder if someone has a different idea?



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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Rod Harmon
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Subject: [WSBARP] estate tax lien on tax foreclosed property?

W dies owning a home worth $4 million.  No one probates her estate or pays estate taxes.
The property taxes go unpaid and the county forecloses.
Does the state have a lien on the property for unpaid state estate taxes?

Rod Harmon

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