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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Listies:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have dealt with HOA line foreclosure Sheriff’s Sales but never a county property tax sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Client has a Note and DOT with a balance of $15,000 +/-on it. The deadbeat is about $4,000 behind on payments and is behind $8,000 +/- on real property taxes and this October if the taxes are not paid, at least in part, there will be a tax auction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If someone buys the property at the County Tax Sale (I presume conducted by the Sheriff) do they take the property subject to my clients Note and DOT? Does the deadbeat have a right of redemption for one year?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Can my client buy the place at the Tax Sale and get rid of the deadbeat? Since client will have to pay the property taxes anyway if he forecloses, can he use the County Tax Sale as a way to get rid of the deadbeat. If the client buys the property at the Tax Sale he takes it subject to his own Note and DOT which is fine. If the deadbeat wants to redeem the property he will have to pay my client. How can my client lose?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>What am I missing here? (I am sure that I am missing something.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>James R. Doran<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>100 E. Pine Street – Suite 205<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bellingham, WA 98225<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(360)393-9506<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:jim@doranlegal.com">jim@doranlegal.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.doranlegal.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>