Only if you want clear title to the property. If you fail to clear the lien, the property can be sold from under you. If the lien holder does not forclose you will still not be able to sell the property until the lien is satisfied. Just pay the debt, especially if it is valid. When you inherited the property, you inherited the debt.
In general you are only responsible for your own debts but you need to get this sorted out properly so you need to see a solicitor (attorney) to get this cleared up.
An involuntary lien would be a judgment lien by a creditor, a lien for unpaid property taxes or income taxes, a demolition lien, a lien for unpaid common expenses or homeowners association dues or a mechanic's lien. Contrast that with a lien you granted in your property such as a mortgage which would be a voluntary lien.
If they hold a mortgage or a lien on the property. Home owner's associations often have required dues and if they are not paid, a lien can be placed on the property.
Read your governing documents where the authority to lien and process for establishing a lien are all written out. Work with your association's condominium-savvy attorney to file the lien and pursue collecting the debt.
Whoever is the titled owner of the property is responsible for paying assessments. Read your governing documents to determine the steps that the association can take to collect debts that owners owe.
If the homeowners' association has recorded covenants and/or bylaws against the home in question, and the dues required by the covenants and/or bylaws have not been paid, a lien can be filed immediately in most cases, regardless of foreclosure or sale of the property. However, to ensure that the lien paperwork is filled out correctly (and avoid thousands of dollars in attorney fees should the homeowner challenge the lien in court), the homeowners' association should hire an attorney to prepare the lien documents.
Let me see if I've got this right... the ex-husband inherited property from his deceased mother. If the ex-wife has no claim to that property, she cannot put a lien on that property. Now if she were awarded a portion of that property in the settlement, and agreed to sell her portion to her husband, she could retain a lien on it until it was paid off, but I'm not getting the impression that's the case here. Basically, if it was never yours to begin with, you have absolutely no justification to try putting a lien on it.
Both spouses are responsible for the DEBT represented by the lien, but the lien can only attach to the interest of whoever is actually on title to the property.
I believe that a lien on a property stays with the property, not with a person. The purchaser of the property will be responsible for any liens to get a clear title.
If money (i.e.; mortgage/mechanics lien/taxes/etc) are owed on the property it makes no difference whether it is inherited or not. It would have been inherited SUBJECT TO the liens and encumbrances.
The lien isn't transferred to the heir- it remains a lien on the inherited real estate, which cannot be sold or refinanced until the lien is paid.The lien isn't transferred to the heir- it remains a lien on the inherited real estate, which cannot be sold or refinanced until the lien is paid.The lien isn't transferred to the heir- it remains a lien on the inherited real estate, which cannot be sold or refinanced until the lien is paid.The lien isn't transferred to the heir- it remains a lien on the inherited real estate, which cannot be sold or refinanced until the lien is paid.
You don't have to accept it. If there is a lien against the property, you would be responsible for it. Maybe you could sell the property, pay it off and keep the rest.