What happens when the Tax Office assigns property to attorneys to foreclose?
Once the Durham Tax Office assigns properties to attorneys to foreclose, the Tax Office marks its computer records with the assignment, and will no longer accept direct payments or payment plans from taxpayers. All tax payments from the point of assignment must pay the taxes, interest, fees and costs in full, and must be made through the attorney. Persons interested in paying off properties in foreclosure must contact the attorney directly to whom that property was assigned to secure a payoff quote. At some point after the assignment, the attorney will start a title search of the property to determine, as a matter of public record, all of the owners, mortgage holders, judgment and lien holders, and other interested parties required by state law. The attorney will then prepare a complaint listing the City and County of Durham as the Plaintiffs (complaining parties). The Defendants will be all of those parties found by the record title search to be interested parties in the real estate (
Once the Union County Tax Office assigns properties to attorneys to foreclose, the Tax Office marks its computer records with the assignment, and will no longer accept payment plans from taxpayers. All tax payments from the point of assignment must pay the taxes, interest, fees and costs in full. Persons interested in paying off properties in foreclosure must contact the tax office or attorney in order secure a payoff quote. At some point after the assignment, the attorney will start a title search of the property to determine, as a matter of public record, all of the owners, mortgage holders, judgment and lien holders, and other interested parties required by state law. The attorney will then prepare a complaint listing Union County and any affected municipality as the Plaintiffs (complaining parties). The Defendants will be all of those parties found by the record title search to be interested parties in the real estate (owners, mortgage holders, etc.) The complaint will be filed in
