tax deed
Delinquent property document
A tax deed is a legal document transferring ownership of property that was seized and sold by a government authority because the owner failed to pay property taxes.
The government auctions the property to recover unpaid taxes, and the winning bidder receives a tax deed as proof of ownership: He bought the abandoned house through a tax deed sale.
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- lienClaim securing debt
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- delinquentFailing in duty
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- deeds
- land deedsquitclaim, land grant, patent, conveyance, indenture
- property taxassessed value, property assessment, millage, property valuation, county assessor
- tax liens
- forced salesforeclosure sale, sheriff's sale, forced sale, seizure, property seizure
- local taxesmillage, special assessment, levies, levy, rates