special assessment during real estate property transfer?
I recently purchased a foreclosed house. When the summer tax bill arrived, I found a special assessment of "weeds". I called the city and was told it is for last summer's weeds removing service charged to the previous title holder. Apparently, the title company did not discover this issue when they prepared the title transfer at closing. My question is what action should I take. Should I contact the title company and ask for a refund for whatever fee that I am not responsible for, or let them deal with the city assessor to get that weeds fee removed from my tax bill. Any other advice? Thanks
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There is NO way the title company could have discovered that since there was NO lien.
This should have been revealed by the seller and you did not do your homework. Always check with the Town Tax Collector when preparing to purchase a property even before you put in an offer.
Your only recourse is to sue the seller