Deceased Owners
Posted by Valerie (N. CA) on February 22, 2003 at 08:35:02:
I am in the process of picking up a lot and there are about eight owners to this property. The name on the tax role is a couple's name (the husband is deceased) and then when I went to look at the deed, it has about 4 other couples and a couple of single individuals who all contributed some percentage to the deed. They are more than willing to sign the property over to me for back taxes. My question is some people who were on title are now deceased and others (maybe one or two people) I can not find. The majority wants this out of their hair. 1st - How should I have them deed me the property (do I have to state their percentage on the face of the deed? Or can I just copy the addendum from the previous deed and have them sign as they did the original? The Deed is in One person's name and then they are added to the addendum? 2nd - Do I have to worry about people who are deceased - being that they can not convey title? No one is contesting this, so it seems pretty straight-forward. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Valerie
