Debt attached to land does not care who owns it next

A paid tax bill from last year proves last year. Debt attached to land does not care who owns it next. An unpaid balance attaches to the parcel, not the person. It comes with the land unless closing clears it. A deed search will not show a tax balance, and tax runs a year behind. Ask the collector what is currently owed, and through what date. Before you pay: the circuit clerk for liens, the collector for the tax. Then ask who else can bill this parcel.