Unfortunately, property taxes cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. The county has the authority to foreclose on your property for any delinquent taxes. The best thing to do is to open negotiations with them: Perhaps they will allow you time to come up with a payment plan proposal. They usually will do all they can, within their statutory deadlines, to work with you, especially since you took possession of this property when the taxes were already owed (so you were not the one who ran up this tax bill, essentially). I recommend talking to them and working out a payment plan. Bankruptcy will not help you at all.
Answered on Sep 05th, 2013 at 3:56 PM