Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Maryland

The other party isn't responsible to personally pay the taxes, but the lien could lead to a forced sale of the house. Getting married wouldn't alter the situation because the lien was created before the marriage. If you try and sell the house, the lien will probably show up in a title search and it would have to be paid off in order to pass clean title to the buyer. You could have someone do a title search now to see if it's in the records; that would cost @$200.

If the tax lien is on the house, then someone would have to pay it before being able to sell the house. You can probably search the tax lien records online without having to pay for a title search. Regards,