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wegotdatwood 
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| Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:18 am)
Just curious.
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Napoleon 
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Member since Dec 2007
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| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:19 am to wegotdatwood)
yes, and then after a few years you own their property.
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yankeeundercover 
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Member since Jan 2010
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| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:19 am to wegotdatwood)
No, it's like a parking meter... It's illegal to put quarters in other people's meters... same with houses.
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The Mick 
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14867 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:19 am to wegotdatwood)
Unbeknowsnt to them or otherwise?
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snake23
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Member since Dec 2011
3017 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:19 am to wegotdatwood)
i mean if you really want to i dont see why not.
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Pilot Tiger 
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Washington DC
Member since Nov 2005
50340 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:19 am to wegotdatwood)
i mean, you CAN
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fymbah 
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Fort Worth
Member since Oct 2011
575 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:20 am to wegotdatwood)
You can pay mine anytime you would like.
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Neauxla
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2008
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| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:20 am to wegotdatwood)
Why would you want to?
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LSUFAN2005
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Member since Aug 2004
1077 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:20 am to wegotdatwood)
Yep and after 3 years they can hire a lawyer and try to obtain the property.
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reb13 
Ole Miss Fan
Oxford, MS
Member since May 2010
7916 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:22 am to wegotdatwood)
Yes, my aunt does it for my grandmother
ETA: She does not send the check in for her or anything. She just gives her a bunch of money to cover it.
This post was edited on 5/9 at 10:23 am
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TH03 
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| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:22 am to Napoleon)
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yes, and then after a few years you own their property.
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Newbomb Turk 
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| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:25 am to wegotdatwood)
Sure. But, it's a gift for gift tax purposes and only the owner of the property can deduct the taxes.
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TheLSUriot
LSU Fan
Clear Lake, TX
Member since Oct 2007
687 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:25 am to wegotdatwood)
Sometimes foreclosed houses come with years of back property taxes which the new owner can be stuck paying even though someone else owned the propery at the time. So yes, in this case you would be paying someone else's property taxes. Had this happen to a friend who is fighting it but currently losing that battle.
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DeeS NUTS number 9 
Hawaii Fan
L-town
Member since Jul 2006
251 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:25 am to TH03)
Most definitely, I've lived in a family owned house and just payed the taxes as "rent"
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krehn11
LSU Fan
IA
Member since Jul 2011
689 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:40 am to Newbomb Turk)
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Sure. But, it's a gift for gift tax purposes and only the owner of the property can deduct the taxes.
This.
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TopWaterTiger
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Lake Charles, LA
Member since May 2006
5597 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:42 am to TH03)
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yes, and then after a few years you own their property.
This in Louisiana. You can pay the back taxes and after 3 years of unpaid taxes you can try to take control of the property.
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FLBooGoTigs1
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jacksonville, FL.
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| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:43 am to wegotdatwood)
You wanna pay mine? 
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wegotdatwood
Arkansas Fan
Member since Aug 2009
13687 posts
| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:46 am to Neauxla)
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Why would you want to?
Well, I was going to go pay mine today. Thought I would knock my fiance's out too since she's at work. Do they care where the money comes from? It's the same account.
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elpolloloco
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| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:47 am to TopWaterTiger )
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This in Louisiana. You can pay the back taxes and after 3 years of unpaid taxes you can try to take control of the property.
There has to be a tax sale for the 3 years to apply in Louisiana. If you just randomly pay someone's property taxes, you cannot claim ownership no matter how many years you pay. You may have a reimbursement claim.
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Neauxla
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2008
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| re: Can you pay someone else's property taxes? (Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:49 am to elpolloloco)
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There has to be a tax sale for the 3 years to apply in Louisiana. If you just randomly pay someone's property taxes, you cannot claim ownership no matter how many years you pay. You may have a reimbursement claim.
is correct
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