Note: BCP Real Estate is not a law firm and its employees/owners are not acting as your attorneys. This is provided for educational purposes only and is not legal advice. The following is an illustrative, composite example, not a real client, and any names are fictional. It does not describe or promise any particular outcome.
Meet a man we’ll call Eddie. He opens a tax lawsuit notice about a relative’s property. A law firm’s name sits right at the top. So Eddie assumes he must hire and pay that firm to deal with it. Naturally, that worries him, because lawyers are expensive.
At first, the notice confuses him. After all, it looks official and demanding. But Eddie soon learns the firm does not actually work for him.
What Eddie did about the tax lawsuit notice
That law firm represents the taxing authority, not Eddie. So he does not have to hire them or anyone else. Instead, he can simply get bought out of the lawsuit. Then a buyer takes over his portion and removes his name. Also, he pays nothing out of pocket to do it.
In the end, Eddie handled the tax lawsuit notice without hiring a single lawyer. His name came off the case. Now he carries no liability for the property or the taxes.
What this story shows:
The law firm on a tax lawsuit notice works for the taxing authority, not for you.
You do not have to hire them. Getting bought out removes your name with no cost out of pocket.
If you want to be bought out of the lawsuit and have your name removed, no cost to you, call or text us at (469) 708-8003 today.
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