Frequently Asked Questions

Local governments will issue tax liens on properties with overdue taxes. These liens are issued and initially held by the tax collector of the city, county, or township in which the property resides. But if the liens remain unpaid, eventually the tax collector will face one of two options: (i) proceed to foreclose upon and sell the property in order to satisfy the amount due for unpaid taxes, or (ii) sell the liens to a third party such as InVesta and thereby collect the taxes due. Many tax collectors, such as the Fulton County Tax Commissioner, prefer this second option rather than initiating foreclosure and selling the taxpayer's property.

Yes, not paying a tax lien can eventually result in losing your property. However, in most jurisdictions, the minimum time between us acquiring the tax lien and initiating a foreclosure is at least 1 year. In many jurisdictions, it is two years or more.

The foreclosure process takes time, and you will receive a number of notices related to the foreclosure.

Send the mortgage company a copy of our payoff statement. It contains your tax parcel ID from the tax commissioner, so your mortgage company can check their payment records. Note your mortgage ID number (find it on your payment stubs) and request that they pay off the tax lien. If the non-payment is their error, they will generally not charge you. They may pay us directly if they so choose.

InVesta Services does not provide information to any credit reporting agency. However, delinquent taxes are a matter of public record. Credit reporting agencies may be including information about delinquent taxes in their reports. InVesta Services has no control over this. Upon payment, InVesta Services and / or the taxing authorities will make the proper entries to show the delinquent taxes have been satisfied. If credit reporting agencies are examining the tax records correctly, they will see that the delinquent taxes have been paid.

As InVesta Services does not have a relationship with any of the credit reporting agencies, we cannot instruct them to remove information from their reports.