What happens to the surplus due when property is lost to tax sale? The answer: it depends on where you are. In about half of the states, that surplus is lost permanently to the government. In the rest of the states, the surplus is held for the owner to come in and collect. If he or she doesn’t collect in time, it, too, will escheat to the government, with no recourse for the owner ever again.
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