If you are selling Delaware property from out of state, one of the most important closing-line items to understand is Delaware’s non-resident real-estate income-tax payment. Many sellers still know this process as Delaware Form 5403 withholding, but Delaware has renamed the current form REW-EST, Real Estate Tax Return – Declaration...
Behind on Delaware Property Taxes? The Monition Sale Timeline, Your Redemption Rights, and Selling Before the County Auctions the House
Falling behind on Delaware Property Taxes does not mean your house automatically goes to auction after a fixed number of days. But once delinquent taxes move from routine collection into a Delaware monition sale proceeding, the situation becomes substantially more urgent. Delaware law allows county tax-collecting authorities to use the...