Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A tax lien foreclosure is the sale of a property resulting from the property owner's failure ...

State tax authorities can place a tax lien for unpaid state income taxes, while local governments can place a lien for unpaid property tax or other local taxes. A tax lien is a matter of public record ...