Back Taxes Sold on Property I Own

[Derek Johnson]

Hello,

I just bought a house from a seller this past month. Now I got a letter from my county treasurer stating that there are delinquent property taxes and they've been sold to a buyer, and I have two years to pay them back with interest or risk losing the property.

WHAT? 

I got a conventional loan through a bank, do they not do a title search to check for liens? Am I really responsible for this? I've already contacted the mortgage officer I worked with and he is supposed to make some calls today and let me know what he finds out. Any advice here?