Info on Hospital Liens on a Deceased's Property

[Aaron Scott]

I have a lead on a home where the the daughter a deceased family member, wants to sell the deceased home. The home was owned free and clear. There were several hospital liens to the deceased person that amounted to nearly $80,000.00.

I haven't asked the seller about the liens at this point, but assuming the seller was the beneficiary of the home for the deceased person, I was curious to know if the seller would be responsible for paying those off, or would those liens have been payed off out of the estate of the deceased? If they were payed off out of the estate, would I see a release of the lien in the probate records (right now I do not see that they have been released, but only the record of the lien itself)? Is there any way if I bought the home from the seller that I would be responsible for paying these off? Thanks for any help.