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BUYER BEWARE OF POSSIBLE IMPENDING WATER/SEWAGE LIEN...
BUYER BEWARE OF POSSIBLE IMPENDING WATER/SEWAGE LIEN...
  While I can not speak for the rest of the country I can tell you that in Toledo, Ohio a new buyer should beware of a possible impending water/sewage lien on their newly purchased home. 
 Due to the fact that water and sewer bills can become a lien against a property unlike electric and gas bills, I have always made it a practice to contact the water division shortly before closing to see if there may be any pending water liens on a property my client is purchasing, saving my clients thousands of dollars in unknown future liens against their property.  One case of my buyer purchasing a house that was previously purchased by an investor who fixed it up for resale.  Imagine the investors surprise when he found out that he had purchased a property that had a lienable water/sewage bill of over $4000.00 on it, that had not been processed until after he purchased the property.
 If there is a pending water/sewage lien, I have had them appear on the HUD1 settlement statement as a charge to the seller, as the purchase contract states that the property  "...shall show record title to ... more

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