Yes — escrow pays the county out of your proceeds at closing. The bigger question is whether you need to sell at all, because California gives residential owners five years of tax default before the tax collector gains the power to sell.
You can sell a fire-damaged California house, and you can sell it as-is. The harder question is timing, because California gives you up to 36 months to collect replacement cost after a declared disaster — and selling early can forfeit money you have already earned.
In California, usually yes. A personal representative with full authority under the Independent Administration of Estates Act can sell estate real property without beneficiary consent — but must give 15 days’ written notice first, and an objection changes what happens next.
Yes. Liens are paid out of your proceeds at closing rather than out of pocket beforehand. What matters is which lien you have, because several California lien types expire on their own — and sellers routinely pay ones that had already lapsed.
California has no law that hands someone your house after 30 days. What it has is an adverse possession statute requiring five continuous years of occupation and five years of the occupant paying your property taxes.
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