Taxes & Liens

A California quitclaim deed transfers whatever interest the signer happens to have, with no warranty of any kind. It does not touch the mortgage, and it can quietly make a house harder to sell.

A quiet title action is a lawsuit asking a California court to declare who owns a property and wipe out competing claims. Not every cloud on title requires one, and the alternatives are usually faster.

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.

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.