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Re: WHEN OWNER PASSES AWAY (by Den):

I hope someone addresses the previous writer's question.

I would like to add a couple of questions:

What happens when an owner just stops paying the maintenance fees? Would failure to pay just lead to forfeiture of the timeshare? Does the timeshare company or the individual resort have a claim against the owner who abandoned the property?

For California timeshares, property taxes are billed to the owner separately, not with maintenance fees. If one failed to pay property taxes, I suspect the county would auction off the timeshare and collect the property taxes from the proceeds of the sale. I doubt that the property tax lien would go with the property to the new owner. Any comments on this?