<prompt> Human: My mother died January of 2013. Afterwhich squatters moved into her house and the City of Sacramento Ca and the police said there is nothing we can do about it. The squatters rights would have been violated.I live in San Francisco.My mother was underwater on her mortgage and apparently owed 200K on a house she bought some years ago for 120KToday I received a statement from the city of sacramento stating I owe 6,000.WTF?!What do I do about this?Edit: I would like to send the city of Sac a bill for the rent owed by the squatters.EDIT: Thanks all - I am at office, bill is at home. Ill look at exactly what the items were on it, as I dont recall at this point.I didnt inherit anything, my mother went bankrupt and died due to cancer. Supposedly she owes 200K on this house that she bout 10 years ago for 120K...  <response>: I would like to send the city of Sac a bill for the rent owed by the squatters.I didnt inherit anything, my mother went bankrupt and died due to cancer. Supposedly she owes 200K on this house that she bout 10 years ago for 120K...Something doesnt make sense here. Why would you be concerned about the squatters? If the house was underwater and your mother died with no assets, the bank owns the house now and the squatters are their problem. You would not even have any claim on rent from real renters, much less from squatters or the city. If you did own the house, you would have to go through the process of evicting them, but the bank will take care of that, it isnt your concern.However, the fact that you think you have some claim on the property, the fact that the bank hasnt evicted the squatters, and the fact that the city seems to think you are responsible for taxes makes me wonder if you are misunderstanding the situation. One possibility would be that there was equity in the house that could be tied up in probate or just unclaimed. Keep in mind that just because your mother owes 200k on the house and declared bankruptcy doesnt mean that the property itself is actually underwater. It must have risen in value significantly because your mother was able to refinance and take out another 80 grand over the original purchase price... If the house sold today once the squatters are evicted would it sell for more than 200k? Are you sure your mother didnt have any equity that will be lost ifwhen the bank forecloses on the property? 