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Is there any way to have a paid tax lien removed before it falls off after 10 years?
Use IRS form 12777 - I believe it takes about 45 days to process. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f12277.pdf
Thanks, but this wouldn't help me as it is not a federal lien, but a county personal tax lien on a boat that I owned and sold. I only owned the boat for about 3 days and sold it on Jan 2nd. I did receive one notice but forgot about it until 10 years later in 2013 when I was checking my credit. Once I knew about it, I paid it. It is only on my TU report.
In my state (NC), they also have a mechanism by which you can request to have a paid tax lien removed. Search the Department of Revenue where the tax lien was filed and see if can find the equivalent.
You would have to get the reporting entity to actually withdraw the lien in order to get it off your reports and FYI it reports for 7 years from date of payment.,