Presumably the government would be able to collect justified costs as well as the back taxes in selling the property. So, you don't pay your taxes, they seize a

Presumably the government would be able to collect justified costs as well as the back taxes in selling the property. So, you don't pay your taxes, they seize and sell your home, then you pay for them to do all that from the proceeds. Maybe in state law there's an additional fine that's reasonable. Seems to be a deterrent.