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A buyer purchases a home and later finds out there is an unrecorded $10,000 IRS tax lien against the seller from five years ago.

Which of the following is true in a notice-statute state?

  1. The lien is automatically voided the moment the property is sold to a new owner.
  2. The buyer must pay the lien because all federal tax liens carry automatic superpriority.
  3. The buyer takes the property subject to the lien since it originated as an involuntary lien.
  4. The buyer is protected against the lien because they had no notice and it was unrecorded.

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