If you have a tax lien from the IRS in one state, and you move to another, will it follow you?

Backstory: My mom and grandma bought a house together before my mom and stepdad got married 5 tears ago. My mom and stepdad filed ch. 7 bankruptcy together in 2003. We moved into a new house last year, and got two new cars. Well, the house is getting foreclosed on Jan. 1st, so we moved back into our old house with my grandma. We don't want the new house anymore, and are planning on filing ch. 13, and before all this happened, we were planning on moving out of state. Will the state we are moving to deplete the wages?

Public Comments

1. A federal tax lien will follow you from state to state. As soon as you start working under a W-2, or file your next return, they'll know where to find you.
2. I highly suggest you pay the tax lien. It follows you everywhere!
3. A tax lien is personal and can be enforced whereever the taxpayer is. It sounds like you are writing about an old tax lien. When the Chapter 13 is filed, make sure the attorney knows about the tax liability. If the tax is old, it can be discharged through the proceeding and the lien released.