Tax liens on paid homes, and mortgage homes?

If you own your home outright, and have no mortgage on your home, or debt meaning like line of credit, putting your home on collateral, but you couldn't pay your taxes for a couple of years. The government put a lien on your home, and you still can't pay your taxes within that time frame. Your home is sold. Do the original home owner who couldn't pay their taxes, get the difference of sale money once the government get their taxes plus interest and fees. Also, I would like to know the same answer, if there is a mortgage on the home. Is your debt forgiven, do you get any excess money left over?

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