It depends on what you mean by that.

The title insurance protects the buyer against any liens against the property. The title insurance company is not necessarily responsible for paying the debt. The title insurance company IS responsible for having the lien removed from the property.

If it's YOUR debt to the IRS, and you were the seller, you can expect the IRS to come after you again, and possibly attach liens to any other property you have. The title insurance company will merely show the IRS that someone screwed up by not enforcing the lien when you sold the property, and the lien will be removed, but then they'll come after you again.

If it's NOT your debt, and you are the buyer, and there's a lien that they missed, you should file a claim, and then the title insurance company will do what it takes to get you a clear title…but that's probably NOT going to include paying the debt for which the lien was levied.

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