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Someone could be paying the taxes in the owner's behalf, such as a lawyer or relative, but the owner would still be the name listed. The reason is, whomever is paying the taxes could change easily without changing owners but the owner does not change unless the property is sold, transferred by death, foreclosure, or other legal process.
For example, the owner could be Tom Jones. He's hard up for money, so for a couple years, his parents pay the taxes for him. Then, they die. So, his girlfriend pays the taxes for a year. By then, Tom gets a good job overseas that pays well. He's too busy overseas to manage his affairs, so he hires a lawyer to do that. The lawyer makes the tax payments for the next several years.
Therefore, one owner but several people paying the taxes.
If Tom rents out his property to various people while he's overseas, the owner's name is still Tom Jones. If Tom sells his property, then the owner's name changes.
Oh wow, I didn't know that.

From that description, you haven't bought the house from your dad because the title hasn't exchanged hands. If he were to die in that circumstance, the house would become part of his estate rather than belonging to you.
A joke for the older ADers.
You really need to stop with the hypotheticals and stick to facts. I thought cops were all about the facts.