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Redemption
36 mo
Max interest
10%
This state runs more than one kind of tax sale, so the rules depend on which sale you enter. The owner has 3 years to pay you back. You earn 10% interest a year. You buy at the minimum bid price. Sales are held on a schedule that varies by county.
Sale type
MCA 15-17-323
https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0150/chapter_0170/part_0030/section_0230/0150-0170-0030-0230.html“A tax lien certificate or other official record in which the county is listed as the possessor of the tax lien must be assigned by the county treasurer”
Redemption
MCA 15-18-111
https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0150/chapter_0180/part_0010/section_0110/0150-0180-0010-0110.html“by the first working day in August, 3 years after attachment of the tax lien”
Interest
MCA 15-16-102
https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0150/chapter_0160/part_0010/section_0020/0150-0160-0010-0020.html“delinquent and draws interest at the rate of 5/6 of 1% a month from and after the delinquency until paid and 2% must be added to the delinquent taxes as a penalty”
Bid method
MCA 15-18-220
https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0150/chapter_0180/part_0020/section_0200/0150-0180-0020-0200.html“The opening bid on the property must be the amount required in subsection (2)(b), and the county treasurer may not accept a bid below the opening bid”
Sale timing
MCA 15-18-220
https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0150/chapter_0180/part_0020/section_0200/0150-0180-0020-0200.html“the county treasurer shall hold a public auction in the county in which the property is located within 60 days of receipt of the application”
Property tax lien; assignment per 15-17-323. | Prose: hybrid | 10%/yr (5/6 of 1%/mo) + 2% penalty | 3 years (2 yrs for certain unsubdivided lots) | public auction for tax deed (fixed opening bid) | none; deed auction within 60 days of deed application
Property tax lien; assignment per 15-17-323.
| County | FIPS | Platform | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead County | 30001 | — | not_started |
| Big Horn County | 30003 | — | not_started |
| Blaine County | 30005 | — | not_started |
| Broadwater County | 30007 | — | not_started |
| Carbon County | 30009 | — | not_started |
| Carter County | 30011 | — | not_started |
| Cascade County | 30013 | — | not_started |
| Chouteau County | 30015 | — | not_started |
| Custer County | 30017 | — | not_started |
| Daniels County | 30019 | — | not_started |
| Dawson County | 30021 | — | not_started |
| Deer Lodge County | 30023 | — | not_started |
| Fallon County | 30025 | — | not_started |
| Fergus County | 30027 | — | not_started |
| Flathead County | 30029 | — | not_started |
| Gallatin County | 30031 | — | not_started |
| Garfield County | 30033 | — | not_started |
| Glacier County | 30035 | — | not_started |
| Golden Valley County | 30037 | — | not_started |
| Granite County | 30039 | — | not_started |
| Hill County | 30041 | — | not_started |
| Jefferson County | 30043 | — | not_started |
| Judith Basin County | 30045 | — | not_started |
| Lake County | 30047 | — | not_started |
| Lewis and Clark County | 30049 | — | not_started |
| Liberty County | 30051 | — | not_started |
| Lincoln County | 30053 | — | not_started |
| Madison County | 30057 | — | not_started |
| McCone County | 30055 | — | not_started |
| Meagher County | 30059 | — | not_started |
| Mineral County | 30061 | — | not_started |
| Missoula County | 30063 | — | not_started |
| Musselshell County | 30065 | — | not_started |
| Park County | 30067 | — | not_started |
| Petroleum County | 30069 | — | not_started |
| Phillips County | 30071 | — | not_started |
| Pondera County | 30073 | — | not_started |
| Powder River County | 30075 | — | not_started |
| Powell County | 30077 | — | not_started |
| Prairie County | 30079 | — | not_started |
| Ravalli County | 30081 | — | not_started |
| Richland County | 30083 | — | not_started |
| Roosevelt County | 30085 | — | not_started |
| Rosebud County | 30087 | — | not_started |
| Sanders County | 30089 | — | not_started |
| Sheridan County | 30091 | — | not_started |
| Silver Bow County | 30093 | — | not_started |
| Stillwater County | 30095 | — | not_started |
| Sweet Grass County | 30097 | — | not_started |
| Teton County | 30099 | — | not_started |
| Toole County | 30101 | — | not_started |
| Treasure County | 30103 | — | not_started |
| Valley County | 30105 | — | not_started |
| Wheatland County | 30107 | — | not_started |
| Wibaux County | 30109 | — | not_started |
| Yellowstone County | 30111 | — | not_started |