15-18-215. Form of notice that tax deed may issue. Section 15-18-212 requires that notice be given to all persons considered interested parties and to the current occupant of property that may be lost to a tax deed. The notice may be made as follows:
NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED
TO:......... ............................. (Name) (Address, when unknown, so state)
Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the following described real property in which you may have an interest:
.............
.............
2. The property taxes became delinquent on ......... .
3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on .......... .
4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on .......... by .......... (Name) .......... (Address).
5. The lien was subsequently assigned to .......... .
6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due is:
TAXES: ..........
PENALTY: ..........
INTEREST: ..........
COST: ..........
TOTAL: ..........
7. For the property tax lien to be liquidated, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 must be paid by ........, which is the date that the redemption period expires or expired.
8. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the county treasurer on or prior to ........., which is the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to the purchaser on the day following the date that the redemption period expires or on the date the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed.
9. The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: .......... County Treasurer, ......... (Address), .......... (Telephone).
FURTHER NOTICE FOR THOSE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN:
1. The address of the interested party is unknown.
2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance.
3. The interested party's rights in the property may be in jeopardy.
DATED at .......... this ......... (Date).
........................... Signature
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 97, L. 1993.
