Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 85. WATER USE

CHAPTER 7. IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

Part 21. Taxes and Assessments

Proceedings In Which County Is Possessor Of Tax Lien And Lien Is Not Redeemed

85-7-2156. Proceedings in which county is possessor of tax lien and lien is not redeemed. If the county is the possessor of a tax lien on property assessed for irrigation district purposes and debenture certificates have been issued for the taxes and assessments of the irrigation district, as provided for in 85-7-2152, and the tax lien has not been redeemed before the next annual assessment for irrigation purposes becomes delinquent, debenture certificates for each year's irrigation district taxes and assessments must be issued against the property and must be included in and satisfied by any redemption thereof, with interest as provided for in 85-7-2152, and must be paid from the proceeds of sale of the lands by the board of county commissioners, if not redeemed as provided for by law.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 127, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 7247, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7247, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-1820; amd. Sec. 56, Ch. 587, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 67, L. 2017.