Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 12. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

Part 41. Special Improvement Districts

Collection Of District Assessments By City Treasurer In Cities Collecting Their Own Taxes -- Delinquencies

7-12-4182. Collection of district assessments by city treasurer in cities collecting their own taxes -- delinquencies. (1) In each city or town that provides by ordinance for the collection of its taxes for general, municipal, and administrative purposes by its city treasurer or town clerk, the city treasurer or town clerk shall collect all special assessments and taxes levied and assessed in accordance with any of the provisions of part 42 and this part in the same manner and at the same time as taxes for general, municipal, and administrative purposes are collected. All of the provisions of 7-6-4423 apply to the collection of the special taxes and assessments in the same manner as the provisions apply to the collection of other city or town taxes.

(2) (a) When the payment of an installment of a special assessment becomes delinquent, all payments of subsequent installments may, at the option of the city or town council and upon adoption of the appropriate resolutions, become delinquent. The city or town may, pursuant to 7-12-4184, order that all assessments that are delinquent for specific parcels of land as a result of acceleration be withdrawn.

(b) Upon delinquency in one or all installments, the whole property must be sold the same as other property is sold for taxes. The enforcement of the lien of any installment of a special assessment by any method authorized by law does not prevent the enforcement of the lien of any subsequent installment when it becomes delinquent.

History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 89, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 166, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 5251, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 156, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 78, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 5251.1, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-2234; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 617, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 449, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 550, Ch. 61, L. 2007.