Montana has 56 counties and is a lien state.
Like a few other states Montana Tax Sales have a combination of interest and penalty with 10% interest plus a 2% Penalty. Depending on the situation you will have either a two or three year redemption period.
Montana is a state where it pays to be the “early bird”. Ownership to the tax lien is sold on a first come, first serve basis. As early as 60 days prior to the sale date, potential tax lien certificate buyers can notify the property owner of record by certified mail of their intention to purchase the tax lien from the county. Simultaneously notification must be given to the collector’s office with proof as soon as you send out the notice. The date the collector’s office receives the proof of owner notification is what determines the first come, first served order for the sale, as long as payment for the lien has been received in the collector’s office within the two week notice period.
How About a FREE worksheet
Now what I’d like to do is give you guys a worksheet for the state of Alabama. Each one of the worksheets is several pages. Each one has all the information I just mentioned plus my personal notes for each state and then links to the states laws, other applicable websites, and links to every single County and in some cases municipality as in some of the northeastern states who run their auctions by city instead of by County.
Finally each worksheet has got a map of the state showing the counties for your convenience.
Interested in Tax Sales in Another State?
Tax Sales investing is a niche that has the potential to be insanely profitable.
However, most investors do not have a deep understanding of this investing strategy.
Every state has a unique set of rules and regulations. There are some basic rules you need to understand as to how the process works. Generally, states will fall into one of three categories:
- Tax Lien States
- Tax Deed States
- Hybrid States
Hybrids are states who conduct their tax sales by selling tax deeds with a caveat. The deeds have a redemption period much like a tax lien certificate.
This map provides links to information for every state as well as Washington DC.
