15-16-403. Lien on real property and improvements. - Montana Statutes

     15-16-403. Lien on real property and improvements. Every tax due upon real property is a lien against the property assessed, and every tax due upon improvements upon real estate assessed to other than the owner of the real estate is a lien upon the land and improvements, which several liens attach as of January 1 in each year. A person who issues a check, draft, converted check, electronic funds transfer, or order for the payment of real property taxes is subject to the liability provided in 27-1-717 if the instrument is dishonored or if the issuer stops payment with the intent to fraudulently defeat a possessory lien or defraud the payee.

     History: En. Sec. 1714, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 83, p. 105, L. 1891; amd. Sec. 3829, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2602, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 2154, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 3718; re-en. Sec. 2154, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 388, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 84-3809; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 392, L. 2005.