7-8-2211. Authorization to sell and exchange county property. - Montana Statutes

     7-8-2211. Authorization to sell and exchange county property. (1) Boards of county commissioners of this state have the power to sell, trade, or exchange any real or personal property, however acquired, belonging to the county that is not necessary to the conduct of county business or the preservation of its property.
     (2) Whenever a county purchases equipment, as provided in 7-5-2301 and 7-5-2303 through 7-5-2308, county equipment that is not necessary to the conduct of the county business may be traded in as part of the purchase price after appraisal, as provided in 7-8-2214, or may be sold at public auction, as provided in 7-8-2212, in the discretion of the board.
     (3) Any sale, trade, or exchange of real or personal property must be accomplished under the provisions of this title. In an exchange of real property, the properties must be appraised, and an exchange of county property may not be made unless property received in exchange for the county property is of an equivalent value. If the properties are not of equivalent values, the exchange may be completed if a cash payment is made in addition to the delivery of title for property having the lesser value.
     (4) If a county owns property containing a historically significant building or monument, the county may sell or give the property to nonprofit organizations or groups that agree to restore or preserve the property. The contract for the transfer of the property must contain a provision that:
     (a) requires the property to be preserved in its present or restored state upon any subsequent transfer; and
     (b) provides for the reversion of the property to the county for noncompliance with conditions attached to the transfer.

     History: En. Subd. 10, Sec. 1, Ch. 100, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 4465.9, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 30, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 110, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 120, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 284, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1009(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 547, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 202, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 239, L. 1999.