What this page is: a persistent profile of how Missoula County, Montana runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.
Missoula County, Montana Tax Sale, County Hub
Missoula County, Montana runs a lien sale via Missoula County Clerk & Treasurer (assignment process). Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.
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Legal structure & statutory basis
Mont. Code Ann. Title 15, Ch. 16/17/18
Not a competitive auction: the county becomes the tax lienholder, and an investor takes a lien by ASSIGNMENT (pay the delinquency + notify the owner). 10%/yr plus a 2% penalty; ~3-year redemption.
County contact / official source
Missoula County Clerk & Treasurer (assignment process) is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://www.missoulacounty.gov/departments/clerk-treasurer/property-taxes/delinquent-taxes/Sale history
We currently track one active cycle for Missoula County at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that Missoula County has held only one sale.
Tracked sale event
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