What this page is: a persistent profile of how Yellowstone 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.
Yellowstone County, Montana Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub
777 parcels are on the Yellowstone County delinquent tax list. Yellowstone County, Montana runs a lien sale via Yellowstone County 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.
Yellowstone County delinquent list: 777 parcels published
Source: Yellowstone County Treasurer, delinquent real estate taxes export (updated twice daily), retrieved 2026-09-17A sample of what the county has published for this sale. The full list, with map, filters, CSV export and a property report on any parcel, is in the member research view.
Years tracked: 2026 (1 list). 2026: 777 parcels. Each year's Yellowstone County list is kept as published, so a parcel that appears again next year can be traced back.
| Parcel | Opening bid |
|---|---|
| A30687 | $119,771 |
| D01347 | $45,474 |
| D00598 | $42,720 |
| C11674C | $28,217 |
| A38068 | $26,480 |
| A38067 | $19,847 |
| A00367 | $18,417 |
| A28736C | $16,915 |
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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
Yellowstone County Treasurer (assignment process) is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://www.yellowstonecountymt.gov/treasurer/TaxSales.aspSale history
We currently track one active cycle for Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone County has held only one sale.
Tracked sale event
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