Montana Title 15. Taxation § 15-16-302. Tabulation and transmittal of property delinquent list

(1) The county treasurer shall, at the time specified in 15-16-301, deliver to the county clerk and recorder a complete delinquent list of all persons owing taxes and the property on which the taxes are owed.

(2) In the list, all matters and things contained in the property tax record relating to delinquent persons or property must be set down in numerical or alphabetical order.

(3) The county clerk and recorder shall carefully compare the list with the property tax record, and if satisfied that the list contains a full and true statement of all taxes due and unpaid, the county clerk and recorder shall total the amount of taxes remaining unpaid, credit the county treasurer with that amount, make a final settlement with the treasurer of all taxes charged against the treasurer on the property tax record, and require from the treasurer an immediate account for any existing deficiency.