Montana Title 85. Water Use § 85-7-2021. Liens of bonds

(1) All bonds issued under this chapter and all amounts to be paid to the United States under any contract between the district and the United States, accompanying which bonds of the district have not been deposited with the United States as provided in 85-7-1906, shall be a lien upon all the lands originally or at any time included in the district, or upon lands in a subdistrict if the bonds are issued on behalf of the subdistrict, for the irrigation and benefit of which the irrigation district or subdistrict was organized and the bonds were issued and for the benefit of which such contract between the district and the United States was made, except upon any lands as may at any time be included in the district or subdistrict on account of the exchange or substitution of water under the provisions of 85-7-1912; and all such lands are subject to a special tax or assessment for the payment of the interest on and principal of the bonds. All amounts to be paid to the United States under any contract between the district and the United States and the special tax or assessment constitute a first and prior lien on the land against which levied to the same extent and with like force and effect as taxes levied for state and county purposes.

(2) All liens created under this section remain upon the lands until the obligations of the district for the bonds are discharged, as provided by law or by the resolution of the board of commissioners authorizing their issuance.