77-2-322. Notice of sale. (1) The department shall give notice of each sale by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the sale is to be held, once each week through the 4 consecutive weeks preceding the date of sale. The notice shall give the day, date, and time of the beginning of the sale and contain a list of all the tracts to be offered for sale showing the township and range in which they are located, describing them with reference to section number and subdivision of the section or with reference to block and lot if surveyed, the number of acres in unplatted lands, and the appraised value per acre and the appraised value of each lot. As a general rule, nonirrigable farming lands shall be listed in quarter sections; grazing lands may be listed in larger tracts not exceeding one section.
(2) For the convenience of the bidders, the department may assign to the tracts advertised a consecutive series of sales numbers and show the sales number of each tract in the notice of sale.
(3) The notice shall also give the terms and conditions of sale and any additional information the department considers useful.
History: En. Sec. 73, Ch. 60, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 1805.73, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 184, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 57, Ch. 428, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 81-910.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 2. Transfers and Reservations of Property Interests
77-2-301. Sales of state land under board control
77-2-302. Disposition of former institutions and certain federal land grants
77-2-303. Restrictions on land available for sale
77-2-304. Mineral reservations in state land
77-2-305. Lands within federal irrigation projects
77-2-308. Approval or disapproval of sales
77-2-309. Discretion of board with respect to surveying and platting
77-2-310. Certain lands to be platted before sale
77-2-311. Survey and plat of shore lands
77-2-313. Land subject to taxation
77-2-314. Reversion of lands to state
77-2-315. Participation in irrigation districts -- lien status of land
77-2-317. Valuation of cabin or home site and improvements -- rulemaking
77-2-318. Sale of leased cabin or home sites
77-2-321. Sales to be at public auction
77-2-323. Sale procedure and limitation
77-2-324. Preference to lessee of land
77-2-325. Settlement for improvements
77-2-327. Certificate of purchase
77-2-328. Additional rules -- deposit of fees
77-2-330. Computation of interest and payment schedule
77-2-331. Manner of making payments
77-2-332. Procedure in case of default
77-2-333. Reinstatement of canceled certificates of purchase
77-2-334. Assignment of certificate
77-2-336. Lien on improvements and crops for amount due state
77-2-337. Disposition of sale proceeds
77-2-338. through 77-2-340 reserved
77-2-342. Execution of patents
77-2-344. Copy of deed or patent as evidence
77-2-345. Limitation for cancellation of patent
77-2-346. through 77-2-350 reserved
77-2-351. Sale to or exchange of property with public entity
77-2-352. through 77-2-360 reserved
77-2-362. State land bank fund -- statutory appropriation -- rules
77-2-363. Land banking land sales and limitations -- sale preparation costs
77-2-364. Land banking purchases