85-8-616. Correction of omissions. Omission to assess benefits, to assess for construction, to make additional assessments, to make assessment for repairs, to award damages to any one or more tracts of land or easements in a drainage district or to assess benefits, assess for construction, assess for repairs, or make additional assessments against any corporation which should have been assessed does not affect the jurisdiction of the court to confirm the report or to render the benefits assessed, the assessments for construction, additional assessments, or assessments for repairs against other lands or assessments against any corporation voidable; but the commissioners of the drainage district shall thereafter, as soon as they discover the omission or as soon as they have notice thereof, either agree with the omitted parties upon the proper assessments and award the damages or assess such benefits, make such assessments for construction, and make such additional assessments against the omitted lands and corporations and award such damages as are just and report the facts, together with such assessments and awards, to the court.
History: En. Sec. 75, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7339, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7339, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 43, Ch. 460, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2411.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
85-8-601. Certification and collection of district taxes
85-8-602. Tax collection if lands in several counties
85-8-603. Rules of law applicable to tax collection
85-8-604. through 85-8-610 reserved
85-8-611. Construction assessments -- annual installment
85-8-612. Lien of assessments -- payment of assessments against state lands
85-8-613. Assessments against certain corporations
85-8-614. Procedure on failure to certify assessments
85-8-615. Procedure to levy additional assessments
85-8-616. Correction of omissions
85-8-618. Assessment of unassessed, benefited lands
85-8-619. Assessments to have effect of judgment
85-8-620. Bonds not to be affected by assessment change
85-8-622. Agreement of landowners to omitted assessments
85-8-623. Assessments not to be obstructed by preliminary defects
85-8-624. Assessments on improvements -- taxpayers' approval, limitations, and election procedures