Tax Lien Services v. Hall

Leland L. Hall appeals a judgment of the Twentieth Judicial District Court, Lake County. The court ruled that errors in obtaining a tax deed to Hall’s Lake County property were cured by the publication of a Notice of Claim of Tax Title pursuant to § 15-18-413, MCA. We reverse and remand.

The issue is whether the applicant for the tax deed, Tax Lien Services, Inc., may avoid having the tax deed declared null and void by publishing notice required by § 15-18-413, MCA, to cure defects in the notice provided pursuant to § 15-18-212, MCA.

Leland L. Hall failed to pay real property taxes on property…