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Glacier County, MT tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Glacier County, MT tax sale, one of 2,862 counties in 36 states. Montana sells tax lien certificates paying up to 10%. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Sep 11, 2026.

How tax lien and tax deed sales work in Glacier County, seat of Cut Bank: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

New to tax sales? Read how Montana tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Next sale
Nothing is scheduled in advance and there is no annual deed sale date.
Format
In person
Registration
Bidders do not pre-register.
County office
406-873-3625
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Glacier County Treasurer. In person. annual

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Mont. Code Ann. 15-18-220 - Sale at public auction, notice of auction, cancellation of assignment for unsuccessful auction, foreign entity prohibition (source accessed 2026-09-11)

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How Glacier County sells delinquent taxes

Tax certificate sale (lien)

In person
Run by
Glacier County Treasurer
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Continuous, with no auction and no sale day.
Registration
There is no bidder registration, no deposit and no auction to sign up for.
Sale list
Delinquent Taxes report (PDF)
When it runs
Continuous, with no auction and no sale day. The treasurer attaches the tax lien no later than the first working day in August and the county then holds it until an investor takes an assignment. A notice of pending assignment cannot be mailed before August 15, must go out at least 2 weeks before payment, and must be no more than 60 days old when you buy, so the earliest an assignment can close in any year is late August. Anything still unassigned stays available for the rest of the year. The treasurer's office states that only parcels with delinquencies for the years 2014 through 2019 are eligible for assignment, and it publishes no assignment day and no request cutoff, so call 406-873-3625 to confirm the eligible years and the order in which requests are taken.
Registration and deposit

There is no bidder registration, no deposit and no auction to sign up for. Mail the person to whom the property was assessed a notice of pending assignment by certified mail in the form set out at Mont. Code Ann. 15-17-323(6), carrying the owner of record, mailing address, legal description, parcel number and date of notice. Send it no earlier than August 15, at least 2 weeks before you pay, and no more than 60 days before the purchase. Then bring the certified mailing receipt and a copy of the notice to the treasurer at 512 East Main Street in Cut Bank and pay the delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs plus the county's assignment fee. Glacier County publishes neither its assignment fee, its accepted payment methods, nor a written policy for two investors seeking the same parcel, so confirm all three with the office at 406-873-3625 before you mail anything.

Sale format and venue
Montana holds no competitive tax lien sale and Glacier County is no exception. The lien attaches to the county, and Mont. Code Ann. 15-17-323 then requires the treasurer to assign it to any person who mails the assessed owner the statutory notice and pays the delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs. Price and rate are both fixed, so nothing is bid up and nothing is bid down. A parcel list does exist here: the treasurer's office page links a Delinquent Taxes report covering real property with full legal descriptions, tax year, tax amount, penalty and interest per parcel. That report leaves out parcels the office codes as already assigned, county owned, exempt, bankrupt, tribal or centrally assessed, which makes it closer to a shortlist of what is actually assignable than a complete delinquency roll. Its interest figures run only to the report date printed on the first page, so ask the office for a current payoff before paying. The same page links an online property tax payment search for checking one parcel at a time. Statute leaves the assignment fee, the required paperwork and the tie-break policy to each county treasurer, and Glacier County has not published them, so the office phone is the only way to get them. In person at the Glacier County Treasurer's office, 512 East Main Street, Cut Bank, with a second counter in Browning. Montana runs no tax lien auction, so there is no online bidding platform and no vendor portal for this county.
Source: Treasurer's Office, Glacier County Montana· Verified Sep 11, 2026

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Glacier County Treasurer
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Nothing is scheduled in advance and there is no annual deed sale date.
Registration
Bidders do not pre-register.
When it runs
Nothing is scheduled in advance and there is no annual deed sale date. Once the redemption period runs out, ordinary property is deeded straight to the assignee with no auction at all. Property with a dwelling occupied by the titleholder of record goes to a public auction instead, and the treasurer must hold that auction in the county within 60 days of receiving the assignee's tax deed application, during regular office hours. Notice is published beforehand with the date, time, location, legal description, deposit requirement and minimum opening bid. Glacier County publishes no deed auction calendar, so watch the published notice and call the treasurer at 406-873-3625.
Registration and deposit

Bidders do not pre-register. An entity must give the treasurer written proof of domestic entity status before the treasurer may accept its opening bid, and a foreign entity cannot buy at all. The high bidder posts a nonrefundable deposit at the time of sale of 5 percent of the bid or 200 dollars, whichever is greater, applied to the price on full payment, and the treasurer may require bidders to show they can post it. Full payment of the purchase price plus the treasurer's auction costs is due within 24 hours of the sale, excluding weekends and legal holidays. Miss that window and the parcel passes to the next highest bidder. Confirm accepted payment methods with the office before the auction opens.

Sale format and venue
The opening bid is set by statute: the amount needed to redeem the lien, plus what the assignee paid on application, plus tax deed and recording fees, plus an amount equal to half the most recent assessed value of the land and of the dwelling, or half the value from a qualifying independent appraisal. The treasurer cannot accept a bid below that. The half-value component and anything bid above the opening bid are surplus and are distributed under Mont. Code Ann. 15-18-221. If nobody bids, or no bidder pays, or the assignee wins and fails to pay inside 24 hours, the treasurer cancels the assignment and files a notice of cancellation, and the investor loses the position entirely. In person at the Glacier County Treasurer's office during regular office hours. Mont. Code Ann. 15-18-220(6) allows a county to conduct the auction electronically but does not require it, and no online platform is confirmed for this county, so verify the format with the office when an auction is noticed.
Source: Mont. Code Ann. 15-18-220 - Sale at public auction, notice of auction, cancellation of assignment for unsuccessful auction, foreign entity prohibition· Verified Sep 11, 2026

Glacier County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Glacier County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Delinquent Taxes report (PDF) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Bidders do not pre-register. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Nothing is scheduled in advance and there is no annual deed sale date. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Glacier County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Glacier County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent Taxes report (PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidders do not pre-register. An entity must give the treasurer written proof of domestic entity status before the treasurer may accept its opening bid, and a foreign entity cannot buy at all. The high bidder posts a nonrefundable deposit at the time of sale of 5 percent of the bid or 200 dollars, whichever is greater, applied to the price on full payment, and the treasurer may require bidders to show they can post it. Full payment of the purchase price plus the treasurer's auction costs is due within 24 hours of the sale, excluding weekends and legal holidays. Miss that window and the parcel passes to the next highest bidder. Confirm accepted payment methods with the office before the auction opens.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Montana due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Montana before you price the title work.

  4. Set a walk-away number

    Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.

Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases

Every Montana tax lien is effectively over the counter, because assignment is the only way one is ever acquired. The county holds each lien from the day it attaches, and the treasurer must assign it to any person who mails the assessed owner the statutory notice and pays the delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs plus the county's assignment fee. After the late August allocation step, whatever is left sits with the treasurer and can be assigned on demand for the rest of the year, subject to the same notice rules: not earlier than August 15, mailed at least 2 weeks before payment and no more than 60 days before it. Older tax years are assignable the same way. Separately, land the county itself took by tax deed is sold at a public auction the county commissioners must order within 6 months of acquiring title, at a price the board fixes in advance, with the list of lands and the time and place published by the county clerk. That county land auction is not a tax lien or tax deed sale and the delinquent taxpayer may repurchase up to 24 hours before the first offering.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Montana calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Glacier County Treasurer

406-873-3625

512 East Main Street, Cut Bank, MT 59427

Official website

County notes

  • There is no auction to attend in Glacier County and no bidding method to learn. The tax lien attaches to the county on the first working day in August, and a private investor acquires it only by assignment from the county treasurer under Mont. Code Ann. 15-17-323.
  • The parcel list is published. The treasurer's office page links a Delinquent Taxes report for real property with legal descriptions, tax year and the tax, penalty and interest owed on each parcel, and the office keeps the same information at the counter. Parcels coded as already assigned, county owned, exempt, bankrupt, tribal or centrally assessed are left out, so treat the report as the assignable shortlist and confirm any parcel with the office before mailing a notice.
  • The assignment fee, the accepted payment methods and the treasurer's written policy for two investors seeking the same parcel are county decisions under Mont. Code Ann. 15-17-323(1)(b), and Glacier County publishes none of the three. Call the treasurer at 406-873-3625 before you mail a notice of pending assignment.
  • The office states that only parcels carrying delinquencies for the years 2014 through 2019 are eligible for assignment. That window is county policy rather than statute, so confirm the current eligible tax years with the office before spending money on certified mail.
  • The treasurer works two counters: the main office at 512 East Main Street in Cut Bank, 406-873-3625, and a satellite at 503 SE Boundary Street in Browning, 406-873-8560.
  • A Glacier County sheriff's sale or foreclosure notice is a mortgage foreclosure and has nothing to do with the tax lien process. Do not treat one as a tax sale.

Montana rules

Max interest rate
10% per year, fixed by statute (nothing is bid)
Minimum return
No statutory floor; every certificate earns the same statutory rate
Redemption
The clock runs from attachment of the tax lien, which happens no later than the first working day in August, and it ends on the first working day in August of the third year after that. Redemption stays open for the whole period and the assignee cannot shorten it. On the residential auction track the right to redeem runs further still: the statutory notice tells the parties that a tax deed will be auctioned unless the lien is redeemed before the date of the auction, and 15-18-112(4) lets a particular tax year be redeemed until a deed has issued under 15-18-211 or 15-18-220. Interest and costs keep accruing until the day of redemption, and the county treasurer, not the assignee, calculates the payoff as of the date of payment. A redemption before the lien is assigned goes to the county; after assignment the treasurer pays the assignee.
Deed deposit
The high bidder posts a nonrefundable deposit with the county treasurer at the time of sale of 5 percent of the bid or 200 dollars, whichever is greater, and the deposit is applied to the sale price on full payment. Notice of the deposit requirement must be posted at the auction site, and the treasurer may require bidders to show they can post it. The treasurer may refuse to recognize a bid from someone who previously bid and then refused to honor the bid.
Surplus proceeds
Montana pays the owner's equity out rather than letting it be forfeited. The portion of the opening bid equal to half the most recent assessed value of the land and of the dwelling is treated as surplus funds, and so is anything a winning bid adds above the opening bid. Where the deed is bought by someone other than the assignee, the treasurer first repays the assignee the amount paid for the assignment, including delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and costs, plus everything paid on the tax deed application under 15-18-219(2). The treasurer then distributes the surplus to the legal titleholder of record within 30 days of receiving payment from the purchaser, whether or not the titleholder lives in Montana. On the ordinary non-auction track there is no sale, no bidding and no surplus: the assignee receives the deed itself.
Governing statute
Mont. Code Ann. Title 15, ch. 17

A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Glacier County, Montana sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Glacier County follows Montana's tax lien state system.

When is the Glacier County tax certificate sale?

Continuous, with no auction and no sale day. The treasurer attaches the tax lien no later than the first working day in August and the county then holds it until an investor takes an assignment. A notice of pending assignment cannot be mailed before August 15, must go out at least 2 weeks before payment, and must be no more than 60 days old when you buy, so the earliest an assignment can close in any year is late August. Anything still unassigned stays available for the rest of the year. The treasurer's office states that only parcels with delinquencies for the years 2014 through 2019 are eligible for assignment, and it publishes no assignment day and no request cutoff, so call 406-873-3625 to confirm the eligible years and the order in which requests are taken. The sale is held in person. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.

How often does Glacier County hold tax deed sales?

Glacier County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Nothing is scheduled in advance and there is no annual deed sale date. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Montana's redemption rule: 3 years from attachment of the tax lien, ending on the first working day in August; 2 years for a subdivided residential or commercial lot with delinquent improvement district assessments and no habitable dwelling or commercial structure. Call the Glacier County Treasurer as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Where can I find the Glacier County tax sale list?

Glacier County posts its tax sale list at glaciercountymt.gov. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

Verified Sep 11, 2026 against official county and state sources.

Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.

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