Montana § 15-6-143 - Class Ten Property -- Description -- Taxable Percentage

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§ 15-6-143. Class Ten Property -- Description -- Taxable Percentage

Class ten property -- description -- taxable percentage. (1) Class ten property includes all forest lands, as defined in 15-44-102 , and property described in subsection (2). (2) Any parcel of growing timber totaling less than 15 acres qualifies as class ten property if, in a prior year, the parcel totaled 15 acres or more and qualified as forest land but the number of acres was reduced to less than 15 acres for a public use described in 70-30-102 by the federal government, the state, a county, or a municipality and, since that reduction in acres, the parcel has not been further divided. (3) Class ten property is taxed at: (a) 0.29% of its forest productivity value in tax year 2023; (b) 0.27% of its forest productivity value in tax year 2024; and (c) 0.37% of its forest productivity value in tax years after 2024.

Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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