15-6-143. 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).

Terms Used In Montana Code 15-6-143

  • Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201

(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.