Montana Code Annotated 1995

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     15-8-512. Common elements serving residential or commercial development. (1) Each lot in a residential or commercial development, regardless of whether improved or unimproved, is considered a parcel of real property subject to separate assessment and taxation. Each lot owner is assessed on a pro rata basis for elements of the development serving the lots in common, such as recreational areas, pathways, sidewalks, private roads, street lights, main communication cables, main gas or electric lines, community water and sewer systems, or any other common element enumerated in 15-8-511, but not for park areas that serve the lots.
     (2) The assessment provisions of subsection (1) are not negated by the existence or formation of a contract between the developer and lot purchasers or an agreement among lot purchasers that would attempt to obligate the developer or an association of lot owners to pay taxes on the common elements.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 452, L. 1985.

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