RN & DB, LLC v. Stewart

When Mary Stewart failed to pay real property taxes on her property, the Flathead County Treasurer held a tax lien sale for the delinquent taxes. The County was listed as the purchaser of the tax lien. In 2013, RN & DB, LLC paid the delinquent taxes, penalties, interests, and costs for the property and applied for a tax deed. The County issued a tax deed to RN & DB, after which RN & DB filed an action to quiet title in the property. The district court granted RN & DB’s motion for summary judgment and entered a decree quieting title in favor of RN & DB. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not err in not applying the statutory homestead exemption to the tax lien sale on Stewart’s property; (2) Stewart’s claim that the district court should have considered the tax assessor’s failure to investigate Stewart’s complaints regarding irregular tax assessments on Stewart’s property was barred; and (3) the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting summary judgment without holding a hearing. View "RN & DB, LLC v. Stewart" on Justia Law