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Commissioners ask state to prorate 2024 taxes for Bitterroot Valley Mennonite Church

3862519 · May 27, 2025
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The Ravalli County Board of County Commissioners voted May 27 to ask the Montana Department of Revenue to prorate the 2024 property taxes for Bitterroot Valley Mennonite Church (Tax ID 126580) after officials said the church’s exemption paperwork missed the March 1 deadline.

The Ravalli County Board of County Commissioners on May 27 voted to ask the Montana Department of Revenue to prorate 2024 property taxes for the Bitterroot Valley Mennonite Church, tax ID 126580, after county staff reported the church’s tax-exemption application arrived after the statutory deadline.

County staff told commissioners that the church’s ownership of the parcel transferred by quitclaim deed in August 2024 and the Department of Revenue received the exemption application in October 2024 — after the March 1 deadline for the 2024 tax year. A county attorney and the county treasurer briefed the board on options to resolve the resulting bill, which county staff estimated at roughly $13,000 for…

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