Roosevelt County conducts semiannual tax-deed sale; multiple parcels sold, commission opens unsold lots for negotiated offers

Roosevelt County held its semiannual tax-deed sale where auction officials offered 11 parcels and accepted bids on numerous properties. The presiding clerk explained sale mechanics and fees, saying, "titles will be conveyed to the successful biders by quick claim deed," and described the document fees payable to the Roosevelt County Clerk and Recorder.

The clerk said the county had reduced minimum bids to increase affordability and opened the sale. Several properties drew no bids at their opening minimums; others drew competitive bidding. A township parcel (Township 27 North, Range 54 East, Section 5, Lot 1) sold after competitive bidding to Skyline Real Estate Services for $350. Skyline also purchased multiple cleaned-up residential lots, including 524 Main Street for $1,000 and 429 Fallon Street for $900.

During the second offering several residential lots received no bids. After concluding the formal calls, a commissioner moved that all no-sale parcels be offered at a negotiated price with the county retaining the right to accept or reject any offers. The motion was seconded by Doug and approved by voice vote; the clerk then opened the floor to negotiated offers on the unsold parcels.

Following the motion, bidders made post-auction offers. Two adjacent properties on First Avenue South (the lots listed earlier as lot 1 and lot 2, 212 and 200 First Avenue South) were offered as a group; after competitive bidding the clerk announced the group sold to the bidder identified in the transcript as Forest at $560 per parcel. Forest had earlier been the winning bidder on another parcel for $200.

The county also accepted a grouped offer on three cleaned East Edgar Street lots (lots 6, 7 and 8). Skyline Real Estate Services was declared the buyer at $250 per lot. Finally, Lot 11 (731 2nd Avenue North) — which had been a no-sale in the formal calls — was sold to Christa Shock for $50 after a reopened offer process.

The clerk closed the sale by instructing successful buyers to provide contact information (email to commissioner@rooseveltcountmt.gov was offered as a contact point) so county staff could prepare quitclaim deeds and fee documentation. The meeting ended after a motion to adjourn was seconded and approved.

What happens next: buyers who were announced as successful were told to provide contact details to county staff so paperwork and deed transfers can be completed; the county will process quitclaim deeds and collect the fees described at the sale. The clerk noted that unsold parcels offered under negotiated terms can be accepted or rejected by the county and may be offered again at a later sale if no agreement is reached.

Sales at a glance: lot numbers and outcomes were as announced during the sale: Lot 3 sold to Skyline for $350; Lot 4 to Skyline for ~$200; Lot 5 to Forest for $200; Lots 6–8 to Skyline for $250 each; Lot 9 to Skyline for $1,000; Lot 10 to Skyline for $900; Lots 1–2 (212 and 200 First Avenue South) sold to Forest for $560 each in a negotiated post-auction sale; Lot 11 sold to Christa Shock for $50. (All amounts and lot identifiers reflect what was stated on the record during the sale.)