Supplemental property tax sparks confusion across Flathead County

Kalispell resident David Maas said he pays his taxes in full every year, so learning a lien had been placed on his property for failure to pay came as an unwelcome surprise.

After receiving the notice in the mail, Maas went to the office of the Flathead County Treasurer for answers. He found a line of around a dozen other people, all carrying a similar letter, he said.  

“Of all the people there, we were all in the same situation,” Maas said.  “I received the lien letter based on the fact I hadn't paid some additional money, which I didn't know I had to do, because I never was given a notification.”