Montana schedules Tyler for property tax upgrade

Tyler Technologies Inc. has won a $4.8 million contract from the Montana Department of Revenue to install its latest personal property valuation and assessment software for use statewide.

Under the contract, Tyler of Dallas will furnish property tax software applications and related professional services and support.

Tyler's new tax administration product is a browser-based system designed to provide assessing and taxing jurisdictions with a user-friendly interface with existing property tax databases.

The software offers imbedded document imaging, property inquiries and appeals, and extensive linking capabilities to track owners, related properties, multiple mailing addresses and exemption information.

Tyler has roughly 1,400 employees and had annual sales of about $170 million in fiscal 2005.