Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58, § 1
Commissioner; establishment of minimum standards of assessment performance
Section 1. The commissioner of revenue in chapters fifty-eight to sixty-five C, inclusive, called the commissioner, shall make, and from time to time revise, such reasonable rules, regulations and guidelines, as may be necessary to establish minimum standards of assessment performance. The specific areas to which such standards relate shall include but not be limited to the following: the administration of all laws providing for the assessment and classification of property; the methods of determining the actual fair cash valuation of different kinds of property for tax purposes; the types of qualifications of assessing personnel; and the adequacy of tax maps and other records.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 58-1 · Commissioner; establishment of minimum standards of assessment…
- 58-1A · Commissioner; general powers and duties
- 58-2 · Commissioner; annual lists to board of assessors;…
- 58-3 · Commissioner; assistance to local assessors
- 58-4 · Noncompliance by assessors
- 58-4A · Continued non-compliance with minimum standards by cities or…
- 58-4B · Compliance with court orders by cities or towns; provision of…
- 58-4C · Costs of services provided by commissioner
- 58-5 · Notices and lists; instructing assessors
- 58-6 · Real estate values; collecting information
- 58-7 · Unpaid taxes; obtaining information; affidavits
- 58-7A-to-7E · Repealed, 1979, 797, Sec. 7
- 58-8 · Delinquent collections; proceedings by attorney general;…
- 58-8A · Repealed, 2014, 62, Sec. 9
- 58-8B · Reimbursement claims by cities and towns; filing; time…
- 58-8C · Affordable housing sites; abatement of real estate tax…
- 58-9 · Proposed equalized valuation; establishment
- 58-10 · Determination of equalized valuation
- 58-10A · Proposed equalized valuation; notice and hearing; changes
- 58-10B · Appeal to appellate tax board
- 58-10C · Final equalization and apportionment; establishment; report to…
- 58-11-12 · Repealed, 1941, 609, Sec. 1
- 58-13 · Definitions applicable to Secs. 13 to 17
- 58-14 · Determination of fair cash valuation of state-owned land…
- 58-15 · Notification of land acquired or disposed of by commonwealth
- 58-15A · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 108
- 58-16 · Statement of fair cash valuation reimbursement percentage for…
- 58-17 · Reimbursement of municipalities where state-owned land located
- 58-17A · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 109
- 58-17B · Property taken for flood control; loss of taxes; reimbursement
- 58-17C · Forest Products Trust Fund
- 58-18 · Repealed, 1969, 546, Sec. 6
- 58-18A · Repealed, 1990, 268, Sec. 1
- 58-18B · Distribution of highway fund; notification of amount required;…
- 58-18C · Distribution of budgeted aid to cities and towns
- 58-18D · Repealed, 2011, 194, Sec. 26
- 58-18E · Repealed, 1990, 121, Sec. 23
- 58-18F · Distributions to cities, towns, or regional school districts;…
- 58-19 · Repealed, 1931, 428, Sec. 1
- 58-20 · Repealed, 1966, 14, Sec. 31