Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58, § 6
Real estate values; collecting information
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Section 6. The commissioner may collect and tabulate information as to the classification, sales price and fair cash value of real estate in the several towns. For this purpose he may require assessors to furnish him with any information in their possession, may consult persons likely to have knowledge as to the classification, sales price and fair cash value of separate parcels of real estate, and may examine probate and other relevant 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- 58-7A-to-7E · Repealed, 1979, 797, Sec. 7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- 58-8A · Repealed, 2014, 62, Sec. 9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- 58-11-12 · Repealed, 1941, 609, Sec. 1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- 58-15A · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 108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- 58-17A · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 109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- 58-18 · Repealed, 1969, 546, Sec. 6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