Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, § 28

Unpaid taxes; collection

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Section 28. If a state or county tax is not assessed, and paid by the town, within the time prescribed, and remains unpaid at the expiration of five months after the receipt of a warrant from the state treasurer or of a certificate from the county commissioners requiring its assessment, the amount of the tax may be recovered of the town in contract by the state treasurer or the treasurer of the county respectively.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 59-19 · Mortgaged or pledged personal property; assessment
  2. 59-20 · State treasurer; duties
  3. 59-20A · Increase in assessments
  4. 59-20B · Regional veterans' districts, regional water districts or…
  5. 59-21 · Assessors; duties
  6. 59-21A · Additional compensation of assessors for courses of study
  7. 59-21A1-2 · Certified assessors; compensation
  8. 59-21B · Training programs for assessors
  9. 59-21C · Limitations on total taxes assessed; determination by voters
  10. 59-21D · Calculation of total limit; adjustment of limit; certification…
  11. 59-22 · Repealed, 1925, 343, Sec. 9
  12. 59-23 · Annual assessment; amount; deductions; approval
  13. 59-23A · Notice to municipal finance officers
  14. 59-23B · Notice of abatements
  15. 59-23C · Repealed, 1990, 280, Sec. 1
  16. 59-23D · Notice of preliminary tax
  17. 59-24 · Railroad subscriptions; interest on debts
  18. 59-25 · Additional assessments
  19. 59-26 · Number of assessments
  20. 59-27 · Assessors' neglect to assess
  21. 59-28 · Unpaid taxes; collection
  22. 59-29 · Notice of assessments; lists
  23. 59-30 · Blank lists
  24. 59-31 · Verification of lists; oaths
  25. 59-31A · Examination of records to verify completeness and accuracy of…
  26. 59-32 · Inspection of lists
  27. 59-33 · Storage warehouses; information regarding customers
  28. 59-34 · Mortgagors and mortgagees; statements
  29. 59-35 · Repealed, 1989, 718, Sec. 4
  30. 59-36 · Failure to furnish lists; estimating value
  31. 59-37 · Conclusiveness of estimate
  32. 59-38 · Fair cash valuation; classification of assessed valuation;…
  33. 59-38A · Pipelines; valuation; exceptions
  34. 59-38B-38C · Repealed, 1978, 580, Sec. 30
  35. 59-38D · Written return of information to determine valuation of real…
  36. 59-38E · Testimony under oath concerning written return filed under…
  37. 59-38F · Written return of information to determine valuation of…
  38. 59-38G · Testimony under oath concerning written return filed under…
  39. 59-38H · Transition payments to municipalities in which an affiliated…
  40. 59-39 · Telephone and telegraph companies; valuation of machinery,…
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