Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, § 31

Verification of lists; oaths

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Section 31. The assessors shall in all cases require a person bringing in a list to make oath that it is true. The oath may be administered by any of the assessors or by their secretary or head clerk, or by any notary public, whose jurat shall be duly authenticated by his seal, or, in this commonwealth, by a justice of the peace. So much of this section as relates to administering the oath shall not apply to Boston.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 59-20B · Regional veterans' districts, regional water districts or…
  2. 59-21 · Assessors; duties
  3. 59-21A · Additional compensation of assessors for courses of study
  4. 59-21A1-2 · Certified assessors; compensation
  5. 59-21B · Training programs for assessors
  6. 59-21C · Limitations on total taxes assessed; determination by voters
  7. 59-21D · Calculation of total limit; adjustment of limit; certification…
  8. 59-22 · Repealed, 1925, 343, Sec. 9
  9. 59-23 · Annual assessment; amount; deductions; approval
  10. 59-23A · Notice to municipal finance officers
  11. 59-23B · Notice of abatements
  12. 59-23C · Repealed, 1990, 280, Sec. 1
  13. 59-23D · Notice of preliminary tax
  14. 59-24 · Railroad subscriptions; interest on debts
  15. 59-25 · Additional assessments
  16. 59-26 · Number of assessments
  17. 59-27 · Assessors' neglect to assess
  18. 59-28 · Unpaid taxes; collection
  19. 59-29 · Notice of assessments; lists
  20. 59-30 · Blank lists
  21. 59-31 · Verification of lists; oaths
  22. 59-31A · Examination of records to verify completeness and accuracy of…
  23. 59-32 · Inspection of lists
  24. 59-33 · Storage warehouses; information regarding customers
  25. 59-34 · Mortgagors and mortgagees; statements
  26. 59-35 · Repealed, 1989, 718, Sec. 4
  27. 59-36 · Failure to furnish lists; estimating value
  28. 59-37 · Conclusiveness of estimate
  29. 59-38 · Fair cash valuation; classification of assessed valuation;…
  30. 59-38A · Pipelines; valuation; exceptions
  31. 59-38B-38C · Repealed, 1978, 580, Sec. 30
  32. 59-38D · Written return of information to determine valuation of real…
  33. 59-38E · Testimony under oath concerning written return filed under…
  34. 59-38F · Written return of information to determine valuation of…
  35. 59-38G · Testimony under oath concerning written return filed under…
  36. 59-38H · Transition payments to municipalities in which an affiliated…
  37. 59-39 · Telephone and telegraph companies; valuation of machinery,…
  38. 59-40 · Telephone and telegraph companies; assessors; informing…
  39. 59-41 · Telephone and telegraph companies; returns
  40. 59-42 · Telephone and telegraph companies; failure to make returns
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