Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, § 61A
Discovery; failure to comply
Section 61A. A person applying for an abatement of a tax on real estate or personal property shall, upon request, exhibit to the assessors the property to which the application for abatement relates and if required by said assessors, shall exhibit and identify such property, and further, shall, upon request, furnish under oath such written information as may be reasonably required by the board of assessors to determine the actual fair cash valuation of the property to which the application for abatement relates including, but not limited to, income and rents received, and the expenses of maintaining such property. Failure of the applicant to comply with the provisions of this section within thirty days after such request shall bar him from any statutory appeal under this chapter unless the applicant was unable to comply with such request for reasons beyond his control or unless he attempted to comply in good faith.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 59-51 · Exempted property; entries on valuation lists
- 59-52 · Valuation lists; statement of assessors; penalties
- 59-52A · Plans showing boundaries in city or town; delivery to court
- 59-52B · Official inspection of valuation information, release of…
- 59-52C · Public access to terminals or other data processing equipment
- 59-53 · Tax lists; commitment; warrants; collector of taxes
- 59-54 · Tax lists; form; contents
- 59-55 · Warrants; form; contents
- 59-56 · Lost or destroyed warrants
- 59-57 · Bills for taxes; due date; interest; amounts overdue; date of…
- 59-57A · Unpaid taxes not in excess of one hundred dollars; interest
- 59-57B · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 141
- 59-57C · Preliminary tax for real estate and personal property; notice;…
- 59-57D · Affidavit of address
- 59-58 · Discounts on taxes
- 59-58A · Minimum abatement or refund of property tax
- 59-59 · Abatements
- 59-59A · Abatements for purpose of continuing environmental cleanup on…
- 59-60 · Records of abatements
- 59-61 · Conditions of abatement
- 59-61A · Discovery; failure to comply
- 59-62 · Costs; prepayment
- 59-63 · Notice of decision
- 59-64 · Appeals; county commissioners; appellate tax board
- 59-65 · Appeals; appellate tax board
- 59-65A · Sale or taking real property for taxes; effect upon abatement
- 59-65B · Appeals; inability to pay balance of tax
- 59-65C · Late appeals
- 59-65D · Mistake in payments; appeal; abatement
- 59-66-to-68A · Repealed, 1930, 416, Sec. 2
- 59-69 · Reimbursement; interest
- 59-70 · Certificate of abatement
- 59-70A · Procedure after abatement
- 59-71 · Uncollectible taxes; abatement
- 59-72 · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 153
- 59-72A · Unpaid real estate taxes; abatement
- 59-73 · Repealed, 1955, 344, Sec. 2
- 59-74 · Corporations liable to franchise taxes; abatement of local…
- 59-75 · Omitted property; assessments
- 59-76 · Revision of valuation or classification