Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, § 63

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Section 63. Assessors shall, within ten days after their decision on an application for an abatement, send written notice thereof to the applicant. If the assessors fail to take action on such application for a period of three months following the filing thereof, they shall, within ten days after such period, send the applicant written notice of such inaction. Said notice shall indicate the date of the decision or the date the application is deemed denied as provided in section sixty-four, and shall further state that appeal from such decision or inaction may be taken as provided in sections sixty-four to sixty-five B, inclusive.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 59-52A · Plans showing boundaries in city or town; delivery to court
  2. 59-52B · Official inspection of valuation information, release of…
  3. 59-52C · Public access to terminals or other data processing equipment
  4. 59-53 · Tax lists; commitment; warrants; collector of taxes
  5. 59-54 · Tax lists; form; contents
  6. 59-55 · Warrants; form; contents
  7. 59-56 · Lost or destroyed warrants
  8. 59-57 · Bills for taxes; due date; interest; amounts overdue; date of…
  9. 59-57A · Unpaid taxes not in excess of one hundred dollars; interest
  10. 59-57B · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 141
  11. 59-57C · Preliminary tax for real estate and personal property; notice;…
  12. 59-57D · Affidavit of address
  13. 59-58 · Discounts on taxes
  14. 59-58A · Minimum abatement or refund of property tax
  15. 59-59 · Abatements
  16. 59-59A · Abatements for purpose of continuing environmental cleanup on…
  17. 59-60 · Records of abatements
  18. 59-61 · Conditions of abatement
  19. 59-61A · Discovery; failure to comply
  20. 59-62 · Costs; prepayment
  21. 59-63 · Notice of decision
  22. 59-64 · Appeals; county commissioners; appellate tax board
  23. 59-65 · Appeals; appellate tax board
  24. 59-65A · Sale or taking real property for taxes; effect upon abatement
  25. 59-65B · Appeals; inability to pay balance of tax
  26. 59-65C · Late appeals
  27. 59-65D · Mistake in payments; appeal; abatement
  28. 59-66-to-68A · Repealed, 1930, 416, Sec. 2
  29. 59-69 · Reimbursement; interest
  30. 59-70 · Certificate of abatement
  31. 59-70A · Procedure after abatement
  32. 59-71 · Uncollectible taxes; abatement
  33. 59-72 · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 153
  34. 59-72A · Unpaid real estate taxes; abatement
  35. 59-73 · Repealed, 1955, 344, Sec. 2
  36. 59-74 · Corporations liable to franchise taxes; abatement of local…
  37. 59-75 · Omitted property; assessments
  38. 59-76 · Revision of valuation or classification
  39. 59-77 · Reassessments
  40. 59-78 · Collection of reassessed taxes
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