Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 17

Unpaid taxes; collection

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Section 17. If any tax, betterment or special assessment remains unpaid fourteen days after demand therefor, the collector, in the case of any tax, betterment or special assessment upon real estate, within two years from April first in the calendar year in which the assessment was made, and, in case of any other tax, within three years from said April first, shall collect the tax, together with all incidental charges and fees, in the manner provided by law.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-3 · Tax bills; notices; affidavits of sending
  2. 60-3A · Form of bill or notice; electronic format; notices for rates of…
  3. 60-3B · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 158
  4. 60-3C · City or town scholarship fund; donation; deposits; distribution
  5. 60-3D · City or town aid to elderly and disabled taxation fund;…
  6. 60-3E · Application of partial payments
  7. 60-3F · Voluntary donation to municipal veterans assistance fund by…
  8. 60-4-5 · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 26
  9. 60-6 · Books or electronically prepared records containing tax lists;…
  10. 60-7 · Cash books
  11. 60-8 · Collector's books as municipal property; open to examination
  12. 60-9 · Repealed, 1976, 451
  13. 60-10-11 · Repealed, 1923, 128, Sec. 2
  14. 60-12 · Custody of books, etc.; demand
  15. 60-13 · Necessity and duty to give bond
  16. 60-14 · Special collector; bond
  17. 60-15 · Fees of collector
  18. 60-15A · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 27
  19. 60-15B · Tax title collection revolving fund
  20. 60-16 · Demand for payment of tax prior to sale of land or distraining…
  21. 60-17 · Unpaid taxes; collection
  22. 60-18 · Repealed, 1932, 54, Sec. 1
  23. 60-19 · Special warrant for distress or imprisonment without demand,…
  24. 60-20 · Certificate of abatement
  25. 60-21 · Error in name of person; collection from intended persons
  26. 60-22 · Partial payments
  27. 60-22A · Separate tax bills or notices; partial payments on account;…
  28. 60-23 · Filing certificates; releasing liens, etc.
  29. 60-23A · Certificate of liens; fee schedule; acceptance of section…
  30. 60-23B · Certificate of liens; fee schedule
  31. 60-24 · Levy by distress or seizure and sale; exemptions
  32. 60-25 · Detention of goods distrained; notice; sale
  33. 60-26 · Adjournment; notice
  34. 60-27 · Levy of tax on land by distress of stock and produce
  35. 60-28 · Accounting for surplus
  36. 60-29 · Issuance of warrant to collect; hearing; imprisonment
  37. 60-30 · Certificate of commitment
  38. 60-31 · Release of imprisoned taxpayers; proceedings
  39. 60-32 · Liability of collector for taxes, etc., after discharge
  40. 60-33 · Aiding collector
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