Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 20
Certificate of abatement
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Section 20. If a person claims the benefit of an abatement, he shall exhibit to the collector demanding his taxes the certificate of such abatement authorized by section seventy of chapter fifty-nine; and he shall be liable for all costs and officers' fees incurred before exhibiting such certificate; provided, however, that if it is found that no tax is due, no such costs or officers' fees shall be collected.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 60-3C · City or town scholarship fund; donation; deposits; distribution
- 60-3D · City or town aid to elderly and disabled taxation fund;…
- 60-3E · Application of partial payments
- 60-3F · Voluntary donation to municipal veterans assistance fund by…
- 60-4-5 · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 26
- 60-6 · Books or electronically prepared records containing tax lists;…
- 60-7 · Cash books
- 60-8 · Collector's books as municipal property; open to examination
- 60-9 · Repealed, 1976, 451
- 60-10-11 · Repealed, 1923, 128, Sec. 2
- 60-12 · Custody of books, etc.; demand
- 60-13 · Necessity and duty to give bond
- 60-14 · Special collector; bond
- 60-15 · Fees of collector
- 60-15A · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 27
- 60-15B · Tax title collection revolving fund
- 60-16 · Demand for payment of tax prior to sale of land or distraining…
- 60-17 · Unpaid taxes; collection
- 60-18 · Repealed, 1932, 54, Sec. 1
- 60-19 · Special warrant for distress or imprisonment without demand,…
- 60-20 · Certificate of abatement
- 60-21 · Error in name of person; collection from intended persons
- 60-22 · Partial payments
- 60-22A · Separate tax bills or notices; partial payments on account;…
- 60-23 · Filing certificates; releasing liens, etc.
- 60-23A · Certificate of liens; fee schedule; acceptance of section…
- 60-23B · Certificate of liens; fee schedule
- 60-24 · Levy by distress or seizure and sale; exemptions
- 60-25 · Detention of goods distrained; notice; sale
- 60-26 · Adjournment; notice
- 60-27 · Levy of tax on land by distress of stock and produce
- 60-28 · Accounting for surplus
- 60-29 · Issuance of warrant to collect; hearing; imprisonment
- 60-30 · Certificate of commitment
- 60-31 · Release of imprisoned taxpayers; proceedings
- 60-32 · Liability of collector for taxes, etc., after discharge
- 60-33 · Aiding collector
- 60-34 · Warrants; release after service; rearrest
- 60-34A · Bond; release of delinquent taxpayer from custody
- 60-35 · Actions against delinquent taxpayers