Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 21

Error in name of person; collection from intended persons

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Section 21. If, in the assessors' lists or in their warrant and list committed to the collector, there is an error in the name of a person taxed, the tax assessed to him may be collected of the person intended to be assessed, if he is taxable and can be identified by the assessors.

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  4. 60-4-5 · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 26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  8. 60-9 · Repealed, 1976, 451
  9. 60-10-11 · Repealed, 1923, 128, Sec. 2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  14. 60-15A · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 27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  18. 60-18 · Repealed, 1932, 54, Sec. 1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