Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 23A

Certificate of liens; fee schedule; acceptance of section prior to Jan. 1, 1988

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Section 23A. In any city or town accepting the provisions of this section, prior to January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, the collector of taxes shall furnish a certificate of liens as provided in section twenty-three according to the following fee schedule: for land of less than one acre upon which there is no permanent structure a fee of ten dollars; for land upon which is situated no more than a single family residence and outbuildings a fee of ten dollars; for land upon which is situated no more than a two family residence and outbuildings a fee of fifteen dollars; for land upon which is situated no more than a three family residence with outbuildings a fee of twenty dollars; for land upon which is situated a residence for four or more families a fee of forty dollars; for land upon which is situated a commercial, industrial or public utility structure a fee of one hundred dollars; for farms, forest land and all other real property a fee of fifty dollars. In no case shall the fee exceed one half of one per cent of the assessed value of the real estate and the money so received shall be paid into the town treasury.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-6 · Books or electronically prepared records containing tax lists;…
  2. 60-7 · Cash books
  3. 60-8 · Collector's books as municipal property; open to examination
  4. 60-9 · Repealed, 1976, 451
  5. 60-10-11 · Repealed, 1923, 128, Sec. 2
  6. 60-12 · Custody of books, etc.; demand
  7. 60-13 · Necessity and duty to give bond
  8. 60-14 · Special collector; bond
  9. 60-15 · Fees of collector
  10. 60-15A · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 27
  11. 60-15B · Tax title collection revolving fund
  12. 60-16 · Demand for payment of tax prior to sale of land or distraining…
  13. 60-17 · Unpaid taxes; collection
  14. 60-18 · Repealed, 1932, 54, Sec. 1
  15. 60-19 · Special warrant for distress or imprisonment without demand,…
  16. 60-20 · Certificate of abatement
  17. 60-21 · Error in name of person; collection from intended persons
  18. 60-22 · Partial payments
  19. 60-22A · Separate tax bills or notices; partial payments on account;…
  20. 60-23 · Filing certificates; releasing liens, etc.
  21. 60-23A · Certificate of liens; fee schedule; acceptance of section…
  22. 60-23B · Certificate of liens; fee schedule
  23. 60-24 · Levy by distress or seizure and sale; exemptions
  24. 60-25 · Detention of goods distrained; notice; sale
  25. 60-26 · Adjournment; notice
  26. 60-27 · Levy of tax on land by distress of stock and produce
  27. 60-28 · Accounting for surplus
  28. 60-29 · Issuance of warrant to collect; hearing; imprisonment
  29. 60-30 · Certificate of commitment
  30. 60-31 · Release of imprisoned taxpayers; proceedings
  31. 60-32 · Liability of collector for taxes, etc., after discharge
  32. 60-33 · Aiding collector
  33. 60-34 · Warrants; release after service; rearrest
  34. 60-34A · Bond; release of delinquent taxpayer from custody
  35. 60-35 · Actions against delinquent taxpayers
  36. 60-36 · Collection from decedents' estates
  37. 60-37 · Lien of taxes on land; duration; sale; title
  38. 60-37A · Sales, etc., that cannot be legally made; statements by…
  39. 60-37B · Certification of amounts necessary for taking land under Sec.…
  40. 60-38 · Mortgagees; notice requiring demand for payment
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