Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 25
Detention of goods distrained; notice; sale
Section 25. The collector may keep the goods distrained, at the expense of the owner and, if they are not redeemed by payment by the owner or his agent of the tax due, shall within thirty days after the seizure, sell them by public auction for a payment of the tax and charges of keeping and sale, first posting notice of the sale in some public place in the town at least forty-eight hours prior thereto. The notice posted shall be prepared by the department of revenue, in language understandable by a least sophisticated consumer, together with a notice in the 7 most commonly spoken languages in the commonwealth that this notice affects important legal rights and should be translated immediately.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 60-9 · Repealed, 1976, 451
- 60-10-11 · Repealed, 1923, 128, Sec. 2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- 60-15A · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 27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- 60-18 · Repealed, 1932, 54, Sec. 1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
- 60-36 · Collection from decedents' estates
- 60-37 · Lien of taxes on land; duration; sale; title
- 60-37A · Sales, etc., that cannot be legally made; statements by…
- 60-37B · Certification of amounts necessary for taking land under Sec.…
- 60-38 · Mortgagees; notice requiring demand for payment
- 60-39 · Service of tax notice; designating place
- 60-40 · Notice of sale; contents
- 60-41 · Description in case of change of local name