Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 30

Certificate of commitment

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Section 30. A collector who commits a person to jail pursuant to a warrant to distrain or commit shall give to the keeper thereof a certificate signed by him stating that he has committed the person for nonpayment of his tax and for want of goods and chattels whereof to make distress and setting forth the amount said person shall pay for said tax, interest, charges and fees.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-15 · Fees of collector
  2. 60-15A · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 27
  3. 60-15B · Tax title collection revolving fund
  4. 60-16 · Demand for payment of tax prior to sale of land or distraining…
  5. 60-17 · Unpaid taxes; collection
  6. 60-18 · Repealed, 1932, 54, Sec. 1
  7. 60-19 · Special warrant for distress or imprisonment without demand,…
  8. 60-20 · Certificate of abatement
  9. 60-21 · Error in name of person; collection from intended persons
  10. 60-22 · Partial payments
  11. 60-22A · Separate tax bills or notices; partial payments on account;…
  12. 60-23 · Filing certificates; releasing liens, etc.
  13. 60-23A · Certificate of liens; fee schedule; acceptance of section…
  14. 60-23B · Certificate of liens; fee schedule
  15. 60-24 · Levy by distress or seizure and sale; exemptions
  16. 60-25 · Detention of goods distrained; notice; sale
  17. 60-26 · Adjournment; notice
  18. 60-27 · Levy of tax on land by distress of stock and produce
  19. 60-28 · Accounting for surplus
  20. 60-29 · Issuance of warrant to collect; hearing; imprisonment
  21. 60-30 · Certificate of commitment
  22. 60-31 · Release of imprisoned taxpayers; proceedings
  23. 60-32 · Liability of collector for taxes, etc., after discharge
  24. 60-33 · Aiding collector
  25. 60-34 · Warrants; release after service; rearrest
  26. 60-34A · Bond; release of delinquent taxpayer from custody
  27. 60-35 · Actions against delinquent taxpayers
  28. 60-36 · Collection from decedents' estates
  29. 60-37 · Lien of taxes on land; duration; sale; title
  30. 60-37A · Sales, etc., that cannot be legally made; statements by…
  31. 60-37B · Certification of amounts necessary for taking land under Sec.…
  32. 60-38 · Mortgagees; notice requiring demand for payment
  33. 60-39 · Service of tax notice; designating place
  34. 60-40 · Notice of sale; contents
  35. 60-41 · Description in case of change of local name
  36. 60-42 · Notice of sale; posting
  37. 60-43 · Conduct of sale, etc.
  38. 60-44 · Adjournment
  39. 60-45 · Collector's deed; contents; effect
  40. 60-46 · Defective titles; reimbursement of purchasers; reassessment
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