Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 39
Service of tax notice; designating place
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Section 39. If a mortgagee or an owner of land causes a notice, designating a place in the town where such land lies at which all papers relative to taxes on such land which are to be served on him may be left, to be recorded in January of any year in the office of the clerk of such town and, during said month, to be delivered to the collector thereof, the collector shall serve at such place any notice, demand for payment or other paper relating to the taxes on such land which is to be served by him. The collector shall not advertise the sale of such land for two months after the time of a demand so made.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 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
- 60-42 · Notice of sale; posting
- 60-43 · Conduct of sale, etc.
- 60-44 · Adjournment
- 60-45 · Collector's deed; contents; effect
- 60-46 · Defective titles; reimbursement of purchasers; reassessment
- 60-47 · Tax title owners; filing required statements
- 60-48 · Insufficient bids; municipality as purchaser; collector's duties
- 60-49 · Purchase price unpaid; validity of sale
- 60-50 · Municipalities as purchasers; deeds; tax title accounts;…
- 60-50A · Municipalities; land held under tax sales; protecting interests
- 60-50B · Municipalities; foreclosure proceedings; appropriations
- 60-51 · Several parcels of small value; sale together
- 60-52 · Management and sale of land acquired for taxes
- 60-53 · Taking for taxes; notice
- 60-54 · Instrument of taking; form; contents; effect
- 60-55 · Fees for taking
- 60-56 · Taking in name of one of several owners; extent of taking