Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 40

Notice of sale; contents

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Section 40. The collector shall give notice by publication of the time and place of sale of land for nonpayment of taxes. Such notice shall contain a substantially accurate description of the several rights, lots or divisions of the land to be sold, which shall be furnished to the collector by the assessors upon demand of the collector, the amount of the tax assessed on each, and the names of all owners known to the collector. Such notice of the sale of the undivided real estate of a deceased person assessed to his heirs or devisees or assessed in general terms to his estate shall contain the names of all the heirs or devisees interested in such real estate, if the probate records of the county where the land lies disclose their identity.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-23B · Certificate of liens; fee schedule
  2. 60-24 · Levy by distress or seizure and sale; exemptions
  3. 60-25 · Detention of goods distrained; notice; sale
  4. 60-26 · Adjournment; notice
  5. 60-27 · Levy of tax on land by distress of stock and produce
  6. 60-28 · Accounting for surplus
  7. 60-29 · Issuance of warrant to collect; hearing; imprisonment
  8. 60-30 · Certificate of commitment
  9. 60-31 · Release of imprisoned taxpayers; proceedings
  10. 60-32 · Liability of collector for taxes, etc., after discharge
  11. 60-33 · Aiding collector
  12. 60-34 · Warrants; release after service; rearrest
  13. 60-34A · Bond; release of delinquent taxpayer from custody
  14. 60-35 · Actions against delinquent taxpayers
  15. 60-36 · Collection from decedents' estates
  16. 60-37 · Lien of taxes on land; duration; sale; title
  17. 60-37A · Sales, etc., that cannot be legally made; statements by…
  18. 60-37B · Certification of amounts necessary for taking land under Sec.…
  19. 60-38 · Mortgagees; notice requiring demand for payment
  20. 60-39 · Service of tax notice; designating place
  21. 60-40 · Notice of sale; contents
  22. 60-41 · Description in case of change of local name
  23. 60-42 · Notice of sale; posting
  24. 60-43 · Conduct of sale, etc.
  25. 60-44 · Adjournment
  26. 60-45 · Collector's deed; contents; effect
  27. 60-46 · Defective titles; reimbursement of purchasers; reassessment
  28. 60-47 · Tax title owners; filing required statements
  29. 60-48 · Insufficient bids; municipality as purchaser; collector's duties
  30. 60-49 · Purchase price unpaid; validity of sale
  31. 60-50 · Municipalities as purchasers; deeds; tax title accounts;…
  32. 60-50A · Municipalities; land held under tax sales; protecting interests
  33. 60-50B · Municipalities; foreclosure proceedings; appropriations
  34. 60-51 · Several parcels of small value; sale together
  35. 60-52 · Management and sale of land acquired for taxes
  36. 60-53 · Taking for taxes; notice
  37. 60-54 · Instrument of taking; form; contents; effect
  38. 60-55 · Fees for taking
  39. 60-56 · Taking in name of one of several owners; extent of taking
  40. 60-57 · Affidavit of collector, etc.; evidence
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