Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 40
Notice of sale; contents
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)
- 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
- 60-57 · Affidavit of collector, etc.; evidence