Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 51

Several parcels of small value; sale together

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Section 51. If unimproved and unoccupied land does not exceed four thousand square feet in area, or is laid out in lots or parcels no one of which exceeds such area, and the taxes unpaid for any one year do not exceed fifty cents on such land, or on any such lot or parcel thereof, the collector may give notice of the sale by publication of an advertisement stating the name of the owner of record of each lot on January first of the year of assessment, the tax due thereon and the number of such lot on a street, way or plan, without further description thereof. The collector may convey in one deed to the same purchaser or convey to the town any number of the lots so advertised and sold, and said deed shall state the name of said owner of record of each lot conveyed therein, on January first of said year, the amount of the taxes and costs due for each lot, and the number on the street, way or plan of each lot respectively, and need contain no further description of the lot, owner or amount due. The cost of the sale shall be apportioned equally among all the lots sold, and the cost of the deed shall be apportioned equally among all the lots conveyed thereby.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-35 · Actions against delinquent taxpayers
  2. 60-36 · Collection from decedents' estates
  3. 60-37 · Lien of taxes on land; duration; sale; title
  4. 60-37A · Sales, etc., that cannot be legally made; statements by…
  5. 60-37B · Certification of amounts necessary for taking land under Sec.…
  6. 60-38 · Mortgagees; notice requiring demand for payment
  7. 60-39 · Service of tax notice; designating place
  8. 60-40 · Notice of sale; contents
  9. 60-41 · Description in case of change of local name
  10. 60-42 · Notice of sale; posting
  11. 60-43 · Conduct of sale, etc.
  12. 60-44 · Adjournment
  13. 60-45 · Collector's deed; contents; effect
  14. 60-46 · Defective titles; reimbursement of purchasers; reassessment
  15. 60-47 · Tax title owners; filing required statements
  16. 60-48 · Insufficient bids; municipality as purchaser; collector's duties
  17. 60-49 · Purchase price unpaid; validity of sale
  18. 60-50 · Municipalities as purchasers; deeds; tax title accounts;…
  19. 60-50A · Municipalities; land held under tax sales; protecting interests
  20. 60-50B · Municipalities; foreclosure proceedings; appropriations
  21. 60-51 · Several parcels of small value; sale together
  22. 60-52 · Management and sale of land acquired for taxes
  23. 60-53 · Taking for taxes; notice
  24. 60-54 · Instrument of taking; form; contents; effect
  25. 60-55 · Fees for taking
  26. 60-56 · Taking in name of one of several owners; extent of taking
  27. 60-57 · Affidavit of collector, etc.; evidence
  28. 60-57A · Payment by check or electronic funds transfer not duly paid;…
  29. 60-58 · Payments by mortgagee; addition to debt
  30. 60-59 · Payments by mortgagors or mortgagees
  31. 60-60 · Payments by other than fee owners
  32. 60-61 · Taxes subsequent to sale or taking
  33. 60-61A · Lands subject to tax titles held by municipalities; taking for…
  34. 60-62 · Land taken or sold for taxes; redemption
  35. 60-62A · Municipalities; payment agreements
  36. 60-63 · Payments to treasurer instead of purchaser; certificate of…
  37. 60-64 · Absolute title after foreclosure; right to receive excess equity
  38. 60-64A · Sale or retention of property following judgment foreclosing…
  39. 60-65 · Rights of redemption; petition for foreclosure; legal fees
  40. 60-66 · Title examinations; notice
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