Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 51
Several parcels of small value; sale together
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)
- 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
- 60-57A · Payment by check or electronic funds transfer not duly paid;…
- 60-58 · Payments by mortgagee; addition to debt
- 60-59 · Payments by mortgagors or mortgagees
- 60-60 · Payments by other than fee owners
- 60-61 · Taxes subsequent to sale or taking
- 60-61A · Lands subject to tax titles held by municipalities; taking for…
- 60-62 · Land taken or sold for taxes; redemption
- 60-62A · Municipalities; payment agreements
- 60-63 · Payments to treasurer instead of purchaser; certificate of…
- 60-64 · Absolute title after foreclosure; right to receive excess equity
- 60-64A · Sale or retention of property following judgment foreclosing…
- 60-65 · Rights of redemption; petition for foreclosure; legal fees
- 60-66 · Title examinations; notice