Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 55

Fees for taking

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Section 55. If land has been so taken there shall be allowed to the collector and added to the tax the charges and fees fixed by section fifteen, and also the cost of recording the instrument of taking, provided he has caused such instrument to be duly recorded within sixty days after the taking and to be delivered to the town treasurer.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-37B · Certification of amounts necessary for taking land under Sec.…
  2. 60-38 · Mortgagees; notice requiring demand for payment
  3. 60-39 · Service of tax notice; designating place
  4. 60-40 · Notice of sale; contents
  5. 60-41 · Description in case of change of local name
  6. 60-42 · Notice of sale; posting
  7. 60-43 · Conduct of sale, etc.
  8. 60-44 · Adjournment
  9. 60-45 · Collector's deed; contents; effect
  10. 60-46 · Defective titles; reimbursement of purchasers; reassessment
  11. 60-47 · Tax title owners; filing required statements
  12. 60-48 · Insufficient bids; municipality as purchaser; collector's duties
  13. 60-49 · Purchase price unpaid; validity of sale
  14. 60-50 · Municipalities as purchasers; deeds; tax title accounts;…
  15. 60-50A · Municipalities; land held under tax sales; protecting interests
  16. 60-50B · Municipalities; foreclosure proceedings; appropriations
  17. 60-51 · Several parcels of small value; sale together
  18. 60-52 · Management and sale of land acquired for taxes
  19. 60-53 · Taking for taxes; notice
  20. 60-54 · Instrument of taking; form; contents; effect
  21. 60-55 · Fees for taking
  22. 60-56 · Taking in name of one of several owners; extent of taking
  23. 60-57 · Affidavit of collector, etc.; evidence
  24. 60-57A · Payment by check or electronic funds transfer not duly paid;…
  25. 60-58 · Payments by mortgagee; addition to debt
  26. 60-59 · Payments by mortgagors or mortgagees
  27. 60-60 · Payments by other than fee owners
  28. 60-61 · Taxes subsequent to sale or taking
  29. 60-61A · Lands subject to tax titles held by municipalities; taking for…
  30. 60-62 · Land taken or sold for taxes; redemption
  31. 60-62A · Municipalities; payment agreements
  32. 60-63 · Payments to treasurer instead of purchaser; certificate of…
  33. 60-64 · Absolute title after foreclosure; right to receive excess equity
  34. 60-64A · Sale or retention of property following judgment foreclosing…
  35. 60-65 · Rights of redemption; petition for foreclosure; legal fees
  36. 60-66 · Title examinations; notice
  37. 60-67 · Default
  38. 60-68 · Answer; offer of redemption; hearing
  39. 60-69 · Decree barring redemption; vacating decree; petition
  40. 60-69A · Vacating, reversing or modifying decree of foreclosure
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