Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 56

Taking in name of one of several owners; extent of taking

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Section 56. The assessment, sale or taking may be made in the name of one or more of the record owners at the date of assessment, and if so made, shall, subject to section forty-three, be deemed to be in the name of the owner thereof. Every such sale or taking shall be of the whole estate and not of the undivided interest of any joint owner thereof.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-38 · Mortgagees; notice requiring demand for payment
  2. 60-39 · Service of tax notice; designating place
  3. 60-40 · Notice of sale; contents
  4. 60-41 · Description in case of change of local name
  5. 60-42 · Notice of sale; posting
  6. 60-43 · Conduct of sale, etc.
  7. 60-44 · Adjournment
  8. 60-45 · Collector's deed; contents; effect
  9. 60-46 · Defective titles; reimbursement of purchasers; reassessment
  10. 60-47 · Tax title owners; filing required statements
  11. 60-48 · Insufficient bids; municipality as purchaser; collector's duties
  12. 60-49 · Purchase price unpaid; validity of sale
  13. 60-50 · Municipalities as purchasers; deeds; tax title accounts;…
  14. 60-50A · Municipalities; land held under tax sales; protecting interests
  15. 60-50B · Municipalities; foreclosure proceedings; appropriations
  16. 60-51 · Several parcels of small value; sale together
  17. 60-52 · Management and sale of land acquired for taxes
  18. 60-53 · Taking for taxes; notice
  19. 60-54 · Instrument of taking; form; contents; effect
  20. 60-55 · Fees for taking
  21. 60-56 · Taking in name of one of several owners; extent of taking
  22. 60-57 · Affidavit of collector, etc.; evidence
  23. 60-57A · Payment by check or electronic funds transfer not duly paid;…
  24. 60-58 · Payments by mortgagee; addition to debt
  25. 60-59 · Payments by mortgagors or mortgagees
  26. 60-60 · Payments by other than fee owners
  27. 60-61 · Taxes subsequent to sale or taking
  28. 60-61A · Lands subject to tax titles held by municipalities; taking for…
  29. 60-62 · Land taken or sold for taxes; redemption
  30. 60-62A · Municipalities; payment agreements
  31. 60-63 · Payments to treasurer instead of purchaser; certificate of…
  32. 60-64 · Absolute title after foreclosure; right to receive excess equity
  33. 60-64A · Sale or retention of property following judgment foreclosing…
  34. 60-65 · Rights of redemption; petition for foreclosure; legal fees
  35. 60-66 · Title examinations; notice
  36. 60-67 · Default
  37. 60-68 · Answer; offer of redemption; hearing
  38. 60-69 · Decree barring redemption; vacating decree; petition
  39. 60-69A · Vacating, reversing or modifying decree of foreclosure
  40. 60-70 · Validity of title; questioning; decree of court
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