Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 57
Affidavit of collector, etc.; evidence
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Section 57. The affidavit of the collector, deputy collector or disinterested person reciting the proceedings required by law in the sale of land for taxes, with copies of the advertisement and notices annexed thereto, recorded within three months after such sale in the registry of deeds, shall be competent evidence of demand, notice and service.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 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
- 60-67 · Default
- 60-68 · Answer; offer of redemption; hearing
- 60-69 · Decree barring redemption; vacating decree; petition
- 60-69A · Vacating, reversing or modifying decree of foreclosure
- 60-70 · Validity of title; questioning; decree of court
- 60-71 · Jury trials; waiver; framing issues