Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 66
Title examinations; notice
Section 66. Upon the filing of such a petition the court shall forthwith cause to be made by one of its official examiners an examination of the title sufficient only to determine the persons who may be interested in the same, and shall upon the filing of the examiner's report notify all persons appearing to be interested, whether as equity owners, mortgagees, lienors, attaching creditors or otherwise, of the pendency of the petition, the notice to be sent to each by registered mail and return of receipt required, the addresses of respondents, so far as may be ascertained, being furnished by the petitioner. Such other and further notice by publication or otherwise shall be given as the court may at any time order. The notice, to be addressed ''To all whom it may concern'', shall contain the name of the petitioner, the names of all known respondents, a description of the land and a statement of the nature of the petition, shall fix the time within which appearance may be entered and answer filed, and shall contain a statement that unless the party notified shall appear and answer within the time fixed a default will be recorded, the petition taken as confessed, and the right of redemption forever barred.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 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
- 60-72 · Questions of law reported
- 60-73 · Costs and fees; deposit by petitioner
- 60-74 · Repealed, 1973, 515, Sec. 1
- 60-75 · Practice and procedure
- 60-76 · Jurisdiction of land court; petition for redemption
- 60-76A · Partial redemption; divided lands
- 60-76B · Errors or irregularities in water, sewer use or municipal…
- 60-76C · Tax titles held by towns; notice of assignments, redemptions…
- 60-77 · Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling…
- 60-77A · Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure;…
- 60-77B · Management, sale, or lease by municipalities; land acquired…
- 60-77C · Deeds accepted by municipalities in lieu of foreclosure; taxes
- 60-78 · Repealed, 1936, 194