Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 70

Validity of title; questioning; decree of court

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Section 70. If a person claiming an interest desires to raise any question concerning the validity of such a title, he shall do so by answer filed in the proceeding on or before the return day, or within such further time as may on motion be allowed by the court, or else be forever barred from contesting or raising the question in any other proceeding. He shall also file specifications setting forth the matters upon which he relies to defeat the title; and unless such specifications are so filed, all questions of the validity or invalidity of the title, whether in form of deed or proceedings relating to the sale or taking, shall be deemed to have been waived. Upon the filing of the specifications the court shall hear the parties, and shall enter a decree in conformity with the law on the facts found.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-55 · Fees for taking
  2. 60-56 · Taking in name of one of several owners; extent of taking
  3. 60-57 · Affidavit of collector, etc.; evidence
  4. 60-57A · Payment by check or electronic funds transfer not duly paid;…
  5. 60-58 · Payments by mortgagee; addition to debt
  6. 60-59 · Payments by mortgagors or mortgagees
  7. 60-60 · Payments by other than fee owners
  8. 60-61 · Taxes subsequent to sale or taking
  9. 60-61A · Lands subject to tax titles held by municipalities; taking for…
  10. 60-62 · Land taken or sold for taxes; redemption
  11. 60-62A · Municipalities; payment agreements
  12. 60-63 · Payments to treasurer instead of purchaser; certificate of…
  13. 60-64 · Absolute title after foreclosure; right to receive excess equity
  14. 60-64A · Sale or retention of property following judgment foreclosing…
  15. 60-65 · Rights of redemption; petition for foreclosure; legal fees
  16. 60-66 · Title examinations; notice
  17. 60-67 · Default
  18. 60-68 · Answer; offer of redemption; hearing
  19. 60-69 · Decree barring redemption; vacating decree; petition
  20. 60-69A · Vacating, reversing or modifying decree of foreclosure
  21. 60-70 · Validity of title; questioning; decree of court
  22. 60-71 · Jury trials; waiver; framing issues
  23. 60-72 · Questions of law reported
  24. 60-73 · Costs and fees; deposit by petitioner
  25. 60-74 · Repealed, 1973, 515, Sec. 1
  26. 60-75 · Practice and procedure
  27. 60-76 · Jurisdiction of land court; petition for redemption
  28. 60-76A · Partial redemption; divided lands
  29. 60-76B · Errors or irregularities in water, sewer use or municipal…
  30. 60-76C · Tax titles held by towns; notice of assignments, redemptions…
  31. 60-77 · Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling…
  32. 60-77A · Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure;…
  33. 60-77B · Management, sale, or lease by municipalities; land acquired…
  34. 60-77C · Deeds accepted by municipalities in lieu of foreclosure; taxes
  35. 60-78 · Repealed, 1936, 194
  36. 60-79 · Sale without foreclosure; inquiries
  37. 60-80 · Lack of or inadequate bids; sales without foreclosure
  38. 60-80A · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; questioning…
  39. 60-80B · Title acquired under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; petition to…
  40. 60-80C · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; curing defects
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