Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 75

Practice and procedure

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Section 75. Practice and procedure under sections sixty-four to seventy-three, inclusive, sections seventy-six, seventy-six A, and eighty B, not therein otherwise provided for, shall conform as nearly as possible to the land court practice, rules, regulations and procedure under chapter one hundred and eighty-five insofar as the same may be applicable, except that no memorandum stating the disposition of the case shall be made. Notice of filing the petition shall be recorded in the registry of deeds as provided for in land registration proceedings, and all final decrees shall be recorded. The notices shall be prepared by the department of revenue, in language understandable by a least sophisticated consumer, together with a notice in the 7 most commonly spoken languages in the commonwealth, that this notice affects important legal rights and should be translated immediately.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-59 · Payments by mortgagors or mortgagees
  2. 60-60 · Payments by other than fee owners
  3. 60-61 · Taxes subsequent to sale or taking
  4. 60-61A · Lands subject to tax titles held by municipalities; taking for…
  5. 60-62 · Land taken or sold for taxes; redemption
  6. 60-62A · Municipalities; payment agreements
  7. 60-63 · Payments to treasurer instead of purchaser; certificate of…
  8. 60-64 · Absolute title after foreclosure; right to receive excess equity
  9. 60-64A · Sale or retention of property following judgment foreclosing…
  10. 60-65 · Rights of redemption; petition for foreclosure; legal fees
  11. 60-66 · Title examinations; notice
  12. 60-67 · Default
  13. 60-68 · Answer; offer of redemption; hearing
  14. 60-69 · Decree barring redemption; vacating decree; petition
  15. 60-69A · Vacating, reversing or modifying decree of foreclosure
  16. 60-70 · Validity of title; questioning; decree of court
  17. 60-71 · Jury trials; waiver; framing issues
  18. 60-72 · Questions of law reported
  19. 60-73 · Costs and fees; deposit by petitioner
  20. 60-74 · Repealed, 1973, 515, Sec. 1
  21. 60-75 · Practice and procedure
  22. 60-76 · Jurisdiction of land court; petition for redemption
  23. 60-76A · Partial redemption; divided lands
  24. 60-76B · Errors or irregularities in water, sewer use or municipal…
  25. 60-76C · Tax titles held by towns; notice of assignments, redemptions…
  26. 60-77 · Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling…
  27. 60-77A · Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure;…
  28. 60-77B · Management, sale, or lease by municipalities; land acquired…
  29. 60-77C · Deeds accepted by municipalities in lieu of foreclosure; taxes
  30. 60-78 · Repealed, 1936, 194
  31. 60-79 · Sale without foreclosure; inquiries
  32. 60-80 · Lack of or inadequate bids; sales without foreclosure
  33. 60-80A · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; questioning…
  34. 60-80B · Title acquired under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; petition to…
  35. 60-80C · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; curing defects
  36. 60-81 · Repealed, 1925, 241, Sec. 8
  37. 60-81A · Land with unoccupied buildings; inspection; abandonment;…
  38. 60-81B · Purchase of land or taking of land for nonpayment of taxes…
  39. 60-82 · Notice to holder of invalid tax title; release of interest
  40. 60-83 · Failure to release interest; recording affidavit of notice by…
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