Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 77

Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling for money payments by owners

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Section 77. After foreclosure by a town of the rights of redemption under a tax title or taking, as hereinbefore provided, the land shall thereafter be held and disposed of like any land belonging to it and held for municipal purposes, and shall not while so held be assessed for taxes.

Before foreclosure so much of the provisions of any covenant or agreement running with the land as calls for the payment of money by the owner thereof shall not be enforceable against a city or town which is the owner of record of the land under a tax title or taking, except during any period in which the city or town directly or indirectly in any capacity accepts or receives the benefit of such covenant or agreement or of any right or privilege created or affected thereby.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-62A · Municipalities; payment agreements
  2. 60-63 · Payments to treasurer instead of purchaser; certificate of…
  3. 60-64 · Absolute title after foreclosure; right to receive excess equity
  4. 60-64A · Sale or retention of property following judgment foreclosing…
  5. 60-65 · Rights of redemption; petition for foreclosure; legal fees
  6. 60-66 · Title examinations; notice
  7. 60-67 · Default
  8. 60-68 · Answer; offer of redemption; hearing
  9. 60-69 · Decree barring redemption; vacating decree; petition
  10. 60-69A · Vacating, reversing or modifying decree of foreclosure
  11. 60-70 · Validity of title; questioning; decree of court
  12. 60-71 · Jury trials; waiver; framing issues
  13. 60-72 · Questions of law reported
  14. 60-73 · Costs and fees; deposit by petitioner
  15. 60-74 · Repealed, 1973, 515, Sec. 1
  16. 60-75 · Practice and procedure
  17. 60-76 · Jurisdiction of land court; petition for redemption
  18. 60-76A · Partial redemption; divided lands
  19. 60-76B · Errors or irregularities in water, sewer use or municipal…
  20. 60-76C · Tax titles held by towns; notice of assignments, redemptions…
  21. 60-77 · Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling…
  22. 60-77A · Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure;…
  23. 60-77B · Management, sale, or lease by municipalities; land acquired…
  24. 60-77C · Deeds accepted by municipalities in lieu of foreclosure; taxes
  25. 60-78 · Repealed, 1936, 194
  26. 60-79 · Sale without foreclosure; inquiries
  27. 60-80 · Lack of or inadequate bids; sales without foreclosure
  28. 60-80A · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; questioning…
  29. 60-80B · Title acquired under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; petition to…
  30. 60-80C · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; curing defects
  31. 60-81 · Repealed, 1925, 241, Sec. 8
  32. 60-81A · Land with unoccupied buildings; inspection; abandonment;…
  33. 60-81B · Purchase of land or taking of land for nonpayment of taxes…
  34. 60-82 · Notice to holder of invalid tax title; release of interest
  35. 60-83 · Failure to release interest; recording affidavit of notice by…
  36. 60-84 · Reassessment or collection of taxes where title invalid;…
  37. 60-84A · Certificates of invalidity; refunds to tax holders
  38. 60-85 · Taxes paid by co-tenants; lien on co-tenants' interest
  39. 60-86 · Enforcement of lien of co-tenant
  40. 60-87 · Directions to collectors; ordinances or by-laws
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