Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 77A

Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure; recording deeds

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Section 77A. In case of the sale of land acquired by a city or town through foreclosure under any provision of this chapter, the purchaser shall be required as a condition of the sale to authorize the official or officials executing the deed on behalf of the city or town to record the same, and the expense of such recording shall be paid by such purchaser. Such official or officials shall cause such deed to be recorded in the proper registry of deeds within fifteen days after the execution thereof.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-63 · Payments to treasurer instead of purchaser; certificate of…
  2. 60-64 · Absolute title after foreclosure; right to receive excess equity
  3. 60-64A · Sale or retention of property following judgment foreclosing…
  4. 60-65 · Rights of redemption; petition for foreclosure; legal fees
  5. 60-66 · Title examinations; notice
  6. 60-67 · Default
  7. 60-68 · Answer; offer of redemption; hearing
  8. 60-69 · Decree barring redemption; vacating decree; petition
  9. 60-69A · Vacating, reversing or modifying decree of foreclosure
  10. 60-70 · Validity of title; questioning; decree of court
  11. 60-71 · Jury trials; waiver; framing issues
  12. 60-72 · Questions of law reported
  13. 60-73 · Costs and fees; deposit by petitioner
  14. 60-74 · Repealed, 1973, 515, Sec. 1
  15. 60-75 · Practice and procedure
  16. 60-76 · Jurisdiction of land court; petition for redemption
  17. 60-76A · Partial redemption; divided lands
  18. 60-76B · Errors or irregularities in water, sewer use or municipal…
  19. 60-76C · Tax titles held by towns; notice of assignments, redemptions…
  20. 60-77 · Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling…
  21. 60-77A · Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure;…
  22. 60-77B · Management, sale, or lease by municipalities; land acquired…
  23. 60-77C · Deeds accepted by municipalities in lieu of foreclosure; taxes
  24. 60-78 · Repealed, 1936, 194
  25. 60-79 · Sale without foreclosure; inquiries
  26. 60-80 · Lack of or inadequate bids; sales without foreclosure
  27. 60-80A · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; questioning…
  28. 60-80B · Title acquired under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; petition to…
  29. 60-80C · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; curing defects
  30. 60-81 · Repealed, 1925, 241, Sec. 8
  31. 60-81A · Land with unoccupied buildings; inspection; abandonment;…
  32. 60-81B · Purchase of land or taking of land for nonpayment of taxes…
  33. 60-82 · Notice to holder of invalid tax title; release of interest
  34. 60-83 · Failure to release interest; recording affidavit of notice by…
  35. 60-84 · Reassessment or collection of taxes where title invalid;…
  36. 60-84A · Certificates of invalidity; refunds to tax holders
  37. 60-85 · Taxes paid by co-tenants; lien on co-tenants' interest
  38. 60-86 · Enforcement of lien of co-tenant
  39. 60-87 · Directions to collectors; ordinances or by-laws
  40. 60-88 · Tax lists and warrants; posting by sheriff or deputies
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