Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 80

Lack of or inadequate bids; sales without foreclosure

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Section 80. If no person bids at such a sale or if no bid deemed adequate by the treasurer is made thereat and if the sale has been adjourned one or more times, the treasurer shall then and there make public declaration of the fact, and if no bid or no bid deemed adequate as aforesaid is then made he shall give public notice that he purchases for the town by which the tax is assessed; or if the person to whom the land is sold does not within ten days pay to the treasurer the sum bid by him the sale shall be void and the town shall be deemed to be the purchaser of the land. If the town becomes the purchaser hereunder, the treasurer shall execute to it a deed which shall set forth the fact that no bid or no bid deemed adequate as aforesaid was made at the sale or that the purchaser failed to pay the amount bid, as the case may be. Such deed shall not be valid unless recorded within sixty days after the sale under this section; and the title of the town to land conveyed thereby shall be absolute upon the recording of said deed in the proper registry of deeds within such sixty days.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-67 · Default
  2. 60-68 · Answer; offer of redemption; hearing
  3. 60-69 · Decree barring redemption; vacating decree; petition
  4. 60-69A · Vacating, reversing or modifying decree of foreclosure
  5. 60-70 · Validity of title; questioning; decree of court
  6. 60-71 · Jury trials; waiver; framing issues
  7. 60-72 · Questions of law reported
  8. 60-73 · Costs and fees; deposit by petitioner
  9. 60-74 · Repealed, 1973, 515, Sec. 1
  10. 60-75 · Practice and procedure
  11. 60-76 · Jurisdiction of land court; petition for redemption
  12. 60-76A · Partial redemption; divided lands
  13. 60-76B · Errors or irregularities in water, sewer use or municipal…
  14. 60-76C · Tax titles held by towns; notice of assignments, redemptions…
  15. 60-77 · Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling…
  16. 60-77A · Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure;…
  17. 60-77B · Management, sale, or lease by municipalities; land acquired…
  18. 60-77C · Deeds accepted by municipalities in lieu of foreclosure; taxes
  19. 60-78 · Repealed, 1936, 194
  20. 60-79 · Sale without foreclosure; inquiries
  21. 60-80 · Lack of or inadequate bids; sales without foreclosure
  22. 60-80A · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; questioning…
  23. 60-80B · Title acquired under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; petition to…
  24. 60-80C · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; curing defects
  25. 60-81 · Repealed, 1925, 241, Sec. 8
  26. 60-81A · Land with unoccupied buildings; inspection; abandonment;…
  27. 60-81B · Purchase of land or taking of land for nonpayment of taxes…
  28. 60-82 · Notice to holder of invalid tax title; release of interest
  29. 60-83 · Failure to release interest; recording affidavit of notice by…
  30. 60-84 · Reassessment or collection of taxes where title invalid;…
  31. 60-84A · Certificates of invalidity; refunds to tax holders
  32. 60-85 · Taxes paid by co-tenants; lien on co-tenants' interest
  33. 60-86 · Enforcement of lien of co-tenant
  34. 60-87 · Directions to collectors; ordinances or by-laws
  35. 60-88 · Tax lists and warrants; posting by sheriff or deputies
  36. 60-89 · Fees of sheriff for collecting taxes
  37. 60-90 · Treasurer as collector; warrants
  38. 60-91 · Foreign corporation; non-resident; failure to pay taxes;…
  39. 60-92 · Deputy collectors; appointment and removal; bookkeeping;…
  40. 60-93 · Money due taxpayer from municipalities; withholding for…
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