Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 81B

Purchase of land or taking of land for nonpayment of taxes under Sec. 43 or Sec. 53; redemption amount exceeds assessed value; foreclosure of rights of redemptions

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Section 81B. Whenever a city or town shall have purchased or taken land for nonpayment of taxes under section 43 or 53, and the treasurer of the city or town certifies that the redemption amount as determined pursuant to section 62 exceeds the assessed value of the parcel, the treasurer shall make an affidavit of such certification which shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the district wherein the land lies. Upon the recording of the affidavit, the treasurer shall bring a petition in the land court pursuant to section 65 for the foreclosure of all rights of redemptions of the land.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-72 · Questions of law reported
  2. 60-73 · Costs and fees; deposit by petitioner
  3. 60-74 · Repealed, 1973, 515, Sec. 1
  4. 60-75 · Practice and procedure
  5. 60-76 · Jurisdiction of land court; petition for redemption
  6. 60-76A · Partial redemption; divided lands
  7. 60-76B · Errors or irregularities in water, sewer use or municipal…
  8. 60-76C · Tax titles held by towns; notice of assignments, redemptions…
  9. 60-77 · Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling…
  10. 60-77A · Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure;…
  11. 60-77B · Management, sale, or lease by municipalities; land acquired…
  12. 60-77C · Deeds accepted by municipalities in lieu of foreclosure; taxes
  13. 60-78 · Repealed, 1936, 194
  14. 60-79 · Sale without foreclosure; inquiries
  15. 60-80 · Lack of or inadequate bids; sales without foreclosure
  16. 60-80A · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; questioning…
  17. 60-80B · Title acquired under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; petition to…
  18. 60-80C · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; curing defects
  19. 60-81 · Repealed, 1925, 241, Sec. 8
  20. 60-81A · Land with unoccupied buildings; inspection; abandonment;…
  21. 60-81B · Purchase of land or taking of land for nonpayment of taxes…
  22. 60-82 · Notice to holder of invalid tax title; release of interest
  23. 60-83 · Failure to release interest; recording affidavit of notice by…
  24. 60-84 · Reassessment or collection of taxes where title invalid;…
  25. 60-84A · Certificates of invalidity; refunds to tax holders
  26. 60-85 · Taxes paid by co-tenants; lien on co-tenants' interest
  27. 60-86 · Enforcement of lien of co-tenant
  28. 60-87 · Directions to collectors; ordinances or by-laws
  29. 60-88 · Tax lists and warrants; posting by sheriff or deputies
  30. 60-89 · Fees of sheriff for collecting taxes
  31. 60-90 · Treasurer as collector; warrants
  32. 60-91 · Foreign corporation; non-resident; failure to pay taxes;…
  33. 60-92 · Deputy collectors; appointment and removal; bookkeeping;…
  34. 60-93 · Money due taxpayer from municipalities; withholding for…
  35. 60-94 · Accounts and receipts of collectors; exhibiting on request of…
  36. 60-95 · Credits and payments to collectors
  37. 60-96 · Removal of collectors
  38. 60-97 · Accounts, records, etc., of collectors; audits; deposit with…
  39. 60-98 · Back taxes; actions to recover
  40. 60-99 · Collectors; failure to exhibit accounts or receipts
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