Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 91

Foreign corporation; non-resident; failure to pay taxes; restraint on business

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Section 91. When any foreign corporation or non-resident person, doing business in the commonwealth, shall for sixty days neglect, refuse or omit to pay a tax lawfully assessed and payable, any court having jurisdiction in equity may on petition of the collector of taxes of the town where the tax is assessed restrain said corporation or person from doing business in the commonwealth until said tax, with all incidental costs and charges, shall have been paid. Service of process upon any such petition may be made by an officer duly qualified to serve process, by leaving a duly attested copy thereof at the place where the business is carried on.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 60-76C · Tax titles held by towns; notice of assignments, redemptions…
  2. 60-77 · Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling…
  3. 60-77A · Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure;…
  4. 60-77B · Management, sale, or lease by municipalities; land acquired…
  5. 60-77C · Deeds accepted by municipalities in lieu of foreclosure; taxes
  6. 60-78 · Repealed, 1936, 194
  7. 60-79 · Sale without foreclosure; inquiries
  8. 60-80 · Lack of or inadequate bids; sales without foreclosure
  9. 60-80A · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; questioning…
  10. 60-80B · Title acquired under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; petition to…
  11. 60-80C · Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; curing defects
  12. 60-81 · Repealed, 1925, 241, Sec. 8
  13. 60-81A · Land with unoccupied buildings; inspection; abandonment;…
  14. 60-81B · Purchase of land or taking of land for nonpayment of taxes…
  15. 60-82 · Notice to holder of invalid tax title; release of interest
  16. 60-83 · Failure to release interest; recording affidavit of notice by…
  17. 60-84 · Reassessment or collection of taxes where title invalid;…
  18. 60-84A · Certificates of invalidity; refunds to tax holders
  19. 60-85 · Taxes paid by co-tenants; lien on co-tenants' interest
  20. 60-86 · Enforcement of lien of co-tenant
  21. 60-87 · Directions to collectors; ordinances or by-laws
  22. 60-88 · Tax lists and warrants; posting by sheriff or deputies
  23. 60-89 · Fees of sheriff for collecting taxes
  24. 60-90 · Treasurer as collector; warrants
  25. 60-91 · Foreign corporation; non-resident; failure to pay taxes;…
  26. 60-92 · Deputy collectors; appointment and removal; bookkeeping;…
  27. 60-93 · Money due taxpayer from municipalities; withholding for…
  28. 60-94 · Accounts and receipts of collectors; exhibiting on request of…
  29. 60-95 · Credits and payments to collectors
  30. 60-96 · Removal of collectors
  31. 60-97 · Accounts, records, etc., of collectors; audits; deposit with…
  32. 60-98 · Back taxes; actions to recover
  33. 60-99 · Collectors; failure to exhibit accounts or receipts
  34. 60-100 · Collectors; failure to turn over accounts
  35. 60-101 · Violations of Sec. 12
  36. 60-102 · Collectors; violations of Sec. 2 or Sec. 8
  37. 60-103 · Failure to aid collector
  38. 60-104 · Exorbitant redemption charges
  39. 60-105 · Forms
  40. 60-106 · Repealed, 1985, 598, Sec. 2
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