[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Abington 4-3-2006 ATM
by Art. 8.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This Article also superseded former Ch. 44, Deeds of
Release and Redeemed Real Estate, derived from Ch. 3, Sec. 1, of the 1992
Town of Abington Bylaws.
Deeds of release and redeemed real estate, if the estate has been taken
or purchased by the Town for non-payment of taxes thereon, on the payment
or tender of the amount of the tax, all intervening taxes, charges and fees,
and interest in the whole in accordance with the provisions of the law of
the Commonwealth, shall be made and executed by the Town Treasurer.
Any real estate which has been acquired by the Town for non-payment
of taxes may be sold by the Treasurer, with the prior assent of the Board
of Selectmen, and the Treasurer shall be empowered to execute, acknowledge,
and deliver sufficient deeds therefor. Notice of such sale shall be given
by posting a notice at the Town Offices, posting a notice on the Town website,
and by publication in two newspapers of general circulation in the Town once
in each of two successive weeks, the posting of said notice and the first
publication to be not less than 14 days prior to the day of the scheduled
sale. [See MGL Ch. 60 § 40 et seq.]
