Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 80A (2026)

Title to land conveyed under Sec. 79 or Sec. 80; questioning barred

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Section 80A. Any person, having a right of redemption or any other interest in the land conveyed or purporting to be conveyed under section seventy-nine or section eighty, upon whom service of the notice of sale provided in said section seventy-nine has been made by registered mail, who, prior to the sale, neither redeems the land nor brings proceedings to enjoin the sale, shall, upon the recording of the deed as required by said section seventy-nine or said section eighty, be forever barred from raising any question concerning the validity of the title conveyed thereby, and a statement contained in the treasurer's deed that such service has been made, naming the persons who were served by registered mail, shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1976–1991 · leading case: Lamontagne v. Knightly, 572 N.E.2d 1375 (Mass. App. Ct. 1991).

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Lamontagne v. Knightly, 572 N.E.2d 1375 (Mass. App. Ct. 1991). · cites it 2× “Lamontagne and Germaine Lamontagne along with Michael Silva as interested persons served with notice of sale by registered mail under G. L. c. 60, § 80A. All of the foregoing (the conveyances, affidavits, deeds, as well as the two tax takings) are recorded in the Essex North…”

Guar. Mortg. Corp. v. Town of Burlington, 432 N.E.2d 480 (Mass. 1982). “has been made by registered mail,” and who takes no action to redeem, it should follow that a right to redeem remain in one who has not received notice of sale by registered mail.”

Pass v. Town of Seekonk, 351 N.E.2d 219 (Mass. App. Ct. 1976). “10 It has not been argued that the plaintiff is barred by the provisions of G. L. c. 60, § 80A, possibly for the reason that the treasurer’s deed recites the giving of notice of his proposed sale to only two of the five grantors in the deed to the original plaintiff.”

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