{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-59-38","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, § 38","heading":"Fair cash valuation; classification of assessed valuation; taxable valuation","body":"Section 38. The assessors of each city and town shall at the time appointed therefor make a fair cash valuation of all the estate, real and personal, subject to taxation therein, and such determination shall be the assessed valuation of such estate. In cities, the assessors may, in any year, divide the city into convenient assessment districts.\nThe assessed valuation of real property subject to taxation under this chapter shall be classified as follows:—\nClass one, residential;\nClass two, open;\nClass three, commercial, and\nClass four, industrial.\nThe resulting amount shall be the taxable valuation of each class of property to which the assessors shall apply the tax rates applicable to each class as determined under section twenty-three A of chapter fifty-nine of the city or town, to determine the tax due and payable on such property.","path":["Part I","Title IX","Chapter 59"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter59/Section38","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:54Z","sha256":"5bdc93bed3f174a0bed15d2de08d114bf9f82c80d9cefa6e097256144e2a7355","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-59-37","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-59-38a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}