{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-59-53","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, § 53","heading":"Tax lists; commitment; warrants; collector of taxes","body":"Section 53. The assessors shall, within a reasonable time, commit the tax list with their warrant to the collector of taxes, and, if there is a fire, water, light or improvement district in the town, they shall commit to him a separate list and warrant for the district taxes. If no collector has been chosen, they shall commit such list with their warrants, to a constable; or, if there is no constable, to the sheriff or his deputy; but the assessors of a town shall not commit a tax list to the collector until the bonds of such collector and of the town treasurer have been given and approved as required by law.","path":["Part I","Title IX","Chapter 59"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter59/Section53","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:54Z","sha256":"d3375be5d23064a24052063fe7714524497612d41c62799a3d46e35b9a29025e","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-59-52c","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-59-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}