[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Editor's Note: This Article also superseded former Ch. 44, Deeds of Release and Redeemed Real Estate, derived from Ch. 3, Sec. 1, of the 1992 Town of Abington Bylaws.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.]