Massachusetts General Laws ch. 59 sec. 65C – Late appeals
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Section 65C. If a person has, by reason of the failure of the board of assessors to act upon an application for abatement, a right of appeal to the appellate tax board under section sixty-five but the board of assessors failed to send written notice of such inaction to the applicant within ten days as provided in section sixty-three and by mistake or accident such person fails to enter such appeal in said board within the time prescribed by section sixty-five, said board, upon petition filed within two months after the appeal should have been entered, and after notice and hearing, and upon terms, may allow such person to enter his appeal.
Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 59 sec. 65C
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.