Why is my Real Estate and/or Personal Property tax bill still in the former owners’ name?

Massachusetts general law requires that the tax bills must be sent to the owner of record as of January 1st of the previous year. This means if your deed was recorded after January 1, 2014, the fiscal year 2015 tax bill would be in the former owner’s name since they were the owner of record as of January 1, 2011. In many cases this bill will be sent to or forwarded to the former owner if an in-care-of has not been added to the tax bill. All address changes are handled in the Assessor's Office. Please make sure the Assessor’s office has your correct mailing information.