Section 16. If an assessment is invalid and has not been paid in full or has been paid under such circumstances that it can be recovered back, it may be reassessed by the board in the amount for which the original assessment ought to have been made, at any time before the expiration of two years from the date of the assessment, if the land has in the meantime been alienated; otherwise at any time before the alienation thereof. Such assessment shall be a lien upon any sum paid on account of the original assessment, and to the extent that it is not thereby satisfied shall be a lien upon the land. It shall be collected in the same manner as an original assessment, and shall in all other respects be subject to this chapter.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIII - Eminent Domain and Betterments
Section 1 - Assessment of Cost of Public Improvements
Section 2 - Assessment Order; Plan and Estimate; Recordation
Section 3 - Surrender of Land Assessed
Section 5 - Petition for Abatement; Filing, Etc.
Section 6 - Filing Petition; Time Limitation; Extension
Section 7 - Appeal to Superior Court
Section 8 - Death of Person Entitled to Petition for Abatement
Section 10 - Appeal to County Commissioners
Section 10a - Petition for Abatement; Procedure on Failure of Board to Act
Section 11 - Contribution by Lessee; Rights and Remedies of Lessee
Section 12 - Lien Status of Assessment; Duration of Lien
Section 13 - Apportionment and Reapportionment
Section 13a - Land Devoid of Structures; Extension of Time for Payment of Assessments
Section 13b - Deferral and Recovery Agreements; Application; Recordation; Lien