Section 36. This chapter shall apply only to property or interests therein passing or accruing upon the death of persons dying on or after May fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty, and as to all property and interests therein passing or accruing upon the death of persons who have died prior to said date the laws theretofore applicable shall remain in force; but so much of this chapter as relates to property or interests therein passing by deed, grant or gift completed inter vivos in contemplation of death shall apply only to such deeds, grants or gifts made on or after May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and twenty.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 65 - Taxation of Legacies and Successions
Section 1 - Subjects of Taxation; Rates; Exceptions
Section 3 - Gifts, etc., in Contemplation of Death
Section 6 - Persons Liable for Taxes
Section 7 - Time and Manner of Payment
Section 9 - Lien for Tax; Exempt Property; Discharge, Etc.
Section 12 - Payment of Tax Out of Capital, Not Income
Section 13 - Basis of Assessment
Section 14 - Advance Payment of Tax
Section 15 - Security for Payment of Tax
Section 16 - Taxation of Property Given to Executors or Trustees in Lieu of Compensation
Section 17 - Duties of Executor or Administrator Holding Taxable Property; Collection of Tax
Section 18 - Legacies Payable Out of Realty; Payment of Tax
Section 19 - Taxation of Money Designated for Payment of Tax
Section 21 - Selling Real Estate for Payment of Tax
Section 22 - Duties of Administrator; Inventory; Time for Filing, Fee and Extension of Time
Section 23 - Allowance of Final Account; Payment of Tax as Condition Precedent
Section 24 - Allowance of Final Account in Estates With Future Interests
Section 24a - ''death Tax,'' Defined
Section 24b - Estates of Non-Residents; Filing Proof of Payment of Foreign Death Taxes
Section 24d - Non-Resident's Estates; Final Accounting; Conditions
Section 24e - Applicability of Sections Relating to Non-Residents
Section 24f - Liberal Construction of Sections Relating to Non-Residents
Section 25 - Determination of Value by Commissioner
Section 26 - Alteration of Valuation; Appeal
Section 27a - Abatement of Tax; Hearing; Decision; Notice; Scope of Remedy
Section 29 - Penalty for Refusing to Furnish Information to Commissioner
Section 30 - Jurisdiction and Procedure of Probate Court.
Section 31 - Enforcement of Tax Lien on Realty
Section 32 - Unpaid Taxes; Procedure for Recovery
Section 33a - Ten Year Assessment and Collection; Five Year Notice of Death or Accrual
Section 35a - Fees for Issuing Documents, Certificates, etc.; Disposition