2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 12 - Taxation
Chapter 204 - Local Levy and Collection of Taxes
Section 12-164 - Tax uncollectible after fifteen years. Interest on improvement liens.

(a) No payment of taxes shall be enforced by any collector or other proper officer against any person, persons or corporation against which they are respectively levied except within fifteen years after the due date of the tax. The provisions of this section shall be retroactive. The fifteen-year limitation shall not apply to improvement liens except those which have been released of record prior to July 18, 1945. Collectors shall compute interest on improvement liens for a period of not more than fifteen years, and at a rate, after July 18, 1945, and retroactively, not exceeding twelve per cent per annum, any provision of any special act to the contrary notwithstanding. The term “improvement lien” as used herein includes municipal liens for repairs and services.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, liens filed under the provisions of section 12-129n shall be valid without any limitation of time.

(1949 Rev., S. 1845; 1969, P.A. 583, S. 1; P.A. 76-322, S. 1, 27; P.A. 99-283, S. 6, 10.)

History: 1969 act increased interest rate from 6% to 9% per year; P.A. 76-322 increased interest rate to 12%; P.A. 99-233 added new Subsec. (b) re time for validity of liens filed under Sec. 12-129n and designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a).