2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 12 - Taxation
Chapter 223 - Real Estate Conveyance Tax
Section 12-504c - Excepted transfers. Change of ownership requirements.

(a) The provisions of section 12-504a shall not be applicable to the following: (1) Transfers of land resulting from eminent domain proceedings; (2) mortgage deeds; (3) deeds to or by the United States of America, state of Connecticut or any political subdivision or agency thereof; (4) strawman deeds and deeds that correct, modify, supplement or confirm a deed previously recorded; (5) deeds between spouses and parent and child when no consideration is received, except that a subsequent nonexempt transfer by the grantee in such cases shall be subject to the provisions of said section 12-504a as it would be if the grantor were making such nonexempt transfer; (6) tax deeds; (7) deeds of foreclosure; (8) deeds of partition; (9) deeds made pursuant to a merger of a corporation; (10) deeds made by a subsidiary corporation to its parent corporation for no consideration other than the cancellation or surrender of the capital stock of such subsidiary; (11) property transferred as a result of death when no consideration is received and in such transfer the date of acquisition or classification of the land for purposes of sections 12-504a to 12-504f, inclusive, or section 12-107g, whichever is earlier, shall be the date of acquisition or classification by the decedent; (12) deeds to any corporation, trust or other entity, of land to be held in perpetuity for educational, scientific, aesthetic or other equivalent passive uses, provided such corporation, trust or other entity has received a determination from the Internal Revenue Service that contributions to it are deductible under applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code; (13) land subject to a covenant specifically set forth in the deed transferring title to such land, which covenant is enforceable by the town in which such land is located, to refrain from selling, transferring or developing such land in a manner inconsistent with its classification as farm land pursuant to section 12-107c, forest land pursuant to section 12-107d, open space land pursuant to section 12-107e or maritime heritage land pursuant to section 12-107g, for a period of not less than eight years from the date of transfer, if such covenant is violated the conveyance tax set forth in this chapter shall be applicable at the rate multiplied by the market value as determined by the assessor which would have been applicable at the date the deed containing the covenant was delivered and, in addition, the town or any taxpayer therein may commence an action to enforce such covenant; (14) land the development rights to which have been sold to the state under chapter 422a; and (15) deeds to or from any limited liability company when the grantors or grantees are the same individuals as the principals or members of the limited liability company. If action is taken under subdivision (13) of this subsection by a taxpayer, such action shall commence prior to the ninth year following the date of the deed containing such covenant and the town shall be served as a necessary party.

(b) Any person who obtains title to land as a result of a change of ownership enumerated in subsection (a) of this section shall provide notice of such change of ownership to the assessor by completing a form prescribed by (1) the Commissioner of Agriculture if such land is classified as farm land pursuant to section 12-107c or open space land pursuant to section 12-107e; (2) the State Forester if such land is classified as forest land pursuant to section 12-107d; or (3) the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management if such land is classified as maritime heritage land pursuant to section 12-107g. In addition to the notice required under this subsection, any person who obtains title to land classified as forest land shall submit a report issued by a certified forester in accordance with section 12-107d if such a report has not been submitted within ten years prior to the date of the change of ownership.

(c) For any change of ownership enumerated in subsection (a) of this section except subdivision (7), the ten-year period provided under section 12-504a shall not be affected by the date of such change of ownership and shall be measured as follows: (1) For land classified as farm land pursuant to section 12-107c or forest land pursuant to section 12-107d, such period shall be measured from the date on which such land was classified as farm land or forest land or the date on which the transferor acquired title to such farm land or forest land, whichever is earlier; and (2) for land classified as open space land pursuant to section 12-107e or maritime heritage land pursuant to section 12-107g, such period shall be measured from the date on which such land was classified as open space land or maritime heritage land.

(1972, P.A. 152, S. 3; P.A. 73-585, S. 1; P.A. 99-173, S. 50, 65; P.A. 05-190, S. 7; P.A. 07-127, S. 7; P.A. 14-33, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 73-585 added Subdivs. (l) and (m) exempting deeds of land to be held in perpetuity for educational, scientific, aesthetic, etc. purposes and land subject to covenant; P.A. 99-173 added Subdiv. (n) re land the development rights to which have been sold to the state under chapter 422a, effective June 23, 1999, and applicable to transfers made on or after July 1, 1999; P.A. 05-190 replaced alphabetic subdivision designators with numeric designators, deleted former provision re deeds releasing property which is security for debt or other obligation, added new Subdiv. (7) exempting deeds of foreclosure, amended Subdiv. (11) to limit provisions to transfers when no consideration is given, amended Subdiv. (13) to provide that the applicable tax shall be determined at a rate multiplied by the market value as determined by the assessor, added Subdiv. (15) exempting deeds to or from limited liability companies under certain conditions, added provision re action taken under Subdiv. (13) to commence prior to ninth year following date of deed, and made technical changes throughout, effective July 1, 2005, and applicable to sales, transfers or changes in use of land classified as farm land, forest land or open space land that occur on or after that date; P.A. 07-127 added references to Sec. 12-107g and maritime heritage land in Subdivs. (11) and (13), effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 14-33 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by changing “husband and wife” to “spouses” and by making technical changes, and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re changes of ownership, effective October 1, 2014, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after that date.

Cited. 176 C. 613; 226 C. 407.

Cited. 18 CA 608.

Cited. 32 CS 82.