2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 45a - Probate Courts and Procedure
Chapter 801b - Probate Court Procedures
Section 45a-107b - Lien on real property for fees imposed in the settlement of decedent’s estate. Release of lien by Probate Court.

(a) The fees imposed under subsections (b), (c) and (d) of section 45a-107 shall be a lien in favor of the state of Connecticut upon any real property located in this state that is included in the basis for fees of the estate of a deceased person, from the due date until paid, with interest that may accrue in addition thereto, except that such lien shall not be valid as against any lienor, mortgagee, judgment creditor or bona fide purchaser until notice of such lien is filed or recorded in the town clerk’s office or place where mortgages, liens and conveyances of such property are required by statute to be filed or recorded.

(b) The Probate Court for the district in which the decedent resided on the date of his or her death or, if the decedent died a nonresident of this state, for the district within which real estate or tangible personal property of the decedent is situated, shall issue a certificate of release of lien for any such real property not later than ten days after receipt of payment in full of such fee and interest thereon. The court may issue a certificate of release of lien for any such real property, or portion thereof, if the court finds that the fee and interest thereon has not been fully paid but that payment is adequately assured. A certificate of release of lien may be recorded in the office of the town clerk within which such real property is situated, and such certificate shall be conclusive proof that the fees have been paid and such lien discharged.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 454.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective July 1, 2015.