Connecticut General Statutes 12-71c – Pro rata credit for property tax on motor vehicle when sold, totally damaged, stolen or registered in another state; time limit for claim
(a) Any person who is liable for property tax in any assessment year in respect to a motor vehicle which in such assessment year is (1) sold by such person with ownership thereof transferred to the purchaser, (2) totally damaged, (3) stolen from such person and not recovered or (4) removed from this state and registered in another state by such person who concurrently ceases to be a resident of this state, shall be entitled to a property tax credit in the town in which such person is liable for property tax in respect to such motor vehicle to be applied against any property tax for which such person is liable in such town in the assessment year in which such motor vehicle is sold, damaged, stolen or removed and registered as provided in this section, or in the assessment year next following. Such property tax credit shall be a pro rata portion of the tax payable in respect to such motor vehicle for the assessment year in which it is so sold, damaged, stolen or removed and registered to be determined by a ratio, the numerator of which shall be the number of full months from the date such motor vehicle is so sold, damaged, stolen or removed and registered, to the first day of October next succeeding and the denominator of which shall be twelve, provided (1) such credit shall not be allowed in such assessment year next following if property tax paid in respect to such motor vehicle, for the assessment year in which such motor vehicle is so sold, damaged, stolen or removed and registered, is allowed in reduction of property tax due in respect to another motor vehicle replacing such motor vehicle as provided under subsection (b) of section 12-71b or (2) in the event such credit is allowed in the assessment year in which such motor vehicle is so sold, damaged, stolen or removed and registered, the property tax paid in respect to such motor vehicle for such assessment year shall not be allowed in reduction of property tax due in respect to another motor vehicle replacing such motor vehicle as provided under subsection (b) of section 12-71b.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-71c
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Assessor: means the person responsible for establishing property assessments for purposes of a town's grand list and includes a board of assessors. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-62
- person: means any individual, partnership, company, limited liability company, public or private corporation, society, association, trustee, executor, administrator or other fiduciary or custodian. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-1
- succeeding: when used by way of reference to any section or sections, mean the section or sections next preceding, next following or next succeeding, unless some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Town: means any town, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-62
(b) Any person claiming a property tax credit with respect to a motor vehicle in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall file with the assessor in the town in which such person is entitled to such property tax credit, documentation satisfactory to the assessor concerning the sale, total damage, theft or removal and registration of such motor vehicle. For assessment years commencing prior to October 1, 2024, such documentation shall be filed not later than the thirty-first day of December immediately following the end of the assessment year which next follows the assessment year in which such motor vehicle was sold, damaged, stolen or removed and registered. For assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2024, such documentation shall be filed not later than three years after the date upon which such tax was due and payable for such motor vehicle. Failure to file such claim and documentation as prescribed herein shall constitute a waiver of the right to such property tax credit.