Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-173
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Sec. 12-173. Certificate continuing lien. Discharge. Valid notice.
Official statutory text
(b) A certificate continuing a tax lien under this section, filed in a timely manner, provides valid notice of the continuance of the lien to a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer if the recorded certificate is sufficient to place a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer on notice of the existence and extent of that lien, notwithstanding any error, irregularity or omission in that certificate. A certificate that erroneously states the amount due provides valid notice to a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer up to the amount stated or the amount actually due, whichever is less.
See Sec. 7-34a re town clerks' fees.
Certificate for tax assessed on building alone not invalid for including land also. 51 C. 259. Certificate must give data showing correct amount of tax itself. 67 C. 528. Must include all land subject to one tax. 74 C. 94. Certificate must not include tax on personal property. 90 C. 312. Power of legislature to cure invalidity in tax lien by retrospective validating act. Id., 315. Cited. 101 C. 389; 103 C. 261; 104 C. 547. Certificate not invalid though written directly into land records by town clerk who subsequently obtained tax collector's signature; tax lien as breach of covenant of warranty. 107 C. 136. Cited. 192 C. 653.
Cited. 11 CA 308.
Cited. 38 CS 722.
See Sec. 7-34a re town clerks' fees.
Certificate for tax assessed on building alone not invalid for including land also. 51 C. 259. Certificate must give data showing correct amount of tax itself. 67 C. 528. Must include all land subject to one tax. 74 C. 94. Certificate must not include tax on personal property. 90 C. 312. Power of legislature to cure invalidity in tax lien by retrospective validating act. Id., 315. Cited. 101 C. 389; 103 C. 261; 104 C. 547. Certificate not invalid though written directly into land records by town clerk who subsequently obtained tax collector's signature; tax lien as breach of covenant of warranty. 107 C. 136. Cited. 192 C. 653.
Cited. 11 CA 308.
Cited. 38 CS 722.
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