(a)(1) Notices of liens upon real property for taxes payable to the United States and notices of liens upon real property for costs and damages payable to the United States, and certificates and notices affecting such liens shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the town in which the real property subject to a federal tax lien or other federal lien is situated. (2) Notices of liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for taxes payable to the United States and for costs and damages payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting such liens shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State in accordance with subsection (a) of section 42a-9-516.
(b) Certification by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or said secretary's delegate of notices of liens, certificates or other notices affecting tax liens or other federal liens entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification or acknowledgment is necessary.
(c) (1) If a notice of federal tax lien or other federal lien, a refiling of a notice of tax lien or other federal lien or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subdivision (2) of this subsection is presented to the filing officer and (A) the filing officer is the Secretary of the State, said secretary shall cause the notice to be marked, held and indexed in accordance with the provisions of section 42a-9-519 as if the notice were a financing statement within the meaning of that section; or (B) the filing officer is a town clerk, such town clerk shall endorse thereon such town clerk's identification and the date and time of receipt and forthwith record it in accordance with section 42a-9-519. (2) If a certificate of release, nonattachment, discharge or subordination of any tax lien or other federal lien is presented to the Secretary of the State for filing, said secretary shall (A) cause a certificate of release or nonattachment to be marked, held and indexed as if the certificate were a termination statement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, and (B) cause a certificate of discharge or subordination to be held, marked and indexed as if the certificate were a release of collateral within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code. (3) If a refiled notice of federal tax lien or other federal lien referred to in subdivision (1) of this subsection or any of the certificates or notices referred to in subsection (b) of this section is presented for filing with any other filing officer specified in subsection (a) of this section, such filing officer shall record it in accordance with section 42a-9-519 if the original was recorded or, if the original was filed, permanently attach the refiled notice or the certificate to the original notice of lien and enter the refiled notice or the certificate with the date of filing in any alphabetical federal tax lien index or other federal lien index on the line where the original notice of lien is entered. (4) Upon request of any person, the filing officer shall issue a certificate showing whether there is on file, on the date and hour stated therein, any notice of federal tax lien or other federal lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien, filed on or after July 1, 1967, naming a particular person, and if a notice or certificate is on file, giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate. The fee for such a certificate and for a copy of any notice of federal tax lien or other federal lien or notice or certificate affecting a federal tax lien or other federal lien shall be computed in accordance with section 42a-9-525.
(d) Except as provided by subsection (a) of section 42a-9-525, the fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the tax lien or other federal lien is: (1) For a tax lien or other federal lien on real estate, as provided in section 7-34a; (2) for a tax lien on tangible and intangible personal property, three dollars; (3) for all other notices, including a certificate of release, discharge, subordination or nonattachment, one dollar.
(1967, P.A. 456, S. 1–6; P.A. 87-589, S. 59, 87; P.A. 88-159, S. 1, 11; P.A. 90-117, S. 3; P.A. 01-132, S. 173; P.A. 05-288, S. 169.)
History: P.A. 87-589 made provisions applicable to all federal liens and deleted Subsecs. (e) and (f) concerning references to uniform law; P.A. 88-159 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 42a-9-403(1) and amended Subsec. (d) by adding reference to Sec. 42a-9-403(5); P.A. 90-117 amended Subsec. (c)(2) to delete provision prohibiting secretary of the state from removing from the files the notice of lien to which a certificate of release or nonattachment relates; P.A. 01-132 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Sec. 42a-9-403(1) with Sec. 42a-9-516(a), amended Subsec. (c) to replace references to Sec. 42a-9-403(4), Sec. 42a-9-409 and Sec. 42a-9-409(2) with Sec. 42a-9-519 and replace reference to Sec. 42a-9-407(2) with Sec. 42a-9-525, amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to Sec. 42a-9-403(5) with Sec. 42a-9-525(a) and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality in Subsecs. (b) and (c); P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec. (c)(1) and (3), effective July 13, 2005.
Former section cited. 23 CS 380.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 49 - Mortgages and Liens
Section 49-32. - Liens in favor of the United States.
Section 49-32a. - Federal liens.
Section 49-33. - Mechanic's lien. Precedence. Rights of subcontractors.
Section 49-34. - Certificate of lien to be recorded and notice given to owner.
Section 49-35. - Notice of intent. Liens of subcontractors and materialmen.
Section 49-35a. - Application for reduction or discharge. Forms. Hearing. Entry fee.
Section 49-35b. - Burden of proof at hearing. Authority of court.
Section 49-35d. - Validation of lien recorded prior to April 22, 1975.
Section 49-36. - Liens limited; apportionment; payments to original contractor.
Section 49-37a. - Lien validated when bond substituted prior to April 22, 1975.
Section 49-38. - Lien on railroad for services or materials in construction.
Section 49-39. - Time limitation of mechanic's lien. Action to foreclose privileged.
Section 49-40. - Record of discharge of mechanic's and judgment liens.
Section 49-40a. - Mechanic's liens expired by limitation of time.
Section 49-41b. - Release of payments on construction projects.
Section 49-41c. - State contractor to make payment to subcontractor within thirty days.
Section 49-42. - Enforcement of right to payment on bond. Suit on bond, procedure and judgment.
Section 49-43. - Certified copies of bonds and contracts for public works.
Section 49-47a. - Form of mechanic's lien foreclosure certificates.
Section 49-49. - When insolvency proceedings set aside lien.
Section 49-51. - Discharge of invalid lien.
Section 49-52. - Pendency of action to foreclose lien on personalty not to be notice.
Section 49-53. - Duty of officer serving process in such action. Record by town clerk.
Section 49-55. - Vessel lien in connection with building, repairing, mooring, dockage or storage.
Section 49-55b. - Form of notice of vessel lien.
Section 49-55c. - Dissolution of lien. Action by person claiming lien.
Section 49-55d. - Obtaining of lien without possession of vessel. Writ of attachment. Judicial sale.
Section 49-56a. - Termination or removal of notice of lien.
Section 49-57. - Form of certificate of lien on vessel.
Section 49-58. - Lien not to exceed contract price.
Section 49-59. - Discharge of liens. Penalty for failure to discharge.
Section 49-60. - Jewelers' liens. Television and radio service dealers' liens.
Section 49-62. - Form of application.
Section 49-63. - Notice of application. Hearing.
Section 49-64. - Form of bond.
Section 49-65. - Dissolution of lien to be recorded.
Section 49-66. - Pleadings may be amended.
Section 49-67. - Limitation of action on bond.
Section 49-68. - Liens of boardinghouse keepers.
Section 49-69. - Liens of hotel keepers.
Section 49-70. - Lien on animals for their keep. Transfer of abandoned animals.
Section 49-71. - Lien of manufacturers on materials.
Section 49-72. - Liens for rates or charges owed to private water company.
Section 49-73a. - Liens on proceeds of fire insurance for outstanding municipal taxes.
Section 49-73c. - Certificate of lien to constitute constructive notice.
Section 49-73e. - Precedence and priority of liens.
Section 49-73f. - Municipal ordinance providing for release or return of insurance proceeds.
Section 49-73g. - Insurance company not to be held liable for payments to municipality.
Section 49-73h. - Applicability of lien provisions.
Section 49-74. - Liens for cleaning, storage and other charges.
Section 49-75. - Sale of property subject to lien for other than storage charges.
Section 49-76. - Sale of property subject to lien for storage charges.
Section 49-77 to 49-85. - Liens of factors on merchandise, generally.
Section 49-86. - Bond in lieu of attachment. Notice of lien.
Section 49-87. - Certificate of dissolution of bond, filing.
Section 49-88. - Duration of lien on real estate. Discharge upon expiration.
Section 49-89. - When judgment lien to date back to notice.
Section 49-92. - Other lien rights not affected. Compliance with other statutes.
Section 49-92a. - Purchaser's lien. Precedence. Foreclosure. Recording of notice.
Section 49-92b. - Dissolution on substitution of bond. Joinder of actions on claim and bond.
Section 49-92c. - Limitation of lien.
Section 49-92d. - Record of discharge.
Section 49-92e. - Action to claim discharge.
Section 49-92f. - Certificate of removal of lien.
Section 49-92g. - Aircraft liens.
Section 49-92i. - Form of notice of aircraft lien.
Section 49-92j. - Dissolution of aircraft lien. Action by person claiming lien.
Section 49-92k. - Discharge of aircraft lien. Penalty for failure to discharge.