Warrants for the collection of taxes may be in the following form:
To A.B., collector of taxes of the (here insert the name of community laying the tax), in the county of ...., greeting: By authority of the state of Connecticut, you are hereby commanded forthwith to collect of each person named in the annexed list his proportion of the same, as therein stated, being a tax laid by (name of community), on the .... day of ...., A.D. 20... And you are to pay the amount of said tax, less abatements, and less taxes the lien for which has been continued by certificate to the treasurer of said (name of the community), on or before the .... day of ...., A.D. 20... And if any person fails to pay his proportion of said tax, upon demand, you are to levy upon his goods and chattels, and dispose of the same as the law directs; and after satisfying said tax and the lawful charges, return the surplus, if any, to him; and if such goods and chattels do not come to your knowledge, you are to levy upon his real estate, and sell enough thereof to pay his tax and the costs of levy, and give to the purchaser a deed thereof.
Dated at .... this .... day of ...., A.D. 20...
A.B.,
Judge of the Superior Court
or Justice of the peace.
(1949 Rev., S. 1815; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 11; 1963, P.A. 471, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 11, S. 1; P.A. 74-183, S. 191, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 167, 681; P.A. 13-276, S. 12.)
History: 1961 act provided that a judge of the circuit court rather than a justice of the peace shall sign the warrant; 1963 act revested authority in justices of the peace; 1971 act deleted provision allowing imprisonment of tax offender; P.A. 74-183 substituted court of common pleas for circuit court; P.A. 76-436 substituted superior court for court of common pleas, effective July 1, 1978; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the references in this section to the date “19..” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium); P.A. 13-276 made a technical change.
The form given need not be strictly pursued. 50 C. 81. Is in the nature of a final execution. 103 C. 260. Cited. 106 C. 230.
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