Connecticut General Statutes 12-504f – Classification of land classified as farm, forest, open space or maritime heritage land personal to owner. Certificate of classification
The tax assessor shall file annually with the town clerk a certificate for any land that has been classified as farm land pursuant to § 12-107c, as forest land pursuant to § 12-107d, as open space land pursuant to § 12-107e or as maritime heritage land pursuant to § 12-107g, which certificate shall set forth the date of the initial classification and the obligation to pay the conveyance tax imposed by this chapter. Such certificate shall be filed not later than sixty days after the assessment date, except that in a year in which revaluation required under § 12-62 becomes effective, such certificate shall be filed not later than January thirty-first following the assessment date. Such certificate shall be recorded in the land records of such town. Any such classification of land shall be deemed personal to the particular owner who requests such classification and shall not run with the land. The town clerk shall notify the tax assessor of the filing in the land records of the sale of any such land. Upon receipt of such notice the tax assessor shall inform the new owner of the tax benefits of classification of such land as farm land, forest land, open space land or maritime heritage land.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-504f
- farm: includes farm buildings, and accessory buildings thereto, nurseries, orchards, ranges, greenhouses, hoophouses and other temporary structures or other structures used primarily for the raising and, as an incident to ordinary farming operations, the sale of agricultural or horticultural commodities. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.