§ 12-154 — Proceedings against collector for failure to pay taxes collected or to perform duties.

If any collector of taxes fails to pay taxes collected within the time limited by law or by the community imposing such tax, any judge of the Superior Court, on application of the selectmen of the town or the committee of the municipal district imposing such tax, shall grant an execution against the estate of such collector, of the same form and to be levied in the same manner as executions in civil actions. If any collector of taxes fails to perform the duties of his appointment, any judge of the Superior Court, on written application of the selectmen of the town, the mayor and alderman of the city, the warden and burgesses of the borough or the committee of the municipal district which laid the taxes, after due notice and hearing, may remove him from office. See Sec. 12-168 re indemnification of tax collector in the absence of negligence or wilful misconduct.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 1835; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 48; P.A. 74-183, S. 192, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 168, 681; P.A. 81-410, S. 2; P.A. 13-276, S. 28.) History: 1959 act placed authority to grant execution in circuit court judge rather than justice of the peace; 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; P.A. 81-410 deleted reference to execution against the body; P.A. 13-276 changed “collect and pay the same” to “pay taxes collected”. Collector in default committed to jail without trial. 65 C. 30. Town, not collector, owns money; presumption that checks accepted by him were cashed. 73 C. 95.