Connecticut § 13a-78 Lien for assessed benefits.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 13a-78 — Lien for assessed benefits.

Connecticut § 13a-78

Title 13aHighways and Bridges

Ch. 238Highway Construction and Maintenance

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13a-78 (2026).

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The amount of benefits assessed by the commissioner under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 13a-73 or reassessed by the court shall constitute a lien upon the land against which such benefits were assessed from the date such assessment was filed with the clerk of the Superior Court until the amount thereof has been paid by the owner of such land to the state, with interest at six per cent per annum, which interest shall commence to accrue from the date of the filing of such assessment. No such lien shall continue against such land unless notice of the same is filed by the commissioner in the town clerk's office in the town in which such land is located, within sixty days after the filing of such assessment or after the acceptance by the court of such reassessment. The provisions 

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The amount of benefits assessed by the commissioner under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 13a-73 or reassessed by the court shall constitute a lien upon the land against which such benefits were assessed from the date such assessment was filed with the clerk of the Superior Court until the amount thereof has been paid by the owner of such land to the state, with interest at six per cent per annum, which interest shall commence to accrue from the date of the filing of such assessment. No such lien shall continue against such land unless notice of the same is filed by the commissioner in the town clerk's office in the town in which such land is located, within sixty days after the filing of such assessment or after the acceptance by the court of such reassessment. The provisions of this section, subsection (b) of section 13a-73 and sections 13a-74 and 13a-76 shall not apply in the case of any layout, extension, alteration, widening, change of grade or other improvement for which any town, city, borough or corporation is liable to pay to the owner any damages or to receive from the owner any benefits except as provided in this part.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 2265; November, 1955, S. N158; 1957, P.A. 383, S. 1; 1958 Rev., S. 13-146; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 78.) History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history. Cited. 113 C. 653; 125 C. 417; 127 C. 464; 129 C. 250; 149 C. 213. Determination of benefits, if any, to be made specifically by the commissioner in the first instance. 176 C. 391. Cited. 8 CS 397; 11 CS 39; 17 CS 47.