Sec. 12-159a. Court orders in actions contesting validity of collector's deed. Lien.
Sec. 12-159a. Court orders in actions contesting validity of collector's deed.
Lien. (a) In any action brought to prove the invalidity of a collector's deed, other than
an action based on fraud, the court shall, if the complaining party is successful, order
the complaining party to pay to the tax collector or to the person or persons claiming
an interest pursuant to such deed, (1) amounts representing taxes, interest and other
charges lawfully due from the complaining party at the time of such tax sale with interest
from the date of such tax sale at the rate provided in section 12-157, and (2) the reasonable
costs of payment of taxes, insurance premiums, repairs, maintenance and demolition of
any structures constituting a nuisance, and the fair market value of any capital improvements made to the property by such persons, with interest at the rate provided in section
37-3a computed from the time of such expenditure or improvement.
(b) Any person entitled to payments pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall,
upon the recording of a certificate of judgment lien, be entitled to a lien on such property.
The priority of such lien shall be, in the case of the amounts described in subdivision
(1) of said subsection (a), prior to all other interests except taxes, and, in the case of the
amounts described in subdivision (2) of said subsection (a), such priority as rules of law
and principles of equity provide.
(c) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall prohibit the court from awarding
the complaining party any damages which may be proven. Any damages awarded shall
be reduced by the amounts described in said subsection (a).
(P.A. 95-228, S. 7, 15.)
History: P.A. 95-228 effective July 6, 1995, and applicable to tax sale notices which are posted, filed or published on
and after that date.