Sec. 12-498. Exempt transactions.
Sec. 12-498. Exempt transactions. (a) The tax imposed by section 12-494 shall
not apply to: (1) Deeds which this state is prohibited from taxing under the Constitution
or laws of the United States; (2) deeds which secure a debt or other obligation; (3) deeds
to which this state or any of its political subdivisions or its or their respective agencies
is a party; (4) tax deeds; (5) deeds of release of property which is security for a debt or
other obligation; (6) deeds of partition; (7) deeds made pursuant to mergers of corporations; (8) deeds made by a subsidiary corporation to its parent corporation for no consideration other than the cancellation or surrender of the subsidiary's stock; (9) deeds made
pursuant to a decree of the Superior Court under section 46b-81, 49-24 or 52-495; (10)
deeds, when the consideration for the interest or property conveyed is less than two
thousand dollars; (11) deeds between affiliated corporations, provided both of such
corporations are exempt from taxation pursuant to paragraph (2), (3) or (25) of Section
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal
revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended; (12) deeds made by
a corporation which is exempt from taxation pursuant to paragraph (3) of Section 501(c)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue
code of the United States, as from time to time amended, to any corporation which is
exempt from taxation pursuant to said paragraph (3) of said Section 501(c); (13) deeds
made to any nonprofit organization which is organized for the purpose of holding undeveloped land in trust for conservation or recreation purposes; (14) deeds between
spouses; (15) deeds of property for the Adriaen's Landing site or the stadium facility
site, for purposes of the overall project, each as defined in section 32-651; (16) land
transfers made on or after July 1, 1998, to a water company, as defined in section 16-1, provided the land is classified as class I or class II land, as defined in section 25-37c,
after such transfer; (17) transfers or conveyances to effectuate a mere change of identity
or form of ownership or organization, where there is no change in beneficial ownership;
and (18) conveyances of residential property which occur not later than six months after
the date on which the property was previously conveyed to the transferor if the transferor
is (A) an employer which acquired the property from an employee pursuant to an employee relocation plan, or (B) an entity in the business of purchasing and selling residential property of employees who are being relocated pursuant to such a plan.
(b) The tax imposed by subdivision (1) of section 12-494 shall not apply to (1) deeds
of the principal residence of any person approved for assistance under section 12-129b
or 12-170aa for the current assessment year of the municipality in which such person
resides or to any such transfer which occurs within fifteen months of the completion of
any municipal assessment year for which such person qualified for such assistance; (2)
deeds of property located in an area designated as an enterprise zone in accordance with
section 32-70; (3) deeds of property located in an entertainment district designated under
section 32-76 or established under section 2 of public act 93-311*.
(1967, P.A. 693, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 158, S. 1; P.A. 85-159, S. 10, 19; 85-469, S. 4-6; 85-480, S. 2, 3; P.A. 87-281, S. 1,
2; 87-586, S. 8, 12; P.A. 89-205, S. 2; P.A. 90-315, S. 4, 6; P.A. 91-403, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-311, S. 4, 8; 93-389, S. 6, 7; Sept.
Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 30, 35; P.A. 94-247, S. 3, 8; P.A. 98-157, S. 2, 15; 98-244, S. 22, 35; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S.
31, 43; P.A. 99-231, S. 1; 99-241, S. 55, 66; P.A. 00-140, S. 23, 40; P.A. 04-154, S. 1.)
*Note: Section 2 of public act 93-311 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force
and effect according to its terms.
History: 1971 act deleted Subdivs. (4) and (5) exempting deeds which confirm, correct, modify or supplement previously
recorded deed and deeds between husband and wife or parent and child, renumbering subsequent subdivisions accordingly;
P.A. 85-159 added Subsec. (b) re exemption from the state portion of the tax for certain transfers by elderly person approved
under state property tax relief programs, effective May 16, 1985, and applicable to conveyances occurring on or after July
1, 1985; P.A. 85-469 added Subsec. (a)(9) to (13), inclusive, exempting conveyances of interest in property pursuant to
court order, certificates of devise or distribution and certain transfers or assignments of interest with no consideration from
tax and changed effective date of P.A. 85-159 but without affecting this section; P.A. 85-480 added the following language
before the colon, "any sale or transfer of an interest in real property under any of the following instruments of conveyance";
P.A. 87-281 added Subsec. (c) providing for exemption from conveyance tax with respect to any transfer of an interest in
real property in which the purchase price for the interest conveyed is less than $2,000, effective June 9, 1987, and applicable
to conveyances occurring on or after July 1, 1987; P.A. 87-586 inserted a technical change in Subsec. (b) by replacing the
reference to repealed Sec. 12-170a with reference to Sec. 12-170aa; P.A. 89-205 made technical changes including elimination of the reference to exemption from tax for deeds recorded prior to January 1, 1968, which date was applicable upon
the initial imposition of tax and is now redundant and revision of the description of exempt transfers involving governmental
entities; P.A. 90-315 added Subsec. (a)(14) providing exemption from tax with respect to transfers by a corporation affiliated
with the corporation to which such transfer is made, provided both corporations are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code and either corporation owns or controls 100% of the capital stock of the other corporation, effective
June 12, 1990, and applicable to conveyances of real property occurring on or after July 1, 1990; P.A. 91-403 amended
Subsec. (a)(14), re transfers between affiliated 501(c) corporations, to expand coverage of exemption to paragraphs (2)
and (25), as well as paragraph (3), corporations and added Subsecs. (15)and (16) re transfers between 501(c) corporations
and re transfers to land trust organizations, effective July 1, 1991, and applicable to conveyances occurring on or after that
date; P.A. 93-311 added Subsec. (b)(3) exempting deeds of property located in an entertainment district, effective July 1,
1993; P.A. 93-389 amended Subsec. (a)(11) by deleting exemption for transfers for no consideration between spouses and
added Subsec. (a)(17) to exempt all transfers between spouses, effective July 1, 1993, and applicable to conveyances of
real property on or after that date; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 added Subsec. (a)(18) to exempt all transfers for the stadium
facility site or the practice facility site, effective September 28, 1993; P.A. 94-247 amended Subsec. (b) to apply exemption
to transfers of property in entertainment districts established pursuant to Sec. 2 of public act 93-311, effective June 9, 1994;
P.A. 98-157 amended Subsec. (a) to add an exemption for certain land transfers to water companies, effective July 1, 1998;
P.A. 98-244 amended section to remove filing requirement when matters that are not deeds, instruments or writings are
assigned, transferred or conveyed and when deeds, instruments or writings are conveyed for no consideration; Dec. Sp.
Sess. P.A. 98-1 amended Subsec. (a)(15) to add site of NFL pavilion and training facility, effective January 12, 1999; P.A.
99-231 added new Subsec. (a)(17) re transfers which effectuate a mere change of identity or form of ownership or organization with no change in beneficial ownership, effective October 1, 1999, and applicable to transfers made on or after said
date; P.A. 99-241 amended Subsec. (a)(15) to delete stadium facility site, the site of the NFL pavilion and training facility
site and add convention center site, sportsplex site and parking facilities site, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-140 amended
Subsec. (a)(15) to delete references to former convention center site, sportsplex site and parking facilities site and add
references to the Adriaen's Landing site and the stadium facility site, effective May 2, 2000; P.A. 04-154 added Subsec.
(a)(18) re exemption for conveyances pursuant to employee relocations, effective July 1, 2004, and applicable to conveyances occurring on or after that date.
Cited. 31 CS 154.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (14) cited. 228 C. 375. Subdiv. (15) cited. Id.