Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-112 (2026)

Limit of time for appeals

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No appeal from the doings of the assessors in any town shall be heard or entertained by the board of assessment appeals unless referred to it at one of its meetings during the month of September in the case of an appeal related to motor vehicle assessment or unless written appeal is made on or before February twentieth in accordance with the provisions of section 12-111.

(1949 Rev., S. 1795; 1953, S. 1072d; 1957, P.A. 263, S. 2; P.A. 79-412, S. 2, 3; P.A. 90-230, S. 18, 101; P.A. 95-283, S. 51, 68.)

History: P.A. 79-412 included reference to September meeting for motor vehicle assessment appeals, effective June 12, 1979, and applicable to assessment list in any town for 1979 and any assessment list thereafter; P.A. 90-230 made a technical correction; P.A. 95-283 changed name of board of tax review to board of assessment appeals, deleted the requirement for February meeting and added provision re written appeal by February twentieth in accordance with Sec. 12-111, effective July 6, 1995.

Appearance by attorney, with request that board adjourn to house of ill taxpayer, considered. 90 C. 159. Negligent failure of taxpayer to use accessible means to learn of mistake precludes action to recover taxes paid. 117 C. 394. Cited. 130 C. 702; 158 C. 138; 195 C. 587. Subsequent title holder has no greater rights to challenge prior assessment than were possessed by its immediate assignor or by any prior assignee from the owner of a property at the time of assessment. 249 C. 1.

Cited. 13 CA 584; 29 CA 97. Filing of an appeal of the valuation of real property that is received after the February twentieth statutory deadline is timely when such deadline falls on a day when the municipal office is closed. 223 CA 333.

Provides for speedy determination. 4 CS 391. Cited. 6 CS 505.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2024 · leading case: Stepney Pond Estates, Ltd. v. Town of Monroe, 797 A.2d 494 (Conn. 2002).
Stepney Pond Estates, Ltd. v. Town of Monroe, 797 A.2d 494 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 3× “” General Statutes § 12-112 provides: “No appeal from the doings of the assessors in any town shall be heard or entertained by the board of assessment appeals unless referred to it at one of its meetings during the month of September in the case of an appeal related to motor…”
City of Danbury v. Dana Inv. Corp., 730 A.2d 1128 (Conn. 1999). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 12-112 provides: “Limit of time for appeals.”
Town of Redding v. Elfire, LLC, 812 A.2d 211 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 12-117a provides in relevant part: “Any person .”
Finizie v. City of Bridgeport, 880 F. Supp. 89 (D. Conn. 1995). · cites it 2× “Conn.Gen.Stat. § 12-112. A taxpayer who claims to be aggrieved by the board’s findings is entitled to a de novo review of the decision by the superior court under Conn.”
Trap Falls Realty Holding Ltd. P'ship v. Bd. of Tax Review of Shelton, 612 A.2d 814 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992). · cites it 2× “” *99 The plaintiffs filed their appeal to the defendant board on February 26,1991, pursuant to General Statutes § 12-112. The defendant decided the appeal that .”
SG Pequot 200, LLC v. Fairfield, 223 Conn. App. 333 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 5× “’’ Pursuant further to statute (§ 12-112), ‘‘[n]o appeal from the doings of the assessors in any town shall be heard or entertained by the board of assessment appeals .”
Karen Ann Hartley (Bankr. D. Conn. 2020). · cites it 2× “Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-112 . The Board may resolve an appeal with or without a hearing.”
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