Tax Collector

The Tax Office collects a variety of bills, taxes, registrations, and assessments. The Tax Collector is an elected position with a 4-year term.

DMV:

DMV Releases: If delinquent motor vehicle taxes are paid online or with a personal check it will take 5 full business days for registration privileges to be restored.

If delinquent motor vehicle taxes are paid in cash or with certified funds, you will be granted a DMV release overnight. Immediate releases will NOT be given.

MILL RATE:

THE TAX OFFICE COLLECTS A VARIETY OF BILLS, REAL ESTATE TAXES, MOTOR VEHICLE, PERSONAL PROPERTY, SEWER USAGE & WATERLINE ASSESSMENTS, AND AIRCRAFT REGISTRATIONS. 

• Real Estate, Motor Vehicle, and Personal Property bills are mailed in late June and are due no later than August 1st.

• Aircraft are registered in the month of September.

• Sewer use bills are mailed October 1st and due November 1st. 

• Sewer payments require a seperate check if also paying a seperate tax or assessment. 

• Supplemental Motor Vehicle bills are mailed mid-December and are due no later than February 1st.

• Please do not post date checks.

• Please do not use staples.

• Yes, you can write one check for all your tax bills (Sewer must be a seperate check).

• Per State Statute 12-130 failure to have received a bill does not exempt the taxpayer from taxes or interest charge.

• Interest can not be waived.

• U.S. postmark date is used to determine interest.

• Past due taxes must be paid before current taxes. The oldest list year is paid first (CGS12-146) except for prior years that are in litigation or predate a pending bankruptcy.

• Concerning tax types within a given year; Unless the taxpayer indicates otherwise, payments are to be applied first to personal property, then to motor vehicle (regular or supplemental, whichever is older), then to real estate (CGS12-143).

• Any payment received will be applied to interest, liens & fees first, then tax.(CGS 12-144b)