Connecticut § 12-48 - Tenant for life or years to list property.
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§ 12-48. Tenant for life or years to list property.
Sec. 12-48. Tenant for life or years to list property. When one is entitled to the ultimate enjoyment of real or personal estate liable to taxation, and another is entitled to the use of the same as an estate for life or for a term of years by gift or devise and not by contract, such estate shall be set in the list of the party in the immediate possession or use thereof, except when it is specially provided otherwise. Real estate so held shall be charged with the payment of any tax laid upon it, and the community laying such tax, or the tax collector or other authorized officer thereof, may collect or secure such tax in any manner provided by law for collection or securing of taxes on real estate; provided, upon the failure of the life tenant or person in immediate possession or use of such real estate to pay any tax laid upon it, the person or persons entitled to the ultimate enjoyment of such real estate may pay such tax and shall be subrogated to all the rights and remedies of the community laying the same for the collection or securing of such tax.
(1949 Rev., S. 1725; 1953, S. 1038d.)
Land in possession of tenant by curtesy should be listed in his name while wife's estate is in settlement. 67 C. 272. Provision construed. 74 C. 94. Cited. 109 C. 390. Where manufacturer had right to possession and use of materials, title to which had passed to federal government under terms of procurement contracts, such property was not taxable to plaintiff manufacturer. 156 C. 33.
Cited. 4 CA 633.
Lien on real property in name of life tenant, who acquired from one who acquired by devise, is valid. 9 CS 280. Owner who conveyed property but reserved life estate for herself was liable for taxes; statute must be construed as if there were a comma after the words “an estate for life”. 35 CS 101.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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