Connecticut § 26-199 - Recording of transfers.
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§ 26-199. Recording of transfers.
Sec. 26-199. Recording of transfers. All transfers of title to oyster grounds within state jurisdiction shall be recorded in the record books of said Commissioner of Agriculture. The person making such transfer shall cause such record to be made forthwith or, in lieu thereof, shall forthwith give written notice of such transfer to said commissioner, stating the date thereof, the name of the transferee and the description of the grounds affected thereby. Upon the failure to make such record or to give such notice, the person making such transfer shall be deemed, for all purposes of taxation, to be the owner thereof notwithstanding such transfer and shall pay all such taxes as may be laid on such land by said commissioner at any time before such record has been made or such notice given; and such tax shall be a lien on such grounds.
(1949 Rev., S. 5028; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 337; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
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