Connecticut surplus funds recovery

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-157(i) governs municipal tax-sale excess, including escrow, court payment, notice, claims and escheat. After property redemption expires, the tax collector pays remaining excess into Superior Court and gives notice; the taxpayer or qualifying recorded interest holder may apply within 90 days after that payment under § 12-157(i)(2).

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-157(i) governs municipal tax-sale excess, including escrow, court payment, notice, claims and escheat. After property redemption expires, the tax collector pays remaining excess into Superior Court and gives notice; the taxpayer or qualifying recorded interest holder may apply within 90 days after that payment under § 12-157(i)(2). The ordinary property-redemption period is six months after sale, or 60 days for abandoned property or a qualifying ordinance under § 12-157(f).

The ordinary property-redemption period is six months after sale, or 60 days for abandoned property or a qualifying ordinance under § 12-157(f). That redemption period does not replace the excess-funds court-application deadline.

Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 49-24 and 49-27 govern foreclosure by sale and its proceeds, which enter Superior Court for distribution under a supplemental judgment. Section 49-27 sets no universal number of days for a mortgage-sale surplus claim.

Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 49-24 and 49-27 govern foreclosure by sale and its proceeds, which enter Superior Court for distribution under a supplemental judgment. Section 49-27 sets no universal number of days for a mortgage-sale surplus claim. An entitled person should appear in the foreclosure-by-sale case before the supplemental judgment.

An entitled person should appear in the foreclosure-by-sale case before the supplemental judgment. Strict foreclosure normally creates no sale proceeds and uses separate court-set law days for property redemption.

Conn. Gen. Stat. Title 3, Chapter 32, Part III governs abandoned property; § 3-70a governs owner claims to the Treasurer. Under § 3-70a(a), surrendered property or its sale proceeds may be claimed at any time.

Conn. Gen. Stat. Title 3, Chapter 32, Part III governs abandoned property; § 3-70a governs owner claims to the Treasurer. Under § 3-70a(a), surrendered property or its sale proceeds may be claimed at any time. The Treasurer must consider a filed claim within 90 days under § 3-70a(b).

The Treasurer must consider a filed claim within 90 days under § 3-70a(b). That state claim rule does not extend the separate § 12-157(i)(2) tax-surplus application period.

That redemption period does not replace the excess-funds court-application deadline. Strict foreclosure normally creates no sale proceeds and uses separate court-set law days for property redemption. That state claim rule does not extend the separate § 12-157(i)(2) tax-surplus application period.