Sec. 12-167a. Affidavit concerning facts within personal knowledge of affiant re giving of notice of tax sales. Recording and indexing.
Sec. 12-167a. Affidavit concerning facts within personal knowledge of affiant
re giving of notice of tax sales. Recording and indexing. A tax collector or his agent,
or a grantee of a tax collector's deed, or the heirs, successors or assigns of such grantee,
may execute and swear to an affidavit concerning facts within the personal knowledge
of such affiant concerning the means of giving notice to any person affected by a tax
sale, to which may be attached (1) copies or facsimiles of notices given under section
12-157, (2) copies of any notice subsequently given to any person to confirm that such
person has received written notice of the pendency or occurrence of a sale of real property, and (3) copies of postal receipts reproduced by photographic, xerographic or similar
means, which shall contain a legal description of the real property affected thereby and
the name, for indexing purposes, of the then current owner or owners of record. Such
affidavit may be recorded in the land records of the town in which the real property is
situated, and shall be indexed by the town clerk in the name of the record owner or
owners stated therein. If so recorded, and if the affiant is deceased or otherwise not
available to testify in court, then such affidavit or a certified copy thereof is admissible
as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in it, so far as those facts affect title to real
estate in any action involving the title to that real estate or any interest in it.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 46, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 46, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of May Sp. Sess.
P.A. 94-4 but without affecting this section.