Sec. 49-32a. Federal liens.
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(a)(1) Notices of liens upon real property for taxes payable to the United States and notices of liens upon real property for costs and damages payable to the United States, and certificates and notices affecting such liens shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the town in which the real property subject to a federal tax lien or other federal lien is situated.
(2)Notices of liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for taxes payable to the United States and for costs and damages payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting such liens shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of the State in accordance with subsection
(a)of section 42a-9-516 .
(b)Certification by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or said secretary's delegate of notices of liens, certificates or other notices affecting tax liens or other federal liens entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification or acknowledgment is necessary.
(1)If a notice of federal tax lien or other federal lien, a refiling of a notice of tax lien or other federal lien or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subdivision
(2)of this subsection is presented to the filing officer and
(A)the filing officer is the Secretary of the State, said secretary shall cause the notice to be marked, held and indexed in accordance with the provisions of section 42a-9-519 as if the notice were a financing statement within the meaning of that section; or
(B)the filing officer is a town clerk, such town clerk shall endorse thereon such town clerk's identification and the date and time of receipt and forthwith record it in accordance with section 42a-9-519 .
(2)If a certificate of release, nonattachment, discharge or subordination of any tax lien or other federal lien is presented to the Secretary of the State for filing, said secretary shall
(A)cause a certificate of release or nonattachment to be marked, held and indexed as if the certificate were a termination statement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, and
(B)cause a certificate of discharge or subordination to be held, marked and indexed as if the certificate were a release of collateral within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code.
(3)If a refiled notice of federal tax lien or other federal lien referred to in subdivision
(1)of this subsection or any of the certificates or notices referred to in subsection
(b)of this section is presented for filing with any other filing officer specified in subsection
(a)of this section, such filing officer shall record it in accordance with section 42a-9-519 if the original was recorded or, if the original was filed, permanently attach the refiled notice or the certificate to the original notice of lien and enter the refiled notice or the certificate with the date of filing in any alphabetical federal tax lien index or other federal lien index on the line where the original notice of lien is entered.
(4)Upon request of any person, the filing officer shall issue a certificate showing whether there is on file, on the date and hour stated therein, any notice of federal tax lien or other federal lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien, filed on or after July 1, 1967, naming a particular person, and if a notice or certificate is on file, giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate. The fee for such a certificate and for a copy of any notice of federal tax lien or other federal lien or notice or certificate affecting a federal tax lien or other federal lien shall be computed in accordance with section 42a-9-525 .
(d)Except as provided by subsection
(a)of section 42a-9-525 , the fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the tax lien or other federal lien is:
(1)For a tax lien or other federal lien on real estate, as provided in section 7-34a ;
(2)for a tax lien on tangible and intangible personal property, three dollars;
(3)for all other notices, including a certificate of release, discharge, subordination or nonattachment, one dollar.