Motor Vehicle Property Tax Credits
You may be entitled to a partial credit because the vehicle for which you are currently being taxed has been sold, stolen and not recovered, totally destroyed or removed and registered in another state during the time from October 2, 2007 until August 31, 2008 and you must not receive a credit for the same vehicle on October 1, 2007 Supplement Motor Vehicle Grand List. The credit is not automatic. The taxpayer must provide documentation to the assessor that the vehicle was sold, totalled, stolen or removed and registered in another state. The documentation must be official and specific. It is not sufficient to show that insurance was cancelled.
Only these forms of proof are acceptable. NOTE: All forms of proof must specifically identify the vehicle in question by make, year and identification number. All forms of proof must contain a date of sale, or of theft, or of loss, or of registration.
VEHICLE SOLD:
- You provide proof that the person to whom you sold the vehicle is listed on the October 1, 2007 Supplement Motor Vehicle Grand List in a Connecticut Municipality.
- You provide a copy of the original registration of the person to whom you sold this vehicle.
- You provide a copy of your transferred title. This is your title that you dated, signed and wrote in the buyer's name, thereby signing over ownership to the buyer.
- You provide a copy of your cancelled title. (Obtain from Copy Record Section of Motor Vehicle Dept.)
- You provide a letter from the junk dealer to whom you sold the vehicle.
- You provide a dealer sales document which shows you traded in the vehicle.
- You provide a registration cancellation from the Department of Motor Vehicles which shows that you cancelled the registration and you sign an affidavit that you no longer owned the vehicle at the time of registration cancellation. (Cancellation for "no insurance" is not acceptable proof)
VEHICLE STOLEN AND NOT RECOVERED:
- You provide a statement from the insurance agent or company that you were compensated for this vehicle.
- You provide a larceny report from the Police Department which states that vehicle was not recovered.
VEHICLE TOTALLY DEMOLISHED:
- You provide a statement from the insurance company that you were compensated for total loss of this vehicle.
- For a vehicle that is not insured for collision, you must supply at least two of the following three forms of proof:
(a) A copy of the accident report.
(b) A statement from your insurance agent or company stating the date you dropped your liability coverage on this vehicle.
(c) A letter from the junk dealer to whom this vehicle was sold.
VEHICLE REMOVED AND REGISTERED IN ANOTHER STATE:
- You provide a copy of the out-of-state registration. (Proof of residence in other state may also be required.)
DEADLINE FOR FILING FOR CREDIT:
10-1-2006 Assessment list filing deadline is December 31, 2008
10-1-2006 Supplemental list filing deadline is December 31, 2008
10-1-2007 Assessment list filing deadline is December 31, 2009
10-1-2007 Supplemental list filing deadline is December 31, 2009
Motor Vehicle Valuation & Assessment
Motor Vehicle Corrections
Application for Motor Vehicle Property Tax Adjustment 
