2025 GRAND LIST

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The 2025 Grand List has been filed January 30, 2026. The deadline for appeals is February 20, 2026. Those individuals who have filed a Board of Assessment Appeals application will be notified via mail of their hearing appoinment time and date.

 

To:    All persons claiming exemption under CGS 12-81 (83)

“PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED VETERAN, 100% SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABLITY RATING TAX EXEMPTION”.

 

Section 12-93 of the Connecticut General Statutes was amended in the last Legislative Session by Public Act 25-168, section 235.

Pursuant to this amendment, the Office of Policy and Management was mandated to prescribe an application to be used for assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2025 and must be filed yearly by each person claiming the exemption.

It is Form # D-2 and is available here.

 

Donna L. Ralston, CCMA II

Assessor

  

Notice to Veterans, Active-Duty Servicemen, 100% Totally Disabled and/or Blind persons:

·        Connecticut residents eligible for Veteran exemptions must file proof of wartime service (DD214 – Honorable Discharge) with the City Clerk prior to the assessment date of October 1^st in order to receive the exemption.  Veterans claiming the disability exemption must submit proof from the Veterans Administration to the Assessor.

·        Additional veteran’s exemptions are also available based on statutory requirements and income limitations. Filing for those is biennial, between February 1 and October 1.

·        Servicepersons who are on military assignment to Connecticut but maintain a legal residence in another State must make affidavit for exemption of their vehicles. 

·        Any CT serviceperson, including activated member of the CT National Guard may make application to exempt one vehicle per year during their service period.

·        100% Disabled persons who have not yet done so, must file their SSA Award letter with the Assessor. 

·        Blind persons who have not yet done so, must file their Certificate of Blindness from the State of Connecticut Board of Education and Services for the Blind with the Assessor. 

·        Those persons who have vehicle that has been retrofitted to transport a handicapped person may also apply for exemption in the Assessors office.

·        Property owners seeking first-time classification of land under section 12-107c (farm) or 12-107d (forest) must make application to the Assessor on or before October 31^st.

 

Dated at New London, CT. this 12th day of September, 2025

 

Donna L. Ralston, CCMA II

Assessor