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UPDATE FROM THE TAX OFFICE: 

Real Estate tax bills, based on the temporary rate of 31 mills, were sent out at the beginning of August.  These bills MUST be paid by September 2nd. If not paid by then, interest will added to the account.  Please go to the Tax Collector’s department on the website on how interest is calculated.

If you use your banks bill pay, please be aware that a check is mailed to us without a postmark. If we receive ANY payment after September 2nd without a postmark it will be considered late. Please see payment options under the Tax Collector’s department for other means of paying. Interest cannot be waived per state statute.

Motor Vehicle, Personal Property, and the remaining balance due on Real Estate Accounts will be billed in September to be paid in October. These bills will be based on the recently adopted mill rate of 32.3.

Indian Notch Park:

Due to staffing issues, Indian Notch Park will be closing for the season today, August 19, 2025 at 5:00pm.

Veterans/Surviving Spouses

VETERANS OR SURVIVING SPOUSES, Additional Property Tax Exemption

 

 

 

Notice is hereby given that the following ORDINANCE was ADOPTED unanimously by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bolton at a Regular Board meeting held on Tuesday, September 3, 1985.

 

 

 

RESOLVED that the Town of Bolton adopt the following ordinance:

 

 

 

Any veteran or any veteran’s surviving spouse who is entitled to an exemption from property tax in accordance with Section 12-81 (19) or Section 12-81 (22), respectively, of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be entitled to an additional exemption applicable to the assessed value of property up to the amount of one thousand dollars, provided the income of such veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse does not exceed the levels specified in Section1 2-81 f (1) and Section 12-81 f (b), respectively, of the Connecticut General Statutes.

 

 

 

Any veteran or veteran’s surviving spouse submitting a claim for such additional exemption shall file with the Assessor not later than the assessment date for which such additional exemption is claimed (1) an application on a form prescribed by the Assessor, and 92) a copy of such veteran’s or spouse’s federal income tax return, or in the event such a return is not filed such evidence related to income as maybe prescribed by the Assessor, for the tax year of such veteran or spouse ending immediately prior to the assessment date for which such exemption is claimed.

 

 

 

THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE FIFTEEN (15) DAYS AFTER THIS PUBLICATION.

 

 

 

Said notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5.2 (E) and (F) of the Revised Charter of the Town of Bolton.

 

 

 

Dated at Bolton, Connecticut, this 5th day of September, 1985.

 

 

 

ATTEST:  Catherine K. Leiner, Town Clerk of Bolton

 

 

 

Published on Page 18 of the MANCHESTER HERALD on Saturday, September 7th, 1985.

 

 

 

EFFECTIVE DATE:  September 22, 1985