Motor Vehicle Tax Bill

[colienut]

Recently my mother passed away. She owned one thing and it was a truck. This truck was solely in her name not my fathers. Because he is the beneficiary he was able to get the truck in his name and he is now the new owner. However we found that she has an outstanding motor vehicle tax bill and the town of Ct is now saying he is responsible for those taxes. I was wondering if this is true? I had thought because he was not an owner of the truck at the time he wouldn't be responsible for her taxes, despite the fact that they were married.

 

[disagreeable]

You need to consult the cities laws regarding tax assessment. There might be an appeal provision for transferred vehicles. If it exists it would likely have a time range for filing.