LEGAL NOTICE

ATTENTION COLCHESTER TAXPAYERS & RATEPAYERS                                                                             

Notice is hereby given to the Town of Colchester Taxpayers & Ratepayers that the second installment of Real Estate taxes and quarterly water and/or sewer usage bills are due and are payable on January 1, 2026. The second installment bill for Real Estate Taxes was mailed in July 2025. No Additional bills for the second installment of Real Estate will be mailed.

Payment not made in full on or before February 2, 2026, will be subject to interest of 1.5% per month or 18% per annum, from the due date, as required by Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-130, 145 and 146.  Mail postmarked (US Postal Service postmark only) on or before February 2, 2026, will be considered paid on time. Payments dropped in the town hall’s drop box after 4:30 p.m. on Monday, February 2, 2026, will be considered as having been made on the following business day and will be deemed as paid late.  Failure to receive a bill does not invalidate the bill nor interest.  Please contact the Tax Collector’s Office if you have not received your bill. Water & Sewer Payments should be made payable to the Water & Sewer Commission.  Please write your account number on the check.  Real Estate Bills should be made payable to the Colchester Tax Collector.  Payments can be made online through the town’s website https://www.colchesterct.gov/ - fees apply.  OR: come into the Tax Office, use the Town’s Night Drop, and/or mail payments to: Tax Office, 127 Norwich Ave, Colchester, CT  06415. If a receipt is desired, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope. Office hours are Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, and on Thursdays until 7 pm. Please note that the office will be closed on January 1 and January 19 in observance of New Year’s and Martin Luther King Day. Questions concerning payments should be directed to the Tax Office, (860) 537-7210.  Michele Wyatt, CCMC CCMOTown of ColchesterTax Collector