Putnam County Legislature upholds denial of refund request for Town of Southeast parcel under three‑year limit

The Putnam County Legislature on June 15, 2025, approved denial of an application for a refund of real-property taxes for Town of Southeast Tax Map 47-3-102, citing state law limits on refunds.

Committee members explained that the property owner had sought a refund based on a stipulated reduction of assessed value agreed in February 2019. The county’s Director of Real Property informed the Legislature that, under state law, refunds are permitted only for the prior three years; because the stipulated reduction dated to 2019, it fell outside the statutory three-year window and could not be corrected by a refund.

The transcript records legislators’ frustration with the result but notes that the three-year statutory limit protects municipalities from open-ended refund liability. The motion to deny the refund was approved by voice vote in the provided transcript excerpts.