Connecticut § 8-85 - Foreclosure; conveyance of title and assignment of claims to state.
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§ 8-85. Foreclosure; conveyance of title and assignment of claims to state.
Sec. 8-85. Foreclosure; conveyance of title and assignment of claims to state. If the mortgagee, under a construction mortgage insured under the provisions of section 8-82, has foreclosed and taken title to and possession of the mortgaged property, or, with the consent of the Commissioner of Housing, has otherwise obtained title to and possession of the same after default, the mortgagee shall be entitled to receive the benefit of the insurance as hereinafter provided upon (1) the prompt conveyance to the state of title to the property and (2) the assignment to the state of all claims of the mortgagee against the mortgagor or others arising out of the mortgage transaction or foreclosure proceedings, except such claims as have been released with the consent of the commissioner. Upon such conveyance and assignment, the commissioner shall direct the Treasurer to pay to the mortgagee a sum equal to the value of the mortgage as hereinafter provided. For the purposes of this section, the value of the mortgage shall be determined by adding to the amount of the original principal obligation of the mortgage which was unpaid on the date of the institution of the foreclosure proceedings or on the date of the acquisition of the property after default other than by foreclosure, the amount of all payments made by the mortgagee for taxes and liens prior to the mortgage, and for insurance, and by deducting from such total amount any amount received on account of the mortgage after either of such dates, and any amount received as rent or other income from the property, less reasonable expenses incurred in handling the property after either of such dates.
(1949, S. 461d; 1967, P.A. 522, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 284, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-234, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act substituted commissioner of community affairs for public works commissioner; P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; pursuant to P.A. 13-234, reference to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development was changed editorially by the Revisors to reference to Commissioner of Housing, effective June 19, 2013.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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