Connecticut Code — 47
Browse 320 sections in division 47 of the Connecticut code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 47-1. Fee simple an absolute property. Colonial grants valid.
- § 47-2. Charitable uses.
- § 47-3. Estate given in fee tail.
- § 47-4. Rule in Shelley's case, and collateral warranties, abolished.
- § 47-5. Requirements re conveyances of land. Conveyance pursuant to power of attorney.
- § 47-5a. Persons before whom acknowledgment may be made.
- § 47-6. Witnessing and acknowledgment of deeds of corporations and voluntary associations.
- § 47-6a. Foreign business trust authorized to purchase, hold, transmit, make mortgages on, acquire and convey interests in real estate; filing of trust declaration.
- § 47-6b. Conveyances to nonprofit land-holding organizations.
- § 47-7. Conveyances and releases executed outside this state. Exception.
- § 47-7a. (Formerly Sec. 47-58a). Rights of aliens re real estate. Validation of real estate transfers to aliens.
- § 47-7b. Representation of interests of state when marketability of land titles threatened by claim of Indian tribe.
- § 47-8. Release of mortgage or lien in favor of state.
- § 47-9. Deeds of railroad companies.
- § 47-10. Conveyance to be recorded. Recorded conveyance not invalid or unenforceable if original documentation converted into digital or electronic form, lost or destroyed.
- § 47-11. County clerk's certificates; recording in full not required.
- § 47-12. Change in name or status of owner of real estate.
- § 47-12a. Affidavit of facts relating to title or interest in real estate.
- § 47-12b. Unlawful restrictive covenants void. Affidavit or form re unlawful restrictive covenants.
- § 47-13. Conveyance of property acquired prior to change of name.
- § 47-14. Joint tenancy; release or conveyance to other joint tenants.
- § 47-14a. Joint tenancy in fee simple with survivorship.
- § 47-14b. Conveyance or encumbrance by joint tenants.
- § 47-14c. Conveyance by less than all joint tenants.
- § 47-14d. Conveyance to one joint tenant by others.
- § 47-14e. Mortgage or lease by joint tenants.
- § 47-14f. Attachment of or lien on tenant's interest.
- § 47-14g. Divorce or marriage dissolution of husband and wife joint tenants.
- § 47-14h. Provisions applicable to joint tenancies with survivorship.
- § 47-14i. Effect of death on contract by tenant to convey interest.
- § 47-14j. Conveyance to effect change in interests among tenants.
- § 47-14k. Applicability of statutes.
- § 47-15. Certificate of taking land by appraisal to be recorded.
- § 47-16. Lost deed of land in two or more towns, copy recorded.
- § 47-16a. Recording of certified copy of deed or other instrument recorded in land records of another town.
- § 47-17. Records of documents as notice of equitable rights.
- § 47-17a. Private transfer fees.
- § 47-18. Ownership of historic memorials.
- § 47-18a. Notice of listing of historic structure on National Register of Historic Places.
- § 47-19. Leases for more than one year.
- § 47-20. Use of word “trustee” or “agent” in an instrument affecting real estate.
- § 47-21. Deeds of land by persons ousted of possession, void.
- § 47-22. Sec
- § 47-23. Termination of parol leases for nonpayment of rent.
- § 47-23a. Sec
- § 47-24a. Sec
- § 47-24b. Covenant that leased property is fit for habitation.
- § 47-24c. Sec
- § 47-24d. Tenant's waiver of rights, when valid.
- § 47-25. Right to light not gained by adverse possession.
- § 47-26. No right to railroad, railway or canal land by adverse possession.
- § 47-27. Title by adverse possession by or against railroad or street railway corporation, against nonprofit land-holding organization or against investor-owned water company.
- § 47-28. Admissibility of award of arbitrators as evidence.
- § 47-29. Right of entry on land by assignee of reversion.
- § 47-30. Ejectment. Set-off of defendant's improvements.
- § 47-31. Action to settle title or claim interest in real or personal property.
- § 47-31a. Petition to invalidate land record that was falsely filed or amended.
- § 47-32. Several defendants may be joined.
- § 47-33. Action to settle title to land belonging to estate of deceased person.
- § 47-33a. Action on agreement to sell real estate.
- § 47-33b. Marketable record title. Definitions.
- § 47-33c. Chain of title for not less than forty years creates marketable record title.
- § 47-33d. Interests to which title is subject.
- § 47-33e. Prior interests void.
- § 47-33f. Notice of claim filed within forty-year period.
- § 47-33g. Contents of notice. Recording. Indexing.
- § 47-33h. Excepted interests.
- § 47-33i. Other statutes not affected.
- § 47-33j. Notice not to be recorded to slander title. Damages.
- § 47-33k. Construction.
- § 47-33l. l . Forty-year period extended, when.
- § 47-33m. Short title: Dormant Mineral Interests Act.
- § 47-33n. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Statement of policy.
- § 47-33o. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Definitions.
- § 47-33p. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Exclusions.
- § 47-33q. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Termination of dormant mineral interest.
- § 47-33r. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Preservation of mineral interest by notice.
- § 47-33s. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Effect of termination of mineral interest.
- § 47-33t. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Savings and transitional provisions.
- § 47-34. Bounds between proprietors reestablished by Superior Court.
- § 47-34a. Unlawful destruction, disturbance or removal of surveyor's marker or monument.
- § 47-35. Tobacco poles deemed to be part of tobacco-curing structure.
- § 47-36. Federal claim or judgment to be recorded.
- § 47-37. When acquired by adverse use.
- § 47-38. Mode of preventing acquisition.
- § 47-39. Service of notice upon the party claiming the easement.
- § 47-40. Giving of notice when party unknown.
- § 47-41. Notice considered a disturbance of the right.
- § 47-42. Easements for public utility or railway purposes.
- § 47-42a. Definitions.
- § 47-42b. Enforcement of conservation and preservation restrictions held by governmental body or charitable corporation.
- § 47-42c. Acquisition of restrictions. Enforcement by Attorney General.
- § 47-42d. Permit applications filed with state or local land use agency, local building official or director of health. Appeals by party or state agency holding restriction. Civil penalty.
- § 47-42e. Municipal property acquired with intent to place restriction or dedicated as park or open space land. Recording in land records. Enforcement.
- § 47-42f. Maintenance of private easement or right-of-way. Costs. Action for specific performance or contribution.
- § 47-43. Proprietors to maintain sufficient fences.
- § 47-44. Compensation of selectmen for services as fence viewers.
- § 47-45. Appointees to perform duties of selectmen as to fences.
- § 47-46. Payment for fence between agricultural property and state highway.
- § 47-46a. Payment for fence between agricultural property and property in control of Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
- § 47-47. Barbed wire between adjoining premises or enclosing grounds of public buildings.
- § 47-48. Barbed wire along sidewalks.
- § 47-49. Purchase of division fence.
- § 47-50. Division of fence by selectmen.
- § 47-51. Repair of division fence.
- § 47-52. When dividing line is a stream.
- § 47-53. Apportionment of division fence. Penalty.
- § 47-54. Proceedings to obtain new division fence.
- § 47-55. Damage by animals.
- § 47-56. Fences around home lots.
- § 47-58a. Sec
- § 47-59. Overseer of Indians.
- § 47-59a. Connecticut Indians; citizenship, civil rights, land rights.
- § 47-59b. Indian Affairs Council; composition, duties, executive director, regulations, report.
- § 47-60. Reservation land held in trust by state. Conveyances by Indians void.
- § 47-61. No title by possession against an Indian.
- § 47-61a. Records of traditional cultural knowledge submitted to public agency for cultural affiliation determination exempt from disclosure.
- § 47-62. Taking wood from land of Indian.
- § 47-63. Definitions.
- § 47-64. Use of reservations. Restriction of leases. Escheats.
- § 47-65. Management of reservations and residents thereon. Adoption of regulations. Governor designated administrative agent.
- § 47-65a. Hunting and fishing on reservations.
- § 47-65b. State assumption of criminal and civil jurisdiction on reservation of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians.
- § 47-65c. Memoranda of agreement establishing authority of Indian tribal police departments and officers.
- § 47-66. Tribal funds.
- § 47-66a. Indian housing authorities. Creation and powers.
- § 47-66b. Commissioners.
- § 47-66c. Area of operation.
- § 47-66d. Lease of tribal property to housing authority.
- § 47-66g. Management of Indian affairs.
- § 47-66h. Trust agreements between Governor and willing indigenous tribes.
- § 47-66i. Method of selecting tribal leaders. Disputes.
- § 47-66j. Rules for tribal membership.
- § 47-68a. Short title: Condominium Act of 1976. Definitions.
- § 47-69. Applicability of chapter.
- § 47-70. Declaration. Covenants, easements and liens on conveyances limited.
- § 47-70a. Amendment of declaration or bylaws.
- § 47-71. Recording of declaration and other instruments.
- § 47-71a. Expansion of condominiums.
- § 47-71b. Public offering statement.
- § 47-72. Deeds of units. Leases.
- § 47-73. Unit as real property.
- § 47-73a. Boundaries, encroachments and easements.
- § 47-74. Rights of unit owners.
- § 47-74a. Board of directors of unit owners association. Election by unit owners other than declarant; when. Declarant to relinquish control; when.
- § 47-74b. Limitation on grants, reservations and contracts made by declarant or declarant-controlled association.
- § 47-74c. Declarant not to retain ownership interest in recreational facilities.
- § 47-74d. Architect's or engineer's certificate required. Declarant's certificate. Escrow account.
- § 47-74e. Implied warranties.
- § 47-74f. Nonbinding reservation agreements. Cancellation.
- § 47-75. Obligations of unit owners. Limit on liability of unit owner.
- § 47-75a. Resale of unit by person other than declarant.
- § 47-76. Allocation of profits and expenses.
- § 47-77. Assessment of common expenses. Liens and foreclosure.
- § 47-78. Owner may not exempt himself from liability.
- § 47-79. Collection of taxes and assessments.
- § 47-80. Bylaws.
- § 47-80a. Powers of unit owners' association. Opportunity for unit owners to express views re proposed budget.
- § 47-81. Accounting records. Availability of records. Loan disclosure and comments. Audit.
- § 47-82. Liens against units.
- § 47-83. Insurance.
- § 47-84. Repairs.
- § 47-85. Actions between unit owners.
- § 47-86. Owners, tenants and employees bound by chapter.
- § 47-87. Liability for mortgages, liens and assessments on conveyance of unit.
- § 47-88. Removal of property from application of chapter. Resubmission of property.
- § 47-88a. Consolidation of condominiums.
- § 47-88b. Conversion condominiums: Requirements for conversion.
- § 47-88c. Separate heating plants required, when.
- § 47-88d. Reimbursement for moving and relocation expenses.
- § 47-88e. Reserves for capital expenditures.
- § 47-88f. Applicability of tenants' rights and protections.
- § 47-88g. Right of action for aggrieved tenant of conversion condominium. Remedies.
- § 47-90a. Misrepresentations in public offering statements; remedies.
- § 47-90b. Public offering statement not required, when.
- § 47-90c. Effective date and applicability of chapter.
- § 47-90g. Member of board of directors or officer not subject to criminal liability re special assessment for code compliance repairs.
- § 47-90h. Electric vehicle charging station in unit parking space or limited common element parking space.
- § 47-91. Definitions.
- § 47-92. Qualification of real estate syndicate securities; issuance of permit.
- § 47-93. Expert opinion.
- § 47-94. Grounds for refusal of permit. Appeal, hearing.
- § 47-95. Amendment to offering; commission approval; effective date.
- § 47-96. Permit fees. Determination of value of securities.
- § 47-97. No endorsement by commission to be implied by filing of application, qualification of securities or exemption. Inconsistent representations to purchasers prohibited. Permit to indicate permissive nature.
- § 47-98. Sale of unqualified real estate syndicate securities prohibited.
- § 47-99. Advertisement of securities; prior filing; hearings; media responsibility.
- § 47-100. Sale does not require licensure as real estate salesperson or broker.
- § 47-101. Exceptions.
- § 47-102. Waiver of chapter void. Exception.
- § 47-103. Real Estate Commission to establish regulations. Hearings.
- § 47-104. Required form of sales contracts.
- § 47-105. Required records and reports. Examination of records; examination costs.
- § 47-106. Penalty for false statement.
- § 47-107. Investigations by commission; powers.
- § 47-108. Appointment of attorney for service.
- § 47-109. Actions, limitation of time, prerequisite.
- § 47-110. Remedy of buyers.
- § 47-111. Order to cease and desist. Hearing.
- § 47-112. Injunctive and other relief.
- § 47-113. Violations punished by fine or imprisonment.
- § 47-114. Reservation of other punishments.
- § 47-115. Burden of proof of exemptions or exceptions.
- § 47-116. Definitions.
- § 47-117. Express warranties.
- § 47-118. Implied warranties.
- § 47-119. Vendor not to evade by intermediate transfer.
- § 47-120. Warranties created by chapter additional to any other warranties.
- § 47-121. (Formerly Sec. 52-563a). Implied warranty with certificate of occupancy.
- § 47-200. Short title: Common Interest Ownership Act.
- § 47-201. Applicability of chapter.
- § 47-202. Definitions.
- § 47-203. Variation by agreement and waiver of rights prohibited. Exceptions.
- § 47-204. Separate titles and taxation. Recording of certificate by cooperative. Conveyance of interest in cooperative.
- § 47-205. Applicability of real property use laws to conversion of buildings to common interest ownership.
- § 47-206. Eminent domain.
- § 47-207. Supplemental general principles of law applicable.
- § 47-208. Construction against implicit repeal.
- § 47-209. Severability.
- § 47-210. Unconscionable contracts or contract clauses. Leases involving land or facilities in residential common interest communities that are presumed to be unconscionable.
- § 47-211. Obligation of good faith.
- § 47-212. Remedies to be liberally administered.
- § 47-213. Adjustment of dollar amount and resale certificate fee.
- § 47-213a. Relationship of chapter to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- § 47-214. Applicability of chapter and amendments thereto to common interest communities.
- § 47-215. Applicability to nonresidential, mixed use and small common interest communities, limited expense liability planned communities and common interest communities with a conversion building.
- § 47-216. Applicability to preexisting common interest communities.
- § 47-217. Exception for certain preexisting common interest communities.
- § 47-218. Applicability to amendments to governing instruments.
- § 47-219. Applicability to out-of-state common interest communities.
- § 47-219a. Arrangements re real property costs. Separate common interest community not created thereby.
- § 47-219b. Exemption re covenant to share costs or other obligations.
- § 47-220. Creation of common interest community.
- § 47-221. Unit boundaries.
- § 47-222. Construction and validity of declaration, bylaws and rules. Marketability of title. Recording of surveys or plans.
- § 47-223. Description of unit.
- § 47-224. Contents of declaration.
- § 47-225. Leasehold common interest communities.
- § 47-226. Allocation of interests.
- § 47-227. Limited common elements.
- § 47-228. Surveys and plans.
- § 47-229. Exercise of development rights.
- § 47-230. Alterations of units.
- § 47-230a. Display of object on entry door or entry door frame which is motivated by observance of religious practice or belief. Restrictions.
- § 47-231. Relocation of unit boundaries.
- § 47-232. Subdivision of units.
- § 47-233. Monuments as boundaries.
- § 47-234. Use for sales purposes.
- § 47-235. Easement and use rights.
- § 47-236. Amendment of declaration or bylaws.
- § 47-237. Termination of common interest community.
- § 47-238. Rights of secured lenders.
- § 47-239. Master associations.
- § 47-239a. Termination and dissolution of master association. Establishment of nonstock corporation.
- § 47-240. Merger or consolidation of common interest communities.
- § 47-241. Addition of unspecified real property.
- § 47-241a. Master planned communities.
- § 47-242. Addition of land or units to limited equity cooperative.
- § 47-243. Organization of unit owners' association.
- § 47-244. Powers and duties of unit owners' association.
- § 47-244a. Unincorporated unit owners' association's statutory agent for service.
- § 47-244b. Service of process on statutory agent.
- § 47-245. Executive board members and officers. Duties. Period of declarant control: Delivery of property and documents by declarant; current financial statement. Prohibitions re elections of executive board members.
- § 47-246. Transfer of special declarant rights. Obligations and liabilities.
- § 47-247. Termination of contracts and leases.
- § 47-248. Bylaws.
- § 47-249. Upkeep of common interest community. Liability for expenses.
- § 47-250. Meetings. Rules.
- § 47-251. Quorum.
- § 47-252. Voting. Proxies. Ballots.
- § 47-253. Liability.
- § 47-254. Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements.
- § 47-255. Insurance.
- § 47-256. Surplus funds.
- § 47-257. Assessments for common expenses. Assessments due to wilful misconduct, failure to comply with standards or gross negligence.
- § 47-258. Lien for assessments and other sums due association. Enforcements.
- § 47-259. Other liens.
- § 47-260. Association records. Copies. Fees.
- § 47-261. Association as trustee.
- § 47-261a. Basic education program for association members and management.
- § 47-261b. Rules.
- § 47-261c. Notice to unit owners.
- § 47-261d. Removal of officers and directors.
- § 47-261e. Adoption of budgets. Special assessments. Loan agreements.
- § 47-261f. Litigation involving declarant.
- § 47-261g. Electric vehicle charging station in unit parking space or limited common element parking space.
- § 47-262. Applicability of part. Exceptions to requirement of public offering statement or resale certificate.
- § 47-263. Public offering statement requirements. Liability.
- § 47-264. Public offering statement. General provisions and requirements.
- § 47-265. Requirements for public offering statement when community is subject to development rights.
- § 47-266. Requirements for public offering statement when ownership or occupancy is by time shares.
- § 47-267. Requirements for public offering statement when community contains conversion building.
- § 47-268. Requirements for public offering statement when interest in community is security.
- § 47-269. Purchaser's right to cancel.
- § 47-270. Resales of units.
- § 47-271. Escrow of deposits. Distribution of interest.
- § 47-272. Release of liens.
- § 47-273. Rights of tenants in conversion buildings.
- § 47-274. Express warranties of quality.
- § 47-275. Implied warranties of quality.