Connecticut § 20-325b - Certain real estate agreements to contain notice regarding commissions. Requirements.
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§ 20-325b. Certain real estate agreements to contain notice regarding commissions. Requirements.
Sec. 20-325b. Certain real estate agreements to contain notice regarding commissions. Requirements. Each written agreement which fixes the compensation to be paid to a real estate broker for the sale, lease or purchase of real property shall contain the following statement in not less than ten point boldface type or in a manner which otherwise stands out significantly from the text immediately preceding any provision of such agreement relating to compensation of the broker:
“NOTICE: THE AMOUNT OR RATE OF REAL ESTATE BROKER COMPENSATION IS NOT FIXED BY LAW. IT IS SET BY EACH BROKER INDIVIDUALLY AND MAY BE NEGOTIABLE BETWEEN YOU AND THE BROKER.”
(P.A. 80-99, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-178, S. 2, 3; P.A. 94-240, S. 4, 14.)
History: P.A. 81-178 provided that real estate agreements may include the required notice in a conspicuous manner rather than use ten-point boldface type; P.A. 94-240 applied section to compensation for lease or purchase properties, substituted “broker compensation” for “commissions” and made certain minor technical corrections for clarity, effective July 1, 1994.
Cited. 213 C. 612.
Cited. 7 CA 570; 13 CA 527.
Cited. 41 CS 225.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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