Connecticut § 7-32 - Index of surveys and maps.
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§ 7-32. Index of surveys and maps.
Sec. 7-32. Index of surveys and maps. Each town clerk shall keep a special index book to be known as the “Index of Surveys and Maps”. Whenever any map is filed with the town clerk as provided by law, he shall make an entry in said index book, giving the title thereof, the name of each of the owners of such land, the date on which it was filed, the date of the survey and a brief description of the plot surveyed. He shall further keep another and separate index book to be known as “Index of Surveys and Maps by Streets” and whenever any map is filed with the town clerk as provided by law, he shall make an entry in said index book giving the street or streets on which the property abuts, and giving the title of the map, the name of each of the owners of such land, the date on which it was filed, the date of the survey and a brief description of the plot surveyed.
(1949 Rev., S. 558; February, 1965, P.A. 98, S. 2; 574, S. 51; 1969, P.A. 567, S. 1.)
History: 1965 acts required index entry to contain names of owners and the date on which filed and deleted requirement to include name of surveyors; 1969 act added provisions concerning “Index of Surveys and Maps by Streets”.
See Sec. 7-34a re fees charged by town clerks.
See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.
Purpose and effect of index; does not obviate necessity for specific reference to map in a duly recorded deed. 108 C. 541.
Secs. 7-32a to 7-32j. Reserved for future use.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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