Title 20 — Title 20: Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards

Sec. 20-325g. Dual agency consent agreements. Conclusive presumption of informed consent. There shall be a conclusive presumption that a person has given informed consent to a dual agency relationship with a real estate broker if that person executes a written consent in the foll…

Sec. 20-325h. Prohibitions on use or disclosure of confidential information. No real estate licensee shall: (1) Reveal any confidential information concerning a prospective party or a person whom the real estate licensee represented either as an agent, designated buyer agent or d…

Sec. 20-325i. Designated buyer agents and seller agents. Any real estate broker, or a person licensed under this chapter authorized by such broker, may appoint, at the option of such broker or authorized person, one or more designated seller agents as additional agents for a sell…

Sec. 20-325j. Regulations re appointment of designated buyer or seller agent. On or before October 1, 1999, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to prescribe (1) a form of written notice to be issued to …

Sec. 20-325k. Commercial real estate transactions. Notice of commission rights. (a) If a landlord or tenant in a commercial real estate transaction enters into an agreement pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of section 20-325a for the payment of compensation, or the promise of pay…

Sec. 20-325l. Cooperation with out-of-state brokers and salespersons regarding commercial real estate transactions in this state. (a) An out-of-state broker may perform acts with respect to a commercial real estate transaction that require a license under this chapter, provided t…

Sec. 20-325m. Real estate brokers and leasing agents to retain certain records. Format and disclosure. (a) Any real estate broker licensed under the provisions of this chapter who engages in the real estate business shall retain the following records for a period of not less than…

Sec. 20-326. Report to Governor. The commission shall submit to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, a report of its official acts under this chapter. The commission shall keep a record of proceedings and orders pertaining to the matters under its jurisdiction and of licens…

Sec. 20-327. Employees. Section 20-327 is repealed. (1953, S. 2353d; 1967, P.A. 460, S. 11; P.A. 80-205, S. 5.)

Sec. 20-327a. Periodic publication of information and material. The Department of Consumer Protection, at the request of the commission, may periodically compile and publish a bulletin containing information and material relating to the commission, its functions and licenses and …

Sec. 20-327b. Residential condition reports. Exemptions. Templates. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each person who offers residential property in the state for sale, exchange or for lease with option to buy, shall provide a written residential condition report …

Sec. 20-327c. Credit due purchaser at closing if report not furnished. Exception. Civil action for nondisclosure of certain defects. (a) On or after January 1, 1996, every agreement to purchase residential real estate, for which a written residential condition report is, or writt…

Sec. 20-327d. No new implied or express warranties created. Seller not required to secure inspections, tests or other methods of determining condition of property. No provision of section 20-327b or 20-327c: (1) Shall be construed to create any new implied or express warranties o…

Sec. 20-327e. Seller's representations construed to extend to his actual knowledge only. The representations made by the seller pursuant to section 20-327b or 20-327c shall be construed only to extend to the seller's actual knowledge of the property and no constructive knowledge …

Sec. 20-327f. Notice re existence of hazardous waste facilities. Liability not imposed by section. Seller and licensee not required to participate in compiling list of facilities. (a) With respect to a contract for the sale of residential real property, if the seller provides wri…

Sec. 20-327g. Notice of list of properties upon which hunting or shooting sports regularly take place. Liability not imposed by section. (a) With respect to a contract for the sale of residential real property, if the seller provides written notice to the purchaser, prior to, or …

Sec. 20-327h. Notice re housing discrimination and fair housing laws. (a) On or before July 1, 2016, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall create a one-page disclosure form, written in plain language and in an easily readable and understandable format, containing…

Sec. 20-327i. Interpreters. (a) If a real estate licensee engages in the real estate business and a buyer or renter of real estate uses an interpreter, other than the real estate licensee or an employee of the real estate licensee, in conducting a real estate transaction or negot…

Sec. 20-328. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with advice and assistance from the commission, may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, relating to the form and manner of filing applications for licenses under this chapter and the manner in which …

Sec. 20-329. Exceptions concerning the licensure of real estate licensees. The provisions of this chapter concerning the licensure of real estate licensees shall not apply to: (1) Any person who as owner or lessor performs any of the acts enumerated in section 20-311, with refere…

Sec. 20-329a. Advertising and sale in this state of property in another state: Definitions. As used in this section and sections 20-329b to 20-329n, inclusive: (1) “Disposition” or “dispose of” means any sale, exchange, lease, assignment, award by lottery or other transaction des…

Sec. 20-329aa. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the commission under sections 20-320o to 20-329bb, inclusive, may appeal from such decision or order in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (1971, P.A. 603, S. 15; P.A. 76-436, S. 437, 681; P.A. …

Sec. 20-329b. Excepted activities. Filing fees. (a) Unless the method of disposition is adopted for the purpose of the evasion of the provisions of sections 20-329a to 20-329m, inclusive, or the provisions of the federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, said sections sh…

Sec. 20-329bb. Exemptions. (a) The provisions of sections 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive, shall not apply to any securities dealer who is not engaged in the offering for sale of any real property securities. (b) Any real property securities dealer who is required to be licensed a…

Sec. 20-329c. Secretary as agent for service of process; bond; license required. Except as provided in section 20-329b, no subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision shall in any way be offered or disposed of in this state by any person or broker until: (1) S…

Sec. 20-329cc. “Nonmaterial fact concerning real property” defined. As used in sections 20-329cc to 20-329ff, inclusive, a “nonmaterial fact concerning real property” means a fact, set of facts or circumstance surrounding real estate which includes, but is not limited to: (1) The…

Sec. 20-329d. Submission of documents, promotional plan and advertising materials to department. Filing fees. Any person or broker proposing to offer or dispose of any subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest therein in this state shall first submit to the department (1) such…

Sec. 20-329dd. Nonmaterial fact concerning real property. No disclosure required. No cause of action. (a) The existence of a nonmaterial fact concerning real property is not a material fact that must be disclosed in a real estate transaction. (b) No cause of action shall arise ag…

Sec. 20-329e. Investigation by department. Before the Department of Consumer Protection issues any license under section 20-329f to any person or broker, the department shall fully investigate all information placed before the department as may be required pursuant to sections 20…

Sec. 20-329ee. Purchaser or lessee may request written disclosure of property's status re homicide, other felony or suicide. Notwithstanding sections 20-329cc and 20-329dd, if a purchaser or lessee of real estate, who was in the process of making a bona fide offer, advises an own…

Sec. 20-329f. Issuance of license. Fees. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall, upon completion of the investigation and inspection as provided in section 20-329e, but, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary between the applicant and the department, not later t…

Sec. 20-329ff. Legal rights retained for physical deficiencies. Nothing in sections 20-329cc to 20-329ff, inclusive, shall alter the legal rights of a purchaser, lessee, seller or lessor of real estate for physical deficiencies of the transferred property. (P.A. 90-141, S. 4.)

Sec. 20-329g. Reference to commission or department prohibited. No person or broker shall in any manner refer to the commission or department or to any member or employee thereof in offering or disposing of in this state any subdivision lot, parcel or unit in a subdivision nor ma…

Sec. 20-329gg. Exemptions. Federal transactions. Section 20-329gg is repealed. (P.A. 91-229, S. 17, 19; P.A. 95-53.)

Sec. 20-329h. Rights of purchasers. (a) No subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision shall be disposed of except through a broker, provided nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit any such broker from employing any salesperson, for the specifi…

Sec. 20-329hh. Custodial brokers. Appointment and duties. (a) If a real estate broker dies or is incapacitated, the executor of such broker's estate or any other person who is legally authorized to act on behalf of such broker in a financial transaction may apply to the departmen…

Sec. 20-329i. Penalty. Section 20-329i is repealed, effective April 1, 2024. (1969, P.A. 697, S. 9; 1971, P.A. 488, S. 8; P.A. 96-200, S. 22; P.A. 98-10, S. 48; P.A. 13-196, S. 35; P.A. 23-84, S. 44.)

Sec. 20-329j. Commission members may not participate. No member of the commission or any association, firm or corporation with which a member is associated shall act as a broker of a subdivision or a lot, parcel, unit or interest in a subdivision or offer or dispose of a subdivis…

Sec. 20-329k. Nonliability of advertising media. The owner, publisher, licensee or operator of any newspaper, magazine, visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations or the agents or employees of any such owner, publisher, licensee or operator of such a newspa…

Sec. 20-329l. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any action or decision, order or regulation of the commission may appeal in the manner prescribed by section 20-322. (1969, P.A. 697, S. 12.)

Sec. 20-329m. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the commission, may from time to time adopt such regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of sectio…

Sec. 20-329n. Deposits of purchasers and lessees to be held in escrow. All moneys paid or advanced by a purchaser or lessee or prospective purchaser or prospective lessee for any lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision, the disposition of which is controlled by sections …

Sec. 20-329o. Real property securities dealers. Definitions. Certain sales not deemed a sale to the public. (a) As used in sections 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive: (1) “Real property securities dealer” means any person, acting as principal or agent, who engages in the business of…

Sec. 20-329p. License and endorsement requirements. No person shall act as a real property securities dealer in this state without first having obtained a real estate broker's license under this chapter and having an endorsement attached to such license, in such form as may be pr…

Sec. 20-329q. Statement to purchaser. (a) Every real property securities dealer selling or attempting to sell any real property security shall personally sign and deliver to the purchaser a statement in writing, containing all the information required by subsection (b) of this se…

Sec. 20-329r. Appraisal of real property. An appraisal of each parcel of real property which relates to a transaction subject to the provisions of section 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive, shall be made by the real property securities dealer or by an independent appraiser unless th…

Sec. 20-329s. Filing and approval of materials to be used by dealer. Every real property securities dealer shall file with the commission, ten days prior to use, true copies of all material which pertains to activities subject to sections 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive. The commi…

Sec. 20-329t. Annual financial report. (a) Every real property securities dealer shall file with the commission, annually, a report containing financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, accompanied by an opinion thereon by a certified public…

Sec. 20-329u. Desist order for violation. Appeal. Whenever the commission finds that (1) any person is violating the provisions of sections 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive, (2) any person is conducting business as a real property securities dealer or issuer in an unsafe or injurio…

Sec. 20-329v. Permit to sell real property security required. Application. (a) No real property security shall be sold to the public without either the issuer or the real property securities dealer first obtaining a permit from the commission. (b) Each application for a permit to…