Title 47 — Title 47: Land and Land Titles

Sec. 47-1. Fee simple an absolute property. Colonial grants valid. Each proprietor in fee simple of lands has an absolute and direct dominion and property in the same, and all patents and grants of lands from the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut, pursuant to the char…

Sec. 47-10. Conveyance to be recorded. Recorded conveyance not invalid or unenforceable if original documentation converted into digital or electronic form, lost or destroyed. (a) No conveyance shall be effectual to hold any land against any other person but the grantor and his h…

Sec. 47-11. County clerk's certificates; recording in full not required. When any instrument affecting the title to real estate, executed and acknowledged in another state, has a county clerk's certificate attached to it, attesting to the authority of the officer taking the ackno…

Sec. 47-12. Change in name or status of owner of real estate. Any person, corporation, limited liability company or limited liability partnership owning real estate or having an interest therein whose name has been changed, any corporation which has been merged into or consolidat…

Sec. 47-12a. Affidavit of facts relating to title or interest in real estate. (a) An affidavit, which states facts relating to the matters named in subsection (b) of this section and which may affect the title to or any interest in real estate in this state, and which is made by …

Sec. 47-12b. Unlawful restrictive covenants void. Affidavit or form re unlawful restrictive covenants. (a) For purposes of this section, “unlawful restrictive covenant” means a covenant or other provision in an instrument affecting the title to real property that purports to rest…

Sec. 47-13. Conveyance of property acquired prior to change of name. Any person or corporation who conveys property acquired prior to a change of name shall state in the instrument of conveyance the name under which that person or corporation acquired the property, and the town c…

Sec. 47-14. Joint tenancy; release or conveyance to other joint tenants. Section 47-14 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7095; 1959, P.A. 677, S. 12.)

Sec. 47-14a. Joint tenancy in fee simple with survivorship. A conveyance of real estate or any interest therein by deed or will or other instrument of conveyance to two or more natural persons, among whom may be the grantor or grantors, in such form that the conveyance runs unto …

Sec. 47-14b. Conveyance or encumbrance by joint tenants. Subject to the provisions of section 47-14e, joint tenants may, by an instrument executed by all of them, convey or encumber the estate they hold or any portion of it or interest in it in the same manner as if they held as …

Sec. 47-14c. Conveyance by less than all joint tenants. Except as otherwise provided in sections 47-14a to 47-14k, inclusive, a conveyance of any interest or interests in any joint tenancy by less than all of the joint tenants to a person or persons other than one of the remainin…

Sec. 47-14d. Conveyance to one joint tenant by others. A release or other conveyance by all but one joint tenant to the one remaining joint tenant merges the entire estate in the releasee or grantee. When there is more than one such remaining joint tenant, a release or other conv…

Sec. 47-14e. Mortgage or lease by joint tenants. A mortgage or lease executed by all of the joint tenants does not sever the joint tenancy but is valid according to its terms against the joint tenants and the survivor or survivors of them. A mortgage or lease executed by less tha…

Sec. 47-14f. Attachment of or lien on tenant's interest. During the life of any joint tenant his interest may be attached, made subject to a mechanic's lien, judgment lien or other lien authorized by law, or sold on execution, all in the same manner as if he held his interest as …

Sec. 47-14g. Divorce or marriage dissolution of husband and wife joint tenants. Whenever a husband and wife are joint tenants in the same real estate, either together or in conjunction with others, a divorce or dissolution of the marriage, unless the divorce decree or decree of d…

Sec. 47-14h. Provisions applicable to joint tenancies with survivorship. All provisions of existing statutes applicable to joint tenancies are applicable to joint tenancies with right of survivorship. (1959, P.A. 677, S. 8; P.A. 79-602, S. 31.) History: P.A. 79-602 substituted “a…

Sec. 47-14i. Effect of death on contract by tenant to convey interest. When any joint tenant enters into an enforceable contract to convey his interest, or a portion of his interest, severally or in conjunction with other joint tenants, and dies before the performance of the cont…

Sec. 47-14j. Conveyance to effect change in interests among tenants. Any change in the nature of the interests held by joint tenants which could be effected by a conveyance or conveyances to a stranger may be effected by an instrument executed with the formalities required for de…

Sec. 47-14k. Applicability of statutes. The provisions of sections 47-14a to 47-14j, inclusive, apply to any conveyance or devise creating a joint tenancy in the manner provided in section 47-14a made prior to and existing on June 29, 1959, except to the extent that the effect of…

Sec. 47-15. Certificate of taking land by appraisal to be recorded. When any land or interest therein, incorporeal hereditament or right to the use of water is taken by appraisal under proceedings on application or petition to any judge or court therefor, the applicant or petitio…

Sec. 47-16. Lost deed of land in two or more towns, copy recorded. When any conveyance of land, situated in two or more towns, has been lost after being recorded in one or more of such towns, a certified copy of the record thereof may be recorded in the other towns; and, when so …

Sec. 47-16a. Recording of certified copy of deed or other instrument recorded in land records of another town. The town clerk of any town shall accept for recording any certified copy of a deed or other instrument affecting real property located in such town and recorded in the l…

Sec. 47-17. Records of documents as notice of equitable rights. An unacknowledged deed, and any instrument intended as a conveyance of land, but which by reason of a formal defect operates only as a conveyance of an equitable interest in such land, and any contract for the convey…

Sec. 47-17a. Private transfer fees. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trustee or other entity capable of holding an interest in real property or any combination thereof. (2) (A) “Privat…

Sec. 47-18. Ownership of historic memorials. The title and ownership of all memorials, tablets and markers, designating any historic place, or in commemoration of any historic event, whether upon public or private buildings, in public parks or cemeteries or upon private grounds, …

Sec. 47-18a. Notice of listing of historic structure on National Register of Historic Places. The record owner of any historic structure or landmark in this state which is listed or under consideration for listing on the National Register of Historic Places or is part of a distri…

Sec. 47-19. Leases for more than one year. No lease of any building, land or tenement, for life or for any term exceeding one year or which provides for the renewal thereof or an option to purchase such building, land or tenement, shall be effectual against any persons other than…

Sec. 47-2. Charitable uses. All estates granted for the maintenance of the ministry of the gospel, or of schools of learning, or for the relief of the poor, or for the preservation, care and maintenance of any cemetery, cemetery lot or monuments thereon, or for any other public a…

Sec. 47-20. Use of word “trustee” or “agent” in an instrument affecting real estate. The word “trustee” or “agent”, or the words “as trustee”, or words of similar meaning, following the name of the grantee in a duly executed and recorded instrument which conveys, transfers or ass…

Sec. 47-21. Deeds of land by persons ousted of possession, void. Any conveyance or lease, for any term, of any building, land or tenement, of which the grantor or lessor is ousted by the entry and possession of another, unless made to the person in actual possession, shall be voi…

Sec. 47-22. Transferred to Chapter 830, Sec. 47a-3d.

Sec. 47-23. Termination of parol leases for nonpayment of rent. Section 47-23 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7107; P.A. 76-95, S. 26, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82.)

Sec. 47-23a. Transferred to Chapter 831, Sec. 47a-22.

Secs. 47-23b to 47-23f, 47-24. Security deposit refunds. Tenant not liable for rent while premises are untenantable. Sections 47-23b to 47-23f, inclusive, and 47-24 are repealed. (1949, Rev., S. 7108; P.A. 75-614, S. 1–5; P.A. 76-95, S. 26, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82.)

Sec. 47-24a. Transferred to Chapter 830, Sec. 47a-5.

Sec. 47-24b. Covenant that leased property is fit for habitation. Section 47-24b is repealed. (1969, P.A. 390; P.A. 76-95, S. 26, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82.)

Sec. 47-24c. Transferred to Chapter 830, Sec. 47a-8.

Sec. 47-24d. Tenant's waiver of rights, when valid. Section 47-24d is repealed. (P.A. 73-238; P.A. 76-95, S. 26, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82.)

Sec. 47-25. Right to light not gained by adverse possession. No occupant of real estate may acquire, by adverse occupation, the right to keep, sustain or enjoy any window or light, so as to prevent the owner of adjoining premises from erecting and maintaining any building thereon…

Sec. 47-26. No right to railroad, railway or canal land by adverse possession. If the owner or occupant of any land adjoining any railroad or canal has, since June 10, 1831, taken into his enclosure any part of the land belonging to such railroad or canal, as located and establis…

Sec. 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. (a) No length of possession, use or occupancy of land belonging to a railroad or street railway corpo…

Sec. 47-28. Admissibility of award of arbitrators as evidence. No award of arbitrators, made since May 20, 1841, purporting to decide the title to real estate, shall be admissible as evidence thereof, unless the submission of the parties to such arbitration is executed, attested …

Sec. 47-29. Right of entry on land by assignee of reversion. When, after an estate in real estate has been created by grant or devise upon express condition, the reversion, before breach of the condition, becomes vested in any person other than the grantor or his heirs, that pers…

Sec. 47-3. Estate given in fee tail. Each estate given in fee tail shall be an absolute estate in fee simple to the named grantee. (1949 Rev., S. 7083; P.A. 15-234, S. 15.) History: P.A. 15-234 substituted “Each estate given in fee tail shall be an absolute estate in fee simple t…

Sec. 47-30. Ejectment. Set-off of defendant's improvements. Final judgment shall not be rendered, in any action to recover the possession of land, against any defendant who has, in good faith, believing his title to the land in question absolute, made improvements on the land bef…

Sec. 47-31. Action to settle title or claim interest in real or personal property. (a) An action may be brought by any person claiming title to, or any interest in, real or personal property, or both, against any person who may claim to own the property, or any part of it, or to …

Sec. 47-31a. Petition to invalidate land record that was falsely filed or amended. (a) A person, as defined in section 42a-1-201, who has been identified in a filing pursuant to chapters 821 to 822, inclusive, may petition the Tax and Administrative Appeals Session of the Superio…

Sec. 47-32. Several defendants may be joined. In any action to quiet title to real estate or to have declared invalid and to discharge any encumbrance on real estate, the plaintiff may join several defendants and all causes of action relating to defects in the title to any proper…

Sec. 47-33. Action to settle title to land belonging to estate of deceased person. (a) In any action brought to quiet the title to real estate or to have declared invalid or to discharge or to foreclose any mortgage or lien on real estate, if any record owner of the title to such…

Sec. 47-33a. Action on agreement to sell real estate. (a) No interest in real property existing under an executory agreement for the sale of real property or for the sale of an interest in real property or under an option to purchase real property shall survive longer than one ye…