Title 47 — Title 47: Land and Land Titles

Secs. 47-67 and 47-68. Title. Definitions. Sections 47-67 and 47-68 are repealed. (1963, P.A. 605, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 813, S. 1, 2; P.A. 76-308, S. 35, 36; P.A. 79-602, S. 132.)

Sec. 47-68a. Short title: Condominium Act of 1976. Definitions. This chapter shall be known as the “Condominium Act of 1976”. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Condominium” means real property and any incidents thereto and interests therein, law…

Sec. 47-69. Applicability of chapter. Section 47-69 is repealed. (1963, P.A. 605, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 813, S. 3; P.A. 76-308, S. 35, 36.)

Sec. 47-70. Declaration. Covenants, easements and liens on conveyances limited. (a) The declaration shall contain the following information: (1) The name by which the condominium is to be identified, which name shall include the word “condominium” or be followed by the words, “a …

Sec. 47-70a. Amendment of declaration or bylaws. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the declaration shall be amended only by vote of two-thirds of the unit owners, and the bylaws shall be amended by vote of a majority of unit owners, at any meeting of the u…

Sec. 47-71. Recording of declaration and other instruments. (a) The owner or owners of any property in the state may submit such property to the provisions of this chapter by filing or recording on the land records of the municipality or municipalities in which the property is lo…

Sec. 47-71a. Expansion of condominiums. No condominium shall be expanded except in accordance with the provisions of the declaration and of this chapter. Expansion shall be deemed to have occurred at the time of the recording of surveys and plans pursuant to subsection (f) of sec…

Sec. 47-71b. Public offering statement. A public offering statement, issued pursuant to section 47-74f, shall disclose fully and accurately the characteristics of the condominium and shall make known to prospective purchasers all unusual and material circumstances or features aff…

Sec. 47-72. Deeds of units. Leases. Conveyance of title from declarant to any unit or leasehold other than to a successor declarant, or other than by mortgage, judicial proceedings, foreclosure, or proceedings or deed in lieu of foreclosure, shall be by warranty deed or lease, co…

Sec. 47-73. Unit as real property. Each unit, together with its undivided interest in the common elements, shall for all purposes constitute real property. (1963, P.A. 605, S. 4; P.A. 76-308, S. 6, 36.) History: P.A. 76-308 changed the term “common areas and facilities” to “commo…

Sec. 47-73a. Boundaries, encroachments and easements. (a) The existing physical boundaries, as defined in the condominium instruments, of any unit or common element constructed or reconstructed in substantial conformity with the condominium plans shall be conclusively presumed to…

Sec. 47-74. Rights of unit owners. (a) Each unit owner shall be entitled to the exclusive ownership and possession of his unit. (b) (1) Each unit owner shall own an undivided interest in the common elements, in the percentage expressed in the declaration. Such percentage shall be…

Sec. 47-74a. Board of directors of unit owners association. Election by unit owners other than declarant; when. Declarant to relinquish control; when. (a) When unit owners other than the declarant own more than one-third of the units in the condominium, they shall be entitled to …

Sec. 47-74b. Limitation on grants, reservations and contracts made by declarant or declarant-controlled association. (a) Except for covenants, liens and easements permitted by subsection (d) of section 47-70, any grant or reservation made by or pursuant to the condominium instrum…

Sec. 47-74c. Declarant not to retain ownership interest in recreational facilities. The declarant shall not retain ownership of, and lease or otherwise require payment for the use of the recreation facilities nor shall the declarant convey such recreation facilities to any person…

Sec. 47-74d. Architect's or engineer's certificate required. Declarant's certificate. Escrow account. (a) With respect to buildings for which building permits have been issued after January 1, 1977, if a declarant contracts to sell a unit that has been completed, such declarant s…

Sec. 47-74e. Implied warranties. (a) An implied warranty of fitness and merchantability shall attach (1) to each building or other improvement completed not more than two years prior to, or at any time after, the date of the recording of the original condominium instruments; and …

Sec. 47-74f. Nonbinding reservation agreements. Cancellation. (a) No declarant may dispose of any interest in a condominium unit unless he delivers to the purchaser a current public offering statement, on or before the date on which a nonbinding reservation agreement is signed by…

Sec. 47-75. Obligations of unit owners. Limit on liability of unit owner. (a) Each unit owner, and the association of unit owners, shall comply with this chapter, the condominium instruments, and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Failure to so comply shall be gr…

Sec. 47-75a. Resale of unit by person other than declarant. (a) In the event of any resale of a condominium unit by a unit owner other than the declarant, such owner shall obtain from the unit owners' association and furnish to the purchaser, prior to the settlement date of the d…

Sec. 47-76. Allocation of profits and expenses. (a) The common profits of the condominium shall be distributed among the unit owners according to the percentage of the undivided interest in the common elements or be credited to their assessments for common expenses according to t…

Sec. 47-77. Assessment of common expenses. Liens and foreclosure. (a) All sums assessed by the association of unit owners, but unpaid, for the share of the common expenses chargeable to any unit shall constitute a lien on such unit prior to all other liens, except only (1) tax li…

Sec. 47-78. Owner may not exempt himself from liability. (a) No unit owner may exempt himself from liability for payment of the common expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of any of the common elements or by abandonment of the unit against which the assessments are made, ex…

Sec. 47-79. Collection of taxes and assessments. (a) Taxes, assessments, including special assessments, and other charges of this state or of any political subdivision, or of any special improvement district, or any other taxing or assessing authority shall be assessed against an…

Sec. 47-80. Bylaws. (a) The administration of every condominium shall be governed by bylaws, a copy of which shall be annexed to the declaration and recorded as a part thereof. No modification of or amendment to the bylaws shall be of legal effect until set forth in an amendment …

Sec. 47-80a. Powers of unit owners' association. Opportunity for unit owners to express views re proposed budget. (a) Except to the extent prohibited by the condominium instruments, and subject to any restrictions and limitations specified therein, the unit owners' association, w…

Sec. 47-81. Accounting records. Availability of records. Loan disclosure and comments. Audit. (a) The declarant and the association shall maintain accounting records according to generally accepted accounting practices. Such records shall include: (1) A record of all receipts and…

Sec. 47-82. Liens against units. (a) Subsequent to recording the declaration as provided in this chapter, and while the property remains subject to this chapter, liens or encumbrances shall arise or be created only against each unit and the percentage of undivided interest in the…

Sec. 47-83. Insurance. The declarant and the association of unit owners, by its board of directors, manager or other authorized agent shall, without prejudice to the right of each unit owner to insure his own unit for his own benefit, obtain for the condominium the following form…

Sec. 47-84. Repairs. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, damage to or destruction of any building or improvement located on the condominium parcel or serving the condominium shall be promptly repaired and restored by the declarant or the association, using the proceeds of insuran…

Sec. 47-85. Actions between unit owners. Section 47-85 is repealed. (1963, P.A. 605, S. 26; P.A. 76-308, S. 35, 36.)

Sec. 47-86. Owners, tenants and employees bound by chapter. (a) All unit owners, tenants of such owners, employees of owners and tenants, or any other persons who may in any manner use property or any part thereof submitted to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to th…

Sec. 47-87. Liability for mortgages, liens and assessments on conveyance of unit. (a) At the time of the first conveyance of each unit, except by foreclosure or deed in lieu thereof, or from the declarant in which conveyance the rights and obligations of the declarant are assumed…

Sec. 47-88. Removal of property from application of chapter. Resubmission of property. (a) The unit owners may remove a property from the provisions of this chapter by recording an instrument to that effect, containing the signature of ninety per cent of the unit owners, provided…

Sec. 47-88a. Consolidation of condominiums. (a) Two or more condominiums established pursuant to chapter 825 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1975, or established pursuant to this chapter, may, by agreement pursuant to this section, merge the operations and a…

Sec. 47-88b. Conversion condominiums: Requirements for conversion. (a) Public offering statement requirements. Any declarant of a conversion condominium shall include in his public offering statement, in addition to the requirements of section 47-71b the following: (1) A specific…

Sec. 47-88c. Separate heating plants required, when. (a) In addition to the requirements of section 47-88b for each conversion condominium for which a declaration is filed within sixty days after May 7, 1980, the declarant shall include in his public offering statement a statemen…

Sec. 47-88d. Reimbursement for moving and relocation expenses. Any declarant of a conversion condominium shall pay moving and relocation expenses to each household which does not purchase its dwelling unit and does not have an adjusted gross income for federal income tax purposes…

Sec. 47-88e. Reserves for capital expenditures. Any declarant of a conversion condominium shall provide in the proposed budget for the condominium adequate reserves for capital expenditures. (P.A. 82-356, S. 4, 14.) Cited. 210 C. 6.

Sec. 47-88f. Applicability of tenants' rights and protections. The provisions of this chapter affording certain rights and protections to tenants of dwelling units converted to a condominium form of ownership shall apply equally to tenants of dwelling units converted to any other…

Sec. 47-88g. Right of action for aggrieved tenant of conversion condominium. Remedies. (a) Any person residing in a dwelling unit which has been or is to be submitted to the provisions of this chapter who claims to be aggrieved by a violation of any provision of subsection (b) of…

Secs. 47-89 and 47-90. Incorporation; appeal from board of tax review. Effect of rule against perpetuities and rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation. Sections 47-89 and 47-90 are repealed. (1969, P.A. 716, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 211; 813, S. 14, 15; P.A. 73-514; P.A. 7…

Sec. 47-90a. Misrepresentations in public offering statements; remedies. (a) Any declarant who, in disposing of a condominium unit, makes an untrue statement of a material fact, or who, in disposing of a condominium unit, omits a material fact required to be stated in a public of…

Sec. 47-90b. Public offering statement not required, when. Unless the method of offer or disposition is adopted for the purpose of evasion of this chapter, the provisions of sections 47-71b, 47-74f, 47-88b and 47-90a shall not apply to: (1) Disposition pursuant to court order; (2…

Sec. 47-90c. Effective date and applicability of chapter. (a) Sections 47-68a to 47-81, inclusive, 47-83, 47-84 and 47-87 to 47-90c, inclusive, shall take effect January 1, 1977, and shall apply to all condominiums declared on and after said date except as provided in subsections…

Secs. 47-90d to 47-90f. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 47-90g. Member of board of directors or officer not subject to criminal liability re special assessment for code compliance repairs. No member of a board of directors, as defined in section 47-68a, or officer, as defined in section 47-68a, shall be subject to criminal liabil…

Sec. 47-90h. Electric vehicle charging station in unit parking space or limited common element parking space. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Association of unit owners”, “board of directors”, “common elements”, “condominium instruments”, “limited common elements”, “unit” and “…