Title 47 — Title 47: Land and Land Titles

Sec. 47-244. Powers and duties of unit owners' association. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, and subject to the provisions of the declaration, the association, even if unincorporated: (1) Shall adopt and may amend bylaws, and may adopt and amend rules; (2…

Sec. 47-244a. Unincorporated unit owners' association's statutory agent for service. (a) Not later than January 1, 1992, each unit owners' association, as defined in section 47-202, that is not incorporated in this state shall have and maintain a statutory agent for service in th…

Sec. 47-244b. Service of process on statutory agent. (a) Any process, notice or demand in connection with any action or proceeding required or permitted by law to be served upon a unit owners' association which is subject to the provisions of section 47-244a may be served upon th…

Sec. 47-245. Executive board members and officers. Duties. Period of declarant control: Delivery of property and documents by declarant; current financial statement. Prohibitions re elections of executive board members. (a) Except as provided in the declaration, the bylaws, subse…

Sec. 47-246. Transfer of special declarant rights. Obligations and liabilities. (a) A special declarant right, as defined in subsection (29) of section 47-202, created or reserved under this chapter may be transferred only by an instrument evidencing the transfer recorded in ever…

Sec. 47-247. Termination of contracts and leases. (a) Except in the case of nonresidential common interest communities as provided in section 47-215, if entered into before the executive board elected by the unit owners pursuant to subsection (f) of section 47-245 takes office, t…

Sec. 47-248. Bylaws. (a) The bylaws of the association shall: (1) Provide the number of members of the executive board and the titles of the officers of the association; (2) unless otherwise specified in the declaration, provide for election by either the executive board or the u…

Sec. 47-249. Upkeep of common interest community. Liability for expenses. (a) Except to the extent provided by the declaration, subsection (b) of this section or subsection (h) of section 47-255, the association is responsible for maintenance, repair and replacement of the common…

Sec. 47-250. Meetings. Rules. (a) The following requirements apply to unit owner meetings: (1) An association shall hold a meeting of unit owners annually at a time, date and place stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws; (2) An association shall hold a special meeting o…

Sec. 47-251. Quorum. (a) Unless the bylaws otherwise provide, a quorum is present throughout any meeting of the unit owners if persons entitled to cast twenty per cent of the votes in the association are present in person or by proxy at the beginning of the meeting. (b) Unless th…

Sec. 47-252. Voting. Proxies. Ballots. (a) Unless prohibited or limited by the declaration or bylaws, unit owners may vote (1) by electronic or paper ballot, prior to or at a meeting conducted in person, electronically, or both in person and electronically, and at any continuatio…

Sec. 47-253. Liability. (a) A unit owner is not liable, solely by reason of being a unit owner, for injury or damage arising out of the condition or use of the common elements. Neither the association nor any unit owner except the declarant is liable for that declarant's torts in…

Sec. 47-254. Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements. (a) In a condominium or planned community, portions of the common elements may be conveyed or subjected to a security interest by the association if persons entitled to cast at least eighty per cent of the votes in the as…

Sec. 47-255. Insurance. (a) Commencing not later than the time of the first conveyance of a unit to a person other than a declarant, the association shall maintain, to the extent reasonably available and subject to reasonable deductibles: (1) Property insurance on the common elem…

Sec. 47-256. Surplus funds. Unless otherwise provided in the declaration, any surplus funds of the association remaining after payment of or provision for common expenses and any prepayment of reserves shall be paid annually to the unit owners in proportion to their common expens…

Sec. 47-257. Assessments for common expenses. Assessments due to wilful misconduct, failure to comply with standards or gross negligence. (a) Until the association makes a common expense assessment, the declarant shall pay all common expenses. After an assessment has been made by…

Sec. 47-258. Lien for assessments and other sums due association. Enforcements. (a) The association has a statutory lien on a unit for any assessment attributable to that unit or fines imposed against its unit owner. Unless the declaration otherwise provides, reasonable attorneys…

Sec. 47-259. Other liens. (a) A judgment for money against the association may be enforced against the assets of the association in the manner otherwise provided by law, but may not be recorded in the land records in order to create the lien described in subdivision (1) of subsec…

Sec. 47-260. Association records. Copies. Fees. (a) An association shall retain the following: (1) Detailed records of receipts and expenditures affecting the operation and administration of the association and other appropriate accounting records, including, but not limited to, …

Sec. 47-261. Association as trustee. With respect to a third person dealing with the association in the association's capacity as a trustee, the existence of trust powers and their proper exercise by the association may be assumed without inquiry. A third person is not bound to i…

Sec. 47-261a. Basic education program for association members and management. The executive board of each association of a common interest community, or an officer designated by the executive board, shall encourage each member of such association, including the officers and membe…

Sec. 47-261b. Rules. (a) At least ten days before adopting, amending or repealing any rule, the executive board shall give all unit owners notice of (1) The executive board's intention to adopt, amend or repeal a rule and shall include with such notice the text of the proposed ru…

Sec. 47-261c. Notice to unit owners. (a) An association shall deliver any notice required to be given by the association under this chapter to any mailing or electronic mail address a unit owner designates, except that the association may also deliver notices by: (1) Hand deliver…

Sec. 47-261d. Removal of officers and directors. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the declaration or bylaws to the contrary, unit owners present in person or by proxy at any meeting of the unit owners at which a quorum is present, or voting by ballot pursuant to subsection (d…

Sec. 47-261e. Adoption of budgets. Special assessments. Loan agreements. (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the executive board, at least annually, shall adopt a proposed budget for the common interest community for consideration by the unit owners. …

Sec. 47-261f. Litigation involving declarant. (a) The following requirements apply to an association's authority under subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 47-244 to institute and maintain a proceeding alleging a construction defect with respect to the common interest com…

Sec. 47-261g. Electric vehicle charging station in unit parking space or limited common element parking space. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Association”, “bylaws”, “common elements”, “declaration”, “executive board”, “limited common element”, “purchaser”, “rule”, “unit” and …

Sec. 47-262. Applicability of part. Exceptions to requirement of public offering statement or resale certificate. (a) Sections 47-262 to 47-281, inclusive, apply to all units subject to this chapter, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section or as modified or waived by…

Sec. 47-263. Public offering statement requirements. Liability. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a declarant, before offering any interest in a unit to the public, shall prepare a public offering statement conforming to the requirements of sections 47-264…

Sec. 47-264. Public offering statement. General provisions and requirements. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a public offering statement shall contain or fully and accurately disclose: (1) The name and principal address of the declarant and of the common…

Sec. 47-265. Requirements for public offering statement when community is subject to development rights. If the declaration provides that a common interest community is subject to any development rights, the public offering statement shall disclose, in addition to the information…

Sec. 47-266. Requirements for public offering statement when ownership or occupancy is by time shares. (a) If the declaration provides that ownership or occupancy of any units, is or may be in time shares, the public offering statement shall disclose, in addition to the informati…

Sec. 47-267. Requirements for public offering statement when community contains conversion building. (a) The public offering statement of a common interest community containing any conversion building shall contain, in addition to the information required by section 47-264: (1) A…

Sec. 47-268. Requirements for public offering statement when interest in community is security. If an interest in a common interest community is currently registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, a declarant satisfies all requirements of this c…

Sec. 47-269. Purchaser's right to cancel. (a) A person required to deliver a public offering statement shall provide a purchaser with a copy of the public offering statement and all amendments thereto before conveyance of the unit, and not later than the date of any contract of s…

Sec. 47-270. Resales of units. (a) Except in the case of a sale in which delivery of a public offering statement is required under either this chapter or chapter 825, or unless exempt under subsection (b) of section 47-262, a unit owner shall furnish to a purchaser or such purcha…

Sec. 47-271. Escrow of deposits. Distribution of interest. (a) Any deposit made in connection with the purchase or reservation of a unit from a person required to deliver a public offering statement pursuant to subsection (c) of section 47-263 shall be placed in escrow and held e…

Sec. 47-272. Release of liens. (a) In the case of a sale of a unit where delivery of a public offering statement is required pursuant to subsection (c) of section 47-263, a seller, (1) Before conveying a unit, shall record or furnish to the purchaser releases of all liens, except…

Sec. 47-273. Rights of tenants in conversion buildings. The rights of residential tenants in conversion buildings are governed by sections 47-282 to 47-292, inclusive, and by section 47a-23c. (P.A. 83-474, S. 74, 96.)

Sec. 47-274. Express warranties of quality. (a) Express warranties made by any seller to a purchaser of a unit, if relied on by the purchaser, are created as follows: (1) Any affirmation of fact or promise which relates to the unit, its use, or rights appurtenant thereto, area im…

Sec. 47-275. Implied warranties of quality. (a) A declarant warrants to a purchaser that a unit will be in at least as good condition at the earlier of the time of the conveyance or delivery of possession as it was at the time of contracting, reasonable wear and tear excepted. (b…

Sec. 47-276. Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality. (a) Except as limited by subsection (b) of this section with respect to a purchaser of a unit that may be used for residential use, implied warranties of quality: (1) May be excluded or modified by agreement…

Sec. 47-277. Action for breach of warranty. Statute of limitations. (a) Unless a period of limitation is tolled under section 47-253, a judicial proceeding for breach of any obligation arising under section 47-274 or 47-275 shall be commenced within three years after the cause of…

Sec. 47-278. Cause of action to enforce chapter, declaration or bylaws. Attorney's fees and costs. Alternative dispute resolution. Hearings before executive board. (a) A declarant, association, unit owner or any other person subject to this chapter may bring an action to enforce …

Sec. 47-279. Labeling of promotional material. No promotional material may be displayed or delivered to prospective purchasers which describes or portrays an improvement that is not in existence unless the description or portrayal of the improvement in the promotional material is…

Sec. 47-280. Declarant's obligation to complete and restore. (a) Except for improvements labeled “NEED NOT BE BUILT”, the declarant shall complete all improvements depicted on any site plan or other graphic representation, including any surveys or plans prepared pursuant to secti…

Sec. 47-281. Substantial completion of units required. In the case of a sale of a unit in which delivery of a public offering statement is required, a contract of sale may be executed, but no interest in that unit may be conveyed, until the declaration is recorded and the unit is…

Sec. 47-282. Statement of policy. It is declared that (1) a severe rental housing shortage exists in this state, (2) the current rate at which dwelling units are being converted into common interest communities has created a state-wide housing emergency, (3) it is in the public i…

Sec. 47-283. Definitions. For purposes of sections 47-282 to 47-293, inclusive: (1) “Conversion notice” means the conversion notice specified by section 47-284; (2) “Converted unit” means a dwelling unit or a space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park that (A) was not in a c…

Sec. 47-284. Conversion tenant's right to conversion notice and public offering statement. (a) At least nine months before a conversion tenant will be required to vacate a converted unit, other than for reasons permitted by subsection (b) of section 47a-23c, and, if a tenant has …