Title 52 — Title 52: Civil Actions

Secs. 52-347 to 52-350. Form of execution. Service and return of execution. Interest on judgments collected on executions. Execution upon unsatisfied judgment of justice. Sections 52-347 to 52-350, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8092–8095; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 185, 204; 196…

Sec. 52-350a. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter and section 49-51, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Conspicuous” means conspicuous as defined in section 42a-1-201. (2) “Consumer debt or obligation” means a debt or obligation incurred primarily for personal,…

Sec. 52-350b. Applicability. (a) Sections 49-51, 52-350a, 52-350c to 52-350f, inclusive, 52-351a, 52-351b, 52-352a, 52-352b, 52-353, 52-355a, 52-356a to 52-356d, inclusive, 52-361a, 52-361b, 52-380a, 52-380d to 52-380g, inclusive, and 52-400a to 52-400d, inclusive, as amended or …

Sec. 52-350c. Rules of court. Forms. The judges of the Superior Court may adopt any rules they deem necessary to implement the provisions of sections 49-51, 52-350a, 52-350c to 52-350f, inclusive, 52-351a, 52-351b, 52-352a, 52-352b, 52-353, 52-355a, 52-356a to 52-356d, inclusive,…

Sec. 52-350d. Jurisdiction of Superior Court. (a) For the purposes of postjudgment procedures, the Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over all parties of record in an action until satisfaction of the judgment or, if sooner, until the statute limiting execution has run, except…

Sec. 52-350e. Service of process. (a) Unless otherwise provided by section 52-351a, 52-351b, 52-356a, 52-356b or 52-361a, service of process concerning a postjudgment procedure, or concerning a determination of interest in property pursuant to section 52-356c, may be made (1) by …

Sec. 52-350f. Enforcement of money judgment. Costs, fees and interest. A money judgment may be enforced against any property of the judgment debtor unless the property is exempt from application to the satisfaction of the judgment under section 52-352a, 52-352b, 52-352d or 52-361…

Sec. 52-351. New judgment to include unsatisfied costs of execution. Any court issuing an execution on which the costs thereon are not wholly satisfied, upon written motion of the plaintiff and such notice to the judgment debtor as the court rendering the original judgment deems …

Sec. 52-351a. Notice of enforcement action to be given judgment debtor. When a lien is placed on any property or when any postjudgment paper, other than a wage execution or property execution levied against property of a natural person, is served on a third person, the judgment c…

Sec. 52-351b. Discovery by judgment creditor. (a) A judgment creditor may obtain discovery from the judgment debtor, or from any third person the judgment creditor reasonably believes, in good faith, may have assets of the judgment debtor, or from any financial institution to the…

Sec. 52-352. Property exempt from attachment and execution. Section 52-352 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8104; P.A. 74-64; P.A. 77-466, S. 4.)

Sec. 52-352a. Definitions for exempt property provisions. As used in this section and sections 52-352b and 52-353: (1) “Value” means fair market value of the exemptioner's equity or unencumbered interest in the property; (2) “Necessary” means reasonably required to meet the needs…

Sec. 52-352b. Exempt property. The following property of any natural person shall be exempt: (1) Necessary apparel, bedding, foodstuffs, household furniture and appliances; (2) Tools, books, instruments, farm animals and livestock feed, which are necessary to the exemptioner in t…

Sec. 52-352c. Additional exempt property. Section 52-352c is repealed. (P.A. 77-466, S. 3; P.A. 78-331, S. 26, 58; P.A. 83-581, S. 39, 40; P.A. 84-546, S. 127, 173.)

Sec. 52-352d. Exempt property of farm partnership. (a) As used in this section, “exempt” has the same meaning as provided in section 52-352a, and “farm partnership” means any partnership primarily engaged in the occupation of farming in which at least fifty per cent of the partne…

Sec. 52-353. Levy on and sale of personal property exempt to a certain amount. When an execution debtor owns any personal property which, if not exceeding a certain amount in value, is exempt from execution, and the officer levying the execution believes that its value exceeds th…

Secs. 52-354 and 52-355. Exemption of sick benefits and insurance moneys. Exemption of body from execution. Sections 52-354 and 52-355 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8103, 8114; 1955, S. 3205d; P.A. 81-410, S. 14; P.A. 83-581, S. 39, 40; P.A. 84-546, S. 127, 173.)

Sec. 52-355a. Judgment lien on personal property. (a) Except in the case of a consumer judgment, a judgment lien, securing the unpaid amount of any money judgment, including interest and costs, may be placed on any nonexempt personal property in which, by a filing in the office o…

Sec. 52-356. Levy on personal estate. Section 52-356 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8097; P.A. 81-410, S. 10; P.A. 83-581, S. 39, 40; P.A. 84-546, S. 127, 173.)

Sec. 52-356a. Execution against certain nonexempt personal property. Fees. (a) Procedure. Levying officer's responsibilities. (1) On application of a judgment creditor or a judgment creditor's attorney, stating that a judgment remains unsatisfied and the amount due thereon, and s…

Sec. 52-356b. Court order for transfer of specified property or evidence. (a) If a judgment is unsatisfied, the judgment creditor may apply to the court for an execution and an order in aid of the execution directing the judgment debtor, or any third person, to transfer to the le…

Sec. 52-356c. Determination of interests in disputed property. (a) Where a dispute exists between the judgment debtor or judgment creditor and a third person concerning an interest in personal property sought to be levied on, or where a third person claims that the execution will…

Sec. 52-356d. Installment payment order. (a) When a judgment is rendered against a natural person, the judgment creditor or judgment debtor may move the court for an order for installment payments in accordance with a money judgment. After hearing and consideration of the judgmen…

Secs. 52-357 to 52-361. Demand on execution when defendant has left the state. Sale on execution at other place than signpost. Adjournment of execution sale. When indifferent person may conduct execution sale. Execution on wages after judgment. Sections 52-357 to 52-361, inclusiv…

Sec. 52-361a. Execution on wages after judgment. (a) Application. If a judgment debtor fails to comply with an installment payment order, the judgment creditor may apply to the court for a wage execution. The application shall contain the judgment creditor's or the judgment credi…

Sec. 52-361b. Notification of judgment debtor's rights. Claim for exemption or modification. (a) A property execution pursuant to section 52-356a to be levied on property of a judgment debtor who is a natural person shall be accompanied by a conspicuous notice in clear and simple…

Sec. 52-362. Income withholding and unemployment compensation for support. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Dependent” means a spouse, former spouse or child entitled to payments under a support order, provided Support Enforcement Services of the Superior Court or the s…

Sec. 52-362a. Welfare support executions. Section 52-362a is repealed. (1969, P.A. 551, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 195; P.A. 85-548, S. 11.)

Sec. 52-362b. Priority of voluntary wage deduction authorization for support over wage executions. A voluntary wage deduction authorization for payment of amounts due for support in public welfare cases shall have the same priority over executions issued under section 52-361a as …

Sec. 52-362c. Voluntary wage deduction authorization for support. A voluntary wage deduction authorization for payment of amounts due for support shall have the same force and effect as a wage withholding order issued under section 52-362 and all payments under such authorization…

Sec. 52-362d. Lien against property of obligor for unpaid child support. Securing, releasing or foreclosing lien. Notice of lien and opportunity for hearing. Information re unpaid support reported to participating consumer reporting agency. Offset for child support arrearage agai…

Sec. 52-362e. Withholding federal income tax refunds in amount equal to support arrearage. Procedures. Eligibility. Regulations. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 52-362h, whenever an order of the Superior Court or a family support magistrate for support of a child or chil…

Sec. 52-362f. Enforcement of child support orders by income withholding. (a) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Agency” means the Office of Child Support Services within the Department of Social Services of this state and, when the context requir…

Sec. 52-362g. Notice by IV-D agency for collection of current or past due child support payments. Any written notice sent by or on behalf of the IV-D agency for the purpose of collection of current or past due child support payments shall, if such notice contains possible sanctio…

Sec. 52-362h. Defense re withholding support arrearage from federal and state income tax refunds. For the purpose only of submission to the Internal Revenue Service for the withholding from federal income tax refunds or submission to the Commissioner of Administrative Services fo…

Sec. 52-362i. Court may require cash deposit of support to be held by Office of Child Support Services or Support Enforcement Services. If the court or family support magistrate finds that (1) an obligor is delinquent on payment of child support, and (2) future support payments a…

Sec. 52-362j. “Past-due support”, “overdue support”, defined. For the purposes of sections 52-362d, 52-362e, 52-362g, and 52-362h: (1) “Past-due support” means any one or a combination of the following: (A) Court-ordered current support or arrearage payments which have become due…

Sec. 52-363. Levy on machinery, implements and crops. Removal. Section 52-363 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8106; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 72; P.A. 83-581, S. 39, 40; P.A. 84-546, S. 127, 173.)

Sec. 52-364. Levy against partnership. No execution upon a judgment rendered against copartners shall be levied upon any other than the partnership property or the individual property of such defendants as are particularly named in the complaint. (1949 Rev., S. 8107.) Cited. 21 C…

Sec. 52-365. Demand on execution against voluntary association. Demand on execution, upon a judgment rendered against a voluntary association, may be made on its presiding officer, secretary or treasurer. (1949 Rev., S. 8108.) See Sec. 52-57 (e) re service of process against pres…

Secs. 52-366 and 52-367. Levy of execution against oyster-bed association. Levy on corporate stock. Sections 52-366 and 52-367 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8109, 8110; 1959, P.A. 574, S. 6; P.A. 83-581, S. 39, 40; P.A. 84-546, S. 127, 173.)

Sec. 52-367a. Execution against debts due from financial institution. Judgment debtor other than individual. (a) As used in this section and section 52-367b, “financial institution” means any bank, savings bank, savings and loan association or credit union organized, chartered or…

Sec. 52-367b. Execution against debts due from financial institution. Individual as judgment debtor. (a) Exempt debts. Execution may be granted pursuant to this section against any debts due from any financial institution to a judgment debtor who is an individual, except to the e…

Sec. 52-367c. Execution against lottery and pari-mutuel winnings. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, on application of a judgment creditor or his attorney, stating that a judgment remains unsatisfied and the amount due thereon, and subject to the exp…

Secs. 52-368 to 52-380. Levy on: Interest of one railroad in property of another railroad; body execution; body for want of bail; real estate; real estate of voluntary association. Return and record of levy on real estate. Levy on: Equity in real and personal estate; lands in dif…

Sec. 52-380a. Judgment lien on real property. (a) A judgment lien, securing the unpaid amount of any money judgment, including interest and costs, may be placed on any real property by recording, in the town clerk's office in the town where the real property lies, a judgment lien…

Sec. 52-380b. (Formerly Sec. 49-54). Judgment lien on property of telephone or electric distribution company or association. Any property of any telephone or electric distribution company, or association engaged in distributing electricity by wires or similar conductors, attached…

Sec. 52-380c. (Formerly Sec. 49-40b). Judgment liens expired by limitation of time. Any judgment lien which has expired for failure to comply with the time limitations of section 52-380a is automatically extinguished and the continued existence of the lien unreleased of record in…

Sec. 52-380d. (Formerly Sec. 49-46a). Release of judgment lien on real or personal property. Form. (a) A judgment lien on real or personal property may be released by an instrument in writing signed by the lienholder or his attorney or by any personal representative who signed th…

Sec. 52-380e. Discharge of judgment lien on substitution of bond or lien on other property. When a lien is placed on any real or personal property pursuant to section 52-355a or 52-380a, the judgment debtor may apply to the court to discharge the lien on substitution of (1) a bon…