Title 47, Title 47: Land and Land Titles

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 …

Sec. 47-285. Conversion tenant's right to purchase converted unit. (a) For the first ninety days after giving a conversion notice to a tenant, a declarant shall offer to convey the converted unit occupied by that tenant to that tenant. If a tenant fails to purchase the converted …

Sec. 47-286. Conversion tenant's right to terminate lease and abandon unit. A conversion tenant may, without penalty, terminate an existing lease before it expires at any time during a transition period after he receives a conversion notice, if he notifies the declarant of his in…

Sec. 47-287. Conversion tenant's right to relocation payment. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a conversion tenant is entitled to a relocation payment from the declarant if the tenant's household income qualifies under subsection (c) of this section and h…

Sec. 47-288. Registration of common interest community. Notice to Department of Housing. (a) If a common interest community contains or will contain any conversion building, or any land currently or formerly in a mobile manufactured home park, in which any unit was last occupied …

Sec. 47-289. Rent increases of conversion tenants. (a) During a transition period, a conversion tenant's rent may not be increased for any reason. (b) After a transition period ends, the rent of any conversion tenant, including tenants protected under section 47a-23c, may be incr…

Sec. 47-290. Eviction of conversion tenants. (a) During a transition period, a conversion tenant may be evicted from a converted unit only for a reason which would justify eviction under subsection (b) of section 47a-23c. (b) After a transition period ends, a conversion tenant ma…

Sec. 47-291. Unenforceable lease provisions. Except pursuant to a purchase agreement with the tenant for the purchase of his dwelling unit or the space or lot in a mobile manufactured home park on which his dwelling unit sits, any provision in a tenant's lease that allows a landl…

Sec. 47-292. Tenant's cause of action. A tenant who claims to be aggrieved by a violation of sections 47-282 to 47-293, inclusive, or of section 47a-23c or who claims that a landlord, declarant or unit owner has harassed him or engaged in conduct with the purpose of improperly in…

Sec. 47-293. Applicability of protection afforded conversion tenants. (a) The protection provided by sections 47-282 to 47-292, inclusive, to conversion tenants shall not apply to (1) conversion tenants of condominiums created before May 7, 1980, or (2) conversion tenants of all …

Sec. 47-294. Complaints of violations. Investigations. Enforcement action by Attorney General. (a) The Commissioner of Housing may receive complaints of any violations of sections 47-282 to 47-293, inclusive, section 47a-23c as it applies to the conversion of dwelling units or mo…

Sec. 47-295. Regulations. The Commissioner of Housing shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 47-288 and 47-294. Such regulations shall provide for the form of registration to be required pursuant to section …

Sec. 47-300. Definitions. As used in sections 47-300 to 47-304, inclusive: (1) “Eligible housing” means any building, structure or portion thereof which is used or occupied, or intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as the home, residence or sleeping place of one …

Sec. 47-301. Community land trust. Purposes. Powers. (a) A community land trust shall have as one of its purposes the holding of land and the leasing of such land for the purpose of preserving the long-term eligibility and accessibility of housing predominantly for very low incom…

Sec. 47-302. Ground lease interest constitutes an interest in real property. A lessee's interest in a ground lease with a community land trust shall constitute an interest in real property. Any loan made to the lessee may be secured by the lessee's leasehold interest in the same …

Sec. 47-303. Required ground lease provisions. A ground lease between a community land trust and a lessee shall include provisions designed to preserve long-term eligible housing on the land. Such provisions may include, but shall not be limited to, a first option to purchase and…