Title 20 — Title 20: Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards

Sec. 20-329h. Rights of purchasers. (a) No subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision shall be disposed of except through a broker, provided nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit any such broker from employing any salesperson, for the specifi…

Sec. 20-329hh. Custodial brokers. Appointment and duties. (a) If a real estate broker dies or is incapacitated, the executor of such broker's estate or any other person who is legally authorized to act on behalf of such broker in a financial transaction may apply to the departmen…

Sec. 20-329i. Penalty. Section 20-329i is repealed, effective April 1, 2024. (1969, P.A. 697, S. 9; 1971, P.A. 488, S. 8; P.A. 96-200, S. 22; P.A. 98-10, S. 48; P.A. 13-196, S. 35; P.A. 23-84, S. 44.)

Sec. 20-329j. Commission members may not participate. No member of the commission or any association, firm or corporation with which a member is associated shall act as a broker of a subdivision or a lot, parcel, unit or interest in a subdivision or offer or dispose of a subdivis…

Sec. 20-329k. Nonliability of advertising media. The owner, publisher, licensee or operator of any newspaper, magazine, visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations or the agents or employees of any such owner, publisher, licensee or operator of such a newspa…

Sec. 20-329l. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any action or decision, order or regulation of the commission may appeal in the manner prescribed by section 20-322. (1969, P.A. 697, S. 12.)

Sec. 20-329m. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the commission, may from time to time adopt such regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of sectio…

Sec. 20-329n. Deposits of purchasers and lessees to be held in escrow. All moneys paid or advanced by a purchaser or lessee or prospective purchaser or prospective lessee for any lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision, the disposition of which is controlled by sections …

Sec. 20-329o. Real property securities dealers. Definitions. Certain sales not deemed a sale to the public. (a) As used in sections 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive: (1) “Real property securities dealer” means any person, acting as principal or agent, who engages in the business of…

Sec. 20-329p. License and endorsement requirements. No person shall act as a real property securities dealer in this state without first having obtained a real estate broker's license under this chapter and having an endorsement attached to such license, in such form as may be pr…

Sec. 20-329q. Statement to purchaser. (a) Every real property securities dealer selling or attempting to sell any real property security shall personally sign and deliver to the purchaser a statement in writing, containing all the information required by subsection (b) of this se…

Sec. 20-329r. Appraisal of real property. An appraisal of each parcel of real property which relates to a transaction subject to the provisions of section 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive, shall be made by the real property securities dealer or by an independent appraiser unless th…

Sec. 20-329s. Filing and approval of materials to be used by dealer. Every real property securities dealer shall file with the commission, ten days prior to use, true copies of all material which pertains to activities subject to sections 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive. The commi…

Sec. 20-329t. Annual financial report. (a) Every real property securities dealer shall file with the commission, annually, a report containing financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, accompanied by an opinion thereon by a certified public…

Sec. 20-329u. Desist order for violation. Appeal. Whenever the commission finds that (1) any person is violating the provisions of sections 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive, (2) any person is conducting business as a real property securities dealer or issuer in an unsafe or injurio…

Sec. 20-329v. Permit to sell real property security required. Application. (a) No real property security shall be sold to the public without either the issuer or the real property securities dealer first obtaining a permit from the commission. (b) Each application for a permit to…

Sec. 20-329w. Issuance or denial of permit. Limitation of commission's authority. Hearing. (a) If the commission finds, in connection with an application filed under section 20-329v, that (1) the proposed plan of business of the applicant and the proposed sale of real property se…

Sec. 20-329x. Prohibited acts. Penalty. Any person shall be guilty of a class D felony if such person: (1) In any application to the commission or in any proceeding before the commission, or in any examination, audit or investigation made by the Department of Consumer Protection …

Sec. 20-329y. Civil action for injury from transaction. Any person sustaining any injury resulting from a transaction subject to sections 20-329o to 20-329bb, inclusive, which was in violation of the provisions of said sections may recover in a civil action the amount of the dama…

Sec. 20-329z. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the commission, may adopt such reasonable regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 20-329o to 20-32…

Sec. 20-330. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Contractor” means any person regularly offering to the general public services of such person or such person's employees in the field of electrical work, plumbing and piping work, solar work, heating, piping, cooling and she…

Sec. 20-331. Examining boards. (a) There shall be in the Department of Consumer Protection separate examining boards for each of the following occupations: (1) Electrical work; (2) plumbing and piping work; (3) heating, piping, cooling and sheet metal work; (4) elevator installat…

Sec. 20-332. Powers and duties of boards. (a) Each examining board established under section 20-331 shall have a seal and its members may administer oaths in the performance of their duties. Each board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a complete roster of all persons li…

Sec. 20-332a. Heating, Cooling, Piping and Sheet Metal Work Board: Regulations. The Heating, Cooling, Piping and Sheet Metal Work Board shall recommend regulations consistent with the provisions of sections 20-332 and 21a-7 to establish limited contractor and journeyman licenses …

Sec. 20-332b. Hiring ratios re apprentices, journeymen and contractors. Electrical, plumbing, heating, piping and cooling, sprinkler fitter and sheet metal work. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall amend existing regulations of Connecticut state agencies ad…

Sec. 20-332c. Apprentice, journeymen and contractor working group established. Membership. Report. (a) There is established a working group to discuss hiring ratios for apprentices, journeymen and contractors and study the hiring ratio relief process. The working group shall meet…

Sec. 20-332d. Limited license holder enrolled in unlimited license apprenticeship program considered journeyman or contractor for purposes of hiring ratio. While the holder of a limited license issued pursuant to chapter 393 is enrolled in an unlimited license apprenticeship prog…

Sec. 20-333. Requirements for licensure. Examinations. Denial or issuance pursuant to consent order. Fees. (a) To obtain a license under this chapter, an applicant shall have attained such applicant's eighteenth birthday and shall furnish such evidence of competency as the approp…

Sec. 20-333a. Reciprocity. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, upon the payment of the appropriate fee, as provided in section 20-335, grant a license or a card of registration provided for in this chapter, without an examination, to any currently practicing, competent p…

Sec. 20-334. License or registration required. Suspension, revocation or fine. (a) No person shall engage in, practice or offer to perform the work of any occupation subject to this chapter in this state, including offering to perform such work in any print, electronic, televisio…

Sec. 20-334a. Types of licenses. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following licenses may be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the boards, under the provisions of section 20-333: (1) (A) An unlimited contractor'…

Sec. 20-334b. Solar thermal work education and training required to be included in apprenticeship programs for plumbing and piping work and heating, piping and cooling work. Any apprenticeship program established for the purpose of providing education and training for persons see…

Sec. 20-334c. Fire protection sprinkler systems work training required to be included in apprenticeship programs for journeyman sprinkler fitter's work. Any apprenticeship program established for the purpose of providing education and training for persons seeking licensure for jo…

Sec. 20-334d. Continuing professional education requirements for electricians and plumbers. Regulations. Exemptions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Accredited continuing professional education” means any education of an electrician or plumber that is (A) designed to maintain p…

Sec. 20-334e. Eligibility of holders of L-5 or L-6 licenses to take licensure examination for C-5 or C-6 license. Any person who has been issued an L-5 or L-6 license pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 20-334a shall be eligible to take the licensure examinat…

Sec. 20-334f. Gas hearth installer licenses. Regulations. Exemptions. Not later than July 1, 2007, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the appropriate boards established pursuant to section 20-331, shall adopt regulations consistent with sec…

Sec. 20-334g. Certificate for solar thermal work. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after consultation with either the Heating, Piping, Cooling and Sheet Metal Work Board or the Plumbing and Piping Work Board, as appropriate, shall issue a solar thermal work certificate au…

Sec. 20-335. License fee. Continuing professional education requirements. Expiration and renewal. Any person who has successfully completed an examination for such person's initial license under this chapter shall pay to the Department of Consumer Protection a fee of one hundred …

Sec. 20-336. Appeals. Any person aggrieved by any action of any board may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (February, 1965, P.A. 493, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 789, S. 8; P.A. 76-436, S. 438, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 84, 125; 77-614, S. 188, 610.) History: …

Sec. 20-337. Ownership of businesses. Nothing in this chapter shall require that the ownership or control of a business engaged in providing the work or services licensed under the provisions of this chapter be vested in a person licensed under this chapter, but all the work and …

Sec. 20-338. License as contractor and journeyman. Valid throughout state. The Department of Consumer Protection shall issue a separate license to persons qualified to engage in work as contractors and as journeymen. Any person licensed under this chapter shall be permitted to pe…

Sec. 20-338a. Work required to be performed by licensed persons. Any contractor who applies for a building permit from a local building official for any work required to be performed by a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter, shall cause such work to be performed …

Sec. 20-338b. Building permit applications. Who may sign. Electronic applications. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any licensed contractor who seeks to obtain a permit from a building official may sign the building permit application personally or delega…

Sec. 20-338c. Work not to commence until permit obtained. No person licensed pursuant to sections 20-330 to 20-341, inclusive, shall commence work within the scope of sections 20-330 to 20-341, inclusive, unless each applicable permit with respect to the specific work being perfo…

Sec. 20-338d. Requirements for contract to perform work on private residence. Amendments. Cancellation. Distribution of copies. (a) For the purposes of this section, “owner” and “private residence” have the same meanings as provided in section 20-419. (b) No written contract to p…

Sec. 20-338e. Requirements for invoices and work orders for work performed on private residence. Any contractor who is licensed under chapter 393 and engaged to perform work on a private residence, and any person who owns or controls a business that is engaged to perform work on,…

Sec. 20-339. Prior licenses. License valid throughout state. Section 20-339 is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 493, S. 11; 1967, P.A. 789, S. 11.)

Sec. 20-340. Exemptions from licensing requirements. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Persons employed by any federal, state or municipal agency; (2) employees of any public service company regulated by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or of any cor…

Sec. 20-340a. Telephone electrical workers. (a) On and after such date as the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority no longer regulates a telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, a corporate affiliate of such telephone company, or a service provided by such company or corpo…

Sec. 20-340b. Exemption from licensing for certain telecommunications companies' employees. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Telecommunications electrical work” means work permitted to be performed by holders of a limited electrical contractor's license (T-1) as provided by regu…