Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 742b · 11 active provisions
As used in sections 42-158i to 42-158n, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Owner” means any individual, corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or other business entity that is the owner of record or lessee of real property upon which construct…
(a) Each construction contract shall contain the following provisions: (1) A requirement that the owner pay any amounts due to any contractor in a direct contractual relationship with the owner, or due to any subcontractor or supplier in a direct contractual relationship with the contractor, whether for labor performed…
No construction contract may provide for any retainage in an amount that exceeds five per cent of the estimated amount of a progress payment for the life of the construction project. All retainage shall be paid by the owner not later than thirty days after the issuance of a certificate of final completion by the owner…
(a) Any provision in a construction contract or any periodic lien waiver issued pursuant to a construction contract that purports to waive or release the right of a contractor, subcontractor or supplier engaged to perform services, perform labor or furnish materials under the construction contract to (1) claim a mechan…
Any provision in a construction contract for the performance of work on a construction site located in this state that purports to require that any dispute arising under the construction contract be mediated, arbitrated or otherwise adjudicated in or under the laws of a state other than Connecticut shall be void and of…
At or before the commencement of any work under a construction contract, the owner shall post and maintain in a conspicuous place at the construction site (1) the name and address of the owner and any agent authorized to accept service of a certificate of mechanic's lien on behalf of the owner in any action, suit or pr…
No surety shall be obligated to include in the payment of a bond issued by such surety any interest, costs, penalties or attorneys' fees imposed on the principal of such bond under any provision of sections 42-158i to 42-158o, inclusive, or 49-33 or subsection (a) of section 52-249, unless the terms of the bond express…
An escrow account shall be established for all retainage, subject to the following: (a) An escrow account shall be established in state or national banks domiciled in this state or in savings and loan associations domiciled in this state. (b) The owner shall provide a monthly report to the contractor as to the value of…
The provisions of section 42-158p do not apply to construction contracts for residential property containing four or fewer dwelling units or to construction contracts of less than twenty-five thousand dollars total value or to construction contracts relating to any public building or public work of the state or a munic…
In an action to enforce the provisions of section 42-158k, 42-158m or 42-158p, a court may award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party.
(a) For the purposes of this section, “construction contract” means any contract entered into on or after October 1, 2011, for construction, renovation or rehabilitation in this state, including any improvements to real property that are associated with such construction, renovation or rehabilitation, or any subcontrac…