Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 825 · 45 active provisions
This chapter shall be known as the “Condominium Act of 1976”. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Condominium” means real property and any incidents thereto and interests therein, lawfully submitted to this chapter by the recordation of condominium instruments pursuant to the provisions…
Section 47-69 is repealed.
(a) The declaration shall contain the following information: (1) The name by which the condominium is to be identified, which name shall include the word “condominium” or be followed by the words, “a condominium”; (2) A description of the land on which the buildings and improvements are, or are to be, located together…
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the declaration shall be amended only by vote of two-thirds of the unit owners, and the bylaws shall be amended by vote of a majority of unit owners, at any meeting of the unit owners' association duly called for either purpose, following written notice to all u…
(a) The owner or owners of any property in the state may submit such property to the provisions of this chapter by filing or recording on the land records of the municipality or municipalities in which the property is located condominium instruments that comply with the provisions of this chapter. (b) The declaration a…
No condominium shall be expanded except in accordance with the provisions of the declaration and of this chapter. Expansion shall be deemed to have occurred at the time of the recording of surveys and plans pursuant to subsection (f) of section 47-71, together with an amendment to the declaration, duly executed by the…
A public offering statement, issued pursuant to section 47-74f, shall disclose fully and accurately the characteristics of the condominium and shall make known to prospective purchasers all unusual and material circumstances or features affecting such condominiums. The public offering statement shall include the follow…
Conveyance of title from declarant to any unit or leasehold other than to a successor declarant, or other than by mortgage, judicial proceedings, foreclosure, or proceedings or deed in lieu of foreclosure, shall be by warranty deed or lease, conveying to the purchaser of such unit an indefeasible title in fee simple ab…
Each unit, together with its undivided interest in the common elements, shall for all purposes constitute real property.
(a) The existing physical boundaries, as defined in the condominium instruments, of any unit or common element constructed or reconstructed in substantial conformity with the condominium plans shall be conclusively presumed to be its boundaries, regardless of the shifting, settlement, or lateral movement of any buildin…
(a) Each unit owner shall be entitled to the exclusive ownership and possession of his unit. (b) (1) Each unit owner shall own an undivided interest in the common elements, in the percentage expressed in the declaration. Such percentage shall be computed on any of the following bases, or a combination thereof, provided…
(a) When unit owners other than the declarant own more than one-third of the units in the condominium, they shall be entitled to elect not less than one-third of the members of the board of directors of the unit owners' association. Unit owners other than the declarant shall elect not less than a majority of the member…
(a) Except for covenants, liens and easements permitted by subsection (d) of section 47-70, any grant or reservation made by or pursuant to the condominium instruments, and any contract made by the declarant or by an association prior to assumption of control of the association by unit owners other than the declarant t…
The declarant shall not retain ownership of, and lease or otherwise require payment for the use of the recreation facilities nor shall the declarant convey such recreation facilities to any person other than to the unit owners of the condominium served by such recreation facilities, which shall be common elements of th…
(a) With respect to buildings for which building permits have been issued after January 1, 1977, if a declarant contracts to sell a unit that has been completed, such declarant shall provide the purchaser with one or more architect's or engineer's certificates certifying to the best of the knowledge, information and be…
(a) An implied warranty of fitness and merchantability shall attach (1) to each building or other improvement completed not more than two years prior to, or at any time after, the date of the recording of the original condominium instruments; and (2) to the personal property that is transferred with or is appurtenant t…
(a) No declarant may dispose of any interest in a condominium unit unless he delivers to the purchaser a current public offering statement, on or before the date on which a nonbinding reservation agreement is signed by the purchaser. Said nonbinding reservation agreement shall be expressly and without qualification eff…
(a) Each unit owner, and the association of unit owners, shall comply with this chapter, the condominium instruments, and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Failure to so comply shall be ground for an action to recover damages or for injunctive relief, or for any other relief to which the party bringin…
(a) In the event of any resale of a condominium unit by a unit owner other than the declarant, such owner shall obtain from the unit owners' association and furnish to the purchaser, prior to the settlement date of the disposition, the following: (1) Appropriate statements pursuant to subsection (b) of section 47-87 an…
(a) The common profits of the condominium shall be distributed among the unit owners according to the percentage of the undivided interest in the common elements or be credited to their assessments for common expenses according to the stated percentage, or be used for any other purpose as the association of unit owners…
(a) All sums assessed by the association of unit owners, but unpaid, for the share of the common expenses chargeable to any unit shall constitute a lien on such unit prior to all other liens, except only (1) tax liens on the unit in favor of any assessing authority and special district, including any state and federal…
(a) No unit owner may exempt himself from liability for payment of the common expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of any of the common elements or by abandonment of the unit against which the assessments are made, except if every unit owner is so exempted from the payment of all or part of the common expenses. (…
(a) Taxes, assessments, including special assessments, and other charges of this state or of any political subdivision, or of any special improvement district, or any other taxing or assessing authority shall be assessed against and collected on each individual unit, each of which shall be carried on the tax books as a…
(a) The administration of every condominium shall be governed by bylaws, a copy of which shall be annexed to the declaration and recorded as a part thereof. No modification of or amendment to the bylaws shall be of legal effect until set forth in an amendment to the declaration and such amendment is recorded. (b) Each…
(a) Except to the extent prohibited by the condominium instruments, and subject to any restrictions and limitations specified therein, the unit owners' association, whether incorporated or unincorporated, shall have the power to: (1) Employ, dismiss and replace agents and employees to exercise and discharge the powers…