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Title 47 Land And Land Titles


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Connecticut Laws | Title 47 Land And Land Titles

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CHAPTER 821* LAND TITLES

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Sec. 47-1. Fee simple an absolute property. Colonial grants valid.

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Sec. 47-2. Charitable uses.

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Sec. 47-3. When fee tail becomes fee simple.

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Sec. 47-4. Rule in Shelley's case, and collateral warranties, abolished.

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Sec. 47-5. Conveyance to be in writing, acknowledged and attested. Conveyance pursuant to power of attorney.

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Sec. 47-5a. Persons before whom acknowledgment may be made.

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Sec. 47-6. Witnessing and acknowledgment of deeds of corporations and voluntary associations.

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Sec. 47-6a. Foreign business trust authorized to purchase, hold, transmit, make mortgages on, acquire and convey interests in real estate; filing of trust declaration.

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Sec. 47-6b. Conveyances to nonprofit land-holding organizations.

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Sec. 47-7. Conveyances and releases executed outside this state.

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Sec. 47-7a. (Formerly Sec. 47-58a). Rights of aliens re real estate. Validation of real estate transfers to aliens.

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Sec. 47-7b. Representation of interests of state when marketability of land titles threatened by claim of Indian tribe.

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Sec. 47-8. Release of mortgage or lien in favor of state.

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Sec. 47-9. Deeds of railroad companies.

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Sec. 47-10. Conveyance to be recorded. Recorded conveyance not invalid or unenforceable if original documentation converted into digital or electronic form, lost or destroyed.

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Sec. 47-11. County clerk's certificates; recording in full not required.

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Sec. 47-12. Change in name or status of owner of real estate.

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Sec. 47-12a. Affidavit of facts relating to title or interest in real estate.

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Sec. 47-13. Conveyance of property acquired prior to change of name.

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Sec. 47-14. Joint tenancy; release or conveyance to other joint tenants.

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Sec. 47-14a. Joint tenancy in fee simple with survivorship.

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Sec. 47-14b. Conveyance or encumbrance by joint tenants.

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Sec. 47-14c. Conveyance by less than all joint tenants.

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Sec. 47-14d. Conveyance to one joint tenant by others.

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Sec. 47-14e. Mortgage or lease by joint tenants.

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Sec. 47-14f. Attachment of or lien on tenant's interest.

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Sec. 47-14g. Divorce or marriage dissolution of husband and wife joint tenants.

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Sec. 47-14h. Provisions applicable to joint tenancies with survivorship.

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Sec. 47-14i. Effect of death on contract by tenant to convey interest.

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Sec. 47-14j. Conveyance to effect change in interests among tenants.

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Sec. 47-14k. Applicability of statutes.

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Sec. 47-15. Certificate of taking land by appraisal to be recorded.

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Sec. 47-16. Lost deed of land in two or more towns, copy recorded.

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Sec. 47-16a. Recording of certified copy of deed or other instrument recorded in land records of another town.

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Sec. 47-17. Records of documents as notice of equitable rights.

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Sec. 47-18. Ownership of historic memorials.

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Sec. 47-18a. Notice of listing of historic structure on National Register of Historic Places.

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Sec. 47-19. Leases for more than one year.

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Sec. 47-20. Use of word "trustee" or "agent" in an instrument affecting real estate.

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Sec. 47-21. Deeds of land by persons ousted of possession, void.

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Sec. 47-22.

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Sec. 47-23. Termination of parol leases for nonpayment of rent.

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Sec. 47-23a.

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Secs. 47-23b to 47-23f, 47-24. Security deposit refunds. Tenant not liable for rent while premises are untenantable.

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Sec. 47-24a.

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Sec. 47-24b. Covenant that leased property is fit for habitation.

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Sec. 47-24c.

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Sec. 47-24d. Tenant's waiver of rights, when valid.

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Sec. 47-25. Right to light not gained by adverse possession.

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Sec. 47-26. No right to railroad, railway or canal land by adverse possession.

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Sec. 47-27. Title by adverse possession by or against railroad or street railway corporation, against nonprofit land-holding organization or against investor-owned water company.

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Sec. 47-28. Admissibility of award of arbitrators as evidence.

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Sec. 47-29. Right of entry on land by assignee of reversion.

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Sec. 47-30. Ejectment. Set-off of defendant's improvements.

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Sec. 47-31. Action to settle title or claim interest in real or personal property.

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Sec. 47-32. Several defendants may be joined.

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Sec. 47-33. Action to settle title to land belonging to estate of deceased person.

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Sec. 47-33a. Action on agreement to sell real estate.

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Sec. 47-33b. Marketable record title. Definitions.

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Sec. 47-33c. Chain of title for not less than forty years creates marketable record title.

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Sec. 47-33d. Interests to which title is subject.

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Sec. 47-33e. Prior interests void.

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Sec. 47-33f. Notice of claim filed within forty-year period.

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Sec. 47-33g. Contents of notice. Recording. Indexing.

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Sec. 47-33h. Excepted interests.

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Sec. 47-33i. Other statutes not affected.

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Sec. 47-33j. Notice not to be recorded to slander title. Damages.

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Sec. 47-33k. Construction.

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Sec. 47-33l. Forty-year period extended, when.

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Sec. 47-33m. Short title: Dormant Mineral Interests Act.

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Sec. 47-33n. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Statement of policy.

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Sec. 47-33o. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Definitions.

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Sec. 47-33p. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Exclusions.

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Sec. 47-33q. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Termination of dormant mineral interest.

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Sec. 47-33r. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Preservation of mineral interest by notice.

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Sec. 47-33s. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Effect of termination of mineral interest.

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Sec. 47-33t. Dormant Mineral Interests Act: Savings and transitional provisions.

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Sec. 47-34. Bounds between proprietors reestablished by Superior Court.

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Sec. 47-34a. Unlawful destruction, disturbance or removal of surveyor's marker or monument.

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Sec. 47-35. Tobacco poles deemed to be part of tobacco-curing structure.

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Sec. 47-36. Federal claim or judgment to be recorded.

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CHAPTER 821a FORMS OF DEEDS AND MORTGAGES

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Sec. 47-36a. Definitions.

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Sec. 47-36b. Effect of conveyances made in accordance with chapter.

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Sec. 47-36c. Statutory forms for deeds.

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Sec. 47-36d. Force and effect of "Warranty Deed" form.

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Sec. 47-36e. Force and effect of words "with warranty covenants".

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Sec. 47-36f. Force and effect of "Quitclaim Deed" form.

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Sec. 47-36g. Force and effect of words "with quitclaim covenants".

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Sec. 47-36h. Force and effect of "Mortgage Deed" form.

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Sec. 47-36i. Force and effect of the words "with mortgage covenants".

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Sec. 47-36j. Conditions included in the words "upon statutory condition".

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Sec. 47-36k. Technical words of inheritance not necessary.

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Sec. 47-36l. Type of estate deemed to be included in conveyance.

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Secs. 47-36m and 47-36n. Fees for recording statutory forms. Other legal forms of deeds and mortgages not precluded.

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Sec. 47-36o. Force and effect of "Conservator's Deed" form.

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Sec. 47-36p. Force and effect of "Testamentary Trustee's Deed" form.

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Sec. 47-36q. Force and effect of "Administrator's Deed" form.

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Sec. 47-36r. Force and effect of "Executor's Deed" form.

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Sec. 47-36s. Force and effect of "Trustee's Deed" form.

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Secs. 47-36t to 47-36z.

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CHAPTER 821b VALIDATION OF CONVEYANCE DEFECTS

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Sec. 47-36aa. Validations re conveyancing defects of instrument recorded after January 1, 1997, insubstantial defects, defects re power of attorney, defects re conveyance by fiduciary.

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CHAPTER 822* EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS

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Sec. 47-37. When acquired by adverse use.

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Sec. 47-38. Mode of preventing acquisition.

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Sec. 47-39. Service of notice upon the party claiming the easement.

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Sec. 47-40. Giving of notice when party unknown.

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Sec. 47-41. Notice considered a disturbance of the right.

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Sec. 47-42. Easements for public utility or railway purposes.

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Sec. 47-42a. Definitions.

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Sec. 47-42b. Enforcement of conservation and preservation restrictions held by governmental body or charitable corporation.

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Sec. 47-42c. Acquisition of restrictions. Enforcement by Attorney General.

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Sec. 47-42d. Permit applications filed with state or local land use agency, local building official or director of health. Appeals by party or state agency holding restriction. Civil penalty.

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Sec. 47-42e. Municipal property acquired with intent to place restriction or dedicated as park or open space land. Recording in land records. Enforcement.

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CHAPTER 823 FENCES

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Sec. 47-43. Proprietors to maintain.

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Sec. 47-44. Compensation of selectmen for services as fence viewers.

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Sec. 47-45. Appointees to perform duties of selectmen as to fences.

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Sec. 47-46. Payment for fence between agricultural property and state highway.

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Sec. 47-46a. Payment for fence between agricultural property and property in control of Environmental Protection Department.

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Sec. 47-47. Barbed wire between adjoining premises or enclosing grounds of public buildings.

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Sec. 47-48. Barbed wire along sidewalks.

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Sec. 47-49. Purchase of division fence.

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Sec. 47-50. Division of fence by selectmen.

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Sec. 47-51. Repair of division fence.

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Sec. 47-52. When dividing line is a stream.

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Sec. 47-53. Apportionment of division fence. Penalty.

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Sec. 47-54. Proceedings to obtain new division fence.

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Sec. 47-55. Damage by animals.

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Sec. 47-56. Fences around home lots.

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CHAPTER 824* INDIANS

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Secs. 47-57 and 47-58. Resident aliens and French citizens, rights re real estate. When nonresident aliens may hold real estate.

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Sec. 47-58a.

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Sec. 47-59. Overseer of Indians.

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Sec. 47-59a. Connecticut Indians; citizenship, civil rights, land rights.

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Sec. 47-59b. Indian Affairs Council; composition, duties, executive director, regulations, report.

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Sec. 47-60. Reservation land held in trust by state. Conveyances by Indians void.

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Sec. 47-61. No title by possession against an Indian.

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Sec. 47-62. Taking wood from land of Indian.

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Sec. 47-63. Definitions.

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Sec. 47-64. Use of reservations; restriction of leases; escheats.

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Sec. 47-65. Management of reservations and residents thereon. Adoption of regulations. Governor designated administrative agent.

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Sec. 47-65a. Hunting and fishing on reservations.

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Sec. 47-65b. State assumption of criminal and civil jurisdiction on reservation of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians.

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Sec. 47-66. Tribal funds.

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Sec. 47-66a. Indian housing authorities. Creation and powers.

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Sec. 47-66b. Commissioners.

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Sec. 47-66c. Area of operation.

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Sec. 47-66d. Lease of tribal property to housing authority.

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Secs. 47-66e and 47-66f. Indian burial sites; inventory of state land. Excavation of Indian burial sites; notice, removal and reinterment of remains.

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Sec. 47-66g. Management of Indian affairs.

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Sec. 47-66h. Trust agreements between Governor and willing indigenous tribes.

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Sec. 47-66i. Method of selecting tribal leaders. Disputes.

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Sec. 47-66j. Rules for tribal membership.

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CHAPTER 825* CONDOMINIUM ACT

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Secs. 47-67 and 47-68. Title. Definitions.

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Sec. 47-68a. Short title: Condominium Act of 1976. Definitions.

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Sec. 47-69. Applicability of chapter.

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Sec. 47-70. Declaration. Covenants, easements and liens on conveyances limited.

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Sec. 47-70a. Amendment of declaration or bylaws.

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Sec. 47-71. Recording of declaration and other instruments.

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Sec. 47-71a. Expansion of condominiums.

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Sec. 47-71b. Public offering statement.

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Sec. 47-72. Deeds of units. Leases.

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Sec. 47-73. Unit as real property.

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Sec. 47-73a. Boundaries, encroachments and easements.

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Sec. 47-74. Rights of unit owners.

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Sec. 47-74a. Board of directors of unit owners association. Election by unit owners other than declarant; when. Declarant to relinquish control; when.

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Sec. 47-74b. Limitation on grants, reservations and contracts made by declarant or declarant-controlled association.

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Sec. 47-74c. Declarant not to retain ownership interest in recreational facilities.

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Sec. 47-74d. Architect's or engineer's certificate required. Declarant's certificate. Escrow account.

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Sec. 47-74e. Implied warranties.

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Sec. 47-74f. Nonbinding reservation agreements. Cancellation.

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Sec. 47-75. Obligations of unit owners. Limit on liability of unit owner.

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Sec. 47-75a. Resale of unit by person other than declarant.

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Sec. 47-76. Allocation of profits and expenses.

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Sec. 47-77. Assessment of common expenses. Liens and foreclosure.

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Sec. 47-78. Owner may not exempt himself from liability.

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Sec. 47-79. Collection of taxes and assessments.

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Sec. 47-80. Bylaws.

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Sec. 47-80a. Powers of unit owners' association. Opportunity for unit owners to express views re proposed budget.

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Sec. 47-81. Accounting records. Availability of records. Loan disclosure and comments. Audit.

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Sec. 47-82. Liens against units.

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Sec. 47-83. Insurance.

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Sec. 47-84. Repairs.

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Sec. 47-85. Actions between unit owners.

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Sec. 47-86. Owners, tenants and employees bound by chapter.

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Sec. 47-87. Liability for mortgages, liens and assessments on conveyance of unit.

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Sec. 47-88. Removal of property from application of chapter. Resubmission of property.

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Sec. 47-88a. Consolidation of condominiums.

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Sec. 47-88b. Conversion condominiums: Requirements for conversion.

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Sec. 47-88c. Separate heating plants required, when.

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Sec. 47-88d. Reimbursement for moving and relocation expenses.

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Sec. 47-88e. Reserves for capital expenditures.

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Sec. 47-88f. Applicability of tenants' rights and protections.

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Sec. 47-88g. Right of action for aggrieved tenant of conversion condominium. Remedies.

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Secs. 47-89 and 47-90. Incorporation; appeal from board of tax review. Effect of rule against perpetuities and rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation.

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Sec. 47-90a. Misrepresentations in public offering statements; remedies.

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Sec. 47-90b. Public offering statement not required, when.

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Sec. 47-90c. Effective date and applicability of chapter.

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CHAPTER 826 REAL ESTATE SYNDICATES

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Sec. 47-91. Definitions.

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Sec. 47-92. Qualification of real estate syndicate securities; issuance of permit.

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Sec. 47-93. Expert opinion.

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Sec. 47-94. Grounds for refusal of permit. Appeal, hearing.

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Sec. 47-95. Amendment to offering; commission approval; effective date.

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Sec. 47-96. Permit fees. Determination of value of securities.

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Sec. 47-97. No endorsement by commission to be implied by filing of application, qualification of securities or exemption. Inconsistent representations to purchasers prohibited. Permit to indicate permissive nature.

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Sec. 47-98. Sale of unqualified real estate syndicate securities prohibited.

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Sec. 47-99. Advertisement of securities; prior filing; hearings; media responsibility.

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Sec. 47-100. Sale does not require licensure as real estate salesperson or broker.

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Sec. 47-101. Exceptions.

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Sec. 47-102. Waiver of chapter void. Exception.

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Sec. 47-103. Real Estate Commission to establish regulations. Hearings.

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Sec. 47-104. Required form of sales contracts.

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Sec. 47-105. Required records and reports. Examination of records; examination costs.

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Sec. 47-106. Penalty for false statement.

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Sec. 47-107. Investigations by commission; powers.

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Sec. 47-108. Appointment of attorney for service.

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Sec. 47-109. Actions, limitation of time, prerequisite.

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Sec. 47-110. Remedy of buyers.

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Sec. 47-111. Order to cease and desist. Hearing.

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Sec. 47-112. Injunctive and other relief.

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Sec. 47-113. Violations punished by fine or imprisonment.

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Sec. 47-114. Reservation of other punishments.

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Sec. 47-115. Burden of proof of exemptions or exceptions.

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CHAPTER 827* NEW HOME WARRANTIES

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Sec. 47-116. Definitions.

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Sec. 47-117. Express warranties.

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Sec. 47-118. Implied warranties.

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Sec. 47-119. Vendor not to evade by intermediate transfer.

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Sec. 47-120. Warranties created by chapter additional to any other warranties.

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Sec. 47-121. (Formerly Sec. 52-563a). Implied warranty with certificate of occupancy.

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Secs. 47-122 to 47-199.

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CHAPTER 828* COMMON INTEREST OWNERSHIP ACT

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PART I* GENERAL PROVISIONS AND APPLICABILITY

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Sec. 47-201. Applicability of chapter.

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Sec. 47-202. Definitions.

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Sec. 47-203. Variation by agreement and waiver of rights prohibited. Exceptions.

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Sec. 47-204. Separate titles and taxation. Recording of certificate by cooperative. Conveyance of interest in cooperative.

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Sec. 47-205. Applicability of real property use laws to conversion of buildings to common interest ownership.

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Sec. 47-206. Eminent domain.

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Sec. 47-207. Supplemental general principles of law applicable.

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Sec. 47-208. Construction against implicit repeal.

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Sec. 47-209. Severability.

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Sec. 47-210. Unconscionable contracts or contract clauses. Leases involving land or facilities in residential common interest communities that are presumed to be unconscionable.

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Sec. 47-211. Obligation of good faith.

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Sec. 47-212. Remedies to be liberally administered.

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Sec. 47-213. Adjustment of dollar amount.

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Sec. 47-213a. Relationship of chapter to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

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Sec. 47-214. Applicability of chapter and amendments thereto to common interest communities.

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Sec. 47-215. Applicability to nonresidential, mixed use and small common interest communities, limited expense liability planned communities and common interest communities with a conversion building.

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Sec. 47-216. Applicability to preexisting common interest communities.

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Sec. 47-217. Exception for certain preexisting common interest communities.

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Sec. 47-218. Applicability to amendments to governing instruments.

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Sec. 47-219. Applicability to out-of-state common interest communities.

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Sec. 47-219a. Arrangements re real property costs. Separate common interest community not created thereby.

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Sec. 47-219b. Exemption re covenant to share costs or other obligations.

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PART II* CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION

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Sec. 47-221. Unit boundaries.

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Sec. 47-222. Construction and validity of declaration, bylaws and rules. Marketability of title. Recording of surveys or plans.

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Sec. 47-223. Description of unit.

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Sec. 47-224. Contents of declaration.

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Sec. 47-225. Leasehold common interest communities.

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Sec. 47-226. Allocation of interests.

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Sec. 47-227. Limited common elements.

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Sec. 47-228. Surveys and plans.

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Sec. 47-229. Exercise of development rights.

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Sec. 47-230. Alterations of units.

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Sec. 47-231. Relocation of unit boundaries.

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Sec. 47-232. Subdivision of units.

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Sec. 47-233. Monuments as boundaries.

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Sec. 47-234. Use for sales purposes.

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Sec. 47-235. Easement and use rights.

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Sec. 47-236. Amendment of declaration or bylaws.

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Sec. 47-237. Termination of common interest community.

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Sec. 47-238. Rights of secured lenders.

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Sec. 47-240. Merger or consolidation of common interest communities.

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Sec. 47-241. Addition of unspecified real property.

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Sec. 47-242. Addition of land or units to limited equity cooperative.

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Sec. 47-244. Powers and duties of unit owners' association.

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Sec. 47-245. Executive board members and officers. Duties. Period of declarant control: Delivery of property and documents by declarant; current financial statement.

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Sec. 47-247. Termination of contracts and leases.

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Sec. 47-248. Bylaws.

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Sec. 47-249. Upkeep of common interest community. Liability for expenses.

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Sec. 47-250. Meetings. Rules.

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Sec. 47-251. Quorum.

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Sec. 47-252. Voting. Proxies. Ballots.

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Sec. 47-253. Liability.

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Sec. 47-254. Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements.

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Sec. 47-255. Insurance.

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Sec. 47-256. Surplus funds.

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Sec. 47-257. Assessments for common expenses. Assessments due to wilful misconduct, failure to comply with standards or gross negligence.

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Sec. 47-258. Lien for assessments and other sums due association. Enforcements.

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Sec. 47-259. Other liens.

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Sec. 47-260. Association records. Copies. Fees.

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Sec. 47-261. Association as trustee.

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Sec. 47-261b. Rules.

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Sec. 47-261c. Notice to unit owners.

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Sec. 47-261d. Removal of officers and directors.

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Sec. 47-261e. Adoption of budgets. Special assessments. Loan agreements.

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Sec. 47-261f. Litigation involving declarant.

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Sec. 47-264. Public offering statement. General provisions and requirements.

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Sec. 47-265. Requirements for public offering statement when community is subject to development rights.

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Sec. 47-266. Requirements for public offering statement when ownership or occupancy is by time shares.

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Sec. 47-267. Requirements for public offering statement when community contains conversion building.

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Sec. 47-268. Requirements for public offering statement when interest in community is security.

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Sec. 47-269. Purchaser's right to cancel.

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Sec. 47-270. Resales of units.

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Sec. 47-271. Escrow of deposits. Distribution of interest.

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Sec. 47-272. Release of liens.

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Sec. 47-273. Rights of tenants in conversion buildings.

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Sec. 47-274. Express warranties of quality.

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Sec. 47-275. Implied warranties of quality.

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Sec. 47-276. Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality.

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Sec. 47-277. Action for breach of warranty. Statute of limitations.

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Sec. 47-278. Cause of action to enforce chapter, declaration or bylaws. Attorney's fees and costs. Alternative dispute resolution.

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Sec. 47-279. Labeling of promotional material.

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Sec. 47-280. Declarant's obligation to complete and restore.

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Sec. 47-281. Substantial completion of units required.

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Sec. 47-284. Conversion tenant's right to conversion notice and public offering statement.

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Sec. 47-285. Conversion tenant's right to purchase converted unit.

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Sec. 47-286. Conversion tenant's right to terminate lease and abandon unit.

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Sec. 47-287. Conversion tenant's right to relocation payment.

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Sec. 47-289. Rent increases of conversion tenants.

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Sec. 47-290. Eviction of conversion tenants.

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Sec. 47-291. Unenforceable lease provisions.

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Sec. 47-292. Tenant's cause of action.

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Sec. 47-293. Applicability of protection afforded conversion tenants.

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Sec. 47-294. Complaints of violations. Investigations. Enforcement action by Attorney General.

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Sec. 47-295. Regulations.

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CHAPTER 828a COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS

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Sec. 47-303. Required ground lease provisions.

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Sec. 47-304. Lease restrictions.

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