Connecticut § 47-72 Deeds of units. Leases.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 47-72 — Deeds of units. Leases.

Connecticut § 47-72

Title 47Land and Land Titles

Ch. 825Condominium Act

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-72 (2026).

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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 absolute or leasehold estate to the unit and to the percentage of undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to the unit, subject only to covenants, easements and liens pursuant to section 47-70 and shall not reserve to the seller or to any third party any leasehold or reversionary interest in a fee simple condominium. Deeds or leases of units shall include the following particulars:

(a)A description of the land as provided in section 47-71 or the date, title of an

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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 absolute or leasehold estate to the unit and to the percentage of undivided interest in the common elements appertaining to the unit, subject only to covenants, easements and liens pursuant to section 47-70 and shall not reserve to the seller or to any third party any leasehold or reversionary interest in a fee simple condominium. Deeds or leases of units shall include the following particulars: (a) A description of the land as provided in section 47-71 or the date, title of and reference to the survey describing such land; (b) The date of the effective declaration, and all effective amendments thereto, and the volume and page of the land records where recorded; (c) The identification of the unit in the declaration; (d) Any further details which the grantor and grantee may deem desirable to set forth consistent with the condominium instruments and this chapter.

Legislative History

(1963, P.A. 605, S. 11; 1971, P.A. 813, S. 6; P.A. 76-308, S. 5, 36.) History: 1971 act deleted the requirement that the percentage of undivided interest appertaining to the unit in the common areas and facilities appear in the deed; P.A. 76-308 required that conveyance be by warranty deed or lease and prohibited reservations by the seller or any third party of any leasehold or reversionary interest in a fee simple condominium. Cited. 196 C. 596.