Connecticut § 47-88 Removal of property from application of chapter. Resubmission of property.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 47-88 — Removal of property from application of chapter. Resubmission of property.

Connecticut § 47-88

Title 47Land and Land Titles

Ch. 825Condominium Act

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-88 (2026).

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(a)The unit owners may remove a property from the provisions of this chapter by recording an instrument to that effect, containing the signature of ninety per cent of the unit owners, provided the holders of all liens affecting any of the units consent thereto or agree, in either case by recorded instruments, that their liens be transferred to an undivided interest in the property.

(b)Upon removal of the property from the provisions of this chapter, the unit owners shall own the property as tenants in common with undivided interests equal to the percentage of undivided interests in the common elements owned by each such owner immediately prior to the recordation of the instrument referred to in subsection (a) of this section. As long as such tenancy in common continues, each unit owner s

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(a) The unit owners may remove a property from the provisions of this chapter by recording an instrument to that effect, containing the signature of ninety per cent of the unit owners, provided the holders of all liens affecting any of the units consent thereto or agree, in either case by recorded instruments, that their liens be transferred to an undivided interest in the property. (b) Upon removal of the property from the provisions of this chapter, the unit owners shall own the property as tenants in common with undivided interests equal to the percentage of undivided interests in the common elements owned by each such owner immediately prior to the recordation of the instrument referred to in subsection (a) of this section. As long as such tenancy in common continues, each unit owner shall have an exclusive right of occupancy of that portion of such property which formerly constituted his or her unit. (c) Upon removal of the property from the provisions of this chapter, any rights the unit owners may have to the assets of the unit owners' association shall be in proportion to their respective undivided interests in the common elements immediately prior to the recordation of the instrument referred to in subsection (a) of this section. (d) The removal provided for in this section shall not bar the subsequent resubmission of the property to the provisions of this chapter, by an instrument signed by the same percentage of unit owners and mortgagees as specified in subsection (a) of this section for removal.

Legislative History

(1963, P.A. 605, S. 14, 15; 1971, P.A. 813, S. 13; P.A. 76-308, S. 27, 36; P.A. 05-288, S. 163; P.A. 06-196, S. 177.) History: 1971 act made the act of recording a removal from the provisions of chapter 825 the operative act to effect the removal; P.A. 76-308 specified that the unit owners shall have the rights in the assets of the unit owners association at the time of removal in proportion to their respective undivided interests in the common elements; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (c), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective June 7, 2006.