(a) On or before July 1, 2016, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall create a one-page disclosure form, written in plain language and in an easily readable and understandable format, containing information on housing discrimination and federal and state fair housing laws, and make such disclosure form available to the public on the Internet web site for the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Said commission shall review and update this disclosure form as necessary.
(b) Commencing sixty days after the date on which the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities makes a disclosure form available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, each person who offers a residential property containing two or more units in the state for sale, exchange or for lease with option to buy shall attach a photocopy, duplicate original, facsimile transmission or other exact reproduction or duplicate of such disclosure form, signed by the prospective purchaser, to any purchase agreement, option or lease containing a purchase option, at the time of closing.
(c) Failure on the part of the person who offers the property for sale, exchange or lease with option to buy to attach the disclosure form required by subsection (b) of this section shall not void an otherwise valid purchase agreement, option or lease containing a purchase option.
(P.A. 16-16, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 16-16 effective May 6, 2016.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 392 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons
Section 20-311. - Definitions.
Section 20-311a. - Real Estate Commission.
Section 20-311b. - Duties of commission.
Section 20-311c. - Executive director. Expenses of commission members. Records.
Section 20-311d. - Bond for chairperson.
Section 20-311e. - Deposit of fees.
Section 20-311f. - Arbitration of disputes between brokers or salespersons.
Section 20-312. - License required. Imposition of fine. Teams.
Section 20-312a. - Liability of brokers for salespersons affiliated as independent contractors.
Section 20-313. - Application for license.
Section 20-314. - License qualifications. Examinations. Renewals. Fees. Reinstatement. Hearings.
Section 20-314b. - Validity of license.
Section 20-316. - Grounds for refusal of license.
Section 20-318. - Certificate.
Section 20-319. - Renewal. Continuing education requirements. Regulations.
Section 20-320. - Suspension or revocation of licenses. Fines.
Section 20-320b. - Prohibition against influencing real estate appraisals. Violation, penalty.
Section 20-321. - Notice and hearing.
Section 20-323. - Revocation of license upon conviction of crime.
Section 20-324. - Misrepresentation; penalty.
Section 20-324a. - Real Estate Guaranty Fund.
Section 20-324b. - Fee payable to fund.
Section 20-324c. - Level of guaranty fund. Credits to guaranty fund and General Fund.
Section 20-324d. - Limitation of actions.
Section 20-324f. - Penalty for false or untrue claim.
Section 20-324g. - Procedure for commission.
Section 20-324h. - Payment from guaranty fund.
Section 20-324i. - Regulations.
Section 20-324j. - Appeal of commission decision, order or regulation.
Section 20-325. - Engaging in business without license.
Section 20-325c. - Real estate broker or salesperson acting as mortgage broker.
Section 20-325d. - Disclosure of representation. Regulations.
Section 20-325e. - Hearings re real property claims for liens. Foreclosures. Judicial intervention.
Section 20-325g. - Dual agency consent agreements. Conclusive presumption of informed consent.
Section 20-325h. - Prohibitions on use or disclosure of confidential information.
Section 20-325i. - Designated buyer agents and seller agents.
Section 20-325j. - Regulations re appointment of designated buyer or seller agent.
Section 20-325k. - Commercial real estate transactions. Notice of commission rights.
Section 20-325m. - Real estate brokers to retain certain real estate transaction records.
Section 20-326. - Report to Governor.
Section 20-327a. - Periodic publication of information and material.
Section 20-327b. - Residential condition reports. Exemptions. Templates.
Section 20-327e. - Seller's representations construed to extend to his actual knowledge only.
Section 20-327h. - Notice re housing discrimination and fair housing laws.
Section 20-328. - Regulations.
Section 20-329. - Exceptions concerning the licensure of brokers and salespersons.
Section 20-329a. - Advertising and sale in this state of property in another state: Definitions.
Section 20-329b. - Excepted activities. Filing fees.
Section 20-329bb. - Exemptions.
Section 20-329c. - Secretary as agent for service of process; bond; license required.
Section 20-329cc. - “Nonmaterial fact concerning real property” defined.
Section 20-329e. - Investigation by department.
Section 20-329f. - Issuance of license. Fees.
Section 20-329ff. - Legal rights retained for physical deficiencies.
Section 20-329g. - Reference to commission or department prohibited.
Section 20-329gg. - Exemptions. Federal transactions.
Section 20-329h. - Rights of purchasers.
Section 20-329j. - Commission members may not participate.
Section 20-329k. - Nonliability of advertising media.
Section 20-329m. - Regulations.
Section 20-329n. - Deposits of purchasers and lessees to be held in escrow.
Section 20-329p. - License and endorsement requirements.
Section 20-329q. - Statement to purchaser.
Section 20-329r. - Appraisal of real property.
Section 20-329s. - Filing and approval of materials to be used by dealer.
Section 20-329t. - Annual financial report.
Section 20-329u. - Desist order for violation. Appeal.
Section 20-329v. - Permit to sell real property security required. Application.
Section 20-329w. - Issuance or denial of permit. Limitation of commission's authority. Hearing.
Section 20-329x. - Prohibited acts. Penalty.
Section 20-329y. - Civil action for injury from transaction.