(a) An apartment listing service shall, upon written request, refund to a customer all moneys paid by him in excess of thirty dollars if he has not, at the expiration of the contract, rented an apartment through a listing furnished by such apartment listing service. Payment of any refund shall be made within fifteen days following the date of receipt of such request or the expiration of the contract, whichever is later.
(b) A customer shall submit a claim against the surety bond submitted to the commissioner by an apartment listing service pursuant to section 42-103c not later than six months after the apartment listing service ceases operation as a registered service.
(P.A. 81-166, S. 5; P.A. 87-153, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 87-153 added Subsec. (b) requiring a customer to submit a claim against a surety bond not later than six months after the apartment listing service ceases operation as a registered service.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices
Chapter 734a - Regulation of Apartment Listing Services
Section 42-103b. - Definitions.
Section 42-103e. - Contents of listing.
Section 42-103f. - Prerequisites to issuance of listing.
Section 42-103g. - Refund requirement. Claims against a surety bond.
Section 42-103h. - Apartment listing service to retain copies of documents.
Section 42-103i. - Written authorizations to be obtained before advertising availability.
Section 42-103j. - Prohibited acts.
Section 42-103k. - Violation of chapter deemed unfair or deceptive trade practice.