Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings
Section 47a-56f. (Formerly Sec. 19-347e). - Payment of expenses. Liability of receiver. Assistance of municipal personnel. Costs and attorney's fees.

(a) The receiver shall be entitled to his necessary expenses and to a reasonable fee, to be determined by the court.

(b) The receiver shall be liable for injuries to persons and property by reason of the condition of the property for which he is receiver in a case where an owner would have been liable, but the receiver shall be liable only to the extent that he is insured against such liability or to the extent that he would have been insured against such liability had he purchased and maintained the insurance required by section 47a-56d. The receiver shall not be liable for such injury in his personal capacity or out of the assets in his hands as receiver, except as provided above.
(c) The personnel and facilities of the municipality and the corporation counsel shall be availed of by the receiver for the purpose of carrying out his duties as such receiver and the cost of such services shall be deemed a necessary expense of the receiver.
(d) The municipality shall be entitled to its costs in filing an application under section 47a-56a and a reasonable attorney's fee, to be determined by the court.
(February, 1965, P.A. 554, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 362, S. 3; P.A. 79-571, S. 88; P.A. 95-247, S. 12.)
History: 1967 act added a fee for the receiver and restated his liability for injuries; P.A. 79-571 divided section into Subsecs.; Sec. 19-347e transferred to Sec. 47a-56f in 1981 and reference to Sec. 19-347c revised to reflect its transfer; P.A. 95-247 added Subsec. (d) entitling a municipality to its costs in filing an application and a reasonable attorney's fee.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant

Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings

Section 47a-50. - Definitions.

Section 47a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-343). - Sanitary regulations.

Section 47a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-88). - Abatement of conditions in rented dwelling other than tenement house constituting danger to life or health.

Section 47a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-344). - Orders of enforcement agency. Municipal lien for expenses in executing order.

Section 47a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-345). - Communicable diseases; unfit for habitation; order to vacate.

Section 47a-54a. (Formerly Sec. 19-346). - Overcrowding in tenement and lodging houses.

Section 47a-54b. - Water in tenement and lodging houses.

Section 47a-54c. - Toilets and bathrooms.

Section 47a-54d. - Public halls.

Section 47a-54e. - Bedrooms.

Section 47a-54f. - Paint.

Section 47a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-347). - Enforcement. Penalties.

Section 47a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-347a). - Passage of ordinance for abatement of nuisances. Appointment of authority.

Section 47a-56a. (Formerly Sec. 19-347b). - Appointment of receiver of rents: Application.

Section 47a-56b. - Appointment of receiver of rents: Service.

Section 47a-56c. - Appointment of receiver of rents: Determination by court.

Section 47a-56d. (Formerly Sec. 19-347c). - Receiver: Bond required. Powers and duties.

Section 47a-56e. (Formerly Sec. 19-347d). - Liability of owner.

Section 47a-56f. (Formerly Sec. 19-347e). - Payment of expenses. Liability of receiver. Assistance of municipal personnel. Costs and attorney's fees.

Section 47a-56g. (Formerly Sec. 19-347f). - Discharge of receiver.

Section 47a-56h. (Formerly Sec. 19-347g). - Rights of mortgagee or lienor remedying nuisance and paying expenses.

Section 47a-56i. (Formerly Sec. 19-347h). - Housing Receivership Revolving Fund. Source of funds for expenses of a receiver in remedying certain tenement conditions.

Section 47a-56j. (Formerly Sec. 19-347i). - State financial assistance for rent receivership programs.

Section 47a-56k. - Authorization of state bonds for purposes of the Housing Receivership Revolving Fund.

Section 47a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-347r). - Certificate of occupancy required for lawful occupation. Penalty for allowing occupancy without certificate.

Section 47a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-347s). - Notice of violation. Penalty. Injunctive relief. Municipal lien for unpaid penalty.

Section 47a-59. (Formerly Sec. 19-347t). - Enforcement actions. Defenses.

Section 47a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-347u). - Stay of penalty. Violation contested by owner.

Section 47a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-347v). - Precedence in trial order.