Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 833a - Public Enforcement of Health and Safety Standards in Tenement and Boarding Houses, and in Rented Dwellings
Section 47a-56h. (Formerly Sec. 19-347g). - Rights of mortgagee or lienor remedying nuisance and paying expenses.

Any mortgagee or lienor who, at his expense, remedies or removes the nuisance to the satisfaction of the court shall have and be entitled to enforce a lien equivalent to the lien granted to the receiver in favor of the municipality under sections 47a-56 to 47a-56i, inclusive. Any mortgagee or lienor who, following the appointment of a receiver by the court, reimburses the receiver and the municipality for all costs and charges as hereinabove provided shall be entitled to an assignment of the lien granted to the receiver in favor of the municipality.

(February, 1965, P.A. 554, S. 7; P.A. 79-571, S. 90.)
History: P.A. 79-571 added reference to new sections which became Secs. 47a-56b and 47a-56c; Sec. 19-347g transferred to Sec. 47a-56h in 1981 and reference to other sections within provisions revised as necessary to reflect their transfer.

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.