All liens and mortgages affecting real property may, on the written motion of any party to any suit relating thereto, be foreclosed (1) by a decree of sale instead of a strict foreclosure at the discretion of the court before which the foreclosure proceedings are pending, or (2) with respect to mortgages, as defined in section 49-24a, that are a first mortgage against the property, by a judgment of foreclosure by market sale upon the written motion of the mortgagee, as defined in section 49-24a, and with consent of the mortgagor, as defined in section 49-24a, in accordance with sections 49-24a to 49-24g, inclusive, and sections 49-26 to 49-28, inclusive.
(1949 Rev., S. 7205; P.A. 14-84, S. 1; 14-217, S. 207; P.A. 16-65, S. 83.)
History: P.A. 14-84 designated existing provision re decree of sale as Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (2) re foreclosure by market sale; P.A. 14-217 changed effective date of P.A. 14-84, S. 1, from October 1, 2014, to January 1, 2015, effective June 13, 2014; P.A. 16-65 deleted reference to Sec. 49-31t and made a technical change.
Nature of sale. 98 C. 152. Procedure where one of two mortgages foreclosed is invalid in part. 103 C. 743. Whether foreclosure by sale will be ordered rests in discretion of court; refusal to order held proper. 108 C. 30. Remedy of second mortgagee order of sale and not apportionment. 119 C. 455. Cited. 179 C. 232; 196 C. 172; 199 C. 368.
Cited. 11 CA 53; 13 CA 239; 21 CA 275; 23 CA 192; 35 CA 81. In the absence of motion requesting foreclosure by sale, court did not err in ordering strict foreclosure; in Connecticut, strict foreclosure is the rule, foreclosure by sale the exception. 121 CA 554.
Cited. 25 CS 516.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 49 - Mortgages and Liens
Section 49-1. - When foreclosure a bar to further action on debt.
Section 49-2a. - Interest on funds held in escrow for payment of taxes and insurance.
Section 49-3. - Mortgage securing future advancements.
Section 49-4c. - Mortgage as security for obligations under an electricity purchase agreement.
Section 49-5. - Mortgages on property of public service companies.
Section 49-5a. - Master mortgage recording.
Section 49-5b. - Required information in a mortgage contingency clause.
Section 49-6. - Trust mortgages.
Section 49-6a. - Definitions. Interim financing policy disclosure required.
Section 49-6c. - Notice of late fee required. Exception.
Section 49-6d. - Legal representation.
Section 49-7. - Agreements concerning expenses and attorneys' fees.
Section 49-7a. - Lenders prohibited from requiring multiple original notes.
Section 49-9a. - Validation of release of mortgage. Affidavit.
Section 49-10a. - Request for payoff statement or reinstatement payment statement.
Section 49-13. - Petition for discharge of mortgage or ineffective attachment, lis pendens or lien.
Section 49-14. - Deficiency judgment.
Section 49-15. - Opening of judgments of strict foreclosure.
Section 49-16. - Foreclosure certificate. Penalty.
Section 49-17. - Foreclosure by owner of debt without legal title.
Section 49-17a. - Collection of rental payments without legal title.
Section 49-18. - Foreclosure by executor, administrator or trustee.
Section 49-19. - Title to vest in encumbrancer paying debt and costs.
Section 49-20. - Redemption by holder of encumbrance on part of property foreclosed.
Section 49-22. - Execution of ejectment on foreclosure judgment. Disposition of property.
Section 49-23. - Ejectment by mortgagee barred by tender of debt and costs.
Section 49-24. - Court may foreclose lien or mortgage on land by sale or market sale.
Section 49-24a. - Definitions.
Section 49-24b. - Agreement to pursue foreclosure by market sale.
Section 49-24c. - Appraisal of property in foreclosure by market sale.
Section 49-24d. - Listing agreement in foreclosure by market sale.
Section 49-24e. - Contract for sale of property in foreclosure by market sale.
Section 49-24f. - Judgment of foreclosure by market sale.
Section 49-24g. - Right-of-first-refusal law days.
Section 49-25. - Appraisal of property.
Section 49-26. - Conveyance; title of purchaser.
Section 49-27. - Disposal of proceeds of sale.
Section 49-28. - When proceeds of sale will not pay in full.
Section 49-29. - Expenses of sale and costs.
Section 49-30. - Omission of parties in foreclosure actions.
Section 49-30p. - Underwater mortgage: Definitions.
Section 49-30q. - Modification of underwater mortgage.
Section 49-30s. - Transfer agreement to convey property subject to underwater mortgage.
Section 49-30t. - Judgment of loss mitigation following agreement under section 49-30q or 49-30r.
Section 49-30u. - Judgment of loss mitigation following agreement under section 49-30s.
Section 49-30v. - Nonentry of judgment of loss mitigation.
Section 49-30w. - Junior lien on property encumbered by underwater mortgage.
Section 49-31. - Actions against the state.
Section 49-31a. - Subordination clauses.
Section 49-31c. - When subordination not subject to statute of frauds and automatically effective.
Section 49-31d. - Definitions.
Section 49-31e. - Application for protection from foreclosure.
Section 49-31g. - Restructuring of mortgage debt by court.
Section 49-31j. - Regulations.
Section 49-31k. - Definitions.
Section 49-31m. - Ezequiel Santiago Foreclosure Mediation Program.
Section 49-31n. - Mediation period. Information required. Termination of program.
Section 49-31r. - Foreclosure mediation: Notice of community-based resources.