Sec. 47-33j. Notice not to be recorded to slander title. Damages.
Sec. 47-33j. Notice not to be recorded to slander title. Damages. No person may
use the privilege of recording notices under sections 47-33f and 47-33g for the purpose
of slandering the title to land. In any action brought for the purpose of quieting title to
land, if the court finds that any person has recorded a claim for that purpose only, the
court shall award the plaintiff all the costs of the action, including such attorneys' fees
as the court may allow to the plaintiff, and in addition, shall decree that the defendant
asserting the claim shall pay to the plaintiff all damages the plaintiff may have sustained
as the result of such notice of claim having been so recorded.
(1967, P.A. 553, S. 9; P.A. 79-602, S. 48.)
History: P.A. 79-602 restated provisions and added specific references to Secs. 47-33f and 47-33g.
Cited. 183 C. 59. Marketable Title Act, Sec. 47-33b et seq. cited. 219 C. 81. Cited. 239 C. 199. Marketable Title Act
cited. Id.
Cited. 3 CA 550. Conn. Marketable Title Act cited. Id. Cited. 31 CA 87. Cited. 44 CA 683. Marketability of Title Act
cited. Id. Cited. 46 CA 525. Marketable Title Act, Sec. 47-33b et seq. cited. Id.
Cited. 34 CS 31.