Sec. 47a-6a. Filing in designated municipal office of residential address of nonresident landlord.
Sec. 47a-6a. Filing in designated municipal office of residential address of nonresident landlord. (a) As used in this section, "address" means a location as described
by the full street number, if any, the street name, the city or town, and the state, and not
a mailing address such as a post office box, "dwelling unit" means any house or building,
or portion thereof, which is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, or is arranged or
designed to be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or residence of one or more persons,
living independently of each other, and doing their cooking upon the premises, and
having a common right in the halls, stairways or yards and "agent in charge" means
one who manages real estate, including, but not limited to, the collection of rents and
supervision of property.
(b) Any municipality may require the nonresident owner of occupied or vacant
rental real property to maintain on file in the office of the tax assessor or other municipal
office designated by the municipality, the current residential address of the nonresident
owner of such property, if the owner is an individual, or the current residential address
of the agent in charge of the building, if the nonresident owner is a corporation, partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity owning rental real property in the state. If
such residential address changes, notice of the new residential address shall be provided
by such nonresident owner or agent in charge of the building to the office of the tax
assessor or other designated municipal office not more than twenty-one days after the
date that the address change occurred. If the nonresident owner or agent fails to file an
address under this section, the address to which the municipality mails property tax bills
for the rental real property shall be deemed to be the nonresident owner or agent's current
address. Such address may be used for compliance with the provisions of subsection
(c) of this section.
(c) Service of state or municipal orders relating to maintenance of such rental real
property or compliance with state law and local codes concerning such real property
directed to the nonresident owner or agent at the address on file, or deemed to be on file
in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be sufficient proof of service of
notice of such orders in any subsequent criminal or civil action against the owner or
agent for failure to comply with the orders. The provisions of this section shall not be
construed to limit the validity of any other means of giving notice of such orders that
may be used by the state or such municipality.
(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall have committed an
infraction.
(P.A. 05-223, S. 1.)