Sec. 47a-56a. (Formerly Sec. 19-347b). Appointment of receiver of rents: Application.
Sec. 47a-56a. (Formerly Sec. 19-347b). Appointment of receiver of rents: Application. Whenever any order issued under the provisions of section 47a-53 or section
47a-55, or under the provisions of any municipal charter or special act or ordinance
relating to the abatement of nuisances in tenement houses is not complied with, or not
so far complied with as the appropriate authority finds reasonable, within the time allowed, or whenever a landlord has not substantially complied with the provisions of
section 47a-7, the authority appointed under the provisions of section 47a-56 may apply
to the superior court for the judicial district where the property is situated for an order
requiring the owner and any mortgagees or lienors of record to show cause why a receiver
of rents, issues and profits should not be appointed and why such receiver should not
remove or remedy such condition and obtain a lien in favor of the municipality, having
priority with respect to all existing mortgages or liens, to secure payment of the costs
incurred by the receiver in removing or remedying such condition. Such application
shall contain: (1) Proof by affidavit that an order of the proper authority has been issued
and served on the owner, mortgagees and lienors; (2) a statement that a nuisance exists
because a landlord has been in substantial noncompliance with the provisions of section
47a-7 or a nuisance exists that constitutes a fire hazard or a serious threat to life, health
or safety and that such nuisance continued to exist in such property after the time fixed
for the removal thereof in such order, and such statement shall contain a description of
the property and the conditions constituting such nuisance; and (3) a brief description
of the nature of the work required to remove or remedy the condition and an estimate
as to the cost thereof.
(February, 1965, P.A. 554, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 362, S. 1; P.A. 74-183, S. 229, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 198, 681; P.A. 78-280,
S. 1, 127; P.A. 79-571, S. 83; P.A. 95-247, S. 9; P.A. 01-128, S. 2; P.A. 03-19, S. 110.)
History: 1967 act removed the chief executive of the municipality as the receiver of rents under subdivisions (a) and
(c) and substituted "substantial" for "irreparable" damage in subsection (b); P.A. 74-183 specified the "civil division" of
the court of common pleas in Subsec. (c), effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with
superior court, referred to civil "docket" rather than civil "division" of court and added reference to judicial districts in
Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to counties in Subsec. (a); P.A. 79-571 removed provisions re service of copy of rule to show cause in Subsec. (a) and Subsecs. (b) and (c), reincorporating deleted provisions
as Secs. 47a-56b and 47a-56c; Sec. 19-347b transferred to Sec. 47a-56a in 1981 and internal references to other sections
revised as necessary to reflect their transfer; P.A. 95-247 authorized the authority to apply for appointment of a receiver
"whenever a landlord has not substantially complied with the provisions of section 47a-7", replaced "a rule" to show cause
with "an order" to show cause and amended Subdiv. (2) to include a nuisance that exists "because a landlord has been in
substantial noncompliance with the provisions of section 47a-7" and delete the requirement that a fire hazard be "serious";
P.A. 01-128 made provisions of section discretionary rather than mandatory; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes, effective
May 12, 2003.