2016 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-56f - (Formerly Sec. 19-347e). Payment of expenses. Liability of receiver. Assistance of municipal personnel. Costs and attorney's fees.

(a) The receiver shall be entitled to his necessary expenses and to a reasonable fee, to be determined by the court.

(b) The receiver shall be liable for injuries to persons and property by reason of the condition of the property for which he is receiver in a case where an owner would have been liable, but the receiver shall be liable only to the extent that he is insured against such liability or to the extent that he would have been insured against such liability had he purchased and maintained the insurance required by section 47a-56d. The receiver shall not be liable for such injury in his personal capacity or out of the assets in his hands as receiver, except as provided above.

(c) The personnel and facilities of the municipality and the corporation counsel shall be availed of by the receiver for the purpose of carrying out his duties as such receiver and the cost of such services shall be deemed a necessary expense of the receiver.

(d) The municipality shall be entitled to its costs in filing an application under section 47a-56a and a reasonable attorney's fee, to be determined by the court.

(February, 1965, P.A. 554, S. 5; 1967, P.A. 362, S. 3; P.A. 79-571, S. 88; P.A. 95-247, S. 12.)

History: 1967 act added a fee for the receiver and restated his liability for injuries; P.A. 79-571 divided section into Subsecs.; Sec. 19-347e transferred to Sec. 47a-56f in 1981 and reference to Sec. 19-347c revised to reflect its transfer; P.A. 95-247 added Subsec. (d) entitling a municipality to its costs in filing an application and a reasonable attorney's fee.