2024 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 400* - Home Improvement Contractors
*Cited. 200 C. 713; 209 C. 185; 215 C. 316; Id., 336; Id., 345; Id., 350; 224 C. 231; Id., 240; 228 C. 574; 231 C. 707; 232 C. 666; 237 C. 123; 240 C. 58; Id., 654. Home Improvement Act is for benefit of consumer and compliance with its terms may be waived by the consumer, either explicitly or by nonassertion. 247 C. 242. Violation of act by home improvement contractor does not preclude contractor from reducing the damages it owes for breach of contract to a nonbreaching homeowner by an amount equal to the unpaid balance remaining on the contract. 290 C. 1.
Contract between contractor and subcontractor not within purview of the act. 13 CA 194. Cited. 18 CA 463; Id., 581; 20 CA 625; 24 CA 223; 27 CA 162; 33 CA 294; 35 CA 253; 38 CA 420; 40 CA 351; 41 CA 476; 42 CA 124; 45 CA 586; Id., 743. Individual does not have to be a general contractor to fall within the purview of the act since the act only requires him to be a contractor, as opposed to a subcontractor, and review of record showed defendant acted as a contractor. 121 CA 105.
Cited. 44 CS 274.
- Section 20-418. - Short title: Home Improvement Act.
- Section 20-419. - Definitions.
- Section 20-420. - Certificate of registration of contractors and salesperson required. Requirements for contractors performing radon mitigation, removal or replacement of residential underground heating oil tank storage systems and gas hearth product work. Application by retail establishment for certificate of registration as salesperson for its employees. Duty to update application information.
- Section 20-420a. - Procedures for registration. Records.
- Section 20-421. - Application for certificate of registration as home improvement contractor or salesman. Fees.
- Section 20-422. - Certificate of registration; when issued; refused; revoked; suspended. Bond requirement.
- Section 20-423. - Hearing on denial of certificate. Subsequent application.
- Section 20-424. - Investigations. Powers of commissioner. Injunctions.
- Section 20-425. - Transferred to Sec. 20-431.
- Section 20-426. - Revocation, suspension or refusal to issue or renew registration; grounds.
- Section 20-426a. - Posting of bond by contractor.
- Section 20-427. - Holder to exhibit and advertise certificate, when. Prohibited acts. Penalties. Certificates generally not transferable. Expiration. Renewal. Building permits.
- Section 20-427a. - Failure to register. Failure to pay Home Improvement Guaranty Fund fee. Commercial motor vehicle registration nonrenewal. Appeal.
- Section 20-428. - Exemptions.
- Section 20-429. - Required contract provisions. Negative option provisions prohibited. Contract considered home solicitation sale. Contractor-financed contract. Recovery of payment for work performed.
- Section 20-429a. - Certain solicitation practices prohibited.
- Section 20-430. - Commissioner to adopt regulations.
- Section 20-431. (Formerly Sec. 20-425). - Appeals.
- Section 20-432. - Home Improvement Guaranty Fund.
- Section 20-433. - Training program for contractors repairing and replacing certain concrete foundations.
- Section 20-434. - Reserved for future use.
