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Connecticut General Statutes Title 47. Land and Land Titles § 47-278. Cause of action to enforce chapter, declaration or bylaws. Attorney’s fees and costs. Alternative dispute resolution. Hearings before executive board

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A declarant, association, unit owner or any other person subject to this chapter may bring an action to enforce a right granted or obligation imposed by this chapter, the declaration or the bylaws. The court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

(b) Parties to a dispute arising under this chapter, the declaration or the bylaws may agree to resolve the dispute by any form of binding or nonbinding alternative dispute resolution, provided: (1) A declarant may agree with the association to do so only after the period of declarant control has expired; and (2) an agreement to submit to any form of binding alternative dispute resolution must be in a record authenticated by the parties.

(c)(1)(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the declaration or bylaws to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided under subdivision (2) of this subsection, before an association brings an action or institutes a proceeding against a unit owner other than a declarant, the association shall schedule a hearing to be held during a regular or special meeting of the executive board and shall send a written notice by regular mail, to the unit owner at least ten business days prior to the date of such hearing. Such notice shall include a statement of the nature of the claim against the unit owner and the date, time and place of the hearing.

(B) The unit owner shall have the right to give testimony orally or in writing at the hearing, either personally or through a representative, and the executive board shall consider such testimony in making a decision whether to bring an action or institute a proceeding against such unit owner.

(C) Notwithstanding any provision of the declaration or bylaws to the contrary, the executive board shall make such decision and the association shall send such decision in writing by regular mail, to the unit owner, not later than thirty days after the date on which the hearing concludes.

(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply to an action brought by an association against a unit owner (A) to prevent immediate and irreparable harm, or (B) to foreclose a lien for an assessment attributable to a unit or fines imposed against a unit owner pursuant to section 47-258.

(d)(1) Any unit owner other than a declarant, seeking to enforce a right granted or obligation imposed by this chapter, the declaration or the bylaws against the association or another unit owner other than a declarant, may submit a written request to the association for a hearing before the executive board. Such request shall include a statement of the nature of the claim against the association or another unit owner.

(2) Notwithstanding any provision of the declaration or bylaws to the contrary, not later than thirty days after the date on which the association receives such request, the association shall schedule a hearing to be held during a regular or special meeting of the executive board and shall send written notice by regular mail, to the unit owner at least ten business days prior to the date of such hearing. Such notice shall include the date, time and place of the hearing. Such hearing shall be held not later than forty-five days after the date on which the association receives such request.

(3) Notwithstanding any provision of the declaration or bylaws to the contrary, the executive board shall make a decision on the unit owner's claim and the association shall send such decision in writing by regular mail, to the unit owner, not later than thirty days after the date on which the hearing concludes.

(4) The failure of the association to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall not affect a unit owner's right to bring an action pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

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