Connecticut General Statutes Title 47A. Landlord and Tenant § 47a-26j. Records of summary process actions

(a) In any summary process action instituted pursuant to this chapter or chapter 412, not more than thirty days after (1) the withdrawal of such action, (2) a judgment of dismissal or nonsuit of such action upon any grounds, or (3) a final disposition of such action that includes a judgment for the defendant, the Judicial Department shall remove from its Internet web site any record or identifying information concerning such summary process action.

(b) If there is any activity in a case that has had any record or identifying information associated with such case removed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or if a case continues beyond the date upon which any such record or information is required to be removed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section because of an appeal, the Judicial Department shall restore the case to, or retain the case on, the Judicial Department's Internet web site, together with any such record and information associated with such case. For any record and identifying information restored or retained on the Judicial Department's Internet web site pursuant to this subsection, any such record or information shall remain on such Internet web site for thirty days after the final disposition of the associated case, or for the applicable time period from the original disposition specified in subsection (a) of this section, whichever is later.

(c) Any record or identifying information concerning any summary process action that has been removed from the Judicial Department's Internet web site pursuant to this section shall not be included in any sale or transfer of bulk case records by the Judicial Department to any person or entity purchasing such records for any commercial purpose.

(d) No person or entity shall, for any commercial purpose, disclose any record or identifying information concerning any summary process action that has been removed from the Judicial Department's Internet web site pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. As used in this section, “commercial purpose” means (1) the individual or bulk sale of any record or identifying information concerning any summary process action, (2) the making of consumer reports containing any such record or information, (3) any use related to screening any prospective tenant to determine the suitability of such prospective tenant, and (4) any other use of any such record or information for pecuniary gain, but does not include the use of any such record or information for governmental, scholarly, educational, journalistic or any other noncommercial purpose.

(e) Nothing in this section shall preclude the publication of any formal written judicial opinion by the Judicial Department or by any case reporting service.