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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21-64 (2026)

Definitions

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As used in this chapter:

(1) “Mobile manufactured home” means a detached residential unit having three-dimensional components which are intrinsically mobile with or without a wheeled chassis or a detached residential unit built on or after June 15, 1976, in accordance with federal manufactured home construction and safety standards, and, in either case, containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, tub or shower bath, kitchen facilities and plumbing and electrical connections for attachment to outside systems, and designed for long-term occupancy and to be placed on rigid supports at the site where it is to be occupied as a residence, complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations and connection to utilities systems;

(2) “Mobile manufactured home park” or “park” means a plot of ground upon which two or more mobile manufactured homes, occupied for residential purposes are located;

(3) “Mobile manufactured home space or lot” means a plot of ground within a mobile manufactured home park designed for the accommodation of one mobile manufactured home;

(4) “Licensee” means any person licensed to operate and maintain a mobile manufactured home park under the provisions of this chapter;

(5) “Resident” means a person who owns, or rents and occupies, a mobile manufactured home in a mobile manufactured home park;

(6) “Department” means the Department of Consumer Protection;

(7) “Park owner” or “owner” means a licensee or permittee or any person who owns, operates or maintains a mobile manufactured home park;

(8) “Dwelling unit” means a mobile manufactured home;

(9) “Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, the state or any political subdivision thereof, agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, and any other legal or commercial entity;

(10) “Premises” means a dwelling unit and facilities and appurtenances therein and grounds, areas and facilities held out for the use of residents generally or whose use is promised to the resident;

(11) “Rent” means all periodic payments to be made to the owner under the rental agreement;

(12) “Rental agreement” means all agreements, written or oral, and valid rules and regulations adopted under subsection (d) of section 21-70, embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit or premises.

(1972, P.A. 186, S. 1; P.A. 74-333, S. 1, 12; P.A. 81-322, S. 1; P.A. 82-162, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 2; P.A. 90-242, S. 3; P.A. 91-383, S. 1; P.A. 95-79, S. 73, 189; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 23-125, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 74-333 substituted “residential” and “residence” for “dwelling” in Subsecs. (a) and (b), substituted “renter” for “lessee” and “owner” for “licensee or permittee” in Subsec. (f) and added new Subsec. (h) defining “owner”; P.A. 81-322 amended definition of “resident” to eliminate reference to owner's consent to occupancy; P.A. 82-162 amended the definition of “resident” in Subdiv. (6) to include one who owns, but does not occupy a mobile home; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3 replaced definition of “mobile home”, substituted “mobile manufactured home” for “mobile home”, deleted definition of “permittee” and substituted definition of “department” for definition of “commission”, renumbering Subdivs. as necessary; P.A. 90-242 stated that it was adding Subsecs. (8) to (10), inclusive, defining “leased cottage community”, “cottage” and “cottage association” but these Subsecs. were codified as Sec. 21-90 in new chapter 413a since their subject matter is unrelated to that of this chapter 412; P.A. 91-383 added definitions of “dwelling unit”, “person”, “premises”, “rent” and “rental agreement”; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 23-125 added definition of “park owner” in Subdiv. (7).

Cited. 208 C. 620. Imposes no residency requirement upon owner of mobile home located in a mobile home park to qualify as a park resident. Id., 656. Cited. 209 C. 243; Id., 724.

Cited. 7 CA 639. “Mobile home” as commonly understood, does not encompass “motor homes”. 70 CA 86. Defendant resident's ownership of stock in plaintiff corporation did not make her an owner of the mobile manufactured home park. 161 CA 668.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases, 1986–2016 · leading case: Lampasona v. Jacobs, 553 A.2d 175 (Conn. 1989).
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Lampasona v. Jacobs, 553 A.2d 175 (Conn. 1989). · cites it 6× “The plaintiff claims further that the court’s interpretation of the term “resident,” as used in General Statutes § 21-64, in its determination on the motion, violated her constitutional rights.”
Daddona v. Liberty Mobile Home Sales, Inc., 550 A.2d 1061 (Conn. 1988). · cites it 5× “On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court erred in holding that: (1) General Statutes § 21-79 does not take private property without just compensation; (2) an estate is a “resident” as defined by General Statutes § 21-64 (5); 2 (3) General Statutes § 21-79 takes pri…”
Lampasona v. Jacobs, 509 A.2d 1089 (Conn. App. Ct. 1986). · cites it 8× “(1) that the court erred in granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss for want of subject matter jurisdiction because in so doing the court lopked beyond the question of subject matter jurisdiction and improperly dismissed the case on its merits; and (2) that the court violated…”
Location Realty, Inc. v. Gen. Fin. Servs., Inc., 873 A.2d 163 (Conn. 2005). · cites it 6× “limited liability company or corporation which acts for another person or entity and for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, lists for sale, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale, exchange, purchase or rental of, an estate or…”
Farrior v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Black Point Beach Club Ass'n, 796 A.2d 1262 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 4× “” General Statutes § 21-64 (1); see also General Statutes § 21-64a.”
Fairchild Heights, Inc. v. Dickal, 45 A.3d 627 (Conn. 2012). · cites it 2× “" General Statutes § 21-64(10). Thus, the fact that the trial court found that the defendants commonly parked their vehicles on the streets of the manufactured home park or on common property, and not solely on their own lot, does not remove their conduct from the operation of §…”
Chestnut Realty, Inc. v. Comm'n on Human Rights & Opportunities, 514 A.2d 749 (Conn. 1986). “r goods to the general public including, but not limited to, public housing projects and all other forms of publicly assisted housing, and further including any housing accommodation, commercial property or building lot, on which it is intended that a housing accommodation or…”
First Fed. Bank, FSB v. Whitney Dev. Corp., 677 A.2d 1363 (Conn. 1996). · cites it 2× ““(3) As used in this section, ‘tenant’ includes each resident of a mobile manufactured home park, as defined in section 21-64, including a resident *681 who owns his own home, ‘landlord’ includes a ‘licensee’ and an ‘owner’ of a mobile manufactured home park, as defined in…”
Eamiello v. Liberty Mobile Home Sales, Inc., 546 A.2d 805 (Conn. 1988). “to 1975) §§ 21-64 through 21-76; Public Acts 1972, No.”
Quinnipiac Council, Boy Scouts of Am., Inc. v. Comm'n on Human Rights & Opportunities, 528 A.2d 352 (Conn. 1987). “r goods to the general public including, but not limited to, public housing projects and all other forms of publicly assisted housing, and further including any housing accommodation, commercial property or building lot, on which it is intended that a housing accommodation or…”
Fairchild Heights Residents Ass'n v. Fairchild Heights, Inc., 27 A.3d 467 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “The complaint contained two counts of negligence per se alleging that the defendant had violated (1) General Statutes § 21-64 et seq. (chapter 412 of the General Statutes) and (2) ordinances of the city of Shelton (ordinances), and one count alleging that the defendant had…”
Gibbs v. Se. Inv. Corp., 705 F. Supp. 738 (D. Conn. 1989). · cites it 2× “In May 1986, plaintiff brought this action against defendant, claiming that defendant wrongfully and/or fraudulently caused her to submit to eviction, that defendant misled her as to her rights and remedies accorded by the Connecticut Mobile Manufactured Home Parks, Owners, and…”
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Fairchild Heights, Inc. v. Dickal, 45 A.3d 627 (Conn. 2012). “" General Statutes § 21-64(10). Thus, the fact that the trial court found that the defendants commonly parked their vehicles on the streets of the manufactured home park or on common property, and not solely on their own lot, does not remove their conduct from the operation of §…”
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