Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 3-14 (2025)
Management and sales of state property
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The Treasurer may appoint agents to manage all property to which the state becomes legally entitled and to sell any such property not necessary for the use of the state, at public or private sale, for cash or on credit, on such terms as the Treasurer approves. The Treasurer shall execute any conveyances thereof and shall render an account of his proceedings to the General Assembly if in session or to the Governor during the recess of the General Assembly; but, if any owner of such property appears, he shall be entitled to it, or, if sold, to the avails thereof, after deducting the necessary expenses.
(1949 Rev., S. 108.)
See Secs. 3-47 and 4b-21 re real estate transactions.
See Sec. 47-8 re Treasurer's authority to release mortgages to, or liens in favor of, state.
Cited. 13 CA 325.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1988–2008 · leading case: Bingham v. Dep't of Pub. Works, 945 A.2d 927 (Conn. 2008).
Bingham v. Dep't of Pub. Works, 945 A.2d 927 (Conn. 2008). “Pursuant to General Statutes §§ 3-14 and 4b-21, the department offered to sell the portion of the hospital property that is located in the town of Preston to that town and to sell the remaining portion of the property, which is located in the city of Norwich, to that city.”
DeCarlo v. Kolnaski, 536 A.2d 598 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988). “Although the property may no longer be available for sale, the plaintiffs argue that the state may in the future declare it to be surplus property, pursuant to General Statutes § 3-14. 4 If that were to occur then the city of Groton would have an option to purchase that property…”
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