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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-243 (2026)

Organization of unit owners' association

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A unit owners' association shall be organized no later than the date the first unit in the common interest community is conveyed. The membership of the association at all times shall consist exclusively of all unit owners or, following termination of the common interest community, of all former unit owners entitled to distributions of proceeds under section 47-237 or their heirs, successors or assigns. The association shall have an executive board. The association shall be organized as a business or nonstock corporation, trust, partnership or unincorporated association.

(P.A. 83-474, S. 44, 96; P.A. 09-225, S. 19.)

History: P.A. 09-225 provided that association shall have an executive board and substituted “business or nonstock corporation” for “profit or nonprofit corporation”, effective July 1, 2010.

Cited. 208 C. 318.

Cited. 38 CA 420; 44 CA 107. Trial court found that executive board of condominium association was constituted properly. 102 CA 245.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases, 1988–2014 · leading case: Candlewood Landing Condo. Ass'n v. Town of New Milford, 686 A.2d 1007 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997).
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Candlewood Landing Condo. Ass'n v. Town of New Milford, 686 A.2d 1007 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 4× “(association), is a nonstock Connecticut corporation organized pursuant to General Statutes § 47-243. 2 The association consists of the owners of the thirteen units of the Candlewood Landing condominiums.”
Wilcox v. Willard Shopping Ctr. Assocs., 544 A.2d 1207 (Conn. 1988). · cites it 2× “It entails the drafting and filing of a declaration describing the location and configuration of the real property, development rights, and restrictions on its use, occupancy and alienation; General Statutes §§ 47-220, 47-224; the enactment of bylaws; General Statutes § 47-248;…”
Fruin v. Colonnade One At Old Greenwich Ltd. P'ship, 676 A.2d 369 (Conn. 1996). · cites it 2× “General Statutes §§ 47-220 through 47-242.”
Weldy v. Northbrook Condo. Ass'n, 904 A.2d 188 (Conn. 2006). · cites it 2× “It entails the drafting and tiling of a declaration describing the location and configuration of the real property, development rights, and restrictions on its use, occupancy and alienation; General Statutes §§ 47-220, 47-224; the enactment of bylaws; General Statutes § 47-248 .…”
Nicotra Wieler Inv. Mgmt., Inc. v. Grower, 541 A.2d 1226 (Conn. 1988). · cites it 2× “General Statutes §§ 47-220 through 47-242.”
Peck v. Milford Hunt Homeowners Ass'n, 953 A.2d 951 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 4× “By warranty deed recorded on August 2, 2004, T & M Homes, LLC, conveyed the open space areas and the roads in Milford Hunt, which included the land encumbered by the billboard lease, to the defendant unit owners’ association organized under General Statutes § 47-243 of the act.…”
Fruin v. Colonnade One at Old Greenwich Ltd. P'ship, 662 A.2d 129 (Conn. App. Ct. 1995). · cites it 2× “It entails the drafting and filing of a declaration describing the location and configuration of the real property, development rights, and restrictions on its use, occupancy and alienation; General Statutes §§ 47-220, 47-224; the enactment of bylaws; General Statutes § 47-248;…”
Weldy v. Northbrook Condo. Ass'n, Inc., 874 A.2d 296 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes §§ 47-202 (13), 47-236. An elected board is empowered generally to act on behalf of the association, which is composed of all unit owners.”
Town of Winchester v. Nw. Assocs., 767 A.2d 687 (Conn. 2001). “” General Statutes § 47-258 provides: “Lien for assessments, (a) The [common interest community unit owner’s] association [organized under section 47-243] has a statutory lien on a unit for any assessment levied against that unit or fines imposed against its unit owner.”
City of Middletown v. Meadows Assocs. of Middletown, Inc., 711 A.2d 1 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1998). · cites it 2× “The declaration does not allocate ownership of the common elements to the association which was created pursuant to General Statutes § 47-243. General Statutes § 12-64 provides in pertinent part that taxes on real property should be “set by the [municipal tax] assessors in the…”
Bella Vista Condo. Ass'n v. Byars, 925 A.2d 365 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 3× “After trial, the court found the defendant liable on the debt and ordered a foreclosure by sale of the unit to satisfy the defendant’s debt.”
Pachaug Marina & Campground Assn., Inc. v. Pease, 89 A.3d 423 (Conn. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 2× “On February 2, 2012, the court granted the plaintiffs motion for default as a result of the failure of the Pease defendants to file appearances. The Pease defendants are not parties to this appeal.”
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