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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-33e (2026)

Prior interests void

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Subject to the matters stated in section 47-33d, such marketable record title shall be held by its owner and shall be taken by any person dealing with the land free and clear of all interests, claims or charges whatsoever, the existence of which depends upon any act, transaction, event or omission that occurred prior to the effective date of the root of title. All such interests, claims or charges, however denominated, whether legal or equitable, present or future, whether those interests, claims or charges are asserted by a person sui juris or under a disability, whether that person is within or without the state, whether that person is natural or corporate, or is private or governmental, are hereby declared to be null and void.

(1967, P.A. 553, S. 4; P.A. 79-602, S. 45.)

History: P.A. 79-602 substituted “those” or “that” for “such” where appearing.

Cited. 183 C. 59; 219 C. 81; 239 C. 199.

Cited. 3 CA 550; 44 CA 683; 46 CA 525.

Cited. 34 CS 31.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1981–2016 · leading case: McBurney v. Cirillo, 889 A.2d 759 (Conn. 2006).
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McBurney v. Cirillo, 889 A.2d 759 (Conn. 2006). · cites it 5× “” General Statutes § 47-33e. 24 The act defines “ ‘[r]oot of title’ [as] that conveyance or other title transaction in the chain of title of a person, purporting to create or containing language sufficient to transfer the interest claimed by such person, upon which he relies as…”
Schulz v. Syvertsen, 591 A.2d 804 (Conn. 1991). · cites it 6× “* 2 The trial court reasoned that since the Syvertsens’ “root of title” 3 and the forty year chain of title thereafter were silent as to any encumbering easement; and since this “root of *86 title” postdated all of the deeds that created the disputed easement, General Statutes…”
Il Giardino, LLC v. Belle Haven Land Co., 757 A.2d 1103 (Conn. 2000). · cites it 5× “” General Statutes § 47-33e provides: “Prior interests void.”
Irving v. Firehouse Assocs., LLC, 898 A.2d 270 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 6× “” General Statutes § 47-33e provides: “Any person having the legal capacity to own land in this state, who has an unbroken chain of title to any interest in land for forty years or more, shall be deemed to have a marketable record title to that interest, subject, only to the…”
Mizla v. Depalo, 438 A.2d 820 (Conn. 1981). · cites it 6× “General Statutes §§ 47-33e, 11 47-33c, 47-33f, 47-33l.”
Vill. Apts., LLC v. Ward, 152 A.3d 76 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 4× “" General Statutes § 47-33e provides: "Subject to the matters stated in section 47-33d, such marketable record title shall be held by its owner and shall be taken by any person dealing with the land free and clear of all interests, claims or charges whatsoever, the existence of…”
Smith v. Plan. & Zoning Bd., 490 A.2d 539 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 47-33e states that “any person dealing with the land” may take marketable record title.”
Har v. Boreiko, 986 A.2d 1072 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 2× “For the same reason, we decline to review the plaintiffs claims that the court misapplied General Statutes § 47-33e and that she was entitled to prevail pursuant to the doctrine of acquiescence.”
Johnson v. Sourignamath, 877 A.2d 891 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 7× “, made findings as to the parties’ roots of title and, citing General Statutes § 47-33e, concluded that “the plaintiffs have proved their right of access by deed and that the deeded right-of-way has not been extinguished.”
Jackson v. Lee, 996 A.2d 762 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2009). · cites it 3× “” General Statutes § 47-33e. *403 “[T]he ultimate purpose of all Marketable Title Acts is to simplify land title transactions through making it possible to determine marketability by limited title searches over some reasonable period of the immediate past and thus avoid the…”
Mitchell v. REDVERS, 22 A.3d 659 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 10× “” General Statutes § 47-33e. This is true “however [such claims are] denominated, whether legal or equitable, present or future .”
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