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Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-92c (2026)

Limitation of lien

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No purchaser's lien shall continue in force for a longer period than two years after such lien has been perfected, unless the party claiming such lien, within said period, commences an action to foreclose the same and proceeds therewith to final judgment. Each such lien, after the expiration of two years without action commenced, shall be discharged of record by the person claiming the same, upon the request of the owner of the property upon which the lien has been claimed.

(February, 1965, P.A. 272, S. 3.)

Cited. 36 CA 206; 40 CA 64.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1996–2005 · leading case: Columbia Fed. Sav. Bank v. Int'l Site Consultants, Inc., 669 A.2d 594 (Conn. App. Ct. 1996).
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Columbia Fed. Sav. Bank v. Int'l Site Consultants, Inc., 669 A.2d 594 (Conn. App. Ct. 1996). · cites it 16× “erly granted summary judgment because (1) Newbrook held an equitable lien on the subject premises that was superior to the mortgage being foreclosed, (2) the equitable lien was a charge on property and not an interest in property and thus not subject to the time limitations of…”
Town of Newington v. Est. of Young, 777 A.2d 219 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2000). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 49-92c provides in pertinent part: “No purchaser’s lien shall continue in force for a longer period than two years after such lien has been perfected, unless the party claiming such lien, within *88 said period, commences an action to foreclose the same and…”
Silver v. Statewide Grievance Comm., 699 A.2d 151 (Conn. 1997). · cites it 2× “2d 193, Liens § 65 (1970) (“The method of enforcing a *200 statutory lien is usually prescribed by the enactment by which it is conferred, and it is generally held that where this is the case, the enforcement of the lien must be proceeded with in accordance with the provision of…”
Goebel v. Glover, 881 A.2d 493 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 3× “To support her claim, she limits the holding of the case so that it applies the two year statute of limitations of General Statutes § 49-92c only to the purchaser’s hen created by § 49-92a and a common-law equitable hen on the property subject to that purchaser’s hen.”
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