(a) Any action or the trial of any issue or issues therein may be transferred, by order of the court on its own motion or on the granting of a motion of any of the parties, or by agreement of the parties, from the superior court for one judicial district to the superior court in another court location within the same district or to a superior court location for any other judicial district, upon notice by the clerk to the parties after the order of the court, or upon the filing by the parties of a stipulation signed by them or their attorneys to that effect. The Chief Court Administrator or any judge designated by the Chief Court Administrator to act on behalf of the Chief Court Administrator under this section may, on motion of the Chief Court Administrator or any such judge, when required for the efficient operation of the courts and to insure the prompt and proper administration of justice, order like transfers.
(b) Upon the order of the court or the Chief Court Administrator or any judge designated by the Chief Court Administrator to act on behalf of the Chief Court Administrator under this section and notice to the parties or on the filing of the stipulation, the clerk of the court shall transfer the files in the action to the clerk of the court for the other judicial district or in the other court location.
(c) If only the trial of an issue or issues in the action has been transferred, the files, after the issues have been disposed of, shall be returned to the clerk of the court for the original judicial district or location, and judgment may be entered in such court.
(d) An entry fee shall not be required to be paid to the court to which any transfer pursuant to this section was made.
(1949 Rev., S. 7941; 1955, S. 3180d; 1972, P.A. 281, S. 27; P.A. 74-183, S. 75, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 116, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 157; P.A. 99-215, S. 27, 29.)
History: 1972 act authorized transfers between circuit courts and specified that no entry fee is required to be paid to court to which transfer was made, effective September 1, 1972; P.A. 74-183 removed circuit courts from purview of section, reflecting transfer of circuit court functions to court of common pleas, and added provision authorizing chief court administrator to make transfers, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 removed court of common pleas from purview of section reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, and authorized transfers from one court location to another in same county or judicial district; Sec. 52-31 transferred to Sec. 51-347a in the 1977 Court Reorganization Supplement; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to counties; P.A. 82-248 rephrased the section and inserted Subsec. indicators; P.A. 99-215 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding provision that judge designated by Chief Court Administrator to act on his behalf may order transfers, effective June 29, 1999.
Annotations to former section 52-31:
Answer cannot be treated as equivalent to a stipulation for a transfer. 74 C. 90. Cited. 146 C. 37.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 179 C. 415; 186 C. 198; 197 C. 141.
Cited. 3 CA 484.
Notes of Decisions
Farricielli v. Connecticut Pers. Appeal Bd., 440 A.2d 286 (Conn. 1982).
· cites it 10× “The plaintiff has also claimed that his administrative appeal should not fail for improper venue because General Statutes §§ 51-347b and 51-351 [6] operate to transfer the appeal to the proper court.”
Fort Trumbull Conservancy, LLC v. City of New London, 925 A.2d 292 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 9× “Because the venue provision of § 22a-16 is not jurisdictional, the proper remedy under § 51-351 for the plaintiffs failure to bring this action in the correct venue is to transfer the case to the judicial district of Hartford pursuant to General Statutes § 51-347b 17 and…”
Cologne v. Westfarms Assocs., 496 A.2d 476 (Conn. 1985).
· cites it 2× “, sitting in Rockville erred in hearing these post trial proceedings because venue had not been transferred to that court pursuant to General Statutes § 51-347b. Judge Spada had apparently been transferred to the Superior Court in Rock-ville at the time the proceedings on the…”
Town of Wethersfield v. PR Arrow, LLC, 203 A.3d 645 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019).
· cites it 2× “Days later, the case was transferred by order of the court to the land use litigation docket in the judicial district of Hartford pursuant to General Statutes § 51-347b (a). On June 27, 2016, the plaintiffs filed a certificate of closed pleadings.”
State v. Henderson, 706 A.2d 480 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998).
· cites it 2× “) Additionally, General Statutes § 51-347b (a) provides that “[a]ny action or the trial of any issue or issues therein may be transferred, by order of the court on its own motion .”
Battistotti v. Suzanne A., 188 A.3d 798 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 51-347b(a) provides in relevant part: "Any action .”
Asnat Realty, LLC v. United Illuminating Co., 204 Conn. App. 313 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021).
· cites it 2× “On March 2, 2018, the case was transferred and assigned to the Complex Litigation Docket in the judicial district of Stamford-Norwalk pursuant to General Statutes § 51-347b (a). 3 Specifically, count one pleaded fraud as to United Illuminating Company, count three pleaded fraud…”
Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. Costle, 426 A.2d 1324 (Conn. 1980).
“3 *421 The plaintiff contends that the words “trial of any civil cause” in § 51-29 do not apply to an appeal from an order and decision of an administrative tribunal and thus the trial court which passed upon the lateness of the judgment was without statutory authority to set…”
Richardello v. Butka, 717 A.2d 298 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1997).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 51-347b provides in pertinent part: “(a) Any action or the trial of any issue or issues therein may be transferred, by order of the court on its own motion or on the granting of a motion of any of the parties, or by agreement of the parties, from the superior…”
Sprague v. Comm'n on Human Rights, 489 A.2d 1064 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985).
“Already in existence was § 51-347b which authorized transfer of ‘[a]ny cause’ by order of the court on its own motion or the motion of any party.”
Godaire v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 165 A.3d 1257 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017).
· cites it 6× “The court first addressed the plaintiff's claim that the court had no authority to transfer his administrative appeal from New London to New Britain and concluded that General Statutes § 51-347b (a) 5 *396 authorized such a transfer.”
Ellis Betensky v. Opcon Assocs., Inc., 1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 4824 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1999).
· cites it 2× “This expanded argument is essential to achieve the goal that Opcon II seeks. If the problem is simply that venue in this judicial district is improper, the remedy is not dismissal, but transfer to another judicial district with more appropriate venue.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-347b(a) — 2 cases
Battistotti v. Suzanne A., 188 A.3d 798 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
“General Statutes § 51-347b(a) provides in relevant part: "Any action .”
Godaire v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 165 A.3d 1257 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017).
“The court first addressed the plaintiff's claim that the court had no authority to transfer his administrative appeal from New London to New Britain and concluded that General Statutes § 51-347b (a) 5 *396 authorized such a transfer.”
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