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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-322 (2026)

Certificate of plaintiff dissolving attachment and removing lien upon happening of certain events or attachment becoming ineffective

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When the estate of any person has been attached in any proceeding wherein a certificate of such attachment or a copy of the writ or proceeding is required by law to be filed in the office of the town clerk, and the plaintiff therein has received satisfaction for the plaintiff's claim, or final judgment has been rendered against the plaintiff thereon, or when for any reason such attachment has become of no effect, such plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney, at the request of any person interested in the estate attached or in having the attachment lien removed, shall file a certificate with such town clerk that such attachment is dissolved and such lien removed. Each such certificate shall be recorded by such town clerk in the land records of the town wherein the property affected by the release is located or wherein the certificate of attachment was filed.

(1949 Rev., S. 8054; P.A. 09-213, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 09-213 replaced requirement that certificate be recorded “at length in a book kept for that purpose by such clerk as a part of the land records” with requirement that certificate be recorded “by such town clerk in the land records”, replaced “lodge” with “file” and made technical changes.

When release of lis pendens inequitable. 162 C. 26. Cited. 180 C. 501; 209 C. 15.

Cited. 36 CA 206.

Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 14; 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 456.

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Cited in 15 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1966–2021 · leading case: Ghent v. Meadowhaven Condo., Inc., 823 A.2d 355 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003).
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Ghent v. Meadowhaven Condo., Inc., 823 A.2d 355 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 8× “Specifically, they claim that the court improperly (1) failed to apply General Statutes § 52-322, which expressly required Melchionne to execute and deliver releases of lis pendens once the plaintiffs satisfied the judgments against them, (2) applied § 49-21, where the statutory…”
PMG Land Assocs., L.P. v. Harbour Landing Condo. Assn., Inc., 161 A.3d 596 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 5× “See General Statutes § 52-322. 5 *601 The defendants, therefore, breached their obligation to the plaintiff at that time.”
Ravitch v. Stollman Poultry Farms, Inc., 291 A.2d 213 (Conn. 1971). · cites it 7× “r dissolved or in any way modified a lis pendens derived solely and exclusively from specific statutes; (3) there is no Connecticut statutory authority under which the court could lawfully make the order which the defendants sought in their motion to release in part the lis…”
Kukanskis v. Griffith, 430 A.2d 21 (Conn. 1980). · cites it 2× “See §§ 52-322, 52-324 and 52-326 of the General Statutes; Ravitch v.”
Bellemare v. Wachovia Mortg. Corp., 931 A.2d 916 (Conn. 2007). ““(b) The plaintiff or the plaintiffs attorney shall execute and deliver a release when an attachment has become of no effect pursuant to section 52-322 or section 52-324 or when a lis pendens or other lien has become of no effect pursuant to section 52-326.”
FCM Grp., Inc. v. Miller, 17 A.3d 40 (Conn. 2011). ““Cb) The plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney shall execute and deliver a release when an attachment has become of no effect pursuant to section 52-322 or section 52-324 or when a lis pendens or other lien has become of no effect pursuant to section 52-326.”
Skorpios Props., Ltd. v. Waage, 374 A.2d 165 (Conn. 1976). “fide offer in accordance with the terms of the mortgage deed for such partial satisfaction on the execution of such partial release, the mortgagee or person by law authorized to release the same shall execute and deliver a release to the extent of such satisfaction tendered…”
Brown v. Rosen, 650 A.2d 568 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994). “…refers to § 49-92a. Even *210 if the plaintiffs sought to discharge the lien under § 49-51, § 52-326 provides that §§ 52-322 and 52-32U apply to that case, but it is silent as to the applicability of § 52-325c (b), which sets forth the seven day appeal period. We conclude…”
Ratick v. Scalo, 345 A.2d 26 (Conn. 1974). · cites it 2× “As we stated in the Bavitch ease at page 33, the legislature has confined the conditions for the release of a lis pendens to those set forth in General Statutes §§ 52-322, 52-324 and49-13 (b).”
Your Mansion Real Est., LLC v. RCN Capital Funding, LLC, 206 Conn. App. 316 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021). “‘‘(b) The plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney shall exe- cute and deliver a release when an attachment has become of no effect pursuant to section 52-322 or sec- tion 52-324 or when a lis pendens or other lien has become of no effect pursuant to section 52-326.”
Levinson v. Lawrence (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “’’ Therefore, pursuant to § 49-8 (b), in order for a party to obtain relief under § 49-8, the lis pendens must first have ‘‘become of no effect’’ under § 52-326.”
Cimminello v. A. M. S. Corp., 224 A.2d 565 (Conn. App. Ct. 1966). “*14 Section 52-326 provides for the discharge of lis pendens by making §§ 52-322, 52-323, and 52-324 applicable, mutatis mutandis.”
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