Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-326 (2026)

Discharge of lis pendens and invalid liens

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The provisions of sections 52-322 and 52-324 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any lis pendens recorded according to the provisions of section 52-325 or any invalid lien sought to be discharged under section 49-51.

(1949 Rev., S. 8058; 1961, P.A. 299; 1969, P.A. 595, S. 4; P.A. 87-589, S. 16, 87.)

History: 1961 act added provision for invalid lien sought to be discharged under section 49-51; 1969 deleted reference to applicability of Sec. 52-323, repealed by the same act; P.A. 87-589 deleted reference to Sec. 52-323.

See Secs. 49-8, 49-13 re release or discharge of mortgages or ineffective attachment, lis pendens or lien and re damages.

Cited. 162 C. 26; 180 C. 501; 209 C. 15; 217 C. 24.

Cited. 36 CA 206.

Cited. 39 CS 195. Effect of notice of lis pendens distinguished from effect of prejudgment attachment; constitutionality discussed. 42 CS 241.

Court has no nonstatutory power to act on application for discharge of lis pendens. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 12, 14. Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 456.

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Notes of Decisions

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 4× “” General Statutes § 52-326 provides in relevant part: “The provisions of *283 52-322 .”

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. “(c) The mortgagee or…”

PMG Land Assocs., L.P. v. Harbour Landing Condo. Assn., Inc., 161 A.3d 596 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 3× “he 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…”

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. “(c) The mortgagee…”

Ravitch v. Stollman Poultry Farms, Inc., 291 A.2d 213 (Conn. 1971). · cites it 4× “unt of an attachment, and analogously the power of a court to order 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…”

Brown v. Rosen, 650 A.2d 568 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994). · cites it 2× “6 The plaintiffs’ argument appears to be that because they sought the discharge of the lien under § 49-51, the provisions of § 52-325c (b) apply to the appeal under § 52-326. The plaintiffs’ argument lacks merit.”

Kukanskis v. Griffith, 430 A.2d 21 (Conn. 1980). “” 4 Section 52-326 provides that a lis pendens may be discharged only under those very limited circumstances which would justify the discharge of an attachment.”

Skorpios Props., Ltd. v. Waage, 374 A.2d 165 (Conn. 1976). “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 before or against receipt of such release or (5) when an attachment has become of no effect pursuant to section…”

Nash v. Stevens, 71 A.3d 635 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). “e longer than one year after the date provided in the agreement for the performance of it or, if the date is not so provided, longer than eighteen months after the date on which the agreement was executed, unless the interest is extended as provided herein or unless action is…”

Levinson v. Lawrence (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 5× “’’ In the event that a lis pendens that has become ineffective under General Statutes § 52-326 is not released within sixty days of the sending or receiving of a written request for release, § 49-8 (c) provides that the ‘‘plaintiff shall be liable for damages to any person…”

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. ‘‘(c) The…”

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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