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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a (2026)

Execution against certain nonexempt personal property. Fees

✓ current as of May 2026
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(a) Procedure. Levying officer's responsibilities. (1) On application of a judgment creditor or a judgment creditor's attorney, stating that a judgment remains unsatisfied and the amount due thereon, and subject to the expiration of any stay of enforcement and expiration of any right of appeal, the clerk of the court in which the money judgment was rendered shall issue an execution pursuant to this section against the nonexempt personal property of the judgment debtor other than debts due from a banking institution or earnings. The application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred five dollars payable to the clerk of the court for the administrative costs of complying with the provisions of this section which fee may be recoverable by the judgment creditor as a taxable cost of the action. In the case of a consumer judgment, the application shall indicate whether, pursuant to an installment payment order under subsection (b) of section 52-356d, the court has entered a stay of execution and, if such a stay was entered, shall contain a statement of the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney as to the debtor's default on payments. In the case of a judgment arising out of services provided at a hospital, no application shall be made until the court has (A) issued an order for installment payments in accordance with section 52-356d, (B) made a finding that the debtor has defaulted on payments under the order, and (C) lifted the mandatory stay issued under section 52-356d. The court shall make a determination concerning noncompliance or default, and decide whether to modify the installment payment plan, continue the installment payment plan, or lift the stay. The execution shall be directed to any levying officer.

(2) The property execution shall require a proper levying officer to enforce the money judgment and shall state the names and last-known addresses of the judgment creditor and judgment debtor, the court in which and the date on which the money judgment was rendered, the original amount of the money judgment and the amount due thereon, and any information which the judgment creditor considers necessary or appropriate to identify the judgment debtor. The property execution shall notify any person served therewith that the judgment debtor's nonexempt personal property is subject to levy, seizure and sale by the levying officer pursuant to the execution and, if the judgment debtor is a natural person, shall be accompanied by a notice of judgment debtor rights as prescribed by section 52-361b and a notice to any third person of the manner, as prescribed by subdivision (4) of this subsection, for complying with the execution.

(3) A property execution shall be returned to court within four months after issuance. The untimely return of a property execution more than four months after issuance shall not of itself invalidate any otherwise valid levy made during the four-month period.

(4) The levying officer shall personally serve a copy of the execution on the judgment debtor and make demand for payment by the judgment debtor of all sums due under the money judgment. On failure of the judgment debtor to make immediate payment, the levying officer shall levy on nonexempt personal property of the judgment debtor, other than debts due from a banking institution or earnings, sufficient to satisfy the judgment, as follows:

(A) If such nonexempt personal property is in the possession of the judgment debtor, the levying officer shall take such property into his possession as is accessible without breach of the peace;

(B) With respect to a judgment debtor who is not a natural person, if such personal property, including any debt owed, is in the possession of a third person, the levying officer shall serve that person with a copy of the execution and that person shall forthwith deliver the property or pay the amount of the debt due or payable to the levying officer, provided, if the debt is not yet payable, payment shall be made when the debt matures if within four months after issuance of the execution;

(C) With respect to a judgment debtor who is a natural person, if such personal property, including any debt owed, is in the possession of a third person, the levying officer shall serve that person with two copies of the execution, required notices and claim forms. On receipt of such papers, the third person shall forthwith mail a copy thereof postage prepaid to the judgment debtor at the last-known address of record with the third person and shall withhold delivery of the property or payment of the debt due to the levying officer or any other person for twenty days. On expiration of the twenty days, the third person shall forthwith deliver the property or pay the debt to the levying officer provided (i) if an exemption claim has been filed in accordance with subsection (d) of section 52-361b, the property shall continue to be withheld subject to determination of the claim, and (ii) if a debt is not yet payable, payment shall be made when the debt matures if within four months after issuance of the execution.

(5) Levy under this section on property held by, or a debt due from, a third person shall bar an action for such property against the third person provided the third person acted in compliance with the execution.

(6) If the levying officer cannot remove any property on which he seeks to levy without the danger of injury thereto, he may levy on and take possession of the property by posting on or adjacent to the property a conspicuous notice of the levy.

(7) Subject to the provisions of section 52-328, if the property to be executed against is already subject to an attachment, garnishment or judgment lien of the judgment creditor as security for that judgment, the priority of the execution shall hold from the date of perfecting of the attachment, garnishment or other lien. A sale pursuant to the execution forecloses any interest acquired as a result of the attachment, garnishment or judgment lien.

(8) If the judgment debtor has left the state prior to service of the execution or if he cannot otherwise be found with reasonable effort at his last-known address in this state, the levying officer shall proceed with the levy after (A) making demand for payment at such last-known address and on any agent or attorney of the judgment debtor of record with the clerk of the Superior Court, and (B) making a reasonable effort to ascertain and provide notice of the execution at any forwarding address.

(b) Sale. (1) The judgment debtor's interest in personal property levied on pursuant to an execution, other than any money so obtained, shall be sold by the levying officer, or by an indifferent person deputed to act on his behalf, or by such other levying officer as the court in which the money judgment was rendered directs, in accordance with subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection. The sale shall be held at such time and place and in such manner as is commercially reasonable. The sale shall be subject to, and shall not affect, any secured interests, including any such liens, that are senior in right to the execution. No sale may be made to any levying officer, or to his agent or associate. The property shall be present and within view of those attending the sale unless otherwise ordered by the court.

(2) Notice of the time and place of sale and of the name and address of the levying officer shall be (A) sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the judgment debtor and to each holder of a lien or other secured interest in the property at their last-known addresses and (B) posted in the office of the town clerk in the town where the property is to be sold. On application of the judgment debtor or any other party in interest, the court may order further notice to be given, by publication or otherwise.

(3) Notice shall be given at least twenty days prior to the date of sale unless the property is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value. If the property is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value, the court, on application of any party or of the levying officer, may, ex parte, order shorter notice.

(c) Advertisement of sale. In addition to the notice of sale required by this section, the judgment creditor or levying officer may advertise in the legal or classified advertising section of any publication and recover any reasonable costs therefor. The judgment debtor may advertise the sale at his own expense.

(d) Distribution of sale proceeds. All amounts received from the sale, and all other money received, shall be distributed subject to the supervision of the court according to the following priorities: (1) To all reasonable and necessary costs of sale; (2) to other legal costs of levy including the levying officer's fees of fifteen per cent of the amount realized; (3) to payment of the judgment creditor pursuant to the judgment under which the sale was held or the money received; (4) to payment of any subordinate secured parties or lienors who make a written demand to the levying officer prior to the sale, according to their respective interests, and to any other judgment creditors presenting an execution to the levying officer, in the order of presentation; and (5) to payment to the judgment debtor.

(e) Statement of officer's fees. Prior to return of a satisfied or partially satisfied execution, a levying officer shall sign and give the judgment debtor, on demand and without fee, an itemized statement of his fees. On his failure to comply with this provision, the levying officer shall forfeit to the judgment debtor three times the amount of his fees.

(f) Record of satisfaction. On return of an execution, the clerk of the court shall note on the record of the judgment whether, or to what extent, the judgment was satisfied.

(g) Completion of levy. Any levy commenced prior to the expiration of the levying officer's term of office may be completed notwithstanding the expiration of that term.

(P.A. 83-581, S. 9, 40; P.A. 84-527, S. 15; P.A. 85-613, S. 131, 154; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 79, 117; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 106; P.A. 03-2, S. 46; 03-266, S. 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 137; P.A. 12-89, S. 4, 11; P.A. 14-217, S. 260; P.A. 16-26, S. 25; P.A. 22-26, S. 55.)

History: P.A. 84-527 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision that notice “is completed from the date of mailing”; P.A. 85-613 made technical change, restoring language inadvertently omitted through computer error; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to raise fee from $6 to $10; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to raise application fee to $20, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-2 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to increase application fee to $35, effective February 28, 2003; P.A. 03-266 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding provisions re application in case of a judgment arising out of hospital services and determination by court re noncompliance or default and by making technical changes in Subdivs. (4)(C) and (8); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to increase application fee from $35 to $75 and make technical changes, effective September 9, 2009; P.A. 12-89 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to increase fee for judgment creditor application from $75 to $100, effective July 1, 2012, and decrease such fee from $100 to $75, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 14-217 repealed P.A. 12-89, S. 11; P.A. 16-26 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to increase fee for judgment creditor application from $100 to $105, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 22-26 amended Subsec. (d)(2) to increase from 5 per cent to 15 per cent the levying officer's fees of amount realized.

Cited. 217 C. 507; 225 C. 705.

Negotiated settlement with two defendants after judgment of strict foreclosure renders it inequitable to allow plaintiff to execute on defendant's property. 50 CA 289.

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Cited in 20 cases, 1987–2020 · leading case: Corsair Special Situations Fund, L.P. v. Engineered Framing Sys., Inc., 174 A.3d 791 (Conn. 2018).
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Corsair Special Situations Fund, L.P. v. Engineered Framing Sys., Inc., 174 A.3d 791 (Conn. 2018). · cites it 11× “That writ stated in relevant part: " 'Pursuant to [General Statutes] § 52-356a, you are **471 required to deliver to the [marshal] property in your possession owned by the judgment debtor or pay to the marshal the amount of a debt owed by you to the judgment debtor, provided, if…”
Jackson v. R. G. Whipple, Inc., 627 A.2d 374 (Conn. 1993). · cites it 5× “On July 26,1991, the defendants then moved to strike from the July 11, 1988 complaint counts three and four, which alleged violations of General Statutes § 52-356a concerning the execution employed to collect the default judgment and the sale of the plaintiffs mobile home.”
Moasser v. Becker, 828 A.2d 116 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 8× “” The defendant argues that an execution may not issue pursuant to General Statutes § 52-356a in the present case because § 52-356a (a) authorizes execution on state court judgments, but not federal court judgments.”
Anthony Julian R.R. Constr. Co. v. Mary Ellen Drive Assocs., 717 A.2d 294 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998). · cites it 7× “, appeals from the trial court’s refusal to issue a property execution, pursuant to General Statutes § 52-356a, 1 for the claimed unsatisfied portion of a mechanic’s lien foreclosure judgment.”
Cadle Co. v. Mangan, 316 B.R. 11 (D. Conn. 2004). · cites it 10× “See Conn. Gen.Stat. § 52-356a. That is to say, Appellants were entitled to but were prevented by Flanagan from obtaining a judicial lien on Flanagan’s stock.”
Cadle Co. v. Fletcher, 151 A.3d 1262 (Conn. 2016). · cites it 5× “" The defendants contend that this provision demonstrates that the legislature intended that residual wages would be exempt from any form of execution, including bank executions pursuant to § 52-367b and property executions pursuant to *1268 General Statutes § 52-356a. Again, we…”
Wilson v. Hryniewicz, 724 A.2d 531 (Conn. App. Ct. 1999). · cites it 7× “) 2 In granting the motion, the *631 trial court set the date, time and place of the sale, required that the sale be advertised in the Hartford Courant fourteen and seven days prior to the sale, provided that the sheriff follow the notice requirements of General Statutes §…”
Great Country Bank v. Ogalin, 148 A.3d 218 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 6× “In 2013, the plaintiff conducted postjudgment discovery and concluded that Drywall, a closely held family business, was in possession of debts that were due and owing to the defendant, one of its employees.”
F & W Welding Serv., Inc. v. ADL Contracting Corp., 587 A.2d 92 (Conn. 1991). · cites it 2× “F & W then applied for an execution of the judgment as provided for under General Statutes § 52-356a (a). 7 The execution was *512 issued on July 20,1989.”
Pease v. Charlotte Hungerford Hosp., 157 A.3d 1125 (Conn. 2017). · cites it 2× “The hospital did not and does not contend that, prior to moving for contempt, it pursued any of the postjudgment remedies that our legislature has authorized under chapter 906 of the General Statutes, including executing the award of costs; see General Statutes §§ 52-356a and…”
Town of Winchester v. Nw. Assocs., 767 A.2d 687 (Conn. 2001). “No action to foreclose a judgment lien filed pursuant to this section may be commenced unless an execution may issue pursuant to section 52-356a. The judgment lien shall expire twenty years after the judgment was rendered unless the party claiming the lien commences an action to…”
Castle v. DiMugno, 199 Conn. App. 734 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 4× “General Statutes § 52-356a sets forth in great detail the steps a judgment creditor must take to execute on the assets of a judgment debtor, including levying any debt owed to the judgment debtor by a third party.”
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— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(a) — 1 case
Corsair Special Situations Fund, L.P. v. Engineered Framing Sys., Inc., 174 A.3d 791 (Conn. 2018). “That writ stated in relevant part: " 'Pursuant to [General Statutes] § 52-356a, you are **471 required to deliver to the [marshal] property in your possession owned by the judgment debtor or pay to the marshal the amount of a debt owed by you to the judgment debtor, provided, if…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(a)(1) — 1 case
Cadle Co. v. Fletcher, 151 A.3d 1262 (Conn. 2016). “" The defendants contend that this provision demonstrates that the legislature intended that residual wages would be exempt from any form of execution, including bank executions pursuant to § 52-367b and property executions pursuant to *1268 General Statutes § 52-356a. Again, we…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(a)(4) — 1 case
Cadle Co. v. Mangan, 316 B.R. 11 (D. Conn. 2004). “See Conn. Gen.Stat. § 52-356a. That is to say, Appellants were entitled to but were prevented by Flanagan from obtaining a judicial lien on Flanagan’s stock.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(a)(4)(A) — 1 case
Corsair Special Situations Fund, L.P. v. Engineered Framing Sys., Inc., 174 A.3d 791 (Conn. 2018). “That writ stated in relevant part: " 'Pursuant to [General Statutes] § 52-356a, you are **471 required to deliver to the [marshal] property in your possession owned by the judgment debtor or pay to the marshal the amount of a debt owed by you to the judgment debtor, provided, if…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(a)(4)(B) — 1 case
Corsair Special Situations Fund, L.P. v. Engineered Framing Sys., Inc., 174 A.3d 791 (Conn. 2018). “That writ stated in relevant part: " 'Pursuant to [General Statutes] § 52-356a, you are **471 required to deliver to the [marshal] property in your possession owned by the judgment debtor or pay to the marshal the amount of a debt owed by you to the judgment debtor, provided, if…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(a)(4)(C) — 1 case
Cadle Co. v. Mangan, 316 B.R. 11 (D. Conn. 2004). “See Conn. Gen.Stat. § 52-356a. That is to say, Appellants were entitled to but were prevented by Flanagan from obtaining a judicial lien on Flanagan’s stock.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(a)(4)(C)(1985) — 1 case
Gerstl v. Galanis (In Re Galanis), 71 B.R. 953 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1987).
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(a)(5) — 1 case
Corsair Special Situations Fund, L.P. v. Engineered Framing Sys., Inc., 174 A.3d 791 (Conn. 2018). “That writ stated in relevant part: " 'Pursuant to [General Statutes] § 52-356a, you are **471 required to deliver to the [marshal] property in your possession owned by the judgment debtor or pay to the marshal the amount of a debt owed by you to the judgment debtor, provided, if…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(a)(l) — 1 case
Cadle Co. v. Mangan, 316 B.R. 11 (D. Conn. 2004). “See Conn. Gen.Stat. § 52-356a. That is to say, Appellants were entitled to but were prevented by Flanagan from obtaining a judicial lien on Flanagan’s stock.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(b) — 1 case
Mangan v. Cadle Co. (In Re Flanagan), 293 B.R. 102 (Bankr. D. Conn. 2003).
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(b)(l) — 1 case
Cadle Co. v. Mangan, 316 B.R. 11 (D. Conn. 2004). “See Conn. Gen.Stat. § 52-356a. That is to say, Appellants were entitled to but were prevented by Flanagan from obtaining a judicial lien on Flanagan’s stock.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-356a(d) — 1 case
Cadle Co. v. Mangan, 316 B.R. 11 (D. Conn. 2004). “See Conn. Gen.Stat. § 52-356a. That is to say, Appellants were entitled to but were prevented by Flanagan from obtaining a judicial lien on Flanagan’s stock.”
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