When any person having an interest in land has caused it to be surveyed and plotted or laid out into lots and projected highways, and a map made, which map shall bear the seal of the surveyor and a certification that it is substantially correct to the degree of accuracy shown thereon, and when such projected highways have been approved by the municipal authorities empowered to approve the layout of highways, the map may be received and placed on file in the office of the clerk of the town in which such land is situated and shall thereupon be deemed a part of the deeds referring thereto, and may be produced in court accordingly; and such town clerk shall, upon request, make and certify copies of any such map on file in his office. All maps bearing a date of October 1, 1974, or later, shall be drawn in ink or printed on translucent linen, or any other material approved by the Public Records Administrator, and shall be thirty-six inches long and twenty-four inches wide or eighteen inches long and twelve inches wide or eighteen inches long and twenty-four inches wide. The selectmen of each town shall cause to be provided cases in which such maps may be properly preserved or books of appropriate size in which such maps may be properly preserved. Maps may be recorded by a photographic process as approved by the Public Records Administrator and the original retained for reference.
(1949 Rev., S. 7125; 1951, S. 224d; 1963, P.A. 528, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 98, S. 1; P.A. 74-28; P.A. 75-41; P.A. 96-180, S. 2, 166.)
History: 1963 act deleted fee payable to clerk; 1965 act deleted requirement that town clerk number maps keep records thereof and permitted recording maps by photographic process, retaining originals for reference; P.A. 74-28 required that maps made on or after October 1, 1974, be drawn or printed on translucent linen or other approved material, changed size specifications and specifications for cases; P.A. 75-41 added third option for map size, i.e. 18 by 24 inches; P.A. 96-180 replaced state Examiner of Public Records with Public Records Administrator, effective June 3, 1996.
See Sec. 7-34a re fees charged by town clerks.
See Sec. 8-29 re filing of maps and plans by municipal planning commission.
See Sec. 11-8(b) re appointment of Public Records Administrator.
See Sec. 11-8i et seq. re historic documents preservation grant program for municipalities.
Is declaratory of common law; filing of map, with sales of land therefrom, may constitute a dedication to public use of ways and grounds. 57 C. 31; 76 C. 295; 77 C. 444; 79 C. 353. Reference to map on file in record office in a deed incorporates it by reference into that deed. 93 C. 508. Reference must be specific. 108 C. 541. Cited. 140 C. 202; 142 C. 39. A map, which showed a right-of-way was to be released, was incorporated by section into the deed to defendant and he was bound to give a release of said right-of-way. 158 C. 395. Cited. 160 C. 109; 179 C. 650; 185 C. 426. Existence of map may be satisfied by language in deed if such language is reasonably sufficient to alert person to inquire about or search for such a map. 276 C. 782.
Cited. 10 CA 556; Id., 669.
Cited. 8 CS 212. Where owner of land sells lots, referring in conveyances to map showing lots and parks or other open areas, lot owners acquire right to have parks thereafter kept open for their use in connection with their lands. 22 CS 499.
Notes of Decisions
McBurney v. Cirillo, 889 A.2d 759 (Conn. 2006).
· cites it 9× “General Statutes § 7-31 provides that “[w]hen any person having an interest in land has caused it to be surveyed and plotted or laid out into lots and projected highways, and a map made, which map shall bear the seal of the surveyor and a certification that it is substantially…”
Powers v. Olson, 742 A.2d 799 (Conn. 2000).
· cites it 5× “General Statutes § 7-31 provides in relevant part: “When any person having an interest in land has caused it to be surveyed and plotted or laid out into lots and projected highways, and a map made, which map shall bear the seal of the surveyor and a certification that it is…”
Schwartz v. Murphy, 812 A.2d 87 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002).
· cites it 4× “4 In the present case, the defendants’ deed indicates that their property was conveyed subject to a “Restriction as to view obstruction and location of accessory structures affecting the southeasterly comer of the premises as shown on said map, 12226.”
Whittaker v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 427 A.2d 1346 (Conn. 1980).
· cites it 2× “” 8 We point out that the warranty deed under which the Whittakers took title to their property (lot 5) recites that the premises conveyed are “SUBJECT TO: . . . (3)Temporary turnaround on Lot 5 of Map 1584 of Trumbull Land Record.”
Mulla v. Maguire, 783 A.2d 93 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001).
· cites it 4× “5 *535 According to the rules of construction previously outlined, the general conveyance in the text of the deed must yield to the specific reservation of the right-of-way in the survey map incorporated into the deed by explicit reference thereto. Although the map contains…”
Bolan v. Avalon Farms Prop. Owners Ass'n, 735 A.2d 798 (Conn. 1999).
· cites it 4× “General Statutes § 7-31. 7 “This reference to the map in the deed, ‘[f]or a more particular description,’ incorporates [the map] into the deed as fully and effectually as if copied therein.”
Powers v. Grenier Constr., Inc., 524 A.2d 667 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987).
· cites it 2× “In this state, the law regarding easements by implication arising out of the severance of title of two adjoining or commonly owned properties is well settled. “ ‘Where, during the unity of title, an apparently permanent and obvious servitude is imposed on one part of an estate…”
Torgerson v. Sarah Tuxis Residential Servs., Inc., 840 A.2d 66 (Conn. App. Ct. 2004).
· cites it 2× “Because the court determined that the deed incorporated the map by reference, the only factual question remaining to consider was whether the referenced map was the original map including a general right-of-way or the revised map containing only a pedestrian right-of-way.”
Cornfield Point Ass'n v. Town of Old Saybrook, 882 A.2d 117 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005).
· cites it 2× “2d 841 (2003); see also General Statutes § 7-31. With this in mind, we note that the deeds in question expressly reference the map dated November, 1922, *553 and entitled “Cornfield Point Beach Club.”
Rompe v. King, 441 A.2d 114 (Conn. 1981).
· cites it 2× “With respect to Exhibits C and D, the information contained thereon is even more revealing. Both exhibits are maps of the entire Davis property.”
LaPre v. Nibo Films, Ltd., 525 A.2d 140 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987).
· cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 7-31 for requirements pertaining to the filing of maps of surveys and plots on land records.”
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