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Connecticut
Recording Information |
Real estate deeds that transfer property in Connecticut can be recorded to provide constructive notice of the transfer. In most cases deed documents are recorded in the County where the property is located.
Connecticut state code, Sec. 47-5., Conveyance, such as real estate deeds, to be in writing, acknowledged and attested. Conveyance pursuant to power of attorney. (a) All conveyances of land shall be: (1) In writing; (2) if the grantor is a natural person, subscribed, with or without a seal, by the grantor with his own hand or with his mark with his name annexed to it or by his attorney authorized for that purpose by a power executed, acknowledged and witnessed in the manner provided for conveyances or, if the grantor is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, subscribed by a duly authorized person; (3) acknowledged by the grantor, his attorney or such duly authorized person to be his free act and deed; and (4) attested to by two witnesses with their own hands.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the execution of a deed or other conveyance of real property pursuant to a power of attorney shall be deemed sufficient if done in substantially the following form:
Name of Owner of Record
By: (Signature of Attorney-in-Fact) L.S.
Name of Signatory
His/Her Attorney-in-Fact
(c) Nothing in subsection (b) of this section precludes the use of any other legal form of execution of deed or other conveyance of real property.
(1949 Rev., S. 7085; P.A. 75-309, S. 3; P.A. 79-602, S. 1; P.A. 87-265; P.A. 96-77, S. 16; P.A. 05-288, S. 160; P.A. 06-196, S. 176.)
Sec. 47-5a. Persons before whom acknowledgment may be made. If the acknowledgment in a conveyance of real estate is made in this state, it may be made before a judge of a court of record of this state or of the United States, a clerk of the Superior Court, a justice of the peace, a commissioner of the Superior Court, a notary public, either with or without his official seal, a town clerk or an assistant town clerk; and, if in any other state or territory of the United States, before a commissioner residing in such other state or territory appointed by the Governor of Connecticut, or an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds in such state or territory; and, if in a foreign country, before any ambassador, minister, charge d'affaires, consul, vice-consul, deputy-consul, consul-general, vice-consul-general, deputy-consul-general, consular-agent, vice-consular-agent, commercial agent or vice-commercial agent of the United States, representing or acting as agent of the United States in such foreign country, or before any notary public or justice of the peace, or before any other public officer, in such foreign country, before whom oaths or acknowledgments may be given; but no officer shall have power to take such acknowledgment, except within the territorial limits in which he may perform the duties of his office. The authentication of the signature and qualification of the acknowledging officer on any instrument executed out of this state may conform either to the provisions of chapter 6 or to section 47-7.
(P.A. 75-309, S. 4; P.A. 76-436, S. 646, 681; P.A. 79-602, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 76-436 removed clerk of common pleas court as person before whom acknowledgment may be made in this state, that court having been abolished in the act, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 79-602 made minor changes in wording but made no substantive change.
Sec. 47-6. Witnessing and acknowledgment of deeds of corporations and voluntary associations. Conveyances of real estate made to or by any corporation, or the trustees of any voluntary association, may be attested by witnesses interested therein, and may be acknowledged before properly authorized persons who are so interested. |
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