Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 8 - Zoning, Planning, Housing, Economic and Community Development
214d - Land Bank/Land Trust Fund
Section 8-214d-14 - Conveyance of land or interest in land to a municipality

(a) Immediately following the expiration date of the remedy period for default, the department shall send a notice to the chief executive officer of the municipality where the land is located inquiring whether the municipality is interested in taking title to the land. The notice shall include all pertinent information about the land and any conditions under which the transfer shall take place. The municipality shall have thirty (30) days to respond to the notice. If the municipality fails to respond or responds in the negative, the land shall be retained by the department or declared surplus to the state's needs.

(b) Should the municipality respond in the affirmative, the municipality shall pass a resolution indicating that it will accept title to the property in accordance with Section 8-214d of the general statutes as they may be amended from time to time.

(c) Immediately upon receipt of title to the property either through foreclosure or a voluntary transfer, the commissioner shall request approval from the State Bond Commission to convey title to the municipality.

(d) Upon approval of the State Bond Commission, the commissioner shall convey title to the municipality by quitclaim deed. The transfer shall be subject to a restrictive covenant that ensures compliance with section 8-214d of the general statutes as they may be amended from time to time.