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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5161
February Session, 2026
AN ACT REQUIRING THE COLLECTION OF IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION OF NONRESIDENT OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 47a -6a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
(a) As used in this section: [,] 3
(1) ["address"] "Address" means a location as described by the full 4
street number, if any, the street name, the city or town, and the state, 5
and not a mailing address such as a post office box; [,] 6
(2) ["dwelling unit"] "Dwelling unit" means any house or building, or 7
portion thereof, which is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, or 8
is arranged or designed to be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or 9
residence of one or more persons, living independently of each other, 10
and doing their cooking upon the premises, and having a common right 11
in the halls, stairways or yards; [,] 12
(3) ["agent in charge" ] "Agent in charge" or "agent" means [one] an 13
individual who manages rental real [estate] property, including, but not 14
limited to, the collection of rents and supervision and maintenance of 15
such property, including for the purpose of compliance with state law 16
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and local codes; 17
(4) ["controlling participant" ] "Controlling participant" means an 18
individual [that] who exercises day -to-day financial or operational 19
control; [, and] 20
(5) ["project-based housing provider" ] "Project-based housing 21
provider" means a property owner [who] that contracts with the United 22
States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide 23
housing to tenants under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, 24
42 USC 1437f(o); 25
(6) "Identifying information" means proof of an individual's name, 26
date of birth, current residential address, motor vehicle operator's 27
license number or other identification number issued by any 28
government agency or government entity; 29
(7) "Nonresident owner" means an individual, corporation, 30
partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity that does not reside 31
at the rental real property and that is (A) an owner of such rental real 32
property, or (B) the controlling participant of the entity that owns such 33
rental real property; and 34
(8) "Population" means the number of persons according to the most 35
recent federal decennial census. 36
(b) Any municipality may , and any municipality with a population 37
of twenty-five thousand or more shall, require the nonresident owner or 38
project-based housing provider of occupied or vacant rental real 39
property to report to the tax assessor, or other municipal [office] officer 40
designated by the municipality, the current residential address of the 41
nonresident owner or project-based housing provider of such property, 42
if the nonresident owner or project -based housing provider is an 43
individual, or the current residential address of the agent in charge of 44
the building, if the nonresident owner or project -based housing 45
provider is a corporation, partnership, trust or other legally recognized 46
entity owning rental real property in the state. If the nonresident 47
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[owners] owner or project-based housing [providers are] provider is a 48
corporation, partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity owning 49
rental real property in the state, such report shall also include 50
identifying information and the current residential address of each 51
controlling participant associated with the property. If such residential 52
address changes, notice of the new residential address shall be provided 53
by such nonresident owner, project-based housing provider or agent in 54
charge of the building to the office of the tax assessor or other designated 55
municipal office not more than twenty -one days after the date that the 56
address change occurred. If the nonresident owner, project -based 57
housing provider or agent fails to file an address under this section, the 58
address to which the municipality mails property tax bills for the rental 59
real property shall be deemed to be the nonresident owner, project -60
based housing provider or agent's current address. Such address may 61
be used for compliance with the provisions of subsection [(c)] (d) of this 62
section. 63
(c) In addition to the residential address required pursuant to 64
subsection (b) of this section, any municipality with a population of 65
twenty-five thousand or more shall require the nonresident owner, 66
project-based housing provider or agent in charge, as applicable, to 67
report to the tax assessor, or other municipal officer designated by the 68
municipality, accurate identifying information concerning such 69
nonresident owner, project-based housing provider or agent in charge. 70
[(c)] (d) Service of state or municipal orders relating to maintenance 71
of such rental real property or compliance with state law and local codes 72
concerning such real property directed to the nonresident owner, 73
project-based housing provider or agent at the address on file, or 74
deemed to be on file in accordance with the provisions of this section, 75
shall be sufficient proof of service of notice of such orders in any 76
subsequent criminal or civil action against the owner, project -based 77
housing provider or agent for failure to comply with the orders. The 78
provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the validity of 79
any other means of giving notice of such orders that may be used by the 80
state or [such] a municipality. 81
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[(d)] (e) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall 82
have committed [an infraction] a violation and shall be fined not less 83
than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars. 84
[(e)] (f) Any report provided to a tax assessor or other municipal 85
officer designated by the municipality pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) 86
of this section [on or after October 1, 2023, ] shall be confidential and 87
shall not be disclosed under chapter 14. 88
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 47a -7 of the general statutes is 89
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 90
1, 2026): 91
(a) A landlord shall: (1) Comply with the requirements of chapter 92
368o and all applicable building and housing codes materially affecting 93
health and safety of both the state or any political subdivision thereof; 94
(2) make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the 95
premises in a fit and habitable condition, except where the premises are 96
intentionally rendered unfit or uninhabitable by the tenant, a member 97
of [his] such tenant's family or other person on the premises with [his] 98
such tenant's consent, in which case such duty shall be the responsibility 99
of [the] such tenant; (3) keep all common areas of the premises in a clean 100
and safe condition; (4) maintain in good and safe working order and 101
condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating and 102
other facilities and appliances and elevators, supplied or required to be 103
supplied by him; (5) provide and maintain appropriate receptacles for 104
the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish and other waste incidental to the 105
occupancy of the dwelling unit and arrange for their removal; [and] (6) 106
supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times 107
and reasonable heat except if the building which includes the dwelling 108
unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose or if the 109
dwelling unit is so constructed that heat or hot water is generated by an 110
installation within the exclusive control of the tenant or supplied by a 111
direct public utility connection ; and (7) comply with the requirements 112
of section 47a-6a, as amended by this act. 113
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2026 47a-6a
Sec. 2 October 1, 2026 47a-7(a)
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