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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5373
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 785
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING REAL ESTATE ABUTTING A WAY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that every 1
instrument passing title to real estate abutting a way shall be construed 2
to include any fee interest of the grantor in such way, unless: 3
(1) The grantor retains other real estate abutting such way, in which 4
case (A) if the retained real estate is on the same side, the property line 5
between the land granted and the land retained shall be continued into 6
such way as far as the grantor owns; or (B) if the retained real estate is 7
on the other side of such way, the title conveyed shall be to the center of 8
such way; or 9
(2) The instrument evidences a different intent by an express 10
exception or reservation and not alone by bounding by a side line; or 11
(3) Other written evidence establishes that the way was expressly 12
dedicated by the grantor to the town or city within which the way exists. 13 Proposed Bill No. 5373
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Statement of Purpose:
To create clarity regarding real estate abutting a way.