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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6111
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1687
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. CASE, 63rd Dist.
REP. CALLAHAN, 108th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING REMOVAL OF AN UNAUTHORIZED
INDIVIDUAL FROM RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) establish a procedure to 1
allow a property owner to request a state marshal to remove an 2
unauthorized individual from residential real property on an expedited 3
basis whereby the property owner may contact the state marshal and 4
file a complaint under penalty of perjury, the state marshal verifies 5
ownership of such property and the veracity of the complaint and the 6
state marshal removes the unauthorized person from such property, 7
and (2) establish a cause of action for wrongful removal against a 8
property owner to recover actual costs and damages incurred, including 9
statutory damages equal to triple the fair market rent and reasonable 10
attorney's fees. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To establish an expedited procedure for removal of an unauthorized
individual from residential real property and a cause of action for
wrongful removal.