2026-09-09 · Connecticut · Compliance

Every Connecticut residential seller's condition report will carry a new warning about buying into a common interest community, starting October 1, 2026. It is Section 2 of Public Act 26-31, the same act that created the court-ordered audit right, and it amends the Uniform Property Condition Disclosure Act rather than the Common Interest Ownership Act.¹

The change is one paragraph of statutory text. It is also the first time Connecticut law has told a buyer, on the form the seller must hand over, that a reserve fund report is a thing they should ask for.

What the form now says

Section 2 rewrites subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of § 20-327b. The existing question about common interest communities stays — “Is the property located in a common interest community? If YES, is it subject to any community or association dues or fees?” — and a new special statement is inserted directly after it, pushing the old item (xiii) down to (xiv).¹

The new clause reads:

“Special Statement: If the property is located in a common interest community that is comprised of more than twelve units, the buyer is advised to (I) obtain a ‘Resale Certificate’, which shall be provided by the common interest community pursuant to state law, and (II) request from the common interest community a report of such common interest community's reserve funds. For any common interest community that is comprised of not more than twelve units and not required to provide such resale certificate, if such resale certificate is not available, the buyer should consult with trade professionals, attorneys, real estate professionals, financial analysts and residents of such common interest community for more information concerning issues that may arise with ownership in common interest communities.”¹

The twelve-unit line is doing the work

The statement splits at twelve units because CIOA does. Connecticut's resale certificate obligation does not reach every community, and the act does not extend it — it tells buyers in the communities that fall outside it to go and ask people instead.

That is an unusually candid piece of drafting. For small communities the statute's advice is, in substance, that the ordinary disclosure machinery will not be available and the buyer should assemble their own picture from professionals and neighbours.

1. Public Act No. 26-31 (Substitute House Bill No. 5265), full enrolled text — Section 2 amends Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-327b ↩
2. OLR Bill Analysis, sHB 5265, Office of Legislative Research ↩
3. 2026 Acts Affecting Housing and Real Estate, OLR Report 2026-R-0090 (June 15, 2026) ↩
4. HB 6144 (2025), resale certificates for pre-1984 communities — died in committee ↩