CT Gen Stat § 20-329h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 392 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|Section 20-329h - Rights of purchasers.

 (a) No subdivision or lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision shall be disposed of except through a broker, provided nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit any such broker from employing any salesperson, for the specific purpose of offering or disposing of, on behalf of such broker and under contract to such broker, any lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision. Prior to any offering or disposition, pursuant to any license granted under sections 20-329a to 20-329m, inclusive, the name of such broker shall be placed on file with the Department of Consumer Protection.(b) A clearly identified copy of the prospectus, property report or offering statement shall be given to each purchaser by the broker or salesperson prior to the execution of any contract for the disposition of any such property. The broker or salesperson shall obtain from the purchaser a signed receipt for a copy of such prospectus, property report or offering statement and, if a contract for disposition shall be entered into, the receipt shall be kept in the broker's files for a period of seven years and shall be subject to inspection by the department. Upon termination of such broker or salesperson's employment with the developer, all such records shall be turned over to the developer within thirty days and shall be retained by such developer for the duration of the seven-year period.(c) Any contract or agreement for the disposition of any subdivision or any lot, parcel, unit or interest in any subdivision, not exempted under the provisions of section 20-329b, where the prospectus, property report or offering statement has not been given to the purchaser more than seventy-two hours in advance of his signing such contract or agreement, may be revoked by the purchaser within seventy-two hours after the purchaser signed the contract or agreement or after receipt by the purchaser of such prospectus, property report or offering statement, whichever is the later, and the contract or agreement shall so provide, except that the contract or agreement may stipulate that such revocation authority shall not apply in the case of a purchaser who (1) has received the prospectus, property report or offering statement and inspected the subdivision in advance of signing the contract or agreement, and (2) acknowledges by his signature that the purchaser has made such inspection and has read and understood the prospectus, property report or offering statement. Any such revocation shall be in writing in a form prescribed by the department and shall be communicated to the broker within the time period specified in this subsection. All moneys paid by the purchaser under such revoked contract or agreement shall be returned immediately to the purchaser by the broker without any deductions.(1969, P.A. 697, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 488, S. 6; P.A. 73-23; P.A. 96-200, S. 21; P.A. 98-10, S. 47; P.A. 13-196, S. 34.)History: 1971 act made provisions applicable to interests in subdivisions, added proviso protecting broker's right to employ salesmen to act for him and replaced “sales prospectus” with “prospectus, property report or offering statement”; P.A. 73-23 required return of records to developer within 30 days after termination of broker's or salesman's employment in Subsec. (b); P.A. 96-200 substituted “salesperson” for “salesman”; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (c); P.A. 13-196 replaced references to commission with references to Department of Consumer Protection or department, effective June 21, 2013.