No lease of any building, land or tenement, for life or for any term exceeding one year or which provides for the renewal thereof or an option to purchase such building, land or tenement, shall be effectual against any persons other than the lessor and lessee and their respective heirs, successors, administrators and executors, unless it is in writing, executed, attested, acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as a deed of land, provided a notice of lease in writing, executed, attested, acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as a deed of land and containing (1) the names and addresses, if any are set forth in the lease, of the parties to the lease, (2) a reference to the lease, with its date of execution, (3) the term of the lease with the date of commencement and the date of termination of such term, (4) a description of the property contained in the lease, (5) a notation if a right of extension or renewal is exercisable, (6) if there is an option to purchase, a notation of the date by which such option must be exercised and (7) a reference to a place where the lease is to be on file shall be sufficient.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-19
Leases for more than one year
Known as the Dormant Mineral Interests Act
The act spans §§ 47–47 (84 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 563 F. Supp. 1299 - Genovese Drug Stores, Inc. v. Bercrose Associates (1983)
Most recently applied in Orange Improvements Partnership v. Cardo, Inc. (November 1997)
(1949 Rev., S. 7102; 1959, P.A. 173; 1961, P.A. 205; February, 1965, P.A. 402.) History: 1959 act added proviso re sufficiency of lease notice; 1961 act broadened provision re e…
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.