(a) In any action brought for the foreclosure of a mortgage or lien upon land, or for any equitable relief in relation to land, the plaintiff may, in his complaint, demand possession of the land, and the court may, if it renders judgment in his favor and finds that he is entitled to the possession of the land, issue execution of ejectment, commanding the officer to eject the person or persons in possession of the land no fewer than five business days after the date of service of such execution and to put in possession thereof the plaintiff or the party to the foreclosure entitled to the possession by the provisions of the decree of said court, provided no execution shall issue against any person in possession who is not a party to the action except a transferee or lienor who is bound by the judgment by virtue of a lis pendens. The officer shall eject the person or persons in possession and may remove such person's possessions and personal effects and deliver such possessions and effects to the place of storage designated by the chief executive officer of the town for such purposes.

(b) Before any such removal, the state marshal charged with executing upon the ejectment shall give the chief executive officer of the town twenty-four hours' notice of the ejectment, stating the date, time and location of such ejectment as well as a general description, if known, of the types and amount of property to be removed from the land and delivered to the designated place of storage. At least five business days before giving such notice to the chief executive officer of the town, the state marshal shall use reasonable efforts to locate and notify the person or persons in possession of the date and time such ejectment is to take place and of the possibility of a sale pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and shall provide clear instructions as to how and where such person or persons may reclaim any possessions and personal effects removed and stored pursuant to this section, including a telephone number that such person or persons may call to arrange release of such possessions and personal effects.

(c) Whenever a mortgage or lien upon land has been foreclosed and execution of ejectment issued, and the possessions and personal effects of the person in possession thereof are removed by a state marshal under this section, such possessions and effects shall be delivered by such marshal to the designated place of storage. Such removal, delivery and storage shall be at the expense of such person. If the possessions and effects are not reclaimed by such person and the expense of the storage is not paid to the chief executive officer within fifteen days after such ejectment, the chief executive officer shall sell the same at public auction, after using reasonable efforts to locate and notify such person of the sale and after posting notice of the sale for one week on the public signpost nearest to the place where the ejectment was made, if any, or at some exterior place near the office of the town clerk. The chief executive officer shall deliver to such person the net proceeds of the sale, if any, after deducting a reasonable charge for storage of such possessions and effects. If such person does not demand the net proceeds within thirty days after the sale, the chief executive officer shall turn over the net proceeds of the sale to the town treasury.

(1949 Rev., S. 7203; 1955, S. 2972d; P.A. 79-602, S. 80; P.A. 82-234; P.A. 84-146, S. 17; 84-539; P.A. 00-99, S. 99, 154; P.A. 10-171, S. 2; P.A. 16-65, S. 86.)

History: P.A. 79-602 substituted “the” for “such” where appearing; P.A. 82-234 authorized an officer to remove the possessions and personal effects of a person ejected from the land and set them out on the adjacent sidewalk, street or highway, and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) concerning the procedure for the removal and disposition of such possessions and personal effects; P.A. 84-146 included a reference to posting of notice on a place other than a signpost; P.A. 84-539 amended Subsec. (a) with respect to persons against whom execution may issue by replacing “unless the person” with “except a transferee or lienor who”; P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal in Subsec. (b), effective December 1, 2000 (Revisor's note: A second reference in Subsec. (b) to “sheriff or deputy” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “state marshal” to conform with P.A. 00-99); P.A. 10-171 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize state marshal to deliver possessions and personal effects of persons in possession to place of storage designated by chief executive officer and delete provision re setting such possessions and effects out on the adjacent sidewalk, amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re delivery to designated place of storage and require state marshal charged with executing upon ejectment to provide instructions re how and where person in possession may reclaim removed possessions and effects, and made conforming changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 16-65 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “no fewer than five business days after the date of service of such execution” and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Before” with “At least five business days before” and making a technical change.

Section not unconstitutional as infringing right of trial by jury. 46 C. 513. Action of administrator of deceased mortgagee who foreclosed in taking out execution after his death irregular. 79 C. 682. Right of mortgagee to possession of property; 75 C. 369; 83 C. 159; 87 C. 405; effect of stay of execution; 74 C. 683; appeal stays execution; 89 C. 413; if law day has passed, Supreme Court may extend time. 70 C. 92; 85 C. 383. Illegal ejectment against tenant not a party to foreclosure. 102 C. 437; 114 C. 93. Actual possession can be secured only by this method or by supplementary proceedings. 102 C. 649. Officer holding execution of ejectment need not make demand for payment of debt; care which officer must exercise in handling personal property. 114 C. 438. Sec. 47a-23c shields tenants who qualify for its protections from executions of judgments of ejectment pursuant to this section. 237 C. 679. Subsec. (a) prohibits issuance of an execution of ejectment against tenant who was not named as a party to the foreclosure action. 265 C. 741.

Injunction issued against execution of ejectment determined to be in violation of constitutional due process rights of tenants who were given no notice of the foreclosure action against owner of property occupied by the tenants. 38 CS 70. Cited. 43 CS 467.