Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36a-760j: Prohibition against influencing real estate appraisals.

No person shall influence real estate appraisals of residential property. For the purposes of this section, “influence real estate appraisals” means to directly or indirectly cause or attempt to cause, through coercion, extortion, inducement, bribery, intimidation, compensation, instruction or collusion, the value assigned to the residential property to be based on any factor other than the independent judgment of the person who prepares the appraisal.