{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-47-216","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-216","heading":"Applicability to preexisting common interest communities.","body":"(a) Except as provided in section 47-217, sections 47-202, 47-204, 47-205, 47-206, 47-218, 47-221, 47-222, 47-223, subsections (b), (d), (i) and (j) of section 47-236, sections 47-237, 47-240 and 47-244, subsection (f) of section 47-245, sections 47-250, 47-251, 47-252, 47-253, 47-255, 47-257, 47-258, 47-260, 47-261b, 47-261c, 47-261d, 47-261e, 47-270 and 47-278, to the extent necessary in construing any of those sections, apply to all common interest communities created in this state before January 1, 1984; but those sections apply only with respect to events and circumstances occurring after January 1, 1984, and do not invalidate existing provisions of the declaration, bylaws or surveys or plans of those common interest communities.\n(b) Section 47-210 and subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of section 47-225 apply to all common interest communities created in this state prior to January 1, 1984, but shall not invalidate existing provisions of the declarations, bylaws or surveys or plans of those common interest communities.","path":["TITLE 47. LAND AND LAND TITLES","CHAPTER 828*. COMMON INTEREST OWNERSHIP ACT","PART I*. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND APPLICABILITY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_828.htm#sec_47-216","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"e6712467538f260862b26ed00d640ff779bf87bb128e5b90e4cb19b6d8295e2f","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-47-215","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-47-217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}