{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-47-5","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-5","heading":"Requirements re conveyances of land. Conveyance pursuant to power of attorney.","body":"(a) All conveyances of land shall be: (1) In writing; (2) if the grantor is (A) a natural person, subscribed, with or without a seal, by the grantor with his own hand or with his mark with his name annexed to it or by his agent authorized for that purpose by a power (i) executed, acknowledged and witnessed in the manner provided for conveyances, or (ii) executed, acknowledged and witnessed in the same manner provided for in section 1-350d, and subsection (a) of section 1-350r; or (B) a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, subscribed by a duly authorized person; (3) acknowledged by the grantor, his agent or such duly authorized person (A) to be his free act and deed, or (B) in any manner permitted under chapter 6 or chapter 8; and (4) attested to by two witnesses with their own hands.\n(b) A document conveying land shall also include the current mailing address of the grantee.\n(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the execution of a deed or other conveyance of real property pursuant to a power of attorney shall be deemed sufficient if done in substantially the following form:\nName of Owner of Record\nBy: (Signature of Agent) L.S.\nName of Signatory\nHis/Her Agent\n(d) Nothing in subsection (c) of this section precludes the use of any other legal form of execution of deed or other conveyance of real property.","path":["TITLE 47. LAND AND LAND TITLES","CHAPTER 821*. LAND TITLES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_821.htm#sec_47-5","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":"7160d9a14bd1610c2c407f5c77fc6d8897df7d985667517244c2c2b6ee748a60","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-47-4","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-47-5a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}