{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-49-7","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-7","heading":"Agreements concerning expenses and attorneys' fees.","body":"Any agreement contained in a bill, note, trade acceptance or other evidence of indebtedness, whether negotiable or not, or in any mortgage, to pay costs, expenses or attorneys' fees, or any of them, incurred by the holder of that evidence of indebtedness or mortgage, in any proceeding for collection of the debt, or in any foreclosure of the mortgage, or in protecting or sustaining the lien of the mortgage, is valid, but shall be construed as an agreement for fair compensation rather than as a penalty, and the court may determine the amounts to be allowed for those expenses and attorneys' fees, even though the agreement may specify a larger sum.","path":["TITLE 49. MORTGAGES AND LIENS","CHAPTER 846*. MORTGAGES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_846.htm#sec_49-7","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":"35bdf96aeea86caca203356a3fd07ac22043829c7ed7bfa1a0f4be514627db9f","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-49-6d","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-49-7a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}