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SB00320 AN ACT CONCERNING REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS.
Public Act No. 19-88
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/ACT/pa/pdf/2019PA-00088-R00SB-00320-PA.pdf
Senate Bill No. 320
Public Act No. 19-88
AN ACT CONCERNING REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no person shall conduct a real estate closing unless such person has been admitted as an attorney in this state under the provisions of section 51-80 of the general statutes and has not been disqualified from the practice of law due to resignation, disbarment, being placed on inactive status or suspension. For the purposes of this subsection, "real estate closing" means a closing for (1) a mortgage loan transaction, other than a home equity line of credit transaction or any other loan transaction that does not involve the issuance of a lender's or mortgagee's policy of title insurance in connection with such transaction, to be secured by real property in this state, or (2) any transaction wherein consideration is paid by a party to such transaction to effectuate a change in the ownership of real property in this state.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall have committed a violation of subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 51-88 of the general statutes and be subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (b) of section 51-88 of the general statutes.
Senate Bill No. 320
Public Act No. 19-88 2 of 2
Approved June 28, 2019
The 51-88 mentioned is at
https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_876.htm#sec_51-88
It says in part "(d) The provisions of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting: (1) A town clerk from preparing or drawing deeds, mortgages, releases, certificates of change of name and trade name certificates which are to be recorded or filed in the town clerk's office in the town in which the town clerk holds office; (2) any person from practicing law or pleading at the bar of any court of this state in his or her own cause;"
I wonder if that exception will still apply. |
