# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-27: Sec. 47-27. Title by adverse possession by or against railroad or street railway corporation, against nonprofit land-holding organization or against investor-owned water company

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-27

## Section

- **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-27
- **Heading:** Sec. 47-27. Title by adverse possession by or against railroad or street railway corporation, against nonprofit land-holding organization or against investor-owned water company
- **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Connecticut Code / Title 47 / Chapter 821 / Section 47-27

## Text

(b) No length of possession, use or occupancy of land belonging to a nonprofit land-holding organization or of land subject to a conservation restriction, as defined in section 47-42a , held by a nonprofit land-holding organization shall create or continue any right in or to such land. As used in this subsection, “nonprofit land-holding organization” means a nonprofit corporation incorporated pursuant to chapter 602 or any predecessor statute thereto, having as one of its principal purposes the conservation and preservation of land.

(c) No length of possession, use or occupancy of land classified as class I or class II land under section 25-37c and belonging to an investor-owned water company shall create or continue any right in or to such land. The provisions of this subsection shall not affect any right in or to such land acquired by length of possession, use or occupancy pursuant to law prior to October 1, 2002. As used in this subsection, “water company” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-1 .

Cited. 154 C. 674.

Section serves as a toll on time period necessary for creation and perfection of a prescriptive easement re disputed parcel while land is being used for defendant's corporate purposes. 48 CA 251.

Cited. 14 CS 142; 17 CS 305. During the use of disputed parcel by defendant railway for corporate purposes, the time period under Sec. 47-37 (uninterrupted use for 15 years) does not run. 45 CS 251.

## Nearby sections

- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-2 Sec. 47-2. Charitable uses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-2.md)
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- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-5a Sec. 47-5a. Persons before whom acknowledgment may be made.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-5a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-6 Sec. 47-6. Witnessing and acknowledgment of deeds of corporations and voluntary associations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-6.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-6a Sec. 47-6a. Foreign business trust authorized to purchase, hold, transmit, make mortgages on, acquire and convey interests in real estate; filing of trust declaration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-6a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-6b Sec. 47-6b. Conveyances to nonprofit land-holding organizations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-6b.md)
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- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-7a Sec. 47-7a. (Formerly Sec. 47-58a). Rights of aliens re real estate. Validation of real estate transfers to aliens.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-7a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-10 Sec. 47-10. Conveyance to be recorded. Recorded conveyance not invalid or unenforceable if original documentation converted into digital or electronic form, lost or destroyed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-10.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-12a Sec. 47-12a. Affidavit of facts relating to title or interest in real estate.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-12a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-12b Sec. 47-12b. Unlawful restrictive covenants void. Affidavit or form re unlawful restrictive covenants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-12b.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-13 Sec. 47-13. Conveyance of property acquired prior to change of name.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47_C821_S47-13.md)

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