# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-53: Sec. 47a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-344). Orders of enforcement agency. Municipal lien for expenses in executing order > Connecticut · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-53 ## Section - **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-53 - **Heading:** Sec. 47a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-344). Orders of enforcement agency. Municipal lien for expenses in executing order - **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Connecticut Code / Title 47a / Chapter 833a / Section 47a-53 ## Text (b) If any order of the board of health or other enforcing agency is not complied with, or not so far complied with as the board or other enforcing agency regards as reasonable, within five days after the service thereof, or within such shorter time as the board or other enforcing agency designates, such order may be executed by the board or other enforcing agency, through its officers, agents, employees or contractors. The expense of executing such order, including an amount not to exceed five per cent of the expense thereof as a service charge and ten per cent of the expense thereof as a penalty shall be collected from the owner by an action in the name of the city, borough or town. (c) (1) Any expense of executing an order, including any service charge and penalty imposed by the board of health or other enforcing agency pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, and remaining unpaid for a period of sixty days after its due date, shall constitute a lien upon the real estate against which the expense was imposed, provided a notice of violation is recorded in the land records and indexed in the name of the property owner not later than thirty days after the expense was imposed. (2) Each such notice of violation shall be effective from the time of the recording on the land records. Each lien shall take precedence over transfers and encumbrances recorded after such time. (3) Any municipal lien pursuant to the provisions of this section may be foreclosed in the same manner as a mortgage. (4) Any municipal lien pursuant to this section may be discharged or dissolved in the manner provided in sections 49-35a to 49-37 , inclusive. (d) Any board of health or other enforcing agency imposing an expense, including a service charge and penalty, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, shall maintain a current record of all properties with respect to which such expenses remain unpaid in the office of such board or agency. Such record shall be available for inspection by the public. Annotation to former section 19-344: Cited. 117 C. 351. Annotation to present section: Cited. 211 C. 501. ## Nearby sections - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-50 Sec. 47a-50. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-50.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-51 Sec. 47a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-343). Sanitary regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-51.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-52 Sec. 47a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-88). Abatement of conditions in rented dwelling other than tenement house constituting danger to life or health.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-52.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-53 Sec. 47a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-344). Orders of enforcement agency. Municipal lien for expenses in executing order.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-53.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-54 Sec. 47a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-345). Communicable diseases; unfit for habitation; order to vacate.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-54.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-54a Sec. 47a-54a. (Formerly Sec. 19-346). Overcrowding in tenement and lodging houses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-54a.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-54c Sec. 47a-54c. Toilets and bathrooms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-54c.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-54d Sec. 47a-54d. Public halls.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-54d.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-54f Sec. 47a-54f. Paint.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-54f.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-55 Sec. 47a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-347). Enforcement. Penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-55.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-56b Sec. 47a-56b. Appointment of receiver of rents: Service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-56b.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-56c Sec. 47a-56c. Appointment of receiver of rents: Determination by court.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-56c.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-56d Sec. 47a-56d. (Formerly Sec. 19-347c). Receiver: Bond required. Powers and duties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-56d.md) - [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-56f Sec. 47a-56f. (Formerly Sec. 19-347e). Payment of expenses. Liability of receiver. Assistance of municipal personnel. Costs and attorney's fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-56f.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C833a_S47a-53. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.