# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-54: Sec. 47a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-345). Communicable diseases; unfit for habitation; order to vacate

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## Section

- **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-54
- **Heading:** Sec. 47a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-345). Communicable diseases; unfit for habitation; order to vacate
- **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-54

## Text

(b) If such order is not complied with within the time so specified, the board of health or other enforcing agency may cause such house, or part thereof, to be vacated.

(c) The board of health or other enforcing agency, whenever satisfied that the danger from such house, or part thereof, has ceased to exist, or that such house is fit for human habitation, may revoke such order or may extend the time within which the order may be complied with.

Annotation to former section 19-345:

Cited. 117 C. 351.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 35 CA 126; judgment reversed, see 235 C. 360.

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