(a) The licensee, or a duly authorized attendant or caretaker, shall be in charge at all times to keep the mobile manufactured home park, its facilities and equipment in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition. The attendant or caretaker shall be answerable, with the licensee, for a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation issued thereunder.

(b) It is the duty of the owner or an agent authorized by him, or any successor owner or such successor's agent, to notify the resident in writing, on or before the commencement of the tenancy or, in the case of a successor owner or agent, at the time of such succession, of the name and address of (1) the person authorized to manage the premises and (2) the person authorized to receive all notices, demands and service of process. Such name and address shall be kept current. If the owner fails to comply with this subsection, the person authorized by the owner to enter into the rental agreement with the resident shall be deemed the agent of the owner for (A) service of process and receipt of all notices and demands, (B) performing the obligations of the owner under the rental agreement and under sections 21-82 and 47a-13 and any other provision of this chapter imposing obligations on the owner and (C) expending funds from the rent collected from the premises to perform such obligations.

(c) (1) Unless otherwise agreed, an owner who conveys premises which include a mobile manufactured home or a mobile manufactured home space or lot subject to a rental agreement to a bona fide purchaser is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and the provisions of this chapter and sections 47a-21, 47a-23 to 47a-23b, inclusive, 47a-26 to 47a-26g, inclusive, 47a-35 to 47a-35b, inclusive, 47a-41a, 47a-43 and 47a-46, with respect to any events occurring after written notice to the resident of the conveyance.

(2) Unless otherwise agreed, a manager of premises which include a mobile manufactured home or a mobile manufactured home space or lot is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter and section 47a-21 as to events occurring after termination of his management.

(1972, P.A. 186, S. 6; P.A. 78-303, S. 98, 136; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 7; P.A. 84-83, S. 2, 10; P.A. 91-383, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 78-303 substituted reference to Sec. 21-75 for Sec. 21-76; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3 deleted references to “permittees” and changed term “mobile home” to “mobile manufactured home”; P.A. 84-83 replaced reference to Secs. 21-64 to 21-75, inclusive, with reference to “this chapter”; P.A. 91-383 added Subsec. (b) re the requirement imposed on the owner or his agent to notify the resident of the name and address of the person authorized to manage the premises and the person authorized to receive all notices, demands and service of process and the consequences of the owner's failure to do so, and added Subsec. (c) re the liability of an owner with respect to events occurring after he conveys premises and the liability of a manager as to events occurring after termination of his management.

Cited. 208 C. 620.