Connecticut HB 5161: AN ACT REQUIRING THE COLLECTION OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF NONRESIDENT OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5161
February Session, 2026

AN ACT REQUIRING THE COLLECTION OF IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION OF NONRESIDENT OWNERS OF RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 47a-6a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
(a) As used in this section: [,] 3
(1) ["address"] "Address" means a location as described by the full 4
street number, if any, the street name, the city or town, and the state, 5
and not a mailing address such as a post office box; [,] 6
(2) ["dwelling unit"] "Dwelling unit" means any house or building, or 7
portion thereof, which is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, or 8
is arranged or designed to be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or 9
residence of one or more persons, living independently of each other, 10
and doing their cooking upon the premises, and having a common right 11
in the halls, stairways or yards; [,] 12
(3) ["agent in charge"] "Agent in charge" or "agent" means [one] an 13
individual who manages rental real [estate] property, including, but not 14
limited to, the collection of rents and supervision and maintenance of 15
such property, including for the purpose of compliance with state law 16

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and local codes; 17
(4) ["controlling participant"] "Controlling participant" means an 18
individual [that] who exercises day-to-day financial or operational 19
control; [, and] 20
(5) ["project-based housing provider"] "Project-based housing 21
provider" means a property owner [who] that contracts with the United 22
States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide 23
housing to tenants under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, 24
42 USC 1437f(o); 25
(6) "Identifying information" means proof of an individual's name, 26
date of birth, current residential address, motor vehicle operator's 27
license number or other identification number issued by any 28
government agency or government entity; 29
(7) "Nonresident owner" means an individual, corporation, 30
partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity that does not reside 31
at the rental real property and that is (A) an owner of such rental real 32
property, or (B) the controlling participant of the entity that owns such 33
rental real property; and 34
(8) "Population" means the number of persons according to the most 35
recent federal decennial census. 36
(b) Any municipality may, and any municipality with a population 37
of twenty-five thousand or more shall, require the nonresident owner or 38
project-based housing provider of occupied or vacant rental real 39
property to report to the tax assessor, or other municipal [office] officer 40
designated by the municipality, the current residential address of the 41
nonresident owner or project-based housing provider of such property, 42
if the nonresident owner or project-based housing provider is an 43
individual, or the current residential address of the agent in charge of 44
the building, if the nonresident owner or project-based housing 45
provider is a corporation, partnership, trust or other legally recognized 46
entity owning rental real property in the state. If the nonresident 47

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[owners] owner or project-based housing [providers are] provider is a 48
corporation, partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity owning 49
rental real property in the state, such report shall also include 50
identifying information and the current residential address of each 51
controlling participant associated with the property. If such residential 52
address changes, notice of the new residential address shall be provided 53
by such nonresident owner, project-based housing provider or agent in 54
charge of the building to the office of the tax assessor or other designated 55
municipal office not more than twenty-one days after the date that the 56
address change occurred. If the nonresident owner, project-based 57
housing provider or agent fails to file an address under this section, the 58
address to which the municipality mails property tax bills for the rental 59
real property shall be deemed to be the nonresident owner, project-60
based housing provider or agent's current address. Such address may 61
be used for compliance with the provisions of subsection [(c)] (d) of this 62
section. 63
(c) In addition to the residential address required pursuant to 64
subsection (b) of this section, any municipality with a population of 65
twenty-five thousand or more shall require the nonresident owner, 66
project-based housing provider or agent in charge, as applicable, to 67
report to the tax assessor, or other municipal officer designated by the 68
municipality, accurate identifying information concerning such 69
nonresident owner, project-based housing provider or agent in charge. 70