When the legal title to any property has vested in a trustee and the trusteeship has become vacant, such legal title shall vest in his successor immediately upon his appointment and qualification. A certificate of the successor’s appointment, duly made and recorded in the land records of the town in which the property is situated, shall be evidence that such legal title is vested in the successor trustee.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 45a-476

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership, whether real or personal and whether legal or equitable, or any interest therein. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustee: includes an original, additional and successor trustee and a cotrustee. See Connecticut General Statutes 45a-499c