Connecticut General Statutes 47a-56f – Payment of expenses. Liability of receiver. Assistance of municipal personnel. Costs and attorney’s fees
(a) The receiver shall be entitled to his necessary expenses and to a reasonable fee, to be determined by the court.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 47a-56f
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- court: means an open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a tenement house. See Connecticut General Statutes 47a-50
(b) The receiver shall be liable for injuries to persons and property by reason of the condition of the property for which he is receiver in a case where an owner would have been liable, but the receiver shall be liable only to the extent that he is insured against such liability or to the extent that he would have been insured against such liability had he purchased and maintained the insurance required by section 47a-56d. The receiver shall not be liable for such injury in his personal capacity or out of the assets in his hands as receiver, except as provided above.
(c) The personnel and facilities of the municipality and the corporation counsel shall be availed of by the receiver for the purpose of carrying out his duties as such receiver and the cost of such services shall be deemed a necessary expense of the receiver.
(d) The municipality shall be entitled to its costs in filing an application under section 47a-56a and a reasonable attorney’s fee, to be determined by the court.