CT HB06512

Owners of residential real property benefiting from private easements or rights-of-way must maintain them in good repair, including snow removal, effective October 1, 2013.

When multiple properties benefit from a single easement or right-of-way, maintenance costs are shared according to a written agreement between owners, or proportionally based on benefit received if no agreement exists.

Any property owner who directly or indirectly damages an easement or right-of-way is solely responsible for repairing that damaged portion.

Property owners who refuse to repair damage or pay their share of maintenance costs after written demand can be sued for specific performance or contribution in superior court by other benefited property owners.

Terms of any existing written agreement regarding easement maintenance and cost-sharing take precedence over the statutory provisions.