Haunted addresses on record in Connecticut
What Connecticut requires
Connecticut law classifies a property's death, felony, or reputation for being haunted as a 'nonmaterial fact' — sellers and agents don't have to bring it up on their own, and the law shields them from being sued for staying quiet. But Connecticut goes a step further than most states: it has a specific statute letting a buyer or renter formally request that information in writing, and once asked that way, the seller or agent has to answer.
Connecticut's real estate licensing law (Title 20, Chapter 392 of the Connecticut General Statutes) defines a 'nonmaterial fact concerning real property' at Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 20-329cc to include the fact that an occupant has or had a reportable disease, or that the property was at any time suspected to have been the site of a death or felony. A companion section, Section 20-329dd, states plainly that a nonmaterial fact is not something that must be disclosed in a sale, and that no cause of action — no lawsuit — can arise against the owner, the owner's agent, or the buyer's agent for failing to disclose it.
There's no death-disclosure time window in Connecticut comparable to California's three-year rule. The default is simpler and more seller-favorable: silence about a death or felony on the property is legal, full stop, no matter how recent.
The ask rule is unusually explicit here. Connecticut has its own dedicated statute for it — Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 20-329ee — covering a purchaser's or lessee's written request for disclosure of a property's status regarding homicide, another felony, or suicide. So this isn't just the general 'don't lie if asked' principle that applies informally in many states; Connecticut actually wrote the written-request procedure into law, and a truthful answer is required once that request is made.
No Connecticut court case comparable to New York's famous Stambovsky v. Ackley ('legally haunted house') ruling turned up in this research. Connecticut does have a well-known real haunted-house story of its own — a house that was once a funeral home and became the subject of the film 'The Haunting in Connecticut' — but that's folklore and pop culture, not a disclosure lawsuit, so it isn't legal precedent.
General information, not legal advice. Laws change and turn on details — for a real decision, talk to a licensed professional in Connecticut.
The Connecticut record is waiting
No entries filed from Connecticut yet. If something happened at an address you know, write it down — you may be the reason the next resident feels less alone at 3 AM.