Connecticut Homestead Law

The following is a copy of the Homestead Exemption Liiw lptely enacted in Connecticut : Sec. 1. So much of a homestead or domicil, being the property of any one person liaving a family, as does not exceed in value the sum of '.hree hundred dollars, and wil! reasonnbly nndconvenientlv accümmodale only such person and family, and sucli live stock ns s novv exempt by law, from warrant and execution, shall be, nnd the same hereby is, exempt from being taken by any warrant or execution for any debt whatever. Sec. 2. That whatever structure,apartment, tenement, addition or repair, made from time to time in reference to said homestead or domicil, as shall only be reasonably necessary to accommodate as aforesaid ('though said homestead or doaiicil may hereby,in some slight mensure, bocome enhanced in value,) shall in like manner be exempi from any warrant or execution for debt : Provided, That all structures, apartments, tenements, additions or repairs not reasonably necessary for the accommodationsnforefaid, mav be liable to be taken and diiposed of for debt, duty or tax, in the same manner as if this act had not passed : Provided, That the provisions of the act shall extend only to the exemption as aforesaid of said homestead or domicil, and to such structures, apartments, tenements, additions or repairs, as are acquired or made from and after the passage of this act, and provided, also, that all existing lawsexempting property from execution and warrant for debt or taxes, shall not be afTected by the provisions of this act. Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts, inconsistent with ihe provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.