§ 20-325h

(a) No real estate licensee shall: (1) Reveal confidential information concerning a person whom the real estate licensee represented either as an agent, designated buyer agent or a designated seller agent; (2) use confidential information concerning that person to the person's disadvantage; or (3) use confidential information concerning that person for the real estate broker's or real estate salesperson's advantage or the advantage of a third party, except as required by legal process, as necessary to defend the real estate broker or real estate salesperson from allegations of wrongful or negligent conduct, or as necessary to prevent the commission of a crime.(b) As used in this section, 'confidential information' means facts concerning a person's assets, liabilities, income, expenses, motivations to purchase, rent or sell real property and previous offers received or made to purchase or lease real property which are not authorized by the client, a matter of general knowledge, part of a public record or file to which access is authorized pursuant to section 1-210 or otherwise subject to disclosure under any other provision of the general statutes or any regulation of Connecticut

f a public record or file to which access is authorized pursuant to section 1-210 or otherwise subject to disclosure under any other provision of the general statutes or any regulation of Connecticut state agencies.(P.A. 96-159, S. 3, 4; P.A. 98-10, S. 36; 98-27, S. 2; P.A. 99-229, S. 4.)*Note: On and after April 1, 2024, this section, as amended by section 31 of public act 23-84, is to read as follows:'Sec. 20-325h. Prohibitions on use or disclosure of confidential information. No real estate licensee shall: (1) Reveal any confidential information concerning a prospective party or a person whom the real estate licensee represented either as an agent, designated buyer agent or designated seller agent; (2) use any confidential information concerning such prospective party or person to such prospective party's or person's disadvantage; or (3) use any confidential information concerning such prospective party or person for such real estate licensee's advantage or the advantage of a third party, except (A) as required by legal process, (B) as necessary to defend such real estate licensee from allegations of wrongful or negligent conduct, or (C) as necessary to prevent the commission

d party, except (A) as required by legal process, (B) as necessary to defend such real estate licensee from allegations of wrongful or negligent conduct, or (C) as necessary to prevent the commission of a crime.'(P.A. 96-159, S. 3, 4; P.A. 98-10, S. 36; 98-27, S. 2; P.A. 99-229, S. 4; P.A. 23-84, S. 31.)History: P.A. 96-159 effective June 1, 1997, and applicable to all listing and buyer representation agreements executed on or after that date (Revisor's note: References to 'salesman' were replaced editorially by the Revisors with references to 'salesperson' to conform section with changes enacted in public act 96-200); P.A. 98-10 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 98-27 amended subsection (a) to substitute 'whom' for 'for whom'; P.A. 99-229 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to time after termination of an agency relationship, and to amend Subdiv. (1) to add 'whom the real estate licensee represented either as an agent, designated buyer agent or designated seller agent' re a person whom the confidential information concerns, and amended Subsec. (b) to make 'confidential information' mean facts which are not 'authorized by the client' or a 'matter of general

r agent' re a person whom the confidential information concerns, and amended Subsec. (b) to make 'confidential information' mean facts which are not 'authorized by the client' or a 'matter of general knowledge'; P.A. 23-84 redesignated existing Subsec. (a)(1) to (3) as Subdivs. (1) to (3) and divided Subdiv. (3) into Subparas. (A) to (C), added references to prospective parties in Subdivs. (1) to (3), substituted references to real estate licensee for references to real estate broker and real estate salesperson in Subdiv. (3) and (3)(B), deleted former Subsec. (b) defining 'confidential information', and made technical and conforming changes, effective April 1, 2024.