No motion for default and judgment filed under Sections 17-24 through 17-28 shall be placed on the short calendar, unless the judicial authority shall so order. No short calendar claim shall be filed with this motion. Other than as provided for in those sections and in Section 17-20 no notice of a default or of a judgment after default shall be required in connection with any such motion.
Section 17-29.—Default Motion Not on Short Calendar
Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026
In one sentenceKeeps default-and-judgment motions filed under the debt-collection default rules off the short calendar and generally exempts them from separate default or judgment notice requirements.
Full Text of Section 17-29
Amendment History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 362.) (Amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012.)
Plain-English Summary
Motions for default and judgment filed under Sections 17-24 through 17-28 do not go on the short calendar unless the judicial authority orders otherwise, and no short calendar claim gets filed with the motion. This keeps these liquidated-debt default judgments moving through the clerk’s office rather than a court calendar.
Section 17-29 also says that, apart from what those sections and Section 17-20 already require, no separate notice of the default or of the judgment after default is required for this kind of motion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a default-judgment motion under Sections 17-24 through 17-28 go on the short calendar?
No, not unless the judicial authority specifically orders it, and no short calendar claim is filed with the motion.
Is separate notice of the default required beyond what Sections 17-24 through 17-28 and 17-20 already require?
No. Section 17-29 says no additional notice of a default or of a judgment after default is required in connection with such a motion.
Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the
official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 17-29). Prescribed by the Judges of the Superior Court of Connecticut (Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 51-14). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified July 9, 2026. ·
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