Any owner of grounds designated for the cultivation of oysters in the waters of Long Island Sound within the jurisdiction of said Commissioner of Agriculture may surrender the same by delivery to the state of a deed of release of the same, executed and acknowledged by such owner; provided such release and the recording thereof shall be made without charge or expense to the state and shall be approved by said commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-201
(1949 Rev., S. 5030; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 339; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146 (e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)