Connecticut General Statutes Title 47a — Landlord and Tenant
Connecticut's core landlord-tenant title, chs. 830-834: rights and responsibilities of landlord and tenant (ch. 830, incl. prohibited lease terms, habitability responsibilities, the revenue-management-device ban at § 47a-4f, the all-in-advertising/standardized-terms requirement at § 47a-7d, and late-fee/grace-period limits at § 47a-15a), security deposits (ch. 831, § 47a-21), summary process/eviction procedure (ch. 832), entry and detainer / self-help-eviction bar (ch. 833), municipal enforcement of health and safety standards and rent receivership (ch. 833a), and housing-docket court proceedings (ch. 834). Ingested from the mandatory merge of the consolidated "/current/" statutes (revised to 2025-01-01) with the "2026 Supplement" (revised to 2026-01-01, covering the 2025 legislative sessions) — see packages/ingest/sources/cga-supplement-merge.ts. ~147 sections approved, including 2 supplement-only sections absent from the consolidated text.
Provisions (147)
§ 47a-1
Definitions.
§ 47a-10
Termination of responsibility.
§ 47a-11
Tenant's responsibilities.
§ 47a-11a
Abandonment of unit by tenant.
§ 47a-11b
Abandonment of unit by occupants. Landlord's remedies.
§ 47a-11c
Breach of rental agreement by tenant. Measure of damages.
§ 47a-11d
Death of tenant. Landlord's remedies.
§ 47a-11e
Termination of rental agreement by tenant who is a victim of family violence or sexual assault.
§ 47a-12
Breach of agreement by landlord. Tenant's remedies.
§ 47a-13
Failure of landlord to supply essential services. Tenant's remedies.
§ 47a-13a
Implementation of energy conservation measures by tenant.
§ 47a-13b
Installation of electric vehicle charging station by tenant.
§ 47a-14
Damage or destruction of unit. Tenant's remedies.
§ 47a-14a
(Formerly Sec. 19-347k). Action for private receivership of tenement house. Complaint. Notice of action.
§ 47a-14b
(Formerly Sec. 19-347l). Tenement receivership: Hearing by referee; judgment; no right to jury trial.
§ 47a-14c
(Formerly Sec. 19-347m). Tenement receivership: Defense.
§ 47a-14d
(Formerly Sec. 19-347n). Tenement receivership: Judgment.
§ 47a-14e
(Formerly Sec. 19-347o). Tenement receivership: Owner's right to collect rent moneys.
§ 47a-14f
(Formerly Sec. 19-347p). Tenement receivership: Order to remove or remedy conditions in lieu of judgment; application for hearing for judgment.
§ 47a-14g
(Formerly Sec. 19-347q). Tenement receivership: Judgment and appointment of receiver after failure to comply with order.
§ 47a-14h
Action by individual tenant to enforce landlord's responsibilities. Payment of rent into court.
§ 47a-15
Noncompliance by tenant. Remedy of breach by tenant. Landlord's remedies.
§ 47a-15a
Nonpayment of rent by tenant: Landlord's remedy. Charges for late rent. Extension of grace period.
§ 47a-16
When landlord may enter rented unit.
§ 47a-16a
Notification by tenant of extended absence. When landlord may enter.
§ 47a-17
Tenant to occupy only as dwelling unit.
§ 47a-18
Judicial relief if tenant refuses entry.
§ 47a-18a
Judicial relief if landlord unlawfully enters.
§ 47a-19
Rental agreement: Acceptance of rent when overdue.
§ 47a-2
Arrangements exempted from application of title. Applicability of title to mobile manufactured homes and home parks. Transient occupancy in hotel, motel or similar lodging.
§ 47a-20
(Formerly Sec. 19-375a). Retaliatory action by landlord prohibited.
§ 47a-20a
Actions deemed not retaliatory.
§ 47a-20e
Protection of tenant in foreclosed property.
§ 47a-20f
Offer of incentive to tenant in foreclosed property to vacate.
§ 47a-21
Security deposits.
§ 47a-22
(Formerly Sec. 47-23a). Advance rental payments or security deposits for residential units; escrow deposit, interest payable.
§ 47a-22a
Interest payable on security deposits of senior citizens and disabled persons in public housing. Payment of security deposit in installments.
§ 47a-23
(Formerly Sec. 52-532). Notice to quit possession or occupancy of premises. Form. Delivery. Federal termination notice.
§ 47a-23a
Complaint.
§ 47a-23b
Service of notice to quit or summons if lessee a nonresident or if whereabouts unknown.
§ 47a-23c
Prohibition on eviction of certain tenants except for good cause.
§ 47a-23d
Report to General Assembly.
§ 47a-24
(Formerly Sec. 52-532a). Action by cooperative housing corporation.
§ 47a-24a
Action by receiver of rents.
§ 47a-25
(Formerly Sec. 52-533). Waiver of notice to quit.
§ 47a-26
(Formerly Sec. 52-534). Failure to appear. Judgment.
§ 47a-26a
Failure to plead. Judgment.
§ 47a-26b
Motion and order for payments for use and occupancy.
§ 47a-26c
Advancement of pleadings. Failure to plead.
§ 47a-26d
Trial. Finding. Judgment.
§ 47a-26e
Order of payments on appeal.
§ 47a-26f
Hearing to distribute payments.
§ 47a-26g
Appeal.
§ 47a-26h
Persons bound by judgment. Notice. Exemption.
§ 47a-26i
Motion to open or set aside judgment or to extend final stay of execution.
§ 47a-26j
Records of summary process actions.
§ 47a-27
(Formerly Sec. 52-535). Summary process by assignee and mortgagee.
§ 47a-28
(Formerly Sec. 52-536). Action by selectmen.
§ 47a-29
(Formerly Sec. 52-537). Action by reversion or remainderman.
§ 47a-2a
Section 47a-2a
§ 47a-3
Rental agreement: Permissible terms.
§ 47a-30
(Formerly Sec. 52-538). Eviction of former farm employee, domestic servant, caretaker, manager or other employee.
§ 47a-31
(Formerly Sec. 52-539). Illegal use of premises voids lease.
§ 47a-32
(Formerly Sec. 52-540). Nuisance defined.
§ 47a-33
(Formerly Sec. 52-540a). Defense that action is retaliatory.
§ 47a-33a
Presentation of affirmative defenses.
§ 47a-34
(Formerly Sec. 52-541). Other legal remedies not affected.
§ 47a-35
(Formerly Sec. 52-542). Stay of execution. Appeal.
§ 47a-35a
Appeal. Determination of rent to be paid during pendency of appeal. Rent to be paid into Superior Court.
§ 47a-35b
Distribution of payments after appeal.
§ 47a-36
(Formerly Sec. 52-543). Occupancies to which stay of execution provisions are inapplicable.
§ 47a-37
(Formerly Sec. 52-544). Application for stay of execution.
§ 47a-38
(Formerly Sec. 52-545). Hearing on application for stay of execution.
§ 47a-39
(Formerly Sec. 52-546). Court may grant stay of execution.
§ 47a-3a
Rental agreement: Payment of rent. Written receipt for cash payment. Ledger or equivalent accounting re.
§ 47a-3b
Rental agreement: Term of tenancy in absence of agreement.
§ 47a-3c
Payment in absence of rental agreement.
§ 47a-3d
(Formerly Sec. 47-22). Holding over not evidence of new lease. Determination of monthly lease.
§ 47a-3e
Notice to potential tenant when dwelling unit located in common interest community.
§ 47a-3f
Rental agreement: Notice re operative fire sprinkler system.
§ 47a-4
Terms prohibited in rental agreement.
§ 47a-40
(Formerly Sec. 52-547). No entry fee, judgment fee or costs on application or hearing.
§ 47a-41
(Formerly Sec. 52-548). Waiver of tenant's rights to be void.
§ 47a-41a
Execution void after six months.
§ 47a-42
(Formerly Sec. 52-549). Eviction of tenant and occupants from residential property. Removal and sale of unclaimed possessions and personal effects.
§ 47a-42a
Eviction of tenant and occupants from commercial property. Disposition of unclaimed possessions and personal effects.
§ 47a-43
(Formerly Sec. 52-462). Complaint and procedure: Forcible entry and detainer; entry and detainer.
§ 47a-44
(Formerly Sec. 52-463). Judge to try issue unless jury moved for and bond posted.
§ 47a-45
(Formerly Sec. 52-464). Summoning of jury.
§ 47a-45a
Finding. Judgment. Costs. Title to land not affected.
§ 47a-46
(Formerly Sec. 52-465). When double damages allowable.
§ 47a-4a
Effect of failure to comply with section 47a-7.
§ 47a-4b
(Formerly Sec. 53-303g). Commercial leases. Certain provisions void.
§ 47a-4c
Landlord prohibited from requiring electronic funds transfer as exclusive form of payment.
§ 47a-4d
Fees for tenant screening reports.
§ 47a-4e
Notices of increase in rent.
§ 47a-4f
Revenue management devices prohibited.
§ 47a-5
(Formerly Sec. 47-24a). Penalty for allowing occupancy without certificate of occupancy.
§ 47a-50
Definitions.
§ 47a-51
(Formerly Sec. 19-343). Sanitary regulations.
§ 47a-52
(Formerly Sec. 19-88). Abatement of conditions in rented dwelling other than tenement house constituting danger to life or health.
§ 47a-53
(Formerly Sec. 19-344). Orders of enforcement agency. Municipal lien for expenses in executing order.
§ 47a-54
(Formerly Sec. 19-345). Communicable diseases; unfit for habitation; order to vacate.
§ 47a-54a
(Formerly Sec. 19-346). Overcrowding in tenement and lodging houses.
§ 47a-54b
Water in tenement and lodging houses.
§ 47a-54c
Toilets and bathrooms.
§ 47a-54d
Public halls.
§ 47a-54e
Bedrooms.
§ 47a-54f
Paint.
§ 47a-55
(Formerly Sec. 19-347). Enforcement. Penalties.
§ 47a-56
(Formerly Sec. 19-347a). Passage of ordinance for abatement of nuisances. Appointment of authority.
§ 47a-56a
(Formerly Sec. 19-347b). Appointment of receiver of rents: Application.
§ 47a-56b
Appointment of receiver of rents: Service.
§ 47a-56c
Appointment of receiver of rents: Determination by court.
§ 47a-56d
(Formerly Sec. 19-347c). Receiver: Bond required. Powers and duties.
§ 47a-56e
(Formerly Sec. 19-347d). Liability of owner.
§ 47a-56f
(Formerly Sec. 19-347e). Payment of expenses. Liability of receiver. Assistance of municipal personnel. Costs and attorney's fees.
§ 47a-56g
(Formerly Sec. 19-347f). Discharge of receiver.
§ 47a-56h
(Formerly Sec. 19-347g). Rights of mortgagee or lienor remedying nuisance and paying expenses.
§ 47a-56i
(Formerly Sec. 19-347h). Housing Receivership Revolving Fund. Source of funds for expenses of a receiver in remedying certain tenement conditions.
§ 47a-56j
(Formerly Sec. 19-347i). State financial assistance for rent receivership programs.
§ 47a-56k
Authorization of state bonds for purposes of the Housing Receivership Revolving Fund.
§ 47a-57
(Formerly Sec. 19-347r). Certificate of occupancy required for lawful occupation. Penalty for allowing occupancy without certificate.
§ 47a-58
(Formerly Sec. 19-347s). Notice of violation. Penalty. Injunctive relief. Municipal lien for unpaid penalty.
§ 47a-59
(Formerly Sec. 19-347t). Enforcement actions. Defenses.
§ 47a-6
Identification of landlord.
§ 47a-60
(Formerly Sec. 19-347u). Stay of penalty. Violation contested by owner.
§ 47a-61
(Formerly Sec. 19-347v). Precedence in trial order.
§ 47a-68
Definitions.
§ 47a-69
Housing mediators. Appointment. Qualifications. Duties.
§ 47a-6a
Filing in designated municipal office of residential address of nonresident landlord.
§ 47a-6b
Civil penalties for failure to file residential address of nonresident landlord.
§ 47a-7
Landlord's responsibilities.
§ 47a-70
Housing docket. Entry and transfer of cases on docket.
§ 47a-71
Citizens advisory councils for housing matters.
§ 47a-71a
Connecticut Advisory Council on Housing Matters.
§ 47a-72
Duties of Citizens Advisory Council. Meetings. No compensation or reimbursement.
§ 47a-73
Judges and council to report to General Assembly.
§ 47a-74
Rules of practice to be adopted.
§ 47a-75
Right to counsel in eviction proceedings.
§ 47a-7a
Landlord and tenant responsibilities re bed bug infestations. Definitions. Notification to landlord. Inspection. Treatment. Liability of landlord. Injunction against tenant.
§ 47a-7b
Request to change dwelling unit locks when tenant is named as a protected person in a protective or restraining order.
§ 47a-7c
Walk-through inspections prior to occupancy.
§ 47a-7d
Advertisement, display or offer of dwelling unit that includes amount of rent. Standardized rental terms summary form. Application of payments. Civil penalty.
§ 47a-8
(Formerly Sec. 47-24c). Paint not conforming to standards renders property unfit.
§ 47a-9
Landlord rules and regulations.
§ 47a-9a