Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant
Section 47a-15a. - Nonpayment of rent by tenant: Landlord's remedy.

If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within nine days thereafter or, in the case of a one-week tenancy, within four days thereafter, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement in accordance with the provisions of sections 47a-23 to 47a-23b, inclusive.

(P.A. 79-571, S. 36; P.A. 89-254, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 89-254 provided for a four-day grace period in the case of a one-week tenancy.
Section provides tenants with a 9 day grace period in which to pay overdue rent, thus suggesting that 5 days is within the amount of time that society would consider reasonable for a defendant to believe that he has an expectation of privacy in his home notwithstanding the failure to pay the next month's rent. 332 C. 271.
Cited. 7 CA 301; 16 CA 574; 31 CA 575; 32 CA 133. Reinstatement of a lease triggers new nine day grace period within which tenant must pay rent in order to avoid a summary process action and landlord may serve new notice to quit on ground of nonpayment of rent only if tenant fails to pay rent on day of previous action's withdrawal or within nine days thereafter. 182 CA 725.
Cited. 38 CS 1; Id., 683; 39 CS 367; 40 CS 4; 42 CS 77.

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