If the tenant refuses to allow entry pursuant to section 47a-16 or section 47a-16a, the landlord may obtain a declaratory judgment or injunctive relief to compel access or terminate the rental agreement. In either case the landlord may recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees.
(P.A. 76-95, S. 18, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; P.A. 79-571 substituted Sec. 47a-16a for Sec. 47a-17 and deleted former Subsec. (b), which was reincorporated in statutes as Sec. 47a-18a in the same act.
Cited. 183 C. 85.
Cited. 32 CA 133.
Cited. 38 CS 683.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant
Section 47a-3. - Rental agreement: Permissible terms.
Section 47a-3a. - Rental agreement: Payment of rent. Written receipt for cash payment.
Section 47a-3b. - Rental agreement: Term of tenancy in absence of agreement.
Section 47a-3c. - Payment in absence of rental agreement.
Section 47a-3f. - Rental agreement: Notice re operative fire sprinkler system.
Section 47a-4. - Terms prohibited in rental agreement.
Section 47a-4a. - Effect of failure to comply with section 47a-7.
Section 47a-4b. (Formerly Sec. 53-303g). - Commercial leases. Certain provisions void.
Section 47a-6. - Identification of landlord.
Section 47a-6b. - Civil penalties for failure to file residential address of nonresident landlord.
Section 47a-7. - Landlord's responsibilities.
Section 47a-8. (Formerly Sec. 47-24c). - Paint not conforming to standards renders property unfit.
Section 47a-9. - Landlord rules and regulations.
Section 47a-10. - Termination of responsibility.
Section 47a-11. - Tenant's responsibilities.
Section 47a-11a. - Abandonment of unit by tenant.
Section 47a-11b. - Abandonment of unit by occupants. Landlord's remedies.
Section 47a-11c. - Breach of rental agreement by tenant. Measure of damages.
Section 47a-11d. - Death of tenant. Landlord's remedies.
Section 47a-12. - Breach of agreement by landlord. Tenant's remedies.
Section 47a-13. - Failure of landlord to supply essential services. Tenant's remedies.
Section 47a-13a. - Implementation of energy conservation measures by tenant.
Section 47a-13b. - Installation of electric vehicle charging station by tenant.
Section 47a-14. - Damage or destruction of unit. Tenant's remedies.
Section 47a-14c. (Formerly Sec. 19-347m). - Tenement receivership: Defense.
Section 47a-14d. (Formerly Sec. 19-347n). - Tenement receivership: Judgment.
Section 47a-15. - Noncompliance by tenant. Remedy of breach by tenant. Landlord's remedies.
Section 47a-15a. - Nonpayment of rent by tenant: Landlord's remedy.
Section 47a-16. - When landlord may enter rented unit.
Section 47a-16a. - Notification by tenant of extended absence. When landlord may enter.
Section 47a-17. - Tenant to occupy only as dwelling unit.
Section 47a-18. - Judicial relief if tenant refuses entry.
Section 47a-18a. - Judicial relief if landlord unlawfully enters.
Section 47a-19. - Rental agreement: Acceptance of rent when overdue.
Section 47a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-375a). - Retaliatory action by landlord prohibited.
Section 47a-20a. - Actions deemed not retaliatory.
Section 47a-20e. - Protection of tenant in foreclosed property.
Section 47a-20f. - Offer of incentive to tenant in foreclosed property to vacate.