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Section 47a-1. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter and sections 47a-21, 47a-23 to...
Section 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. - (a) Unless created to avoid the application of this chapter...
Section 47a-3. - Rental agreement: Permissible terms. - A landlord and a tenant may include in a rental...
Section 47a-3a. - Rental agreement: Payment of rent. Written receipt for cash payment. - (a) Rent is payable without demand or notice at the...
Section 47a-3b. - Rental agreement: Term of tenancy in absence of agreement. - Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, the tenancy...
Section 47a-3c. - Payment in absence of rental agreement. - In the absence of agreement, the tenant shall pay the...
Section 47a-3d. (Formerly Sec. 47-22). - Holding over not evidence of new lease. Determination of monthly lease. - Holding over by any lessee, after the expiration of the...
Section 47a-3e. - Notice to potential tenant when dwelling unit located in common interest community. - Whenever a dwelling unit in a common interest community is...
Section 47a-3f. - Rental agreement: Notice re operative fire sprinkler system. - (a) As used in this section, “fire sprinkler system” means...
Section 47a-4. - Terms prohibited in rental agreement. - (a) A rental agreement shall not provide that the tenant:...
Section 47a-4a. - Effect of failure to comply with section 47a-7. - A rental agreement shall not permit the receipt of rent...
Section 47a-4b. (Formerly Sec. 53-303g). - Commercial leases. Certain provisions void. - No lease of commercial space in a shopping center or...
Section 47a-4c. - Landlord prohibited from requiring electronic funds transfer as exclusive form of payment. - For any lease or rental agreement executed on or after...
Section 47a-5. (Formerly Sec. 47-24a). - Penalty for allowing occupancy without certificate of occupancy. - In any borough, city or town which requires a certificate...
Section 47a-6. - Identification of landlord. - (a) It is the duty of the landlord or an...
Section 47a-6a. - Filing in designated municipal office of residential address of nonresident landlord. - (a) As used in this section, “address” means a location...
Section 47a-6b. - Civil penalties for failure to file residential address of nonresident landlord. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 51-164p, any municipality may by...
Section 47a-7. - Landlord's responsibilities. - (a) A landlord shall: (1) Comply with the requirements of...
Section 47a-7a. - Landlord and tenant responsibilities re bed bug infestations. Definitions. Notification to landlord. Inspection. Treatment. Liability of landlord. Injunction against tenant. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Certified applicator” means...
Section 47a-7b. - Request to change dwelling unit locks when tenant is named as a protected person in a protective or restraining order. - (a) Upon the request of a tenant, a landlord shall...
Section 47a-8. (Formerly Sec. 47-24c). - Paint not conforming to standards renders property unfit. - Section 47a-8 is repealed, effective July 1, 1994. (1971, P.A....
Section 47a-9. - Landlord rules and regulations. - (a) A landlord, from time to time, may adopt a...
Section 47a-9a. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Prohibitions re discrimination against prospective or existing tenant for conviction related to cannabis possession; possession or consumption of cannabis; drug tests. Exceptions. - (a) As used in this section, “tenant”, “landlord” and “dwelling...
Section 47a-10. - Termination of responsibility. - (a) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys premises, which...
Section 47a-11. - Tenant's responsibilities. - A tenant shall: (a) Comply with all obligations primarily imposed...
Section 47a-11a. - Abandonment of unit by tenant. - (a) If the tenant abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord...
Section 47a-11b. - Abandonment of unit by occupants. Landlord's remedies. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “abandonment” means the...
Section 47a-11c. - Breach of rental agreement by tenant. Measure of damages. - If a landlord terminates a residential or commercial tenancy on...
Section 47a-11d. - Death of tenant. Landlord's remedies. - (a) If the sole occupant of a dwelling unit subject...
Section 47a-11e. - Termination of rental agreement by tenant who is a victim of family violence or sexual assault. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter and chapter 831,...
Section 47a-12. - Breach of agreement by landlord. Tenant's remedies. - (a) If there is a material noncompliance by the landlord...
Section 47a-13. - Failure of landlord to supply essential services. Tenant's remedies. - (a) If the landlord is required to supply heat, running...
Section 47a-13a. - Implementation of energy conservation measures by tenant. - (a) A tenant of any dwelling unit may, in accordance...
Section 47a-13b. - Installation of electric vehicle charging station by tenant. - (a) As used in this section (1) “dedicated parking space”...
Section 47a-14. - Damage or destruction of unit. Tenant's remedies. - (a) If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or...
Section 47a-14a. (Formerly Sec. 19-347k). - Action for private receivership of tenement house. Complaint. Notice of action. - (a) A majority or more of the tenants occupying a...
Section 47a-14b. (Formerly Sec. 19-347l). - Tenement receivership: Hearing by referee; judgment; no right to jury trial. - (a) The Superior Court may refer the complaint to a...
Section 47a-14c. (Formerly Sec. 19-347m). - Tenement receivership: Defense. - It shall be sufficient defense to a proceeding under sections...
Section 47a-14d. (Formerly Sec. 19-347n). - Tenement receivership: Judgment. - (a) If the court finds that the plaintiffs have failed...
Section 47a-14e. (Formerly Sec. 19-347o). - Tenement receivership: Owner's right to collect rent moneys. - The right of the owner of such property to collect...
Section 47a-14f. (Formerly Sec. 19-347p). - Tenement receivership: Order to remove or remedy conditions in lieu of judgment; application for hearing for judgment. - (a) If the court finds that the facts alleged in...
Section 47a-14g. (Formerly Sec. 19-347q). - Tenement receivership: Judgment and appointment of receiver after failure to comply with order. - If, upon a hearing authorized under section 47a-14f, the court...
Section 47a-14h. - Action by individual tenant to enforce landlord's responsibilities. Payment of rent into court. - (a) Any tenant who claims that the landlord has failed...
Section 47a-15. - Noncompliance by tenant. Remedy of breach by tenant. Landlord's remedies. - Prior to the commencement of a summary process action, except...
Section 47a-15a. - Nonpayment of rent by tenant: Landlord's remedy. - If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails...
Section 47a-16. - When landlord may enter rented unit. - (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the...
Section 47a-16a. - Notification by tenant of extended absence. When landlord may enter. - Unless otherwise agreed, the tenant shall be required to notify...
Section 47a-17. - Tenant to occupy only as dwelling unit. - Unless otherwise agreed, a tenant shall occupy his dwelling unit...
Section 47a-18. - Judicial relief if tenant refuses entry. - If the tenant refuses to allow entry pursuant to section...
Section 47a-18a. - Judicial relief if landlord unlawfully enters. - If the landlord makes an entry prohibited by section 47a-16...
Section 47a-19. - Rental agreement: Acceptance of rent when overdue. - Acceptance of rent with the knowledge that such rent is...
Section 47a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-375a). - Retaliatory action by landlord prohibited. - A landlord shall not maintain an action or proceeding against...
Section 47a-20a. - Actions deemed not retaliatory. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 47a-20, the landlord may...
Section 47a-20e. - Protection of tenant in foreclosed property. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Bona fide tenant”...
Section 47a-20f. - Offer of incentive to tenant in foreclosed property to vacate. - Upon the foreclosure of a mortgage or lien of residential...