Title 47a — Title 47a: Landlord and Tenant

Sec. 47a-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, sections 47a-21, 47a-23 to 47a-23c, inclusive, 47a-26a to 47a-26g, inclusive, 47a-35 to 47a-35b, inclusive, 47a-41a, 47a-43, and 47a-46: (a) “Action” includes recoupment, counterclaim, set-off, cause of action and any other procee…

Sec. 47a-10. Termination of responsibility. (a) Unless otherwise agreed, a landlord who conveys premises, which include a dwelling unit subject to a rental agreement, to a bona fide purchaser, is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and the provisions of this chapter …

Sec. 47a-11. Tenant's responsibilities. A tenant shall: (a) Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of any building, housing or fire code materially affecting health and safety; (b) keep such part of the premises that he occupies and us…

Sec. 47a-11a. Abandonment of unit by tenant. (a) If the tenant abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord shall make reasonable efforts to rent it at a fair rental in mitigation of damages. (b) If the landlord fails to use reasonable efforts to rent the dwelling unit at a fair rent…

Sec. 47a-11b. Abandonment of unit by occupants. Landlord's remedies. (a) For the purposes of this section, “abandonment” means the occupants have vacated the premises without notice to the landlord and do not intend to return, which intention may be evidenced by the removal by th…

Sec. 47a-11c. Breach of rental agreement by tenant. Measure of damages. If a landlord terminates a residential or commercial tenancy on the grounds that the tenant committed a breach of the rental agreement and the landlord brings an action for damages for the breach, such damage…

Sec. 47a-11d. Death of tenant. Landlord's remedies. (a) If the sole occupant of a dwelling unit subject to a monthly lease or a lease for a term has died and the landlord has complied with any provisions of any such lease permitting termination upon the death of the occupant, the…

Sec. 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, for rental agreements entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2011, any tenant who (1) is a vic…

Sec. 47a-12. Breach of agreement by landlord. Tenant's remedies. (a) If there is a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with section 47a-7 which materially affects health and safety, the tenant may deliver a written notice to the lan…

Sec. 47a-13. Failure of landlord to supply essential services. Tenant's remedies. (a) If the landlord is required to supply heat, running water, hot water, electricity, gas or other essential service, and if the landlord fails to supply such essential service and the failure is n…

Sec. 47a-13a. Implementation of energy conservation measures by tenant. (a) A tenant of any dwelling unit may, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, at no cost to the landlord, implement or authorize the implementation of energy conservation measures in his dwelling …

Sec. 47a-13b. Installation of electric vehicle charging station by tenant. (a) As used in this section (1) “dedicated parking space” means a parking space located within a tenant's separate interest or a parking spot that is in a common area, but subject to exclusive use rights o…

Sec. 47a-14. Damage or destruction of unit. Tenant's remedies. (a) If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty to an extent that enjoyment of the dwelling unit is substantially impaired, the tenant, unless such damage or destruction is caus…

Sec. 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 tenement house, as defined in sections 19a-355 and 47a-1, may bring an action on behalf of all the tenants occu…

Sec. 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 referee who shall hold a hearing thereon, except that if the complaint alleges that there is an imminent danger …

Sec. 47a-14c. (Formerly Sec. 19-347m). Tenement receivership: Defense. It shall be sufficient defense to a proceeding under sections 47a-14a to 47a-14g, inclusive, for the owner or any mortgagee or lienor of record to establish that: (1) The condition or conditions alleged in the…

Sec. 47a-14d. (Formerly Sec. 19-347n). Tenement receivership: Judgment. (a) If the court finds that the plaintiffs have failed to establish the allegations of the complaint or that the owner or a mortgagee or lienor of record affirmatively established a defense or defenses specif…

Sec. 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 such rent moneys from any tenant on or after the date of entry of a judgment as provided in section 47a-14d shall be void and une…

Sec. 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 the complaint have been affirmatively established, that no defense theret…

Sec. 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 determines that the person permitted to do such work is not proceeding with due di…

Sec. 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 to perform his or her legal duties, as required by section 47a-7 or 47a-7a or subdivisions (1) to (13), inclusive, …

Sec. 47a-15. Noncompliance by tenant. Remedy of breach by tenant. Landlord's remedies. Prior to the commencement of a summary process action, except in the case in which the landlord elects to proceed under sections 47a-23 to 47a-23b, inclusive, to evict based on nonpayment of re…

Sec. 47a-15a. Nonpayment of rent by tenant: Landlord's remedy. Charges for late rent. (a) 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 ren…

Sec. 47a-16. When landlord may enter rented unit. (a) A tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make necessary or agreed to repairs, alterations or improvements, supply necessary or agreed to…

Sec. 47a-16a. Notification by tenant of extended absence. When landlord may enter. Unless otherwise agreed, the tenant shall be required to notify the landlord of any anticipated extended absence from the premises and the landlord thereupon may enter the dwelling unit at reasonab…

Sec. 47a-17. Tenant to occupy only as dwelling unit. Unless otherwise agreed, a tenant shall occupy his dwelling unit only as a dwelling unit. (P.A. 76-95, S. 12, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 21.) History: P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; P.A. 7…

Sec. 47a-18. Judicial relief if tenant refuses entry. 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 lan…

Sec. 47a-18a. Judicial relief if landlord unlawfully enters. If the landlord makes an entry prohibited by section 47a-16 or 47a-16a, or makes repeated demands for entry otherwise lawful but which have the effect of unreasonably harassing the tenant, the tenant may recover actual …

Sec. 47a-19. Rental agreement: Acceptance of rent when overdue. Acceptance of rent with the knowledge that such rent is overdue constitutes a waiver of the landlord's right to terminate the rental agreement for the tenant's failure to pay such rent when it was due. (P.A. 76-95, S…

Sec. 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 and sections 47a-21, 47a-23 to 47a-…

Sec. 47a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-375a). Retaliatory action by landlord prohibited. A landlord shall not maintain an action or proceeding against a tenant to recover possession of a dwelling unit, demand an increase in rent from the tenant, or decrease the services to which the tena…

Sec. 47a-20a. Actions deemed not retaliatory. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 47a-20, the landlord may maintain an action to recover possession of the dwelling unit if: (1) The tenant is using the dwelling unit for an illegal purpose or for a purpose which is in vio…

Secs. 47a-20b to 47a-20d. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 47a-20e. Protection of tenant in foreclosed property. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Bona fide tenant” means a tenant who (A) is not the mortgagor or owner of the property, and (B) entered into the rental agreement in an arms-length transaction; and (2) “Premises”, “…

Sec. 47a-20f. Offer of incentive to tenant in foreclosed property to vacate. Upon the foreclosure of a mortgage or lien of residential real property, any money or other valuable consideration offered by a mortgagee, lienholder or other successor in interest to a tenant in possess…

Sec. 47a-2a. Transferred to Chapter 814c, Sec. 46a-64a.

Sec. 47a-3. Rental agreement: Permissible terms. A landlord and a tenant may include in a rental agreement terms and conditions not prohibited by law, including rent, term of the agreement and other provisions governing the rights and obligations of the parties. (P.A. 76-95, S. 3…

Sec. 47a-3a. Rental agreement: Payment of rent. Written receipt for cash payment. (a) Rent is payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties. (b) Unless otherwise agreed: (1) Rent is payable at the dwelling unit; (2) periodic rent is payable at …

Sec. 47a-3b. Rental agreement: Term of tenancy in absence of agreement. Unless the rental agreement fixes a definite term, the tenancy is month to month, except in the case of a tenant who pays weekly rent, then the tenancy is week to week. (P.A. 79-571, S. 11.) Cited. 7 CA 301; …

Sec. 47a-3c. Payment in absence of rental agreement. In the absence of agreement, the tenant shall pay the fair rental value for the use and occupancy of the dwelling unit. (P.A. 79-571, S. 7.) Cited. 4 CA 608; 13 CA 150; 16 CA 574; 17 CA 92. Illegal lease contrasted with situati…

Sec. 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 term of his lease, shall not be evidence of any agreement for a further lease. Parol leases of lands or tenements re…

Sec. 47a-3e. Notice to potential tenant when dwelling unit located in common interest community. Whenever a dwelling unit in a common interest community is rented from a declarant, successor declarant or person acting on the declarant's or successor declarant's behalf, such decla…

Sec. 47a-3f. Rental agreement: Notice re operative fire sprinkler system. (a) As used in this section, “fire sprinkler system” means a system of piping and appurtenances designed and installed in accordance with generally accepted standards so that heat from a fire will automatic…

Sec. 47a-4. Terms prohibited in rental agreement. (a) A rental agreement shall not provide that the tenant: (1) Agrees to waive or forfeit rights or remedies under this chapter and sections 47a-21, 47a-23 to 47a-23b, inclusive, 47a-26 to 47a-26g, inclusive, 47a-35 to 47a-35b, inc…

Sec. 47a-4a. Effect of failure to comply with section 47a-7. A rental agreement shall not permit the receipt of rent for any period during which the landlord has failed to comply with subsection (a) of section 47a-7. (P.A. 79-571, S. 10.) Cited. 190 C. 552; 191 C. 484; 208 C. 620…

Sec. 47a-4b. (Formerly Sec. 53-303g). Commercial leases. Certain provisions void. No lease of commercial space in a shopping center or in a building occupied by two or more businesses entered into on or after October 1, 1979, shall require a lessee to be open for business seven d…

Sec. 47a-4c. Landlord prohibited from requiring electronic funds transfer as exclusive form of payment. For any lease or rental agreement executed on or after October 1, 2013, no landlord of residential real property shall require electronic funds transfer as the exclusive form o…

Sec. 47a-4d. Fees for tenant screening reports. (a) As used in this section, “tenant screening report” means a credit report, a criminal background report, an employment history report, a rental history report or any combination thereof, used by a landlord to determine the suitab…

Sec. 47a-4e. Notices of increase in rent. No rent increase for a dwelling unit shall be effective unless the landlord has given the tenant of such dwelling unit written notice of the proposed increase not less than forty-five days before the day on which the increase is proposed …

Sec. 47a-5. (Formerly Sec. 47-24a). Penalty for allowing occupancy without certificate of occupancy. In any borough, city or town which requires a certificate of occupancy prior to human habitation of any building located therein, if any building is occupied in whole or in part w…