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CT Gen Stat § 47-303 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47 - Land and Land Titles|Chapter 828a - Community Land Trusts|Section 47-303 - Required ground lease provisions.

 A ground lease between a community land trust and a lessee shall include provisions designed to preserve long-term eligible housing on the land. Such provisions may include, but shall not be limited to, a first option to purchase and restrictions on the resale, subletting or assignment of improvements or portions thereof. Such provisions shall not be subject to any general statute or rule of law limiting the duration, degree or nature of restraints on real property, including, but not limited to, the common law rule against perpetuities, the uniform statutory rule against perpetuities and the rule against unreasonable restraints on alienation.(P.A. 90-203, S. 4.)See chapter 802c, part II, Secs. 45a-490 to 45a-496, inclusive, re uniform statutory rule against perpetuities.
CT Gen Stat § 47-304 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47 - Land and Land Titles|Chapter 828a - Community Land Trusts|Section 47-304 - Lease restrictions.

 If any notice of lease states that the lease includes restrictions pursuant to sections 47-300 to 47-304, inclusive, the lease will be deemed to include, at a minimum, all of the restrictions contained in section 47-303.(P.A. 90-203, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 47a-3 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 4.)History: P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; P.A. 79-571 deleted former Subsecs. (b) to (d) which had required tenant to pay fair rental value in absence of an agreement, which had specified when rent is payable and which had specified tenancy as month-to-month or week-to-week unless rental agreement fixes a definite term.Cited. 38 CS 1; Id., 683.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-3a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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 the beginning of any term of one month or less and for terms of more than one month in equal monthly installments at the beginning of each month.(c) Upon receipt of a payment in cash from or on behalf of an occupant, a landlord shall provide the person making the payment with a receipt stating the date of the payment, the amount received and the purpose for which the payment was made.(P.A. 79-571, S. 5; P.A. 93-159; P.A. 01-44.)History: P.A. 93-159 added Subsec. (c) requiring a landlord to provide a receipt for a cash payment; P.A. 01-44 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision re request of receipt by person making cash payment.Cited. 38 CS 683.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-3b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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; 16 CA 574.Cited. 38 CS 683.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-3c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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 situation contemplated by statute where recovery for use and occupancy is premised on absence of lease or termination of valid lease agreement by notice to quit. 24 CA 385. Cited. 27 CA 706.Cited. 38 CS 683.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-3e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|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 rented from a declarant, successor declarant or person acting on the declarant's or successor declarant's behalf, such declarant, successor declarant or person shall, prior to entering into a rental agreement, provide the tenant with a written notice that the dwelling unit is located in a common interest community.(P.A. 88-322, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 47a-3f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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 automatically cause water to be discharged over the fire area to extinguish or prevent its further spread.(b) When renting a dwelling unit in a building required to be equipped with a fire sprinkler system pursuant to section 29-315, the State Fire Safety Code, the State Fire Prevention Code or any other statute or regulation, the landlord of such dwelling unit shall include notice in the rental agreement as to the existence or nonexistence of an operative fire sprinkler system in such building, and such notice shall be printed in not less than twelve-point boldface type of uniform font.(c) If there is an operative fire sprinkler system in the building, the rental agreement shall provide further notice as to the last date of maintenance and inspection, and such notice shall be printed in not less than twelve-point boldface type of uniform font.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 57; P.A. 19-51, S. 1.)History: P.A. 19-51 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re building equipped with fire sprinkler system pursuant to Sec. 29-315, the State Fire Safety Code, the State Fire Prevention Code or other statute or regulation and replace “dwelling unit” with “building”, amended Subsec. (c) to replace “dwelling unit” with “building”, and made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-4a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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; 209 C. 243; 217 C. 313; 235 C. 360, see also 40 CA 219.Cited. 4 CA 209; 16 CA 444; 31 CA 359; 32 CA 133; 35 CA 126; judgment reversed, see 235 C. 360; 45 CA 46.Failure to install smoke detectors constitutes a material safety hazard and tenants are relieved of obligation to pay rent during period detectors not installed. 38 CS 67. Cited. Id., 683. Landlord's failure to comply with regulation re day care operation did not implicate landlord-tenant relationship with respect to rent due where tenant's status as a day care provider was distinct and separable from her status as a tenant. 51 CS 133.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-4b. (Formerly Sec. 53-303g) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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 days a week or on any specified day of the week. Any provision in a lease which violates this section shall be void.(P.A. 79-415, S. 1.)History: Sec. 53-303g transferred to Sec. 47a-4b in 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-4c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|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 October 1, 2013, no landlord of residential real property shall require electronic funds transfer as the exclusive form of payment of rent or a security deposit. For purposes of this section, “electronic funds transfer” means any transfer of funds that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephone or computer or magnetic tape so as to order, instruct or authorize a financial institution to debit or credit an account but shall not include any transfer originated by check, draft or similar paper instrument.(P.A. 13-35, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 47a-5. (Formerly Sec. 47-24a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|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 of occupancy prior to human habitation of any building located therein, if any building is occupied in whole or in part without such occupancy permit, the owner or lessor of the premises shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than twenty dollars per day, per apartment or dwelling unit, for not more than two hundred days for such period of unlawful occupation.(1959, P.A. 415, S. 1; P.A. 79-571, S. 8; P.A. 97-231, S. 4; P.A. 98-107, S. 4, 6.)History: Sec. 47-24a transferred to Sec. 47a-5 in 1977; P.A. 79-571 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 97-231 revised the sanction for an owner or lessor who allows occupancy of premises without a certificate of occupancy by replacing the prohibition on the recovery of rent for such period of unlawful occupation with a civil penalty of not more than $20 per day for such period; P.A. 98-107 specified that the daily civil penalty is “per apartment or dwelling unit, for not more than two hundred days”, effective July 1, 1998.See Sec. 47a-57 re certificate of occupancy requirement with respect to apartments or dwelling units containing three or more housing units.Annotation to former section 47-24a:Statute does not authorize action by tenant for recovery of rent voluntarily paid during period of violation. 150 C. 702.Annotations to present section:Cited. 191 C. 484.Cited. 10 CA 527; 32 CA 133.Cited. 37 CS 688; 38 CS 683.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-6 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 47a-6 - Identification of landlord.

 (a) It is the duty of the landlord or an agent authorized by him, or any successor landlord or such successor's agent to notify the tenant in writing, on or before the commencement of the tenancy, or in the case of a successor at the time of such succession, of the name and address of (1) the person authorized to manage the premises and (2) the person who is authorized to receive all notices, demands and service of process. Such name and address shall be kept current.(b) If the landlord fails to comply with subsection (a) of this section, the person authorized by the landlord to enter into the rental agreement with the tenant shall be deemed the agent of the landlord for (1) service of process and receipt of any such notices or demands, and (2) for performing the obligations of the landlord under sections 47a-7 and 47a-13 and the rental agreement, and (3) expending funds from the rent collected from the premises to perform such obligations.(P.A. 76-95, S. 6, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 13.)History: P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; P.A. 79-571 made minor changes, substituting “is” for “shall be” in Subsec. (a) and replacing alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators in Subsec. (b).Cited. 32 CA 133.Cited. 38 CS 683.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-6b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|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 ordinance adopted by its legislative body establish a civil penalty for a violation of section 47a-6a, provided the amount of such civil penalty shall be not more than five hundred dollars for the first violation and not more than one thousand dollars for any subsequent violation. Any person who is assessed a civil penalty pursuant to this section may appeal therefrom to the Superior Court. An appeal shall be instituted not later than thirty days after the mailing of notice of such assessment by filing a petition to reopen assessment, together with an entry fee in an amount equal to the entry fee for a small claims case pursuant to section 52-259, at the Superior Court facility designated by the Chief Court Administrator, which shall entitle such person to a hearing in accordance with the rules of the judges of the Superior Court.(P.A. 05-223, S. 2; P.A. 19-168, S. 2.)History: P.A. 05-223 effective July 6, 2005; P.A. 19-168 replaced amount of civil penalty for first violation from maximum of $250 to maximum of $500.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-8. (Formerly Sec. 47-24c) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|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. 194, S. 4; P.A. 75-392, S. 1; P.A. 76-95, S. 20, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 15; P.A. 94-220, S. 11, 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 47a-9 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 47a-9 - Landlord rules and regulations.

 (a) A landlord, from time to time, may adopt a rule or regulation, however described, concerning the tenant's use and occupancy of the premises. Such rule or regulation is enforceable against the tenant only if (1) the purpose of the rule or regulation is to promote the convenience, safety or welfare of the tenants in the premises, preserve the landlord's property from abusive use or make a fair distribution of services and facilities held out for all the tenants generally; (2) the rule or regulation is reasonably related to the purpose for which it is adopted; (3) the rule or regulation applies to all tenants in the premises in a fair manner; (4) the rule or regulation is sufficiently explicit in its prohibition, direction or limitation of the tenant's conduct to fairly inform him of what he shall or shall not do to comply; and (5) the tenant has notice of the rule or regulation at the time he enters into the rental agreement or when the rule or regulation is adopted.(b) If a rule or regulation that would result in a substantial modification of the terms of the rental agreement is adopted after the tenant enters into the rental agreement, such rule or regulation is not valid unless the tenant consents to such rule or regulation in writing.(P.A. 76-95, S. 10, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 12.)History: P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; P.A. 79-571 rephrased provisions of Subsec. (b) and substituted “the” for “such” where appearing in Subsec. (a).Cited. 32 CA 133; 45 CA 46.Cited. 35 CS 274; 38 CS 683.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-10 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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 and sections 47a-21, 47a-23 to 47a-23b, inclusive, 47a-26 to 47a-26g, inclusive, 47a-35 to 47a-35b, inclusive, 47a-41a, 47a-43 and 47a-46, with respect to any events occurring after written notice to the tenant of the conveyance.(b) Unless otherwise agreed, a manager of premises which include a dwelling unit is relieved of liability under the rental agreement and this chapter and section 47a-21 as to events occurring after termination of his management.(P.A. 76-95, S. 8, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 19.)History: P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; P.A. 79-571 updated list of applicable sections.Cited. 32 CA 133.Cited. 38 CS 683.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-11 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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 uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permit; (c) remove from his dwelling unit all ashes, garbage, rubbish and other waste in a clean and safe manner to the place provided by the landlord pursuant to subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of section 47a-7; (d) keep all plumbing fixtures and appliances in the dwelling unit or used by the tenant as clean as the condition of each such fixture or appliance permits; (e) use all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, in the premises in a reasonable manner; (f) not wilfully or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the premises or permit any other person to do so; (g) conduct himself and require other persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises or constitute a nuisance, as defined in section 47a-32, or a serious nuisance, as defined in section 47a-15; and (h) if judgment has entered against a member of the tenant's household pursuant to subsection (c) of section 47a-26h for serious nuisance by using the premises for the illegal sale of drugs, not permit such person to resume occupancy of the dwelling unit, except with the consent of the landlord.(P.A. 76-95, S. 9, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 20; P.A. 86-267, S. 1; P.A. 89-254, S. 2.)History: P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; P.A. 79-571 made minor technical changes but made no substantive changes; P.A. 86-267 amended Subdiv. (g) to prohibit conduct which constitutes a nuisance or serious nuisance; P.A. 89-254 added Subdiv. (h) requiring a tenant not to permit a person who has been evicted for the serious nuisance of using the premises for the illegal sale of drugs to resume occupancy of the dwelling unit.Cited. 225 C. 600.Cited. 5 CA 101; 12 CA 172; 13 CA 1; 19 CA 564; 28 CA 684; 31 CA 575; 32 CA 133. Subdiv. (g): Provisions are not restricted to actions of tenant and should take into account actions of tenant's guests. 79 CA 300. Section is not applicable to commercial tenancies. 133 CA 1.Cited. 35 CS 274; 38 CS 683.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-11a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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 rental, the rental agreement is deemed to be terminated by the landlord as of the date the landlord has notice of the abandonment.(P.A. 79-571, S. 16.)Cited. 32 CA 133.Cited. 38 CS 683; 39 CS 289.
CT Gen Stat § 47a-11c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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 damages shall include the amount of rent agreed to by the parties but unpaid by the tenant. The landlord shall be obligated to mitigate damages. This section shall not limit either party's rights to assert other legal or equitable claims, counterclaims, defenses or set-offs.(P.A. 97-231, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 47a-12 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant|Section 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 landlord specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach. If the breach is not remedied within fifteen days after receipt of the notice, the rental agreement shall terminate on such date. If substantially the same act or omission which constituted a prior noncompliance of which notice was given, recurs within six months of the first act of noncompliance, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement upon at least fourteen days written notice specifying (1) the date the breach complained of occurred and (2) the date the tenant intends to terminate the rental agreement by vacating the premises, which date shall be within thirty days of such breach.(b) The tenant may not terminate the rental agreement under subsection (a) of this section for a condition caused by the wilful or negligent act or omission of such tenant, a member of his family, or other person on the premises with his consent.(c) This section shall apply only to leases in which the term of the tenancy is more than one month.(d) Nothing in this section shall in any way restrict the tenant's use of other remedies available to him.(P.A. 76-95, S. 15, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 26; P.A. 97-231, S. 3.)History: P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; P.A. 79-571 made minor change in wording of Subsec. (a) and corrected misspelled word and created Subsecs. (c) and (d) from provisions formerly in Subsec. (b); P.A. 97-231 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease from 21 to 15 days the time period for remedying the breach and provide that if the breach is not remedied within such time period the rental agreement will terminate “on such date” rather than “nine days thereafter”.See Secs. 47a-14a to 47a-14g, inclusive, re actions for private receivership of a tenement house.Cited. 32 CA 133.Cited. 35 CS 151; 38 CS 683.