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Connecticut Criminal Damage of a Landlord’s Property
The Connecticut Penal Code Chapter 952 Section 53a-117e, 117f, and 117g defines a tenant’s intentional damage to a landlord’s rental property as a criminal offense…
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Connecticut Rental Property Health and Safety Standards
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 833a Section 47a-52 allows the health department the ability to take action against the responsible party for the following circumstances…
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Connecticut Eviction of Tenant and Unclaimed Possessions
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 832 Section 47a-42 describes the final process of evicting a tenant from a residential rental property in the following manner…
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Connecticut Tenant May Present a Defense Against Eviction
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 832 Section 47a-33 and 33a allow a tenant to present the the following types of defenses to the court against…
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Connecticut Tenant Violations that Don’t Require a Notice to Quit
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 832 Section 47a-31 allows for a landlord to avoid having to issue a notice to quit for possession from a…
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Connecticut Tenant Waiver of Notice to Quit
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 832 Section 47a-25 allows for a landlord to obtain a waiver from the tenant in the following manner to eliminate…
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Connecticut Eviction of Protected Tenants Without Good Cause
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 832 Section 47a-23c provides the following next step in the eviction process after a landlord has provided a notice to…
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Connecticut Eviction Notice for Missing Tenant
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 832 Section 47a-23b provides landlords with the proper procedures for serving a nonresident tenant and a tenant that cannot found…
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Connecticut Landlord Filing of Eviction Complaint
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 832 Section 47a-23a provides the following next step in the eviction process after a landlord has provided a notice to…
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Connecticut Landlord Notice to Quit for Possession
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 832 Section 47a-23 discusses the proper notice and procedures to begin the eviction process of termination tenancy of a residential…
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Connecticut Landlord to Pay Interest on Security Deposits
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 831 Section 47a-21 requires landlords of most residential rental properties to pay interest on a tenant’s security deposit in the…
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Connecticut Laws for Collecting a Security Deposit
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 831 Section 47a-21 governs how a landlord is to collect and handle a tenant’s security deposit for residential rental property…
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Connecticut Laws for Returning a Security Deposit
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 831 Section 47a-21 governs how a landlord must return a tenant’s security deposit at the end of a residential tenancy:…
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Connecticut Security Deposit Transfer Upon Sale of Rental
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 831 Section 47a-21 dictates how a tenant’s security deposit should be handled if a landlord sells his or her interest…
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Connecticut Residential Security Deposit Limits
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 831 Section 47a-21 dictates the maximum amount of money a landlord may collect for security deposit: Amount of Security Deposit…
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Connecticut Tenant Rights During Foreclosure
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-20e and 20f outlines a tenant’s rights when a residential rental property is being foreclosed: Protection of Tenant…
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Connecticut Landlord Retaliation Against Tenant Prohibited
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-20 and 20a prohibits a landlord from retaliating against a tenant for the following reasons with some exceptions:…
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Connecticut Tenant Failure to Pay Rent
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-15a and 19 addresses a landlord’s right to terminate tenancy in the following manner as long as rent…
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Connecticut Landlord Right to Enter Rental Property
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-16, 16a, 18, and 18a allows a landlord the right to access a dwelling unit under the following…
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Connecticut Landlord Enforcement of Tenant Violations
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-15 and 15a allows a landlord to take the following actions against a tenant for violating the terms…
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Connecticut Tenant Right to Withhold Rent
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-14h gives the tenant the right to withhold rent using the following procedures if a landlord fails to…
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Connecticut Tenant Rights if Rental Property is Damaged
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-14 provides a tenant the following rights when a residential rental property is severely damaged or destroyed: Damage…
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Connecticut Tenant Right to Implement Energy Conservation
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-13a offers the following rights to a tenant who wishes to save money on energy costs: Implementation of…
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Connecticut Landlord Failure to Provide Essential Utilities
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-13 offers the following rights to a tenant whose landlord fails to provide access to electricity, hot water,…
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Connecticut Tenant Rights Against Landlord Violations
The Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 830 Section 47a-12 offers the following rights to a tenant whose landlord has violated the terms of a residential rental…