Connecticut Lease Termination Rules

To end a tenancy and recover possession, a Connecticut landlord serves a notice to quit under Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 47a-23, which must give the tenant 'at least three days' before the termination date; this three-day notice to quit is the operative pre-eviction step, and there is no separate statutory month's-notice rule for a month-to-month tenancy. Under Sec. 47a-11e, a tenant who is a victim of family violence or sexual assault and reasonably believes vacating is necessary may terminate by giving at least 30 days' written notice plus required documentation, with no liability for remaining rent. Connecticut has no dedicated state servicemember statute; military lease terminations run on the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. Sec. 3955.

Terminating without proper notice to quit invalidates a summary process action; charging a family-violence or military terminating tenant for the remaining lease term violates Sec. 47a-11e or the federal SCRA.