Connecticut 30 Day Notice to Vacate | Lease Termination Form

A Connecticut 30 Day Notice To Vacate is a letter that complies with state legal requirements to terminate a tenancy, regardless of rent payment frequency. The non-terminating party must receive notice at least thirty (30) calendar days before the date of termination.

When To Use an Connecticut 30 Day Notice To Vacate

A Connecticut 30 Day Notice to Vacate terminates the following types of tenancy:

Any standard tenancy, regardless of rent payment frequency
An expired lease
A rental with no written lease

Some types of Connecticut lease termination notice may allow different reasons for termination, or different notice periods. This may also apply to an eviction notice issued because of a lease or legal violation.

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In Connecticut, certain protected tenants renting from landlords who own five (5) or more residential dwellings can only have their lease terminated or non-renewed for cause (nonpayment of rent or a serious lease violation).

How To Write an Connecticut 30 Day Notice To Vacate

To help ensure the legal compliance of a Notice To Vacate:

Use the full name of the receiving parties, and address of record, if known
Specify the basis upon which the tenancy will terminate
Specify the termination date of the lease or tenancy
Fill in the full address of the rental premises
Provide updated/current address and phone number information
Print name and sign the notice
Complete the certificate of service by indicating the date and method of notice delivery, along with printed name and signature

It is easy to lose an otherwise justified legal action because of improper notice. Check carefully to ensure enough time after notice is delivered, not when it’s sent.

How To Serve a Notice To Vacate in Connecticut

Connecticut tenants may deliver a Notice To Vacate by any method which effectively brings it to the landlord’s attention. The same standard applies to landlords who are merely giving notice of an expiring lease.

Landlords who want the legal option to regain possession of a property when terminating a lease for a valid reason must have the notice delivered by an officer or authorized process server. The third party who serves the process may deliver it by hand or leave it at the tenant’s address.

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In almost all cases, notice is legally served when it is received by the other party, NOT when it’s sent. Check specified date of termination carefully to ensure compliance with the legal requirements for a notice period.

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1 Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-2c.

There are a few housing arrangements which are exempted from summary process:

See Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-2- Arrangements exempted from Summary Process
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-2 (a)(6)- A disabled person may not have to go through summary process to remove a personal care assistant, who is employed to assist or support a disabled person with daily living activities or housekeeping chores and is provided dwelling space in the personal residence of such disabled person as a benefit or condition of such employment.
“Good Cause” to evict seniors or individuals with disabilities. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-2c.

If a tenant is

– 62 years or older or whose spouse, sibling, parent or grandparent is sixty-two years of age or older and permanently resides with that tenant; or- disabled; and– lives in a building of five or more units, or- resides in a mobile manufactured home park, then

– the landlord must have good cause to evict (e.g. non-payment of rent, serious nuisance).

Permissible reasons are found at Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23c (b)(1).

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2 Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(c)

A copy of such notice [to quit] shall be delivered to each lessee or occupant or left at such lessee’s or occupant’s place of residence or, if the rental agreement or lease concerns commercial property, at the place of the commercial establishment by a proper officer or indifferent person. Delivery of such notice may be made on any day of the week.

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