Connecticut Deceased Tenant Estate and Landlord Coordination Packet
CONNECTICUT DECEASED TENANT ESTATE AND LANDLORD COORDINATION PACKET
Before use: This packet covers the optional Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-11d route only when the deceased person was the sole occupant under a monthly or term lease and the landlord has complied with any lease provision permitting termination upon death. If the landlord knows or reasonably should know the dwelling has not been abandoned, ordinary landlord and summary process protections still apply. An emergency contact or relative gains no estate authority from this packet. Use the current official Probate Court forms PC-2106 and PC-2406 and Superior Court form JD-HM-39 for the filings; the worksheets here do not replace those forms.
Case and authority record
| Item | Verified fact or document |
|---|---|
| Dwelling and deceased occupant | [ADDRESS / NAME / DATE OF DEATH] |
| Monthly or term lease; death clause and compliance | [LEASE DATES / CLAUSE / ACTION] |
| Sole occupancy; any surviving occupant or nonabandonment facts | [OCCUPANCY RECORD / REVIEW] |
| Designated emergency contact and last-known address | [NAME / ADDRESS / SOURCE / NONE] |
| Known next of kin and last-known address | [NAME / ADDRESS / SOURCE / UNKNOWN] |
| Probate Court for dwelling; telephone | [COURT / ADDRESS / TELEPHONE] |
| Probate filing or appointed estate actor | [CASE / FILING DATE / APPOINTMENT / NONE CONFIRMED] |
A. Landlord's notice to designated contact or known next of kin
Date: [__/__/____] To: [NAME / LAST-KNOWN ADDRESS] Re: [DWELLING ADDRESS]
[OCCUPANT NAME], the sole occupant identified in our records, died on [DATE]. I intend to remove possessions and personal effects remaining at the dwelling and to rerent it through the procedure in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-11d. Please contact me or the Probate Court for the district where the dwelling is located immediately for information about reclaiming the possessions and personal effects.
Landlord contact: [NAME], [MAILING ADDRESS], [TELEPHONE]. Probate Court: [COURT NAME], [TELEPHONE].
If the possessions and personal effects are not reclaimed within 60 days after the date of this notice, they will be disposed of only as permitted by § 47a-11d. The date of this notice is [DATE]; the calculated 60th day is [DATE]. Please provide any appointment or Probate Court document showing who is authorized to act for the estate, and request a time for access or handoff. Contact or family status alone does not establish that authority.
Landlord signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Send this notice, where a designated contact or known next of kin exists, to each required recipient at the last-known address by both prepaid regular mail and certified mail, return receipt requested.
| Recipient | Regular mail date and proof | Certified mail date, tracking and return receipt |
|---|---|---|
| [EMERGENCY CONTACT / NONE] | [DATE / PROOF] | [DATE / TRACKING / RECEIPT] |
| [KNOWN NEXT OF KIN / NONE] | [DATE / PROOF] | [DATE / TRACKING / RECEIPT] |
B. Estate representative's access and preservation request
Date: [__/__/____] To landlord: [NAME / ADDRESS]
I am [NAME], acting as ☐ Probate Court appointed executor ☐ appointed administrator ☐ court-designated person under § 45a-273 ☐ other claimant seeking review of authority. My supporting document is [COURT / CASE / ORDER / DATE / ATTACHMENT]. Please identify the dwelling's property status and arrange a documented access or handoff appointment at [DATE / TIME OR REQUESTED OPTIONS]. Please preserve the items while authority and the statutory route are checked. Send copies of the § 47a-11d notice, Probate Court affidavit and inventory, if filed, to [ADDRESS / CONTACT METHOD].
I have filed, or know of, an application for probate of a will or letters of administration: ☐ yes, [COURT / CASE / FILING DATE] ☐ no known filing. A filing within 55 days after the landlord's affidavit triggers § 47a-11d(f)'s stop rule; please verify the filing date with the Probate Court before taking further steps. This request does not claim a right to remove another person's property merely because I am a relative or emergency contact.
Signature: ______________________________ Capacity: [CAPACITY] Date: [__/__/____]
C. Landlord's Probate Court and property timeline
Use official PC-2106 for the affidavit and official PC-2406 for the inventory. Record actual filing dates; the notice's 60-day clock and the affidavit's 60-day certificate clock have different starting events.
| Gate | Evidence and date |
|---|---|
| Lease and sole-occupant conditions checked; nonabandonment review | [RECORD / RESULT] |
| Required notices mailed, or no designated contact and no known next of kin | [RECIPIENTS / DATES / PROOF] |
| PC-2106 filed in Probate Court with occupant name, address, death date, lease terms and contact/kin information | [COURT / FILE STAMP / DATE] |
| At least 30 days after affidavit filing: property inventoried; PC-2406 and complete inventory filed | [INVENTORY / FILE STAMP / DATE] |
| At least 15 days after inventory filing: earliest temporary removal into secure storage | [CALCULATION / LOCATION / CUSTODY] |
| Additional 15-day secure-storage period and contact responses checked | [START / END / RESPONSE] |
| Within 55 days of affidavit: probate or administration application check; cease § 47a-11d action if triggered | [COURT CHECK / DATE / RESULT] |
| At least 60 days after affidavit, and unclaimed property: Probate Court certificate requested/received | [DATE / CERTIFICATE] |
| Official JD-HM-39 and certificate filed with Superior Court; judgment notice and stay checked | [DOCKET / NOTICE / STAY END] |
| Execution issued; state marshal removal and municipal storage arranged | [EXECUTION / MARSHAL / DATE / LOCATION] |
The temporary secure-storage step does not replace the Probate Court certificate, Superior Court filing, stay, execution or state marshal process for the statutory possession route. A claimed voluntary handoff is recorded separately below. Do not use this worksheet as an affidavit, inventory, certificate, court application or execution.
D. Voluntary property handoff and estate accounting record
Date and place: [DATE / TIME / ADDRESS]. Person receiving items: [NAME / DOCUMENT SHOWING AUTHORITY]. Landlord or custodian: [NAME / CAPACITY].
| Item or group | Condition and supporting record | Released, retained or disputed |
|---|---|---|
| [ITEM] | [DESCRIPTION / PHOTO / INVENTORY LINE] | [STATUS / RECEIVER] |
| [ITEM] | [DESCRIPTION / PHOTO / INVENTORY LINE] | [STATUS / RECEIVER] |
Items not handed over and current secure location: [DETAIL / LOCATION / CUSTODIAN]. Keys and dwelling possession: [PERSON / DATE / RECEIPT]. The keys and tenancy status are separate from title to estate property.
| Account item | Amount and supporting record |
|---|---|
| Rent or lease charges claimed through separately determined termination | [LEDGER / CLAUSE / AMOUNT] |
| Deposit held and any proposed deductions | [DEPOSIT / EVIDENCE / AMOUNT] |
| Property storage expense, if any | [BASIS / RECEIPTS / AMOUNT] |
| Balance and verified payee | [CALCULATION / AUTHORITY] |
Receiver signature: ____________________ Landlord signature: ____________________ Date: [__/__/____]
E. Marshal and municipal disposition record
Complete this section only after execution. The state marshal, not this packet, gives the municipality at least 24 hours' written removal notice and annotated inventory, and makes reasonable efforts to notify known contacts and kin. The municipality handles any later public auction. Before actual sale, a Probate Court appointed executor or administrator, or a court-designated person under § 45a-273, may reclaim property upon payment of the municipality's storage expense.
| Event | Person, evidence and date |
|---|---|
| Marshal's municipal notice and annotated inventory | [MARSHAL / PROOF / DATE] |
| Marshal's known-contact and kin notification efforts | [RECIPIENT / METHOD / DATE] |
| Removal and municipal storage | [DATE / INVENTORY / LOCATION] |
| Authorized reclaim request before sale and storage payment | [COURT DOCUMENT / PAYMENT / HANDOFF] |
| If unclaimed after 15 days of municipal storage: municipal sale and proceeds record | [MUNICIPAL RECORD / DATE / ACCOUNT] |
Official forms and sources
About this template
- Last updated
- October 3, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 3, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-11d
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 3, 2026.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-11d(a) (checked October 3, 2026): "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 landlord may elect to act in accordance with the provisions of this section."
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-11d(a) (checked October 3, 2026): "such landlord shall send notice to the emergency contact designated by the occupant, if any, and to the next of kin of such occupant, if known, at the last-known address both by regular mail, postage prepaid, and by certified mail, return receipt requested"
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-11d(a) (checked October 3, 2026): "if such possessions and personal effects are not reclaimed within sixty days after the date of such notice, such possessions and personal effects will be disposed of as permitted by this section."
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-11d(b) (checked October 3, 2026): "the landlord shall file an affidavit with the Probate Court having jurisdiction concerning the possessions and personal effects of the deceased occupant. Such affidavit shall include the name and address of the deceased occupant, the date of death, the terms of the lease, and the names and addresses of the emergency contact, if any, and the next of kin, if known."
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