Connecticut Notice to Quit — Former Right or Privilege to Occupy Ended
CONNECTICUT NOTICE TO QUIT POSSESSION OR OCCUPANCY
Ground: Former right or privilege to occupy has terminated — Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a)(3)
Before service: Identify the right or privilege the occupant formerly held, how it arose, and the event that ended it. Check any applicable agreement, program restriction, or required earlier notice. If the occupant held a rental agreement that ended by lapse of time, use the ground that describes that tenancy. Name each known adult occupant; an alias may be used for a known occupant whose name is unknown under § 47a-23(b). Put three full days between officer service and the quit date. For residential service, attach the current Connecticut Judicial Branch Right to Counsel Notice to each copy.
NOTICE TO QUIT
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
To: [OCCUPANT NAME(S), OR REASONABLE ALIAS IF NAME UNKNOWN]
Premises: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, CONNECTICUT ZIP]
I, [OWNER / LESSOR / AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE NAME], give you notice to quit possession or occupancy of the premises identified above on or before [QUIT DATE: __/__/____].
Reason for this notice: You originally had a right or privilege to occupy these premises, but that right or privilege has terminated. Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a)(3).
Your original right or privilege arose from [IDENTIFY THE PERMISSION OR INSTRUMENT AND THE PERSON WHO GRANTED IT] on or about [__/__/____]. It ended on [__/__/____] because [IDENTIFY THE EVENT, NOTICE, OR OTHER FACT THAT TERMINATED IT]. The following written notice or instrument, if any, was delivered on [__/__/____]: [IDENTIFY OR STATE NONE].
If you do not quit possession or occupancy by the stated date, the owner or lessor may seek possession through a summary process action after the notice period expires. This notice alone does not authorize a lockout.
Dated at [CITY], Connecticut, on [__/__/____].
Signature: [________________________________]
Printed name and capacity: [________________________________]
Address for response: [________________________________]
Telephone or email: [________________________________]
SERVICE DIRECTIONS AND RETURN
To the state marshal or other proper officer: Serve an attested copy of this notice, with the official Right to Counsel Notice attached if this is residential occupancy, on each named or reasonably identified occupant. Section 47a-23(c) permits service on the person or by leaving the copy at the occupant's place of residence. Serve by [LAST SERVICE DATE: __/__/____] so that three full days fall between service and the quit date.
I certify that on [__/__/____] at [TIME], I served an attested copy of this Notice to Quit, with the applicable counsel notice attached, on [NAME OR ALIAS] at [SERVICE ADDRESS] by:
- ☐ Personal service on the occupant
- ☐ Leaving the copy at the occupant's place of residence
Additional occupant and service details: [________________________________]
Officer signature: [________________________________]
Printed name, title and badge number: [________________________________]
Return dated: [__/__/____]
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About this template
- Last updated
- November 9, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 9, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a)(3), (b), (c)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23a(a)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-75(f)(2)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-43(a)
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.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 9, 2026.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a)(3) (checked November 9, 2026): "(3) when one originally had the right or privilege to occupy such premises but such right or privilege has terminated"
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a), timing (checked November 9, 2026): "shall give notice to each lessee or occupant to quit possession or occupancy of such land, building, apartment or dwelling unit, at least three days before the termination of the rental agreement or lease, if any, or before the time specified in the notice for the lessee or occupant to quit possession or occupancy."
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(b) (checked November 9, 2026): "If the owner or lessor, or the owner's or lessor's legal representative, attorney-at-law or attorney-in-fact knows of the presence of an occupant but does not know the name of such occupant, the notice for such occupant may be addressed to such occupant as “John Doe”, “Jane Doe” or some other alias which reasonably characterizes the person to be served."
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(c) (checked November 9, 2026): "An attested copy of such notice shall be served by a proper officer to (1) each lessee or occupant or left at such lessee's or occupant's place of residence"
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