Notice to Quit for Nonpayment of Rent - Connecticut
NOTICE TO QUIT (END) POSSESSION
CONNECTICUT — NONPAYMENT OF RESIDENTIAL RENT
Before you use this notice: Complete the notice below after the applicable rent grace period expires. The statute permits a notice substantially in its stated form; current Judicial Branch Form JD-HM-7 is another fillable route. Attach the current Connecticut Right to Counsel Program notice (CT-RTC) when serving.
1. PRE-SERVICE GRACE-PERIOD REVIEW
Month-to-month or longer rental period
Rent ordinarily must remain unpaid through the ninth day after the due date. The Notice to Quit cannot ordinarily be served until the tenth day after rent was due, not counting the due date. If the landlord's online payment system prevented payment when due, the applicable grace period extends five additional days for that affected month.
Week-to-week rental period
Rent ordinarily must remain unpaid through the fourth day after the due date. The Notice to Quit cannot ordinarily be served until the fifth day after rent was due, not counting the due date. If the landlord's online payment system prevented payment when due, the applicable grace period extends five additional days for that affected week.
- Rent due date: [DATE]
- Rental period: ☐ Week-to-week ☐ Month-to-month ☐ Longer period
- Grace period expires: [DATE / TIME]
- Earliest service date: [DATE]
- Online rental payment system prevented timely payment when due: ☐ No ☐ Yes; affected week or month: [PERIOD]; five-day extension included in date above: ☐ Yes
- Service also falls within the period allowed for the nonpayment ground: ☐ Confirmed
☐ Connecticut counsel checked the current statute, court form, lease, payment history, and any subsidized-housing requirements
2. PERSONS TO BE NAMED
Name each lessee or occupant to be served. If an occupant's name is unknown, § 47a-23(b) permits an alias that reasonably characterizes the person.
| Adult tenant / occupant | Capacity / notes |
|---|---|
| [FULL LEGAL NAME] | [TENANT / OCCUPANT] |
| [FULL LEGAL NAME] | [TENANT / OCCUPANT] |
3. PREMISES
Include the exact street address, unit, floor, room, or other designation needed to identify the premises.
Address: [STREET ADDRESS]
Unit / floor / room: [DETAILS]
City or town: [MUNICIPALITY]
State / ZIP: Connecticut [ZIP CODE]
4. NOTICE TO QUIT
To the persons named above:
You must quit (end) possession or occupancy of the premises identified above on or before:
Quit date: [DATE]
Time: Midnight at the end of the quit date
Reason
NONPAYMENT OF RENT WITHIN THE APPLICABLE GRACE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN CONN. GEN. STAT. § 47a-15a.
The statutory ground is Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a)(1)(D). Do not use this nonpayment ground if the landlord's online payment system prevented rent payment within the applicable grace period; calculate the five-day statutory extension first.
The quit date must leave at least three full days between the date the Notice to Quit is served and the last day stated for the occupants to move. For example, a May 15 quit date requires service no later than May 11.
If the persons named above do not move by the quit date, the landlord may begin a summary process case after the notice period has expired.
This Notice to Quit terminates possession and does not promise that payment after service will automatically continue the tenancy. Before demanding, accepting, or rejecting payment after service, obtain Connecticut legal review and document the effect.
5. RENT RECORD FOR COUNSEL
The official notice ground should be used exactly. Keep the ledger separately unless counsel directs otherwise.
| Rental period | Due date | Rent charged | Payments / credits | Unpaid rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [PERIOD] | [DATE] | $[AMOUNT] | $[AMOUNT] | $[AMOUNT] |
Total unpaid rent through: [DATE]
Amount: $[AMOUNT]
☐ Late fees, use and occupancy, damages, utilities, and other charges are not mislabeled as the statutory nonpayment ground
6. LANDLORD OR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Name: [LANDLORD / AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE]
Signature: ____________________________________
Date: [DATE]
Dated at (town): [TOWN], Connecticut
Address: [ADDRESS]
Telephone: [PHONE]
Email: [EMAIL]
7. SERVICE BY PROPER OFFICER
Prepare the original and enough copies for each person to be served, plus a record copy. Arrange service by a proper officer under current § 47a-23(c); follow any applicable JD-HM-7 instructions.
Proper officer name: [NAME]
Service date: [DATE]
Service method stated in officer's return: [IN-HAND / USUAL PLACE OF ABODE / OTHER AUTHORIZED METHOD]
Persons served: [NAMES]
Officer's return / endorsement: [ATTACHED]
Do not use certified mail as a substitute merely because it provides a receipt. Retain the officer's original return for the summary process complaint.
8. REQUIRED ATTACHMENT — CT-RTC NOTICE
☐ Current Connecticut Right to Counsel Program notice attached to every served Notice to Quit
☐ Correct language version(s) selected for the tenant(s)
☐ Copy of each attachment retained with service records
The Connecticut Judicial Branch states that this attachment is required for any summary process notice to quit under Public Act 21-34 § 1(f)(2).
9. PRE-FILING CHECKLIST
☐ Current JD-HM-7 revision used
☐ All adult tenants / occupants and exact premises identified
☐ Correct § 47a-23(a)(1)(D) nonpayment ground used
☐ § 47a-15a grace period, including any applicable five-day online-system extension, expired before service
☐ Quit date provides at least three full days after service
☐ Proper officer served the notice and completed the return
☐ CT-RTC notice attached at service
☐ Tenant had through midnight of the quit date to move
☐ Complaint will not be commenced until the notice period expires
☐ Payment / acceptance, CARES Act, subsidized-housing, bankruptcy, military-service, fair-housing, retaliation, and local requirements reviewed
OFFICIAL SOURCES
- Connecticut General Assembly, 2026 supplement to Chapter 830 (§ 47a-15a) — https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_830.htm
- Connecticut General Assembly, 2026 supplement to Chapter 832 (§ 47a-23) — https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_832.htm
- Connecticut General Assembly, Chapter 832 (§ 47a-23a) — https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_832.htm
- Connecticut General Assembly, Public Act 21-34 § 1(f)(2) — https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00034-R00HB-06531-PA.PDF
- Connecticut Judicial Branch Form JD-HM-7, Notice to Quit (End) Possession — https://www.jud.ct.gov/webforms/forms/hm007.pdf
- Connecticut Judicial Branch, required CT-RTC attachment — https://www.jud.ct.gov/HomePDFs/Right_to_Counsel_R.pdf
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About this template
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Category
- Real Estate
Legal authority
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-15a(a) (Residential rent grace period and online-payment extension)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a)(1)(D), (b)-(c) (Nonpayment ground, substantial notice form, authorized delivery)
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23a(a) (Complaint after notice period expires)
- Public Act 21-34 § 1(f)(2) (Right to Counsel notice attachment)
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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-15a(a) (checked October 22, 2026): "If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within nine days thereafter or, in the case of a one-week tenancy, within four days thereafter, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement in accordance with the provisions of sections 47a-23 to 47a-23b, inclusive, except that such nine-day or four-day time period shall be extended an additional five days if a landlord's online rental payment system prevents the payment of rent when due."
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a)(1)(D) (checked October 22, 2026): "nonpayment of rent within the grace period provided for residential property in section 47a-15a or 21-83, except this subparagraph shall not apply if the owner or lessor's online rental payment system prevents such payment of rent within the grace period"
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(b) (checked October 22, 2026): "The notice shall be in writing substantially in the following form: “I (or we) hereby give you notice that you are to quit possession or occupancy"
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(c) (checked October 25, 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, or (2) if the rental agreement or lease concerns commercial property, (A) left for each lessee or occupant at the place of the commercial establishment, or (B) by making service on the parties in the same manner as complaints are served in ordinary civil actions using the rules of civil process under any provision of the general statutes."
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