Notice to Quit for Nonpayment of Rent

NOTICE TO QUIT (END) POSSESSION

CONNECTICUT — NONPAYMENT OF RESIDENTIAL RENT

Use current Judicial Branch Form JD-HM-7. This document is a preparation template for the official Notice to Quit. It is not a “three-day or nine-day pay-or-quit” demand. The statutory rent grace period must expire before service; the notice then gives at least three full days to move. 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 must remain unpaid through midnight of the ninth day after the due date. The Notice to Quit cannot be served until the tenth day after the rent was due, not counting the due date.

Week-to-week rental period

Rent must remain unpaid through midnight of the fourth day after the due date. The Notice to Quit cannot be served until the fifth day after the rent was due, not counting the due date.

• Rent due date: [DATE]
• Rental period: ☐ Week-to-week ☐ Month-to-month ☐ Longer period
• Grace period expires: [DATE / TIME]
• Earliest service date: [DATE]
• 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 adult tenant or adult occupant the landlord seeks to remove. If an adult occupant's name is unknown, use John Doe or Jane Doe only after legal review. Do not name minor children merely because they live at the premises.

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 GRACE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN CONN. GEN. STAT. § 47a-15a.

The statutory ground is Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23(a)(1)(D). Use the current JD-HM-7 wording and do not substitute an incorrect subsection or a generic lease-default ground.

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.

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]

Address: [ADDRESS]

Telephone: [PHONE]

Email: [EMAIL]

7. SERVICE BY STATE MARSHAL

Prepare the original and enough copies for each person to be served, plus a record copy. Arrange service by a Connecticut state marshal in accordance with the current JD-HM-7 instructions and applicable law.

Marshal name: [NAME]

Service date: [DATE]

Service method stated in marshal's return: [IN-HAND / USUAL PLACE OF ABODE / OTHER AUTHORIZED METHOD]

Persons served: [NAMES]

Marshal's return / endorsement: [ATTACHED]

Do not use certified mail as a substitute merely because it provides a receipt. Retain the marshal'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 expired before service

☐ Quit date provides at least three full days after service

☐ State marshal 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, Chapter 830 (§ 47a-15a) — https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_830.htm
• Connecticut General Assembly, Chapter 832 (§§ 47a-23 and 47a-23a) — https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_832.htm
• Connecticut Public Act 25-1, November Special Session (effective January 1, 2026 amendment to § 47a-23) — https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/act/pa/pdf/2025PA-00001-R00HB-08002SS1-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, A Landlord's Guide to Eviction — https://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/hm014.pdf
• Connecticut Judicial Branch, Right to Counsel Program / Required Notice — https://www.jud.ct.gov/HomeNotices/NoticeToTenants.html
• Connecticut Judicial Branch, Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants — https://www.jud.ct.gov/publications/hm031.pdf

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