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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-4a (2026)

Effect of failure to comply with section 47a-7

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A rental agreement shall not permit the receipt of rent for any period during which the landlord has failed to comply with subsection (a) of section 47a-7.

(P.A. 79-571, S. 10.)

Cited. 190 C. 552; 191 C. 484; 208 C. 620; 209 C. 243; 217 C. 313; 235 C. 360, see also 40 CA 219.

Cited. 4 CA 209; 16 CA 444; 31 CA 359; 32 CA 133; 35 CA 126; judgment reversed, see 235 C. 360; 45 CA 46.

Failure to install smoke detectors constitutes a material safety hazard and tenants are relieved of obligation to pay rent during period detectors not installed. 38 CS 67. Cited. Id., 683. Landlord's failure to comply with regulation re day care operation did not implicate landlord-tenant relationship with respect to rent due where tenant's status as a day care provider was distinct and separable from her status as a tenant. 51 CS 133.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2022 · leading case: Eamiello v. Liberty Mobile Home Sales, Inc., 546 A.2d 805 (Conn. 1988).
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Eamiello v. Liberty Mobile Home Sales, Inc., 546 A.2d 805 (Conn. 1988). · cites it 10× “the counterclaim for failure to pay rent to the defendant from December 1,1984, through the date of judgment, August 31,1987, on the ground that the plaintiffs’ home became untenantable because the defendant had turned off the water supply during this period and the defendant’s…”
Conaway v. Prestia, 464 A.2d 847 (Conn. 1983). · cites it 3× “Accordingly, the court enjoined the defendants from evicting the plaintiffs; General Statutes § 47a-4a; and from any further collection of rents without first obtaining certificates of occupancy.”
Hous. Auth. v. Olesen, 624 A.2d 920 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993). · cites it 6× “The plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly (1) construed the plaintiff’s duty under federal law to inspect for lead-based paint, and (2) applied General Statutes § 47a-4a to the facts of this case.”
Daddona v. Liberty Mobile Home Sales, Inc., 550 A.2d 1061 (Conn. 1988). · cites it 2× “In addition, the trial court rendered judgment for the plaintiff on the defendant’s counterclaim for unpaid rent, on the ground that, by dismantling the mobile home, the defendant had caused the mobile home to become untenantable, thereby excusing the plaintiff from paying rent…”
Gore v. People's Sav. Bank, 665 A.2d 1341 (Conn. 1995). · cites it 2× “, 364 ; it did so only in the specific context of General Statutes § 47a-4a, which provides that “[a] rental agreement shall not permit the receipt of rent for any period during which the landlord has failed to comply with subsection (a) of section 47a-7.”
Johnson v. Fuller, 461 A.2d 988 (Conn. 1983). · cites it 3× “General Statutes § 47a-4a. This argument fails for the reasons that: (1) prior to June 25, 1979, the date Judge Hadden ordered the premises to be posted as uninhabitable, the defendants’ injunction action constituted a judicial admission that the premises were, in fact,…”
Gore v. People's Sav. Bank, 644 A.2d 945 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994). · cites it 4× “In essence, the defendants posit that the alleged violations of §§ 47a-8 and 47a-54f should be excused, because they neither knew nor should have known of the occasion for compliance with the statutes.”
Ossen v. Wanat, 585 A.2d 685 (Conn. 1991). · cites it 4× “” General Statutes § 47a-4a provides: “A rental agreement shall not permit the receipt of rent for any period during which the landlord has failed to comply with subsection (a) of section 47a-7 [landlord’s responsibilities].”
A & M Towing & Recovery, Inc. v. Guay, 923 A.2d 628 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 47a-4a (“[a] rental agreement shall not permit the receipt of rent for any period during which the landlord has failed to comply with subsection [a] of section 47a-7”); see also General Statutes § 19a-362 (a) (barring under chapter 368o recovery of rent…”
Peters v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 870 A.2d 448 (Conn. 2005). ““(c) No claim shall be made, or lien applied, against any payment made pursuant to chapter 135, any payment made pursuant to section 47-88d or 47-287, any court-ordered retroactive rent abatement, including any made pursuant to subsection (e) of section 47a-14h, section 47a-4a,…”
Tucker v. Neighborhood Legal Servs., Inc., 493 A.2d 278 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 3× “General Statutes § 47a-4a provides: “A rental agreement shall not permit the receipt of rent for any period during which the landlord has failed to comply with .”
Crabtree v. Van Hise, 464 A.2d 865 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1983). · cites it 2× “2 We note that under General Statutes § 47a-4a, a landlord is not legally permitted to collect rent from tenants where the leased premises do not have a valid certificate of occupancy as required by § 47a-7 (a) (1).”
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