Connecticut General Statutes/Title 47a/Chapter 830/Section 47a-19

CGS § 47a-19. Rental agreement: Acceptance of rent when overdue.

Acceptance of rent with the knowledge that such rent is overdue constitutes a waiver of the landlord's right to terminate the rental agreement for the tenant's failure to pay such rent when it was due.

Short History

(P.A. 76-95, S. 17, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 79-571, S. 6.)

Long History

History: P.A. 76-435 revised effective date section of P.A. 76-95; P.A. 79-571 deleted former Subsec. (a) re tenant's abandonment of unit, which was reincorporated in statutes as Sec. 47a-11a in the same act.

Citations

Cited. 32 CA 133.

Cited. 38 CS 683; 42 CS 77.

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