Connecticut Eviction Process

Evictions in Connecticut are governed by the Landlord and Tenant Act, which sets out all the rules landlords and tenants must follow. The only way a landlord can legally evict a tenant is by receiving a court order from a judge that gives permission for the eviction to proceed.

In most situations your landlord does not need to give you a reason (although acting on discriminatory or retaliatory motives is illegal). A landlord can simply give you a written notice to move, allowing you three days as required by Connecticut law and specifying the date on which your tenancy will end.

A landlord can only evict a tenant by going to court. It is illegal for a landlord to try to evict a tenant without a court order.

In most cases, you give the landlord/agent a written termination notice and vacate ('give vacant posession') move out and return the keys according to your notice. You can vacate before the date in your termination notice but keep paying rent until the end of the notice period.

Give the completed notice to a state marshal or any proper officer with enough copies for each adult occupant and tenant you want to evict. After service/delivery to the tenants, the original Notice to Quit will be returned to you.

If the tenant fails to cure the issue or vacate the premises at the end of the written time-frame, the landlord must file a Summons and either a Complaint for Lapse of Time or a Complaint for Non-Payment of Rent with The Court and include a fee in the amount of $175.

You have to go through the Connecticut court system. Generally, this is what you'll need to do to evict someone: Serve your tenant with a CT notice to quit that states when and why he must vacate; Connecticut requires a minimum of three days. Be specific, and state what he must do to stay, and by what deadline.