Connecticut
For Connecticut, presumption period is six months; what the presumption does is A landlord shall not maintain an action or proceeding against a tenant to recover possession of a dwelling unit, demand an increase in rent from the tenant, or decrease the services to which the tenant has been entitled within six months after; example of a protected activity is any municipal agency or official has filed a notice, complaint or order regarding such a violation; statute is Conn. Gen. Stat. 47a-20, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.
- State
- Connecticut our reading
- Presumption period
- six months verified
- What the presumption does
- A landlord shall not maintain an action or proceeding against a tenant to recover possession of a dwelling unit, demand an increase in rent from the tenant, or decrease the services to which the tenant has been entitled within six months after verified
- Example of a protected activity
- any municipal agency or official has filed a notice, complaint or order regarding such a violation verified
- Statute
- Conn. Gen. Stat. 47a-20 our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Sec. 47a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-375a). Retaliatory action by landlord prohibited. A landlord shall not maintain an action or proceeding against a tenant to recover possession of a dwelling unit, demand an increase in rent from the tenant, or decrease the services to which the tenant has been entitled within six months after:
— cga.ct.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Example of a protected activity
(2) any municipal agency or official has filed a notice, complaint or order regarding such a violation;
— all from cga.ct.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- cga.ct.govhttps://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_830.htm