# Connecticut — Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Presumption period:** six months _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Example of a protected activity:** any municipal agency or official has filed a notice, complaint or order regarding such a violation _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Conn. Gen. Stat. 47a-20 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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:

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Example of a protected activity

> (2) any municipal agency or official has filed a notice, complaint or order regarding such a violation;

## Source

- https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_830.htm

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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