Connecticut Eviction Notice Forms | Notice to Quit | Nonpayment | PDF
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The eviction process in Connecticut is more complex that many other states’ processes. You must be careful to follow the steps precisely to ensure your eviction complaint is not dismissed.
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How to Evict a Tenant in Connecticut
The first step in the eviction process is providing the tenant with notice. To do this, you must obtain the Notice to Quit, and complete it with the tenant’s exact address, all names of the adult tenants, your name and signature, and the reason for the notice. Usually, the reason will be failure to pay rent or a major violation of the lease. The tenant will then have three days to vacate the premises before you can proceed with the eviction.
You must serve the notice formally, meaning that a state marshal must deliver the notice to the tenant. Be sure to collect the receipt showing you served the tenant.
- Step 2 – Summons and Complaint
To proceed, you must obtain and complete a Summons and Complaint (Lapse of Time or Non-payment of Rent), and at the same time submit the completed Notice and return of service for the Notice. You must make copies of each of these documents. You will pay a fee of approximately $45 to $60, and the state marshal will deliver copies of each of these documents to the tenant. The marshal will then give you a return of service and other necessary documents for you to file with the clerk of court (See Locations), and you will pay a filing fee.
If the tenant does not file a response within three days of the return date on the Summons, the landlord may file for a default judgment. A judge will grant the judgment as long as the appropriate process has been followed.
If the tenant files a response, there will be a hearing, which you must attend with any witnesses or evidence necessary, and with copies of all related forms. At the hearing, a Housing Mediator will help the property owner and tenant reach a settlement. A judge will then review the settlement and approve it if he or she deems it appropriate.
If the parties cannot reach a settlement, there will be a trial. If the owner wins a judgment for possession after a default or after a trial, the tenant has five days to vacate the property.
However, if the reason for the eviction is nonpayment of rent or a lapsed lease, tenants may file a Stay of Execution to remain in the property for three to six months if they pay all back rent.
If the tenant has not left after the five days and has not applied for a stay, you can apply for a Summary Process Execution, which gives the tenant 24 hours to vacate or the marshal will physically remove.
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