Section 47a-4 - Terms prohibited in rental agreement(a) A rental agreement shall not provide that the tenant: (1) Agrees to waive or forfeit rights or remedies under this chapter and sections 47a-21, 47a-23 to 47a-23b, inclusive, 47a-26 to 47a-26g, inclusive, 47a-35 to 47a-35b, inclusive, 47a-41a, 47a-43 and 47a-46, or under any section of the general statutes or any municipal ordinance unless such section or ordinance expressly states that such rights may be waived;(2) authorizes the landlord to confess judgment on a claim arising out of the rental agreement;(3) agrees to the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the landlord arising under law or to indemnify the landlord for that liability or the costs connected therewith;(4) agrees to waive his right to the interest on the security deposit pursuant to section 47a-21;(5) agrees to permit the landlord to dispossess him without resort to court order;(6) consents to the distraint of his property for rent;(7) agrees to pay the landlord's attorney's fees in excess of fifteen per cent of any judgment against the tenant in any action in which money damages are awarded;(8) agrees to pay a late charge prior to the expiration of the grace period set forth in section 47a-15a or to pay rent in a reduced amount if such rent is paid prior to the expiration of such grace period;(9) agrees to pay a late charge on rent payments made subsequent to such grace period in an amount exceeding the amounts set forth in section 47a-15a; or(10) agrees to pay a heat or utilities surcharge if heat or utilities is included in the rental agreement.(b) A provision prohibited by subsection (a) of this section included in a rental agreement is unenforceable.(P.A. 76-95, S. 4, 27; 76-435, S. 75, 82; P.A. 77-451, S. 1; P.A. 79-571, S. 9; P.A. 82-274, S. 3; P.A. 87-154, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11 , S. 37 , 70 ; P.A. 05-56 , S. 1 .)
Amended by P.A. 23-0207,S. 7 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2023. Cited. 4 CA 209 ; 10 CA 527 ; 32 CA 133 . Former Subsec. (c) must be read so as to provide tenant with remedy for landlord's violation of Sec. 47a-7(a) , and therefore tenant was not liable for rent while premises were uninhabitable; uninhabitability of premises excuses withholding of rent. 35 CS 151 . Cited. Id., 549; 36 Conn.Supp. 611 ; 38 CS 341 ; Id., 393; Id., 683.