Civil penalties for failure to file residential address of nonresident landlord.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-6b
in effect47a-6b. Civil penalties for failure to file residential address of nonresident landlord.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 51-164p, any municipality may by ordinance adopted by its legislative body establish a civil penalty for a violation of section 47a-6a, provided the amount of such civil penalty shall be not more than five hundred dollars for the first violation and not more than one thousand dollars for any subsequent violation. Any person who is assessed a civil penalty pursuant to this section may appeal therefrom to the Superior Court. An appeal shall be instituted not later than thirty days after the mailing of notice of such assessment by filing a petition to reopen assessment, together with an entry fee in an amount equal to the entry fee for a small claims case pursuant to section 52-259, at the Superior Court facility designated by the Chief Court Administrator, which shall entitle such person to a hearing in accordance with the rules of the judges of the Superior Court.
(P.A. 05-223, S. 2; P.A. 19-168, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 05-223 effective July 6, 2005; P.A. 19-168 replaced amount of civil penalty for first violation from maximum of $250 to maximum of $500.
Source: Connecticut General Assembly (cga.ct.gov)URL: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_830.htm#sec_47a-6bFetched: 10/20/2026