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2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 42 - Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices
Chapter 743i - Consumer Rent-to-Own Agreements
Section 42-251 - Violations. Lessee's right to minimum recovery, set-off and counterclaim. Attorney's fees and court costs.
Universal Citation: CT Gen Stat § 42-251 (2019)
(a) A violation of any provision of sections 42-240 to 42-253, inclusive, shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b.
(b) If a lessor violates any provision of sections 42-240 to 42-253, inclusive, with respect to any rent-to-own agreement, the lessee in such agreement may, recover from the person committing the violation, or may set-off or counterclaim in any action by such person, actual damages with a minimum recovery of two hundred fifty dollars, plus attorney's fees and court costs.
(P.A. 91-162, S. 12, 18.)
Cited. 231 C. 707.
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