2022 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 830 - Rights and Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant
Section 47a-3f. - Rental agreement: Notice re operative fire sprinkler system.
(a) As used in this section, “fire sprinkler system” means a system of piping and appurtenances designed and installed in accordance with generally accepted standards so that heat from a fire will automatically cause water to be discharged over the fire area to extinguish or prevent its further spread.
(b) When renting a dwelling unit in a building required to be equipped with a fire sprinkler system pursuant to section 29-315, the State Fire Safety Code, the State Fire Prevention Code or any other statute or regulation, the landlord of such dwelling unit shall include notice in the rental agreement as to the existence or nonexistence of an operative fire sprinkler system in such building, and such notice shall be printed in not less than twelve-point boldface type of uniform font.
(c) If there is an operative fire sprinkler system in the building, the rental agreement shall provide further notice as to the last date of maintenance and inspection, and such notice shall be printed in not less than twelve-point boldface type of uniform font.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 57; P.A. 19-51, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 19-51 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re building equipped with fire sprinkler system pursuant to Sec. 29-315, the State Fire Safety Code, the State Fire Prevention Code or other statute or regulation and replace “dwelling unit” with “building”, amended Subsec. (c) to replace “dwelling unit” with “building”, and made technical changes.
