Sec. 47a-31. (Formerly Sec. 52-539). Illegal use of premises voids lease.
Sec. 47a-31. (Formerly Sec. 52-539). Illegal use of premises voids lease. When
the lessee or tenant of any house, room, tenement or dwelling unit is convicted of keeping
a house of ill-fame therein, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, or
of a violation therein of any law against gaming, the lease, contract or rental agreement
for letting such house, room, tenement or dwelling unit shall thereupon be void; and
the lessor may recover possession of the premises in the manner prescribed in this chapter, but notice to quit possession shall not be required.
(1949 Rev., S. 8281; P.A. 79-571, S. 50.)
History: Sec. 52-539 transferred to Sec. 47a-31 in 1977; P.A. 79-571 added references to dwelling units and rental
agreements and rephrased provisions.
See Sec. 53a-89 re penalty for using premises for prostitution purposes.
Annotations to former Sec. 52-539:
Duty of landlord in order to avoid penalty imposed by municipal ordinance. 33 C. 93. Lease for use as place for illegal
sale of intoxicating liquors. 102 C. 346. Section is not applicable without a conviction. 135 C. 364. Conviction of officers
of corporation is not a conviction of the corporation so as to sustain a summary process action. 136 C. 156.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 38 CS 70.