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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-242: Prohibited provisions.

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  1. TITLE 42. BUSINESS, SELLING, TRADING AND COLLECTION PRACTICES
  2. CHAPTER 743i. CONSUMER RENT-TO-OWN AGREEMENTS

(a) A rent-to-own agreement shall not contain a provision requiring:

(1) A garnishment of wages, a power of attorney to confess a judgment or an assignment of wages;

(2) Authorization to the lessor or a person acting on the lessor's behalf to unlawfully enter upon the lessee's premises or to commit any breach of the peace in attempting to repossess the rented property;

(3) The lessee to waive any defense, counterclaim or right of action against the lessor or a person acting on the lessor's behalf as the lessor's agent;

(4) The lessee to agree not to assert against a lessor or against an assignee of the lessor a claim or defense arising out of the agreement.

(b) A lessor may not require a lessee to authorize the lessor or a person acting on the lessor's behalf to unlawfully enter upon the lessee's premises or to commit any breach of the peace in attempting to repossess the rented property.

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