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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. § 53a-214: Criminal lockout: Class C misdemeanor.

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  1. TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE
  2. CHAPTER 952. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES
  3. PART XXI. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES

(a) A landlord or lessor of a residential or nonresidential unit subject to the provisions of chapter 830 or 832, or an owner of such a unit, or the agent of such landlord, lessor or owner is guilty of criminal lockout when, without benefit of a court order, he or she deprives a tenant, as defined in section 47a-1, or a lessee of a nonresidential unit, of access to his or her residential or nonresidential unit or his or her possessions.

(b) Criminal lockout is a class C misdemeanor.

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