{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-394","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-394","heading":"Characterization of lease. Applicability by agreement.","body":"(a) A consumer lease may not be deemed a credit sale, loan or security interest to make the transaction subject to coverage by other law in lieu of sections 42-270 to 42-271a, inclusive, and 42-390 to 42-434, inclusive.\n(b) The parties to a lease that is not subject to sections 42-270 to 42-271a, inclusive, and 42-390 to 42-434, inclusive, may agree in the lease, or in a contemporaneous record, that sections 42-270 to 42-271a, inclusive, and 42-390 to 42-434, inclusive, apply to the lease.\n(c) The parties to a consumer lease may not agree that the transaction is governed by other law in lieu of sections 42-270 to 42-271a, inclusive, and 42-390 to 42-434, inclusive.","path":["TITLE 42. BUSINESS, SELLING, TRADING AND COLLECTION PRACTICES","CHAPTER 743aa*. CONSUMER LEASES","PART I. SHORT TITLE. DEFINITIONS. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_743aa.htm#sec_42-394","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:14Z","sha256":"9687bf0ac2d6dfe6151c59bc36a5e1f3a57c3e5408d57a43edfd9738154c6978","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-393","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-395"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}