{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-397","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-397","heading":"Limitation on choice of law and venue.","body":"(a) The parties to a consumer lease may not choose the law of a jurisdiction unless it is a jurisdiction in which:\n(1) The lessee principally resides when the lease is consummated;\n(2) The lessee will principally reside within thirty days after the lease is consummated;\n(3) The leased goods are to be used; or\n(4) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the leased goods are physically received by the lessee.\n(b) If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer lease under subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section is the law of a jurisdiction other than this state and the holder acts or initiates an action in this state to enforce rights arising from the lease against a lessee who is a resident of this state, the following rules apply:\n(1) The holder's act or action is subject to sections 42-394, 42-395, 42-396, 42-398, and 42-399 and, except for a disclosure that would have been required by sections 42-270 to 42-271a, inclusive, and 42-390 to 42-434, inclusive, to be made before the holder's act or action, to sections 42-408 to 42-415, inclusive, and 42-418 to 42-423, inclusive.\n(2) The holder's act or action is subject to sections 42-424 to 42-431, inclusive, if the holder's act or action violates a provision of sections 42-270 to 42-271a, inclusive, and 42-390 to 42-434, inclusive, made applicable by this subsection.\n(c) Notwithstanding any provision in a consumer lease, an action by a holder against a lessee to enforce the holder's rights under the lease must be brought in the venue of the lessee's residence.\n(d) Notwithstanding any provision in a consumer lease, a lessee may maintain an action against a holder in any judicial forum that otherwise has jurisdiction over the holder.","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_42-397","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":"ea2f89e7fd759b716b4fb511c2693ad3ebc2426bcb4c5e82c5e292fa0d3f65bd","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-396","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-398"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}