{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-408","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-408","heading":"Prohibited lease provisions.","body":"(a) A provision of a consumer lease may not:\n(1) Authorize the holder to accelerate the maturity of all or part of the amount owing on the lease whenever the holder deems itself insecure;\n(2) Require the lessee to execute an authorization to confess judgment or an assignment of wages; or\n(3) Authorize the holder or another person to enter upon the lessee's premises or to commit a breach of the peace in the repossession of the goods.\n(b) A provision prohibited by this section is unenforceable but does not otherwise affect the validity of the lease.","path":["TITLE 42. BUSINESS, SELLING, TRADING AND COLLECTION PRACTICES","CHAPTER 743aa*. CONSUMER LEASES","PART III. LIMITATIONS OF TERMS AND PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_743aa.htm#sec_42-408","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":"22d7e0fff98e827a42a515c38d97abd339a038b56aaa5057a149b243508a7cf3","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-407","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42-409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}