{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-47a-31","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-31","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 52-539). Illegal use of premises voids lease.","body":"When the lessee or tenant of any house, room, tenement or dwelling unit is convicted of keeping a house of ill-fame therein, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, or of a violation therein of any law against gaming, the lease, contract or rental agreement for letting such house, room, tenement or dwelling unit shall thereupon be void; and the lessor may recover possession of the premises in the manner prescribed in this chapter, but notice to quit possession shall not be required.","path":["TITLE 47a. LANDLORD AND TENANT","CHAPTER 832*. SUMMARY PROCESS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_832.htm#sec_47a-31","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"0698659bb21a0ff7987c00a4321196903e54699f4c7f64cd077d011cf7ae8941","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-47a-30","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-47a-32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}