# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3a: Sec. 47a-3a. Rental agreement: Payment of rent. Written receipt for cash payment

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## Section

- **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3a
- **Heading:** Sec. 47a-3a. Rental agreement: Payment of rent. Written receipt for cash payment
- **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Connecticut Code / Title 47a / Chapter 830 / Section 47a-3a

## Text

(b) Unless otherwise agreed: (1) Rent is payable at the dwelling unit; (2) periodic rent is payable at the beginning of any term of one month or less and for terms of more than one month in equal monthly installments at the beginning of each month.

(c) Upon receipt of a payment in cash from or on behalf of an occupant, a landlord shall provide the person making the payment with a receipt stating the date of the payment, the amount received and the purpose for which the payment was made.

Cited. 38 CS 683.

## Nearby sections

- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-1 Sec. 47a-1. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-1.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-2 Sec. 47a-2. Arrangements exempted from application of title. Applicability of title to mobile manufactured homes and home parks. Transient occupancy in hotel, motel or similar lodging.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-2.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3 Sec. 47a-3. Rental agreement: Permissible terms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-3.md)
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- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3b Sec. 47a-3b. Rental agreement: Term of tenancy in absence of agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-3b.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3c Sec. 47a-3c. Payment in absence of rental agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-3c.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3d Sec. 47a-3d. (Formerly Sec. 47-22). Holding over not evidence of new lease. Determination of monthly lease.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-3d.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3f Sec. 47a-3f. Rental agreement: Notice re operative fire sprinkler system.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-3f.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-4 Sec. 47a-4. Terms prohibited in rental agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-4.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-4a Sec. 47a-4a. Effect of failure to comply with section 47a-7.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-4a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-4d Sec. 47a-4d. Fees for tenant screening reports.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-4d.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-5 Sec. 47a-5. (Formerly Sec. 47-24a). Penalty for allowing occupancy without certificate of occupancy.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-5.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-6 Sec. 47a-6. Identification of landlord.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-6.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-6a Sec. 47a-6a. Filing in designated municipal office of residential address of nonresident landlord.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-6a.md)

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