# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3d: Sec. 47a-3d. (Formerly Sec. 47-22). Holding over not evidence of new lease. Determination of monthly lease > Connecticut · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-3d ## Section - **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-3d - **Heading:** Sec. 47a-3d. (Formerly Sec. 47-22). Holding over not evidence of new lease. Determination of monthly lease - **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-3d ## Text Before statute, a tenant under a lease for 1 year holding over was responsible for another term on the same conditions. 9 C. 338. Under statute, mere holding over no evidence of new lease. 66 C. 432. To constitute a lease from month to month under section, three things are requisite: a parol lease, a monthly rent and no agreed time for termination of the lease. 67 C. 570. Lessor's duty to repair, under lease within statute. 73 C. 173; 74 C. 710; 131 C. 76; 132 C. 50. Effect of holding over after tenancy for 1 month. 74 C. 610; 80 C. 504; so, after oral lease for term of years with annual rental. Id., 453. Parol lease with monthly rental, to continue as long as lessee desires, is in statute. Id., 607. Oral lease for 3 years not in statute. 82 C. 413. Effect of lease reserving rentals weekly, monthly or yearly, with no definite termination. 83 C. 407; 94 C. 458. Written lease for definite term not in statute. 91 C. 152. Holding over on monthly rental after termination of 5 year lease is tenancy from month to month. 94 C. 456. Effect of holding over after 10 year lease with power of renewal unexercised. 95 C. 465. Payment of rent by tenant holding over did not constitute new lease. 115 C. 291. Effect of holding over covered by terms of lease. 116 C. 86. Where offer and acceptance of new lease not clear, holding over is within statute. 119 C. 428. A tenancy may be renewed where, in addition to holding over, there is acquiescence by the landlord. Id.; 128 C. 497. Cited. 125 C. 551. Statute applied with reference to damages under Emergency Price Control Act. 131 C. 131; 132 C. 58. Where there is dispute as to any essential terms of new tenancy, no lease can be implied from tenant's holding over. 136 C. 603. In month to month tenancy, when landlord insists on one rental and tenant on another, there is no meeting of minds and no contract. 137 C. 513. Cited. 140 C. 219; 148 C. 21; 196 C. 591. Cited. 5 CA 302; 16 CA 574; 33 CA 570; 43 CA 113. Cited. 18 CS 491. Where there is no agreement as to terms of continued occupancy by tenant at sufferance, he is liable for reasonable rental value of premises. 23 CS 504. Cited. 38 CS 683. Where lease includes provision for lessee's option to extend lease and no notice of extension is required by lease, mere continuation of occupancy, at end of original term, is sufficient exercise of option. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 34. Tenant on month-to-month basis who refused to pay increased rent and vacated premises but left in full operation a large commercial sign, held liable for reasonable value of continued use and occupancy. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 427. ## 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. 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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) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T47a_C830_S47a-3d. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.