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Connecticut Notice to Vacate Letter

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[Your full name]

[Date]

[Your landlord's name]

Re: Notice to vacate — [Rental property address]

Dear [Your landlord's name],

Please accept this letter as my formal written notice that I will terminate my tenancy at [Rental property address] and vacate the premises on [Move-out date].

Under Connecticut General Statutes — Notice to Quit Possession or Occupancy of Premises (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23), a tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy on reasonable written notice, and this letter also satisfies the notice provision of my lease. This notice is given in accordance with that requirement and with any additional notice period my lease provides.

I will leave the unit clean and in good condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and will return all keys and access devices on or before my move-out date. I would like a move-out inspection during my final week; please propose a date and time.

Please send my security deposit, with any itemized statement required by law, to my forwarding address: [Your forwarding address]. Kindly confirm receipt of this notice in writing.

Sincerely,

[Your full name]

Know your rights

Notice to vacate law in Connecticut

Tenant notice required: No statutory minimum
Governing statute: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23
How the clock runs: No Connecticut statute sets a notice period a tenant must give to end a month-to-month tenancy — each monthly term simply ends by lapse of time. The safe practice is a full rental month's written notice delivered before the final month begins and ending on the last day of a month (or whatever the lease clause requires), since holding into a new month can make you liable for that month's rent.
Delivering the notice: No statutory delivery method applies to tenant notices (the state-marshal service rules in § 47a-23 govern only the landlord's notice to quit), so hand-deliver or send certified mail and keep dated proof.
Fixed-term leases: A fixed-term lease terminates by lapse of time on its end date, and merely holding over does not renew it (§ 47a-3d) — though paying rent that the landlord accepts creates a new month-to-month tenancy. After expiration the landlord may begin summary process with a notice to quit served at least three days before the quit date.

Worth knowing: The asymmetry startles tenants: a landlord can end a month-to-month tenancy with only a 3-day notice to quit served by a marshal (§ 47a-23 is the landlord's eviction-prerequisite notice, not a tenant rule), while the tenant has no statutory clock at all — the lease and common-law lapse-of-time rules fill the gap. Protected tenants (age 62+ or with disabilities) in buildings of five or more units and mobile home parks get just-cause eviction protection under § 47a-23c. Victims of family violence or sexual assault may terminate a rental agreement with 30 days' written notice plus documentation under § 47a-11e.

Last reviewed August 2026 · General information, not legal advice · Read the statute · Also for Connecticut: security deposit demand letter

Field notes

Three tips before you send

No statutory delivery method applies to tenant notices (the state-marshal service rules in § 47a-23 govern only the landlord's notice to quit), so hand-deliver or send certified mail and keep dated proof.
No Connecticut statute sets a notice period a tenant must give to end a month-to-month tenancy — each monthly term simply ends by lapse of time. The safe practice is a full rental month's written notice delivered before the final month begins and ending on the last day of a month (or whatever the lease clause requires), since holding into a new month can make you liable for that month's rent.
Date math is unforgiving — the clock usually runs from the day your landlord receives the notice, not the day you write it. Build in a few days of cushion, and photograph the empty unit when you hand back the keys.

Straight answers

Questions people ask

How much notice does a tenant have to give in Connecticut?

No Connecticut statute sets a notice period a tenant must give to end a month-to-month tenancy — each monthly term simply ends by lapse of time. The safe practice is a full rental month's written notice delivered before the final month begins and ending on the last day of a month (or whatever the lease clause requires), since holding into a new month can make you liable for that month's rent. The governing statute is Connecticut General Statutes — Notice to Quit Possession or Occupancy of Premises.

What happens when a fixed-term lease ends in Connecticut?

A fixed-term lease terminates by lapse of time on its end date, and merely holding over does not renew it (§ 47a-3d) — though paying rent that the landlord accepts creates a new month-to-month tenancy. After expiration the landlord may begin summary process with a notice to quit served at least three days before the quit date. Check your lease for a renewal or notice clause — where the statute allows it, the lease controls.

Anything else Connecticut renters should know before moving out?

The asymmetry startles tenants: a landlord can end a month-to-month tenancy with only a 3-day notice to quit served by a marshal (§ 47a-23 is the landlord's eviction-prerequisite notice, not a tenant rule), while the tenant has no statutory clock at all — the lease and common-law lapse-of-time rules fill the gap. Protected tenants (age 62+ or with disabilities) in buildings of five or more units and mobile home parks get just-cause eviction protection under § 47a-23c. Victims of family violence or sexual assault may terminate a rental agreement with 30 days' written notice plus documentation under § 47a-11e.

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When to use this letter

Moving out should be the easy part — but in Connecticut, when you give notice and how you deliver it decide whether you owe another month of rent. The rule that matters: Connecticut sets no single statutory minimum for month-to-month tenants, but your lease almost certainly sets one — thirty days is the safe default, under Connecticut General Statutes — Notice to Quit Possession or Occupancy of Premises. This generator writes a tenant's notice to vacate that cites Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-23 by name, states your move-out date, and asks for the move-out inspection and your deposit instructions in the same letter — so nothing gets renegotiated later. No blank template to fight with: fill in your landlord, the address, and the date, then send it in a way you can prove, because notice clocks here run from delivery, not from the day you write it.