Pet Addendum in Connecticut

Adds pet terms to a lease. Assistance animals for people with disabilities are not pets: no pet fee or pet rent may be charged for them under federal fair housing rules.

What Connecticut law says

Pet deposits and fees	No statute specifically capping pet deposits or pet rent. The security deposit cap is 2 months' rent (1 month for tenants 62 or older), and "security deposit" means any advance rental payment other than first month's rent or a deposit for a key or special equipment; the statute does not expressly say whether a separate pet deposit counts toward the cap. A landlord may leave pet fees or deposits out of the advertised rent, but other recurring fees must be included. Fair housing law separately governs assistance animals for people with disabilities. Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-21(a)(11), (b); § 47a-7d(b)(2)
Service & support animals (state law)	Connecticut has no housing-specific statute on emotional support animal documentation, misrepresentation penalties or pet-fee limits. Disability discrimination in housing is prohibited by the state fair housing law, and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities must post educational materials on the differences between service, emotional support and therapy animals and how a landlord may lawfully determine which an animal is. Service animals in public accommodations may be kept at no extra charge. P.A. 24-18 updated the public-accommodation service-animal language. Reasonable-accommodation requests for assistance animals in housing are decided under state and federal fair housing law. Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 46a-64c, 46a-64d, 46a-64(a)

Pet deposits and fees

No statute specifically capping pet deposits or pet rent. The security deposit cap is 2 months' rent (1 month for tenants 62 or older), and "security deposit" means any advance rental payment other than first month's rent or a deposit for a key or special equipment; the statute does not expressly say whether a separate pet deposit counts toward the cap. A landlord may leave pet fees or deposits out of the advertised rent, but other recurring fees must be included.

Fair housing law separately governs assistance animals for people with disabilities.

Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-21(a)(11), (b); § 47a-7d(b)(2)

Service & support animals (state law)

Connecticut has no housing-specific statute on emotional support animal documentation, misrepresentation penalties or pet-fee limits. Disability discrimination in housing is prohibited by the state fair housing law, and the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities must post educational materials on the differences between service, emotional support and therapy animals and how a landlord may lawfully determine which an animal is. Service animals in public accommodations may be kept at no extra charge.

P.A. 24-18 updated the public-accommodation service-animal language. Reasonable-accommodation requests for assistance animals in housing are decided under state and federal fair housing law.

Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 46a-64c, 46a-64d, 46a-64(a)

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PET ADDENDUM to the lease for [rental address] dated [lease date]

Tenant: [tenant name] Pet(s): [type, breed, name, weight]

Pet deposit: $[pet deposit] (counts toward any state deposit limit where the law says so). Monthly pet rent: $[pet rent]

The tenant keeps the pet under control, cleans up after it, and pays for damage it causes beyond normal wear and tear.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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