Connecticut HB 5367: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY WAYS TO PREVENT DOMESTIC DOG ATTACKS AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF ANIMAL DISPOSAL ORDERS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5367
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED
PERSONS FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Unauthorized person" means an individual who has entered, or 2
remains in, residential property without the consent of the owner or 3
lawful occupant; 4
(2) "Dwelling unit" has the same meaning as provided in section 47a-5
1 of the general statutes; 6
(3) "Police officer" means a sworn member of the Division of State 7
Police or of a municipal police department; and 8
(4) "Law enforcement agency" means the Division of State Police 9
within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or 10
an organized municipal police department. 11
(b) A real property owner, or the authorized agent of the real 12
property owner, may request the law enforcement agency for the 13
municipality in which the property is located to immediately remove a 14
person unlawfully occupying a dwelling unit pursuant to this section if 15
all of the following conditions are met: 16

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(1) The requestor is the real property owner or authorized agent of 17
the real property owner; 18
(2) The real property that is being occupied includes a dwelling unit; 19
(3) An unauthorized person has unlawfully entered and remained or 20
continues to reside on the real property owner's property; 21
(4) The real property was not open to members of the public at the 22
time the unauthorized person entered; 23
(5) The real property owner has directed the unauthorized person to 24
leave the property; 25
(6) The unauthorized person is not a current or former tenant 26
pursuant to a written or oral rental agreement authorized by the real 27
property owner; 28
(7) The unauthorized person is not an immediate family member of 29
the real property owner; and 30
(8) There is no pending litigation related to the real property between 31
the real property owner and any known unauthorized person. 32
(c) To request the immediate removal of an unauthorized person who 33
is unlawfully occupying a residential property, the real property owner, 34
or the authorized agent of the real property owner, shall submit a 35
request to the law enforcement agency of the municipality in which the 36
real property is located by presenting a (1) signed affidavit, and (2) copy 37
of the property owner's valid government-issued identification or, in the 38
case of an authorized agent, documents evidencing the agent's authority 39
to act on behalf of the property owner. The affidavit shall certify the 40
following: 41
(A) That the requestor is the real property owner or owner's 42
authorized agent of the real property from which removal is sought; 43
(B) The date on which the real property owner obtained title to the 44

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real property from which removal is sought; 45
(C) That an unauthorized person has unlawfully entered the property 46
and unlawfully remains on the property after being directed to leave the 47
property; 48
(D) That the property was not open to members of the public at the 49
time the unauthorized person entered; 50
(E) That the unauthorized person is not an immediate family member 51
of the real property owner; 52
(F) That the unauthorized person is not an owner or co-owner of the 53
property and has not been listed on the title to the property unless the 54
person has engaged in title fraud; 55
(G) That there is no litigation related to the real property pending 56
between the real property owner and any unauthorized person who is 57
unlawfully occupying the property; and 58
(H) That the unauthorized person being removed from the property 59
may bring a cause of action against the requestor for any false 60
statements made in the request and affidavit and that the requestor may 61
be liable for actual damages, penalties, costs and reasonable attorney 62
fees. 63
(d) Upon receipt of the request, the law enforcement agency shall 64
verify that the person submitting the request is the record owner of the 65
real property, or the authorized agent of the owner of such property, 66
and appears otherwise entitled to relief under this section. If verified, 67
the local law enforcement agency shall, without delay, serve a notice to 68
immediately vacate on each unauthorized person who is unlawfully 69
occupying the property and shall put the owner in possession of the real 70
property. Service may be accomplished by hand delivery of the notice 71
to the unauthorized person or by posting the notice on the front door or 72
entrance of the property. The police officer serving such notice shall also 73
attempt to verify the identities of all persons occupying the property and 74

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note the identities on the return of service. If appropri