CT SB00819

Allows landlords to notify emergency contacts and next of kin by regular and certified mail when a tenant dies, providing 60 days for reclamation of the deceased occupant's possessions and personal effects.

Requires landlords to file an affidavit with the Probate Court and inventory the deceased tenant's possessions at least 30 days after filing, with removal prohibited for 15 days after inventory is filed.

Enables landlords to securely store possessions for 15 days and, if unclaimed after 60 days, obtain a certificate from the Probate Court allowing removal of property by state marshal execution.

Directs state marshals to give the municipality's chief executive officer 24 hours' notice before removal and requires reasonable efforts to notify next of kin; establishes a public auction process with proceeds applied to storage costs and remaining funds turned over to the deceased's estate or the State Treasurer.

Terminates the landlord's authority to remove possessions if an application for probate or letters of administration is filed within 55 days of the landlord's affidavit, and provides landlords immunity from liability under eviction statutes.