Connecticut requires apartment building owners to file elevator repair plans within 48 hours of outages
Since October 1, 2026, owners of Connecticut buildings with housing and an elevator must notify tenants of outages within 24 hours and file a contractor's repair plan with the town within 48.
Owners of Connecticut apartment and mixed-use buildings with elevators now carry fixed notice and repair-plan deadlines whenever an elevator stops working. Conn. Pub. Act No. 26-84 (2026), signed by Governor Ned Lamont on May 26, 2026 and in force since October 1, 2026, requires owners of any “residential elevator building” to keep each elevator in continuous working order, to give tenants written notice of outages within 24 hours and to file a repair plan prepared by an elevator contractor with the local building official within 48 hours.
Conn. Pub. Act No. 26-84 (2026); Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-191; Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 29-195 to 29-198