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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-245

Liability damage waiver. Fee. Notice. Prohibitions and requirements

(P.A. 91-162, S. 6, 18.)

In addition to the other charges permitted by section 42-243 , the parties may contract for a liability waiver fee not to exceed seven and one-half per cent of any periodic rental payment. The selling or offering for sale of a liability damage waiver pursuant to this section is subject to the following prohibitions and requirements:

(1) A lessor may not sell or offer to sell a liability damage waiver unless all restrictions, conditions and exclusions are printed in the rent-to-own agreement, or in a separate agreement, in eight-point type, or larger, or written in pen and ink or typewritten in or on the face of the rent-to-own agreement in a blank space provided therefor. The liability damage waiver may exclude only loss or damage to the property which is the subject of the rent-to-own agreement caused intentionally by the lessee or which results from the lessee's wilful or wanton misconduct.

(2) The liability damage waiver agreement pursuant to this section must include a statement of the total charge for the liability damage waiver. The liability damage waiver agreement must display in eight-point boldface type the following notice:

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