Overview

Please use our claim form on our Documents/Forms page to file your new claim. There is NO FEE to file a new claim.

The new claim can be filed via email (see the instructions at the end of the claim form).

Only one copy of the new claim form needs to be sent to our office – whether you are submitting the claim via email or U.S. Mail.

In our ongoing effort to reduce paper, copying, printing and postage costs, we encourage you to use email for all filings and correspondence (if you have email). Please be sure to provide your email address on all correspondence. Also, if you have an existing open claim with our office; then please email us at claims.commissioner@ct.gov with the Subject: EMAIL ADDRESS UPDATE. Please also provide your claim #.

If you don’t have email, then we of course will continue to use the US Postal Service for filings and correspondence.

Additional Information

The legal concept of sovereign immunity provides that the state cannot be sued for monetary damages. Unless the legislature consents, the state cannot be held liable for any damage or injury it causes, or for the cost of any goods, services or benefits received by the state. The Connecticut Constitution states, “Claims against the state shall be resolved in such manner as may be provided by law.” 

Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the legislature established a procedure for resolution of claims against the state in General Statutes sections 4-141 through 4-165c and in section 54-102uu.   

The Office of the Claims Commissioner operates within the Department of Administrative Services for administrative purposes only, with independent decision-making authority.