Title 14, Title 14: Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline

Sec. 14-11j. Blue envelopes for persons with autism spectrum disorder. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association and at least one organization that advocates for persons with autism spectrum disorder, shall design and make …

Sec. 14-11k. Waiver of fee for license or identity card renewal or duplication for veterans at certain event. (a) As used in this section, “veteran” means a veteran, as defined in section 14-36h, who has verification from the Department of Veteran Affairs that such person or memb…

Sec. 14-12. Motor vehicle registration. Application. Issuance by dealers. Misrepresentation. Registration number and certificate. Requirements for registration. Regulations. Temporary registration. Number of registered electric vehicles. (a) No motor vehicle shall be operated, to…

Sec. 14-129. Self-insurance. (a) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five motor vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the commissioner as provided in subsection (b) of this section. (b) The commissioner …

Sec. 14-12a. Registration of certain motor vehicles garaged or operated in Connecticut. (a) Any motor vehicle eligible for commercial registration as defined in section 14-1, unless exempted under the provisions of section 14-34, shall be registered in this state if: (1) It is mo…

Sec. 14-12b. Presentation of insurance identification card or policy and statement that minimum security will be continuously maintained required for issuance of registration. Investigation of violations. (a) No motor vehicle registration shall be issued by the commissioner for a…

Sec. 14-12c. Verification of security coverage. Penalties for failure to have or continuously maintain required security or for presentation of fraudulent insurance identification card. The commissioner may at any time require any owner of a private passenger motor vehicle or a v…

Secs. 14-12d and 14-12e. Notice of voiding or suspension of registration or operator's license; reregistration or reinvestment; proof of financial responsibility. Presumption of failure to file insurer name and policy number; offset of suspension periods. Sections 14-12d and 14-1…

Sec. 14-12f. Provisions inapplicable to certain vehicles. The provisions of sections 14-12b, 14-12c, 14-213b and 38a-364 shall not apply to any private passenger motor vehicle registered to the federal government or any state or municipality or any such vehicle bearing dealer, re…

Sec. 14-12g. Suspension of motor vehicle registration for violation of mandatory security requirements. Suspension of motor vehicle operator's license. Consent agreements. (a) When a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy has been cancelled and the Commissione…

Sec. 14-12h. Maintenance and compilation of record of all suspended registrations. Availability. Stop and detain procedures. Removal of plates. Seizure, impoundment and forfeiture of vehicle. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall compile and maintain a record of all regist…

Sec. 14-12i. Restoration fees. Reimbursement to entities returning confiscated registration number plates to the department. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 14-50b, all restoration fees imposed due to the suspension of the registration for violation of the man…

Sec. 14-12j. Agreements with qualified independent contractors to provide consulting and other services. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may enter into a negotiated agreement or agreements, notwithstanding chapter 58, with one or more qualified independent contractors to provi…

Sec. 14-12k. Regulations. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of sections 14-12c and 14-12f to 14-12j, inclusive, 38a-343 and 38a-343a. (P.A. 93-298, S. 9.)

Sec. 14-12l. Collection of Social Security numbers and federal employer identification numbers. List of persons to whom motor vehicle registrations issued to be provided to Commissioner of Revenue Services. Section 14-12l is repealed, effective August 20, 2003, and applicable as …

Secs. 14-12m and 14-12n. Forfeiture of impounded motor vehicle; proceedings; proceeds from sale. Uninsured motor vehicle forfeiture revolving account. Sections 14-12m and 14-12n are repealed, effective June 3, 2004. (P.A. 98-215, S. 5, 6; P.A. 99-181, S. 10; P.A. 00-99, S. 47, 15…

Sec. 14-12o. Courtesy registration when proof of ownership pending. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may issue a registration, limited to six months in duration, for any motor vehicle for which adequate proof of ownership is pending, including a motor vehicle previously reg…

Sec. 14-12q. Vehicle identification card. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may issue to each registered owner of a motor vehicle an identification card which contains electronically encrypted information concerning the vehicle description and identification number and registrat…

Sec. 14-12r. Inspection of vehicle identification number. Before issuing registration for any motor vehicle that has not been previously registered in this state, except a new motor vehicle, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may require an inspection of the manufacturer's vehicl…

Sec. 14-12s. Administrative fee. For each motor vehicle transaction that involves an electronic inspection of a manufacturer's vehicle identification number, the commissioner shall charge an administrative fee of ten dollars, in addition to any fee prescribed for such transaction…

Sec. 14-12t. Regulations. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsection (g) of section 13b-59, subsection (g) of section 14-12 and sections 14-12r, 14-12s and 14-16a. The regulations shall includ…

Sec. 14-13. Registration certificate and insurance identification card to be carried in vehicle. (a) The certificate of registration and any automobile insurance identification card for the vehicle issued pursuant to section 38a-364 shall be carried in the motor vehicle at all ti…

Secs. 14-131 to 14-133. Discharge in bankruptcy not to release judgment debtor. Relief under other statutes. Penalties. Sections 14-131 to 14-133, inclusive, are repealed. (1951, S. 1365d, 1369d, 1371; P.A. 77-8; P.A. 89-232, S. 2, 3.)

Sec. 14-134. Appeals from commissioner. Any appeal from a decision of the commissioner shall, if such appeal is from an order based upon a violation of any provision of this chapter, be taken in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. No appeal taken from the order of a …

Sec. 14-135. Attorney General to act when commissioner is disqualified. If the commissioner is disqualified to act in any matter, the Attorney General, upon request of the commissioner, shall act in his stead, and the decision of the Attorney General shall, subject to appeal as p…

Sec. 14-136. First complaint. Section 14-136 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 2460; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 14-137. Authority to make regulations and certify or limit the use of devices and equipment. (a) The commissioner may make, alter or repeal regulations governing the administration of all statutes relating to motor vehicles and may certify any device or accessory which forms…

Sec. 14-137a. Point system for motor vehicle violations. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth the number of points chargeable against the owner of an operator's license for conviction of any viol…

Sec. 14-138. State police to assist. The commissioner may call upon the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for aid in enforcing the provisions of this chapter or chapter 248. The state police shall, upon such request, make a…

Sec. 14-139. Conviction to be endorsed on license. Section 14-139 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2463; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 61; February, 1965, P.A. 506.)

Sec. 14-14. Registration of motor vehicles owned by minors. Proof of financial responsibility. The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle owned by any person under sixteen years of age and shall not register any motor vehicle owned by any person between sixteen and eig…

Sec. 14-140. Release on own recognizance. Report of failure to appear, comply with remote events and deadlines or pay fine or fee, surcharge or cost. Reciprocal agreements. Opening of judgment. (a) Any person who has been arrested by an officer for a violation of any provision of…

Sec. 14-140a. Automobile club bail bond certificates, when acceptable as bail. Any guaranteed bail bond certificate with respect to which a surety company licensed to do business in this state has become surety, shall when posted by the person whose signature appears thereon, be …

Sec. 14-141. Courts to report convictions and other dispositions to commissioner. A record shall be kept by each court of original jurisdiction of any violation of the laws relating to the registration, equipment and operation of motor vehicles, the licensing of operators or the …

Sec. 14-142. Proceedings against negligent court clerk. (a) Any clerk of any court who fails to deliver to the commissioner any abstract of any cause within his court, on application of the commissioner to the superior court for the judicial district wherein such clerk resides, o…

Sec. 14-143. Expenses in unsuccessful prosecutions by state police. Section 14-143 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2467; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)

Sec. 14-144. No fees for arrests for motor vehicle violations. No fee shall be paid to the arresting officer for an arrest made because of a violation of any provision of the general statutes relating to motor vehicles or a violation of an ordinance of any municipality concerning…

Sec. 14-145. Towing or removal of motor vehicle from private property. Use of a wheel-locking device. Regulations. Prohibition re issuance of parking citation. Exemption. Penalty. (a)(1) An owner or lessee of private property, or his or her agent, may remove or cause to be remove…

Sec. 14-145a. Towing, removal or use of wheel-locking device prohibited except upon express instruction of property owner or lessee or for repossession. Rebate prohibited. (a) No vehicle shall be towed or removed from private property except (1) upon express instruction of the ow…

Sec. 14-145b. Storage and release of motor vehicles that have been towed or rendered immovable. (a)(1) Any vehicle towed or removed from private property pursuant to sections 14-145 to 14-145c, inclusive, shall be stored at the site of the towing company's business in a secured s…

Sec. 14-145c. Liability of property owner, lessee or lending institution for improper towing or removal of motor vehicle or use of a wheel-locking device. Whenever an owner or lessee of private property or a lending institution, or such owner's, lessee's or institution's agent, i…

Sec. 14-145d. Notification to chief of police required prior to use of wheel-locking device. (a) Any person, firm or corporation that engages in rendering motor vehicles immovable through the use of wheel-locking or similar devices and is hired by an owner or lessee of private pr…

Sec. 14-146. Objects not to be thrown at motor vehicles. No person shall throw any object at a motor vehicle or at a person in such motor vehicle or on any highway, which may cause injury to such vehicle or the tires thereon or to any person therein. Any person who violates any p…

Sec. 14-147. Improper use of number plate or marker, registration or license. Penalty. (a) Any person who counterfeits any number plate or marker, or makes any substitute or temporary marker, except as provided in section 14-18, or who counterfeits or in any manner alters any mot…

Sec. 14-147a. Theft or illegal possession of number plate or sticker. Any person who takes any motor vehicle number plate or sticker denoting the expiration date of the registration from such number plate or possesses such number plate or sticker without the permission of the per…

Sec. 14-148. Abandoned markers. (a) Any person who has found, or has in his possession, any number plate or number plates, or identifying part thereof, currently in use, which plate or plates were not issued to him, shall immediately deliver the same to the commissioner or to any…