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

Sec. 14-1. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless another construction is clearly apparent from the language or context in which the term is used or unless the construction is inconsistent with the manifest intention of the General Assembly:…

Sec. 14-10. Definitions. Records. Disclosure of personal information and highly restricted personal information. Penalty. Regulations. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Disclose” means to engage in any practice or conduct to make available and make known, by any means of…

Sec. 14-100. Safety glass. Use of plastics. (a) The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle manufactured after July 1, 1937, unless the windshield, the doors, windows and glass partitions are equipped with safety glass, except that, in lieu of safety glass, the commissi…

Sec. 14-100a. Seat safety belts. Child restraint systems. Wheelchair transportation devices. (a) No new passenger motor vehicle may be sold or registered in this state unless equipped with at least two sets of seat safety belts for the front and rear seats of the motor vehicle, w…

Sec. 14-100b. Air pollution control devices required on certain passenger motor vehicles. On and after January 1, 1968, no passenger motor vehicle designated as a 1968 or later model shall be registered in this state unless equipped with an effective air pollution control device.…

Sec. 14-100c. Transferred to Chapter 246a, Sec. 14-164c.

Sec. 14-101. Turn signals. Any person who operates on any highway any motor vehicle so constructed or so loaded that the operator is unable to clearly indicate by hand signals to both approaching and following traffic his intention of stopping or turning, unless such motor vehicl…

Sec. 14-102. View in and exits from motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire. The passenger compartment in any motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire shall, if enclosed or partly enclosed, be so constructed as to give an unobstructed view of the interior …

Sec. 14-102a. Inspection of student transportation vehicles. Each student transportation vehicle shall be inspected for safety before its initial registration in accordance with a schedule to be adopted by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Each such student transportation vehic…

Sec. 14-103. Inspection of motor vehicles. (a) The commissioner, an inspector authorized by the commissioner, any officer of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any local police officer may examine any motor vehicle an…

Sec. 14-103a. Inspection of altered, composite, grey-market and salvage vehicles and vehicles made by unlicensed manufacturers. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Altered vehicle” means a motor vehicle that has been materially modified from its original construction by th…

Sec. 14-103b. High-mileage vehicles, regulations re safety and performance standards. Section 14-103b is repealed, effective January 1, 2010. (P.A. 81-394, S. 11; P.A. 09-187, S. 69.)

Sec. 14-103c. Vehicles using liquid propane gas as fuel. Section 14-103c is repealed. (P.A. 81-76; P.A. 86-19.)

Sec. 14-103d. Vehicles using any pressurized gas as fuel. Regulations. Class C misdemeanor. (a) No motor vehicle which uses any pressurized gas except natural gas or hydrogen as a fuel for its engine may enter or be parked in any area that is under grade level. Any vehicle within…

Sec. 14-104. Fenders and other wheel protectors. (a) No person shall operate on any public highway any motor vehicle with a passenger or commercial registration which is not equipped with fenders on all wheels which come into contact with the highway unless the body of the vehicl…

Sec. 14-105. Television screens or similar devices prohibited. Exceptions. (a) No television screen or other device of a similar nature shall be installed or used in this state in any position or location in a motor vehicle where a moving image, other than text, may be visible to…

Sec. 14-106. Air conditioning equipment. (a) The term “air conditioning equipment” or “equipment”, as used or referred to in this section, means mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment which is used to cool the driver's or passenger compartment of any motor vehicle. …

Sec. 14-106a. Tamper-resistant odometer required. Mileage reading required on registration application. (a) On and after January 1, 1971, no passenger motor vehicle designated as a 1971 or later model shall be registered in this state unless it is equipped with a tamper-resistant…

Sec. 14-106b. Properly functioning odometer required. Tampering with odometer prohibited. (a) Each self-propelled motor vehicle registered in this state that is designed and manufactured with an odometer shall at all times while operating on the highway be equipped with a properl…

Sec. 14-106c. Headerboards required on commercial van-type motor vehicles. No commercial van-type motor vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1975 shall be operated in this state unless equipped with headerboards or similar devices of sufficient strength to prevent load shifting …

Sec. 14-106d. Sale, offer for sale, manufacture, importation or installation of counterfeit or nonfunctional air bag prohibited. Unfair or deceptive trade practice. Penalty. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Air bag” means a motor vehicle inflatable occupant restraint system, inc…

Sec. 14-107. Liability of owner, operator, lessee. (a) The owner, operator or lessee of any motor vehicle may be prosecuted jointly or individually for violation of any provision of section 10a-79, 10a-84, 10a-92 or 10a-139, subsection (a) of section 14-13, section 14-18, section…

Sec. 14-108. Report of accidents. Section 14-108 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2453; 1951, 1953, S. 1343d; 1957, P.A. 173; 1961, P.A. 33; 168; 318, S. 4; February, 1965, P.A. 447, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 379, S. 1; P.A. 75-577, S. 62, 126; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85…

Sec. 14-108a. Uniform investigation of accident report. Requirements and policy for identifying and notifying person's family or household member of motor vehicle accident in which person was killed. (a)(1) The Commissioner of Transportation shall prescribe for the Division of St…

Secs. 14-108b, 14-108c and 14-109. Statistical information based on reports. Report of accident involving unlicensed operator under instruction. Coroner to investigate fatal motor vehicle accidents. Sections 14-108b, 14-108c and 14-109 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2454; 1961, P.A…

Sec. 14-11. Employment of legal assistance. The commissioner may employ any attorney-at-law for assistance in the prosecution of cases and fix compensation for such services. (1949 Rev., S. 2360.)

Sec. 14-110. Oaths and subpoenas. False statements or reports. (a) The commissioner, each deputy commissioner or an assistant designated by the commissioner, in the performance of his duties, may administer oaths and take testimony, cause depositions to be taken and order the pro…

Sec. 14-111. Suspension or revocation of registration, license or right to operate. (a) Authority of commissioner. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the commissioner from suspending or revoking any registration or any operator's license issued under the …

Sec. 14-111a. Possession of alcoholic liquors in motor vehicles by underage persons. Section 14-111a is repealed, effective July 1, 2010. (February, 1965, P.A. 276, S. 1; P.A. 82-68, S. 10, 11; P.A. 10-110, S. 62.)

Sec. 14-111b. Suspension of operator's license following conviction for speeding. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not suspend or revoke an operator's license or right to operate a motor vehicle in this state for a first, second or third violation of section 14-219, u…

Secs. 14-111c and 14-111d. Driver License Compact. Definitions applicable to Driver License Compact; comparable convictions to be reported; report of suspension or revocation action to department. Sections 14-111c and 14-111d are repealed, effective January 1, 2003. (P.A. 92-186,…

Sec. 14-111e. Suspension or delay in issuance of operator's license for person under twenty-one years of age convicted of certain violations. (a)(1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall suspend, for a period of one hundred fifty days, the motor vehicle operator's license or n…

Sec. 14-111f. Suspension of operator's license for possession of counterfeit or altered license. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall suspend for a period of two months the motor vehicle operator's license of any person who possesses a counterfeit or altered motor vehicle ope…

Sec. 14-111g. Operator's retraining program. (a) For the purposes of this subsection, “moving violation” means any violation of subsection (c) of section 14-36 or section 14-36g, 14-212d, 14-218a, 14-219, 14-222, 14-223, 14-230 to 14-249, inclusive, 14-279, 14-283, 14-289b, 14-29…

Sec. 14-111h. Definitions applicable to driver license agreement. As used in sections 14-111h to 14-111q, inclusive, the following terms and their derivatives have the following meanings: (1) “Administrative action” means a final determination by a duly authorized administrative …

Sec. 14-111i. Entry into driver license agreement. Regulations. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may enter into a driver license agreement with any other state legally joining in such agreement. The commissioner may exercise the powers and duties conferred by the provisions of …

Sec. 14-111j. Findings and declarations re driver license agreement. This state and the other party states to the driver license agreement find and declare that: (1) Each driver shall have one driver's license issued by a jurisdiction, that is recognized by all member jurisdictio…

Sec. 14-111k. Application for a motor vehicle operator's license from applicants in other member jurisdictions. (a) Upon application for a motor vehicle operator's license or identification card, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall verify the identity of the applicant in acc…

Sec. 14-111l. Driver control record. Record of convictions and administrative actions. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall maintain a driver control record for each person who has been issued a motor vehicle operator's license, until such time as the commissioner is noti…

Sec. 14-111m. Notice of failure to comply with a citation. (a) The Centralized Infractions Bureau of the Superior Court and each court having jurisdiction of each case involving a violation of any general statute relating to motor vehicles shall, in accordance with the provisions…

Sec. 14-111n. Reports of comparable convictions. Suspension of operator's license. (a) If the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles receives a report from any member jurisdiction of the conviction in such jurisdiction of any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle in this state, for …

Sec. 14-111o. Form and use in evidence of records received from other member jurisdictions. Electronic transmission. (a) Any notice or copy of a record furnished to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles by any member jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions and obligations of …

Sec. 14-111p. Validity of reports or records received from members of the Driver License Compact. Any notification, report or record received from any state that is a member of the Driver License Compact may be used by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for any purpose authorized…

Sec. 14-111q. Hearing. Any person aggrieved by an action of the commissioner to withdraw (1) a license or registration, or (2) the privilege to operate a motor vehicle or to register a motor vehicle in this state, pursuant to sections 14-111h to 14-111p, inclusive, shall be entit…

Sec. 14-112. Proof of financial responsibility. (a) When commissioner shall require. To entitle any person to receive or retain a motor vehicle operator's license or a certificate of registration of any motor vehicle when, in the opinion of the commissioner, such person has a rec…

Sec. 14-112a. Online Insurance Verification System. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; (2) “Database” means the database supported by the Online Insurance Verification System; (3) “Department” means the Department of Motor Ve…

Secs. 14-113 to 14-115. Financial responsibility of motor vehicle owners and operators required after accident; definitions. Administration by Motor Vehicle Commissioner; hearings; appeals. Abstract of operating record. Sections 14-113 to 14-115, inclusive, are repealed. (1951, S…

Sec. 14-115a. Request for document from motor vehicle record. No process to compel the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to furnish a copy of any document from a motor vehicle record, as defined in section 14-10, of any person shall be issued unless such request is in writing and un…

Secs. 14-116 to 14-128. Accident reports. Determination of amount of security; suspension of license and registration; exceptions; liability policy or bond. Release in behalf of minor. Exceptions. Duration of suspension. Unlicensed or nonresident operators; reciprocity. Amount of…

Sec. 14-11a. Exceptional issuance of certificates and licenses for law enforcement activities. Verification by Chief State's Attorney of statements on application for such certificates and licenses. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not issue a registration certificate in …