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

Sec. 14-165. Definitions. Except when the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter: (1) “Dealer” means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging vehicles who is licensed under the provisions of chapter 246; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissio…

Sec. 14-166. Exempted vehicles. (a) The acquisition of a certificate of title shall not be required and the issuance of a certificate of title by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not be required for the following: (1) A vehicle owned by the United States, unless it is reg…

Sec. 14-167. Certain liens and security interests not affected. This chapter does not apply to or affect: (1) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicle; (2) a lien given by statute to the United States, this state or any politic…

Sec. 14-167a. Vehicle lease with terminal rental adjustment clause; not sale or security interest. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, in the case of motor vehicles or trailers, a transaction does not create a sale or security interest merely because it provide…

Sec. 14-168. Certificate of origin. When a new vehicle is delivered in this state by the manufacturer to his agent or his franchised dealer, the manufacturer shall execute and deliver to his agent or his franchised dealer a certificate of origin in the form prescribed by the comm…

Sec. 14-168a. Sale of assembled wreckers or other motor vehicles by used car dealers. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any section of the general statutes, a used car dealer licensed in accordance with the provisions of section 14-52 who enters into a contract with a manufac…

Sec. 14-169. When certificate required. (a) Except as provided in section 14-166, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all motor vehicles at the time of initial registration or when a change of registration is required under the provisions of section 14-16 by reason of a…

Sec. 14-170. Implement of husbandry or special mobile equipment. The owner of an implement of husbandry or special mobile equipment may apply for and obtain a certificate of title on it. All of the provisions of this part are applicable to a certificate of title so issued, except…

Sec. 14-171. Application for certificate. (a) The application for a certificate of title of a vehicle in this state shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and contain information provided by the owner or acquired through one or more databases used by the commissioner. …

Sec. 14-172. Check of identification number. Participation in National Motor Vehicle Title Information System. (a) The commissioner, upon receiving application for a first certificate of title, shall check the identification number of the vehicle shown in the application against …

Sec. 14-173. Issuance of certificate. Records. (a) The commissioner shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of th…

Sec. 14-174. Information in certificate. Prima facie evidence. (a) Each certificate of title issued by the commissioner shall contain: (1) The date issued; (2) the name and address of the owner; (3) the names and addresses of any lienholders, in the order of priority as shown on …

Sec. 14-175. Presentation or mailing of certificate. Maintenance of electronic title record and title file. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the certificate of title may be presented or mailed to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.…

Sec. 14-176. Withholding of certificate. Bond requirement. If the commissioner is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the commissioner may register the vehicle but shall either: (1) Withhold issuance of a cer…

Sec. 14-177. Refusal of certificate. The commissioner shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if he has reasonable grounds to believe that: (a) The applicant is not the owner of the vehicle; (b) the application contains a false or fraudu…

Sec. 14-178. Replacement certificate of title. (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the com…

Sec. 14-179. Transfer of interest in vehicle. (a) If an owner transfers his interest in a vehicle, other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall, at the time of delivery of the vehicle, execute an assignment and warranty of title to the transferee, showing the name …

Sec. 14-179a. Assignment and warranty of title. Buyer's name and address not required. When. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-179, an assignment and warranty of title may be sent to an insurance company without bearing the buyer's name and address if it is being sent …

Sec. 14-180. Resale by a dealer. A dealer who buys a motor vehicle and holds such vehicle for resale shall complete, as the buyer, (1) the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder, or (2) a statement on a form prescribed by the commissioner that the title of such veh…

Sec. 14-181. Involuntary transfers. (a) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, promptly mail or deliver to the commissioner the last certificate of ti…

Sec. 14-182. Fee to accompany applications. (a) An application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the commissioner. (b) An application for the naming of a lienholder or his assignee on a certificate of title shall be ac…

Sec. 14-183. Issuance of new certificate. (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the na…

Sec. 14-184. Scrapping, dismantling or destruction of vehicle. Any person who scraps, dismantles or destroys a vehicle or who purchases a vehicle as scrap or to be dismantled or destroyed shall, if the vehicle's certificate of title is in such person's possession, mail or deliver…

Sec. 14-185. Perfecting of security interest. (a) Unless excepted by section 14-167, a security interest in a vehicle of a type for which a certificate of title is required is perfected by the delivery to the commissioner of the existing certificate of title, if any, an applicati…

Sec. 14-186. Duties on creation of security interest. If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle: (a) The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on a separate form the commissioner prescribes, to na…

Sec. 14-187. Assignment of security interest. (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without n…

Sec. 14-188. Release of security interest. (a) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of the lienholder, the lienholder shall, within ten days after demand and, in any event, within thirty days, execute a …

Sec. 14-189. Lienholder to furnish information concerning the security agreement. A lienholder named in a certificate of title, or whose security interest is maintained in the electronic title file pursuant to subsection (b) of section 14-175, shall, upon written request of the o…

Sec. 14-190. Method of perfecting interest exclusive. The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to this chapter is exclusive. Security interests subject to this chapter are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which ot…

Sec. 14-191. Suspension or revocation of certificate. (a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with section 14-194, if he finds: (1) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or …

Sec. 14-192. Fees. (a) The commissioner shall be paid the following fees: (1) For filing an application for a certificate of title, twenty-five dollars; (2) for each security interest noted upon a certificate of title or maintained in the electronic title file pursuant to subsect…

Sec. 14-193. Powers and duties of commissioner. (a) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (b) The com…

Sec. 14-194. Hearing. A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the commissioner under this chapter is entitled, upon request, to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 30; P.A. 02-70, S. 16.) History: P.A. 02-70 provided that hear…

Sec. 14-195. Appeal. A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the commissioner under this chapter may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain. (1957, P.A. 607, S. …

Sec. 14-196. Penalties. (a) A person who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title; (2) alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title, or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of title or a form the c…

Sec. 14-197. Report of stolen, recovered, unclaimed or abandoned vehicle. (a) A police officer or constable who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered, or of the recovery of a vehicle the theft or conversion of which such officer or constable knows or has reason to …

Sec. 14-198. False report. A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a police officer or to the commissioner shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 34.) Cit…

Sec. 14-199. Impeachment of credibility of defendant. In a prosecution for a crime specified in this chapter, a certified copy of a conviction under subsection (a) of section 14-196 is admissible to impeach the credibility of the defendant. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 35.)

Sec. 14-200. Penalties additional to other statutes. The penal provisions of this chapter in no way repeal or modify any existing provision of criminal law but are additional and supplementary thereto. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 36.) Cited. 9 CA 686. PART IV PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED VEHICL…

Secs. 14-201 to 14-209. Definition. Exemption of previously registered vehicle. Issuance of distinctive certificate. Perfection of security interest. Perfection under other statute. Filing of notices of security interest. Assignment of security interest. Release of interest. Lien…

Sec. 14-210. Interpretation. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 46.)

Sec. 14-211. Short title: Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act. This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act”. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 47.) Cited. 9 CA 686; 31 CA 797.