Title 51 — Title 51: Courts

Sec. 51-27. Court accommodations. (a) The state shall provide such suitable quarters and furniture as are necessary for holding the Superior Court in the several judicial districts when there is no suitable place therefor. The expense of the quarters and furniture, except as prov…

Sec. 51-27a. (Formerly Sec. 51-156a). Courthouses serving the geographical areas. (a) Except as provided in this section and in section 51-27, quarters and furniture necessary for holding sessions of the Superior Court serving geographical areas may be provided and maintained by …

Sec. 51-27b. (Formerly Sec. 51-156b). Offices of Superior Court. There shall be sufficient offices of the Superior Court for the efficient operation of the court. The number and location of the offices shall be designated by the Chief Court Administrator. (1959, P.A. 28, S. 7; P.…

Sec. 51-27c. (Formerly Sec. 51-187a). Court accommodations at Rockville and Putnam. A convenient place for holding the Superior Court at Rockville and Putnam shall be furnished by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. (February, 1965, P.A. 516, S. 1; P.A. 76-436, S. 98, 68…

Sec. 51-27d. (Formerly Sec. 51-187b). Lease of court facilities. Lease-purchase agreements for additional facilities in Middletown, New Britain and Rocky Hill. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may, in discharging his obligation to furnish convenient places for the …

Sec. 51-27e. Courthouse facilities for the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford. Courthouse facilities shall be maintained in either Ansonia or Derby and in Milford for the superior court serving the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford. (P.A. 76-436, S. 676, 681.)

Sec. 51-27f. (Formerly Sec. 51-188). Rooms for special sessions. When a special session of the Superior Court is to be held in any judicial district, the Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall, if necessary, provide suitable rooms therefor, subject to the provisions of sec…

Sec. 51-27g. Display of United States flag outside courthouses. The Chief Court Administrator shall require that the United States flag be displayed outside each courthouse of this state from sunrise to sunset of each day. (P.A. 03-202, S. 22.)

Sec. 51-27h. Courthouse facilities to include secure room for victims of family violence crimes and advocates. The Chief Court Administrator shall provide in each court where family matters or family violence matters are heard or where a domestic violence docket, as defined in se…

Sec. 51-27i. Family violence victim advocate services in Family Division of Superior Court and geographical area courts. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Domestic violence agency” means any office, shelter, host home or agency offering assistance to victims of domestic violence …

Sec. 51-27j. Remote administration of oath or affirmation related to court proceeding or court process. A Judicial Department official authorized to administer oaths pursuant to section 1-24 may administer an oath or affirmation by means of an interactive audio visual device or o…

Secs. 51-28 and 51-29. Transferred to Chapter 882, Secs. 51-183a and 51-183b, respectively.

Sec. 51-30. Court attendants. (a) The Superior Court or family support magistrate, when transacting business, shall be attended by such judicial marshals or by such constables, and by such messengers as the Chief Court Administrator or said administrator's designee may authorize.…

Sec. 51-31. Deputy sheriffs as court officers in New London County. Section 51-31 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7709; P.A. 80-394, S. 12, 13.)

Sec. 51-32. Determination of laws of other jurisdictions. Section 51-32 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7707; P.A. 90-19, S. 4.)

Sec. 51-33. Punishment for contempt of court. Any court, including a family support magistrate, may punish by fine and imprisonment any person who in its presence behaves contemptuously or in a disorderly manner; but no court or family support magistrate may impose a greater fine…

Sec. 51-33a. Criminal contempt. (a) Any person who violates the dignity and authority of any court, in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, or any officer of any court who misbehaves in the conduct of his official duties shall be guilty of…

Sec. 51-34. Commitment for disobedience; release. Any person committed to a community correctional center in any cause for disobeying an order of any court or family support magistrate may be discharged from imprisonment by the judge of the court or family support magistrate maki…

Sec. 51-35. Witness refusing to testify; imprisonment. Self-incrimination. (a) Any court or family support magistrate may commit to a community correctional center any person legally summoned who refuses to appear and testify before it in any case, there to remain at his own expe…

Sec. 51-36. Retention, reproduction, destruction, disposal and transferring of court records. Microfilm and computerized images. (a) The Chief Court Administrator may cause any and all court records, papers or documents, and any and all other records, papers or documents maintain…

Sec. 51-36a. Access to records maintained by Judicial Department. Policies and procedures. (a) For the purposes of this section, “employees of the Judicial Department” shall not include employees of the courts of probate or the Public Defender Services Commission, and “records” s…

Secs. 51-37 and 51-38. Records and files in New London County. Application of general statutes to municipal and justice courts. Sections 51-37 and 51-38 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7723, 7737; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204; P.A. 74-183, S. 25, 291.)