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

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…

Sec. 14-149. Mutilated or removed vehicle identification, factory or engine number. Discovery of vehicle reported as stolen or of vehicle or major component part with mutilated or missing identification, engine or factory number. Disposition of vehicle or part held in custody. Pe…

Sec. 14-149a. Ownership or operation of a chop shop. Penalty. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Chop shop” means any area, building, storage lot, field or any other premises or place, except an impoundment or storage area authorized by and under the control or direction of a stat…

Sec. 14-15. Leasing or renting of motor vehicles. Electronic issuance or transfer of registration. Electronic renewal of registration. (a) Any person, firm or corporation before engaging in the business of leasing or renting motor vehicles without drivers in this state and any pe…

Sec. 14-150. Abandoned or unregistered motor vehicles and motor vehicles which are a menace to traffic. Notice. Removal. Storage. Hearing. Lien. Affidavit of compliance. Sale. Regulations re title to abandoned motor vehicles and re disposal of motor homes or recreational vehicles…

Sec. 14-150a. Removal of abandoned motor vehicles by municipalities. Notice. Any municipality may, by action of its legislative body, provide for the removal of abandoned, inoperable or unregistered motor vehicles within the limits of such municipality which remain unmoved for th…

Sec. 14-150b. Municipal Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund. Section 14-150b is repealed. (P.A. 88-270, S. 1, 8; P.A. 90-3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 167, 168.)

Sec. 14-151. State marshals and constables to enforce law concerning abandoned motor vehicles. State marshals and the constables of the several towns shall have the same authority in respect to the provisions of section 14-150 as inspectors of the Department of Motor Vehicles, of…

Sec. 14-151a. Report by owner or person in lawful possession of theft of motor vehicle. Regulations re uniform procedure. Report as condition precedent to settling insurance claim. (a) The owner or person in lawful possession of any motor vehicle which is stolen in this state sha…

Sec. 14-152. Report by law enforcement agencies of theft or recovery of motor vehicle. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, each municipal police department and each constable of any town, within one week from the receipt of any complaint of the theft wit…

Sec. 14-153. Renting of motor vehicles. Any person, firm or corporation which rents a motor vehicle without a driver for a period of thirty days or less shall inspect or cause to be inspected the motor vehicle operator's license of the person initially operating such motor vehicl…

Sec. 14-153a. Exemption. Penalty. (a) Section 14-153 shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation which, incidental to the conduct of its principal business, leases or rents any motor vehicle without a driver to other persons, firms or corporations whose principal business …

Sec. 14-153b. Proof of credit. (a) For the purposes of this section, “passenger motor vehicle” does not include (1) a passenger motor vehicle classified as full-size elite, premium, premium elite, luxury, luxury elite, oversize or special by ACRISS, formerly known as the Associat…

Sec. 14-154. Liability of owner for damage caused by rented or leased car. Section 14-154 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2479; 1969, P.A. 747, S. 7.)

Sec. 14-154a. Liability of owner for damage caused by rented or leased motor vehicle. Exceptions. (a) Any person renting or leasing to another any motor vehicle owned by him shall be liable for any damage to any person or property caused by the operation of such motor vehicle whi…

Sec. 14-155. Fines and forfeitures to be paid to commissioner. Section 14-155 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2480; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 50; 615, S. 22.)

Sec. 14-156. Receipts of Department of Motor Vehicles to be credited to Special Transportation Fund. All receipts of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and of his department shall be paid promptly to the State Treasurer in accordance with section 13b-61. (1949 Rev., S. 2481; 1953…

Sec. 14-156a. Payment of State Police Department expenditures from Highway Fund. Section 14-156a is repealed. (June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 9; P.A. 74-342, S. 42, 43.)

Sec. 14-157. Transferred to Chapter 164, Sec. 10-24a.

Sec. 14-158. Fines and forfeitures paid to commissioner to be receipts of General Fund. Section 14-158 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2482; 1961, P.A. 605, S. 27.)

Sec. 14-159. Refund of money paid to commissioner. The Comptroller, upon application of the commissioner and with the approval of the Attorney General, may draw his order on the Treasurer in favor of any person equitably entitled to the refund of any money paid to said commission…

Sec. 14-15a. Registration of vehicles leased or rented for use in Connecticut. (a) Each passenger motor vehicle, as defined in section 14-1, which is leased or rented for a period of more than thirty days in a calendar year primarily for use in this state shall be registered in t…

Sec. 14-15b. Motor vehicle rental contracts. Required notice re collision damage waiver. Prohibited sales and advertising practice. Loss of use of a rental motor vehicle. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Collision damage waiver” means any contractual provision whereby a…

Sec. 14-15c. Repossession of rented motor vehicles by rental companies. (a) Upon expiration of a motor vehicle rental contract between a lessee and a rental company, the rental company has the right to take possession of the rental motor vehicle pursuant to this section if: (1) T…

Sec. 14-15d. Electronic issuance of registration or certificate of title by electronic issuance licensee. Fee. Regulations. (a) Each electronic issuance licensee, licensed pursuant to section 14-15e, shall, not later than ten days after the electronic issuance of a certificate of…

Sec. 14-15e. Electronic issuance license. Application and surety bonds. Refusal to issue or renew a license. Penalty. (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, no person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of electronically filing applications…

Sec. 14-15f. Use of department's electronic system for filing applications for issuance of registration or certificate of title. On and after January 1, 2025, each person, firm or corporation that the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles permitted or required prior to October 1, 2024, …

Sec. 14-16. Transfer of ownership. Designation of beneficiary. Fees. Penalties. (a) A motor vehicle registration expires upon transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall enter such expiration in the records of the Department of Motor Vehic…

Sec. 14-160. Reservation of marker plate numbers. Additional fee for low numbers. The commissioner is authorized to reserve only the registration marker plate numbers of motor vehicles from the number one to the number ten thousand, inclusive, for passenger vehicles and from the …

Sec. 14-161. Impersonation of inspector or agent. Any person who impersonates an inspector or agent of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall, for the first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction, and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than fifty doll…

Sec. 14-162. Ordinances. No town, city or borough, nor any board or officer thereof, shall make any ordinance respecting the regulation, use, lighting or other equipment of motor vehicles, or respecting the use of equipment or accessories upon the same; but any ordinance in force…

Sec. 14-163. Commissioner to provide lists of motor vehicle and snowmobile owners to town assessors. Disclosure by assessor or tax collector prohibited. (a)(1) For assessment years commencing prior to October 1, 2024, the commissioner shall compile information concerning motor ve…

Sec. 14-163a. Driving on ice. Any person who drives any motor vehicle on the frozen surface of any public body of water shall have committed an infraction. The presence of any motor vehicle on any such frozen surface shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. T…

Sec. 14-163b. Motor vehicles formerly used as ambulances. Any person who is the owner or who becomes the owner of any motor vehicle originally designed for use primarily as an ambulance and who ceases to use such vehicle for its original or former purpose shall remove therefrom a…

Sec. 14-163c. Motor carrier safety regulations for intrastate or interstate commerce. Variations or exemptions. Enforcement powers of police officers and motor vehicle inspectors. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of c…

Sec. 14-163d. Vehicles in intrastate or interstate commerce. Evidence of security requirements or insurance. Suspension of registration. (a) At least once every year, each owner of a motor vehicle described in subsection (a) of section 14-163c shall file with the Commissioner of …

Sec. 14-163e. Periodic inspection of certain vehicles or combinations. (a) No person or motor carrier, as defined in 49 CFR Section 390.5, as amended from time to time, shall operate on the highways of this state any motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles described in sub…

Sec. 14-163f. Eligibility for commercial motor vehicle services contracts with state or municipalities. Section 14-163f is repealed, effective June 30, 2021. (P.A. 13-271, S. 59; P.A. 21-106, S. 66.)

Sec. 14-163g. Transportation of hazardous materials. Applicable federal regulations. Enforcement powers of motor vehicle inspectors and police officers. (a) Any person who engages in interstate or intrastate commerce on the highways of this state and transports hazardous material…

Sec. 14-164. General penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or section 14-16c for which no other penalty is provided or which is not designated an infraction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (1947 Rev., S. 2487; P.A. 75-577, S. 121, 126; P…

Sec. 14-164a. (Formerly Sec. 29-143). Motor vehicle racing. (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle in any race, contest or demonstration of speed or skill with a motor vehicle as a public exhibition except in accordance with the provisions of this section. Such race or exhib…

Sec. 14-164aa. Event data recorders: Knowingly altering or deleting data, or destroying event data recorder after crash event prohibited, when. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Event data recorder” means a device or function in a passenger motor vehicle that records the vehicle'…

Sec. 14-164b. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. (2) “Fleet” means a grou…

Sec. 14-164c. (Formerly Sec. 14-100c). Motor vehicle emissions systems. Emissions standards and inspections. Notice re motor vehicle inspected is subject to an open recall. Inspection facilities. Fees. Penalty. (a)(1) No person shall fail to maintain in good working order or remo…

Secs. 14-164d and 14-164e. Failure to pass emissions test during inspection system's first year of operation. Maximum expenditure required to pass emission test. Sections 14-164d and 14-164e are repealed. (P.A. 78-335, S. 3, 4, 6; P.A. 79-238, S. 3, 4; P.A. 82-460, S. 10.)

Sec. 14-164f. Severable provisions. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any part of this chapter is declared invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the part which remains. (P.A. 78-335, S. 5, 6.)

Sec. 14-164g. Review of inspection agreement by legislative committee. Section 14-164g is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 80-458, S. 3, 4; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)