Title 53 — Title 53: Crimes

Sec. 53-206d. Carrying a firearm or hunting while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug prohibited. (a)(1) No person shall carry a pistol, revolver, machine gun, shotgun, rifle or other firearm, which is loaded and from which a shot may be discharged, upon his person…

Sec. 53-206e. Limitation on sale and use of laser pointers. (a) As used in this section, “laser pointer” means a hand-held device that emits a laser light beam and is designed to be used by the operator to indicate, mark or identify a specific position, place, item or object. (b)…

Sec. 53-206f. Failure of parent or guardian to halt illegal possession of firearm by minor child. Any parent or guardian of a minor child who, knowing that such child possesses a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, and is ineligible to possess such firearm, fails to make reason…

Sec. 53-206g. Sale, possession, use or manufacture of bump stocks or other rates of fire enhancement prohibited. Class D felony or Class D misdemeanor. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, no person, other than a licensed firearms manufacturer under 18 USC 92…

Sec. 53-206h. Bump stocks or other rates of fire enhancement prohibition. Notice. (a) Not later than thirty days after May 31, 2018, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, within available appropriations, provide written notification of the provisions…

Sec. 53-206i. Manufacture of firearm from polymer plastic without detectable security exemplar. Prohibited. Penalty. (a) No person shall manufacture any firearm from polymer plastic that, after removal of grips, stocks and magazines, is not as detectible as the security exemplar,…

Sec. 53-206j. Sale, delivery or transfer of unfinished frame or lower receiver. Prohibited. Exceptions. Penalty. (a) No person shall purchase or receive or sell, deliver or otherwise transfer an unfinished frame or lower receiver, except as provided in: (1) Subsections (b) and (c…

Sec. 53-206k. Conditions for sale or transfer of electronic defense weapons. Penalty. Any person who sells or transfers an electronic defense weapon, as defined in section 53a-3, to any person who is under twenty-one years of age or does not possess a permit or certificate issued…

Secs. 53-207 to 53-209. Carrying of knife or razor with intent to assault. Removal of danger signal. Abuse of public utility employees. Sections 53-207 to 53-209, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8539, 8541; 1953, S. 3288d; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)

Sec. 53-209a. Manufacture of chemical, biological or radioactive weapon. Any person who fabricates, in any manner, (1) a weapon designed or intended to cause death or serious physical injury by the release, dissemination or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precurso…

Sec. 53-210. Refusal to relinquish telephone party line. No person shall wilfully refuse to relinquish a party line when informed that such line is needed for an emergency call to a fire department or police department or for medical aid or ambulance service, or secure the use of…

Sec. 53-211. Use of white canes by others than blind persons prohibited. Vehicles to reduce speed, grant right-of-way. Section 53-211 is repealed, effective October 1, 2008. (1949 Rev., S. 8543; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 43; P.A. 08-150, S. 63.)

Sec. 53-212. Use of Roentgen-rays, x-rays and radium. (a) No person, unless such person holds a license to practice medicine and surgery or a license to practice dentistry, shall use the Roentgen-ray or the x-ray or radium for the therapeutic or cosmetic treatment of another pers…

Sec. 53-212a. Use of fluoroscopic x-ray shoe-fitting devices prohibited. Any person, partnership, association or corporation which operates or maintains within this state any fitting devices or machines which use fluoroscopic x-ray or radiation principles for the purpose of selli…

Secs. 53-212b to 53-214. Use of machinery in proximity to high voltage conductors. Spitting in public places. Pollution of drinking utensils. Sections 53-212b to 53-214, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4148, 8637; 1961, P.A. 36; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214; P.A. 73-379, S. 20,…

Sec. 53-215. Abandonment of refrigerator. Any person who discards or abandons, or knowingly permits to be discarded or abandoned on property within his control, outdoors or within any unoccupied building or structure, any refrigerator, ice box or other container which has an airt…

Sec. 53-215a. Manufacture or sale of defective recapped tires. Any person who manufactures, sells or offers for sale any recapped motor vehicle tire, having knowledge that the casing of such tire does not meet the requirements promulgated by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in …

Secs. 53-216 to 53-237. Offenses against chastity, generally. Sections 53-216 to 53-237, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8359, 8544–8561, 8569, 8594, 8683; 1953, S. 3299d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 190; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 58; 1967, P.A. 295, S. 2; 656, S. 54; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 2…

Sec. 53-237a. Concealment of delivery: Class A misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty of concealment of delivery who intentionally conceals the delivery of any child, whether such child was delivered alive or dead. (b) Concealment of delivery is a class A misdemeanor. (1971, P.A. 87…

Secs. 53-238 to 53-241. Rape. Assault with intent to commit rape; with intent to carnally know female child. Examination for venereal disease of persons accused of violations of chapter. Sections 53-238 to 53-241, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8562–8565; 1969, P.A. 828,…

Secs. 53-242 to 53-246. Blasphemy. Obscenity. Intoxication. Sections 53-242 to 53-246, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8566, 8567, 8570, 8580, 8755; 1955, S. 3293d; 1963, P.A. 156; 409, S. 1–4; February, 1965, P.A. 132; 241, S. 2; 574, S. 45; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)

Sec. 53-247. Cruelty to animals. Animals engaged in exhibition of fighting. Intentional injury or killing of police animals or dogs in volunteer canine search and rescue teams. (a) Any person who overdrives, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, deprives of necessary suste…

Sec. 53-247a. Provision of cannabis to domesticated animals. Any person who provides cannabis, as defined in section 21a-420, to a domesticated animal, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 20.)

Sec. 53-248. Sale or treatment of animals unable to work. Any person who sells, offers for sale, trades or gives away any horse for the purpose of being worked, which could not be worked in this state without violating the provisions of section 53-247, or any person who leads, ri…

Sec. 53-249. Cruelty to poultry. Any crate or other container used for the purpose of transporting, shipping or holding for sale any live poultry shall be in a sanitary condition and shall be constructed so as to provide sufficient ventilation and warmth, and such poultry, while …

Sec. 53-249a. Sale or gift of dyed fowl or rabbits prohibited. Any person who sells or offers for sale at retail or gives away, living chickens, ducklings, other fowl or rabbits, which have been dyed, colored or otherwise treated so as to import to them an artificial color, shall…

Sec. 53-250. Use of animals. Any person who uses any animal, including a fish, reptile or bird for the purpose of soliciting any alms, collection, contribution, subscription, donation or payment of money, or uses any animal, including a fish, reptile or bird as a prize or award i…

Sec. 53-251. Docking of horses' tails. (a) Any person who cuts the bone of the tail of any horse for the purpose of docking the tail or who cuts the muscles or tendons of the tail of a horse, or otherwise operates upon it in any manner for the purpose or with the effect of alteri…

Sec. 53-252. Transportation of animals on railroads. No railroad company, in transporting animals, shall permit them to be confined in cars more than twenty-eight consecutive hours, except when transported in cars in which they have proper food, water, space and opportunity for r…

Sec. 53-253. Notice of arrest of offender to be given. Any person making an arrest for a violation of the laws relating to cruelty to animals shall use reasonable diligence to give notice thereof to the owner of animals found in the charge or custody of the person arrested and sh…

Sec. 53-254. Causing dependency or delinquency of children. Section 53-254 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8579; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)

Secs. 53-255 to 53-258. Misuse of the flag. Merchandise not to have representation of flag. Exceptions. Display of mutilated United States flag. Sections 53-255 to 53-258, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8581–8584; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)

Sec. 53-258a. Misuse or mutilation of the flag. Any person who, in any manner for exhibition or display, puts or causes to be placed any inscription, picture, design, device, symbol, name, advertisement, word, character, mark or notice upon any flag, standard, color or ensign of …

Secs. 53-259 to 53-263. Display of foreign or international flags. Public officers to receive only their fixed salaries. Commission to public agents. Unlawful taking of fees and commissions. Furnishing of supplies by officer to state-aided institution. Sections 53-259 to 53-263, …

Sec. 53-264. Maintenance. Each attorney, state marshal or constable, who, with intent to make gain by the fees of collection, purchases and sues upon any choses in action, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (1949 Rev., S. 8596; P.A. 00-99, S. 119, 154.) History: P.…

Secs. 53-265 to 53-278. Impersonation of policeman. Corruption of agents and employees. Betrayal of employer's correspondence, books or accounts. Corrupt influences; court proceedings; evidence. Unlawful payment of naturalization fees. Fortune telling and other fraudulent practic…

Sec. 53-278a. Gambling: Definitions. As used in sections 53-278a to 53-278g, inclusive: (1) “Gain” means the direct realization of winnings; “profit” means any other realized or unrealized benefit, direct or indirect, including without limitation benefits from proprietorship, man…

Sec. 53-278b. Gambling; professional gambling; penalties. (a) Any person who engages in gambling, or solicits or induces another to engage in gambling, or is present when another person or persons are engaged in gambling, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor; provided natural…

Sec. 53-278c. Seizure of gambling devices. Penalties for possession, sale, etc., of gambling devices or records. Exceptions. (a) All gambling devices are common nuisances and, if found in a place known or suspected to be a gambling premise, are subject to seizure, immediately upo…

Sec. 53-278d. Transmission of gambling information. (a) Any person who knowingly transmits or receives gambling information by telephone, telegraph, radio, semaphore or other means, or knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or receipt of gambling informati…

Sec. 53-278e. Gambling premises as nuisance. (a) All gambling premises are common nuisances and shall be subject to abatement by injunction or as otherwise provided by law. In any action brought under this subsection the plaintiff need not show damage and may, in the discretion o…

Sec. 53-278f. Persistent offenders. Any person who has been convicted of a violation of subsection (b) of section 53-278b, subsection (d) of section 53-278c, subsection (a) of section 53-278d, or subsection (d) of section 53-278e or any statute predecessor thereto may, upon any s…

Sec. 53-278g. Gambling: Excepted activities. (a) Nothing in sections 53-278a to 53-278f, inclusive, shall be construed to prohibit the publication of an advertisement of, or the operation of, or participation in, a state lottery, pari-mutuel betting at race tracks licensed by the…

Sec. 53-279. Transferred to Chapter 959, Sec. 54-33h.

Sec. 53-280. Billiard and pool rooms; permits. The first selectman of any town, the chief of police of any city or the warden of any borough may grant permits to suitable persons to conduct public billiard and pool rooms in such town, city or borough, as the case may be, and may …

Secs. 53-281 to 53-288. Billiard and pool rooms; closing. Loitering by minors under eighteen. Keeping place where fowls or animals are fought. Penalty for attending fight of fowl or animals. Unlawful exhibition of sports or animals for gain. Unlawful exhibitions near fair grounds…

Sec. 53-289. Ticket scalping. Section 53-289 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (1949 Rev., S. 8666; P.A. 83-585; P.A. 84-546, S. 124, 173; P.A. 07-206, S. 5.)

Sec. 53-289a. Tickets to entertainment events. Disclosures. Exemption. (a) As used in this section, “service charge” means any additional fee or charge that is designated as an “administrative fee”, “service fee” or “surcharge” or by using another substantially similar term. (b) …

Sec. 53-289b. Ticket resellers. Conditions. Refunds. Penalty. (a) Any person who resells a ticket to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or operatic performance, shall refund to the purchaser of such ticket the full a…

Sec. 53-289c. Unauthorized ticket resale in proximity to event prohibited. Exemptions. Penalty. (a) No person shall resell, offer to resell or solicit the resale of a ticket to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, a sporting event, a concert or a theatrical or o…