Title 7 — Title 7: Municipalities

Sec. 7-65. Removal, transit and burial permit. Subregistrars. (a) The embalmer or funeral director licensed by the department, or licensed in a state having a reciprocal agreement on file with the department and complying with the terms of such agreement, who assumes custody of a…

Sec. 7-65a. Multiple interment in common hospital-supplied container. Multiple interment within a common hospital-supplied container shall be permitted only for fetal remains. If a death certificate is issued, such multiple interment shall be prohibited. Signed copies of the appr…

Sec. 7-66. Duties of sextons. Sextons' reports. Penalty. (a) The sexton of a cemetery shall specify on the removal, transit and burial permit the place of burial, by section, lot or grave, or other place of interment. If the removal, transit and burial permit is recorded in an el…

Sec. 7-67. Applications for and issuance of disinterment permits. (a) No person shall open any grave for the disinterment of the body of any person in any cemetery or burial place or disinter or remove any dead body from the town in which the death took place, without having proc…

Sec. 7-68. Issuance of disinterment or removal permit. Section 7-68 is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (1949 Rev., S. 592; P.A. 79-434, S. 10; P.A. 04-255, S. 9; P.A. 05-272, S. 13; P.A. 09-232, S. 106.)

Sec. 7-68a. Application to Probate Court for disinterment of remains of child buried in a multiple interment within common hospital-supplied container. Hearing. Order of disinterment. Sexton and Chief Medical Examiner to determine whether remains are sufficiently identifiable. Li…

Sec. 7-69. Removal of body of deceased person. No person except a licensed embalmer or funeral director licensed by the department, or licensed in a state having a reciprocal agreement on file with the department and complying with the terms of such agreement, shall remove the bo…

Sec. 7-70. Temporary removal of body to another town or state. Temporary removal permit. Section 7-70 is repealed, effective October 1, 2004. (1949 Rev., S. 594; 1951, S. 237d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 24; P.A. 0…

Sec. 7-71. Report of name of sexton. The secretary or committee of each cemetery association in any town shall report to the registrar of the town in which the cemetery is situated the name of the sexton in charge of the cemetery of such association. (1949 Rev., S. 595.)

Sec. 7-72. Sextons' reports. Fines. Section 7-72 is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (1949 Rev., S. 596; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 04-255, S. 11; P.A. 08-184, S. 2; P.A. 09-232, S. 106.)

Sec. 7-73. Fees for marriage license, burial or removal, transit and burial permit. Marriage license surcharge. (a) To any person performing the duties required by the provisions of the general statutes relating to registration of marriages, deaths and fetal deaths, the following…

Sec. 7-74. Fees for certification of birth registration, certified copy of vital statistics certificate and uncertified copy of original certificate of birth. Waiver of fee for certificate of death for a veteran. (a) The fee for a certification of birth registration, short form, …

Sec. 7-75. Fees for records relating to inmates of institutions. Section 7-75 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 565, 3627; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 28, 30.)

Sec. 7-76. Fees for records relating to residents of other towns. The fees due registrars of vital statistics for the making of records, copies and endorsements relating to births, deaths, fetal deaths and marriages, when the residence of the parents of the child or of the deceas…

Secs. 7-77 and 7-78. Identification of veterans' graves. General penalty. Sections 7-77 and 7-78 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 585, 598; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 10; P.A. 82-306, S. 2; 82-327, S. 12.)

Sec. 7-79. Bond. Section 7-79 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 599; 1957, P.A. 351; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 80-483, S. 175, 186; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)

Sec. 7-80. Duties of treasurer. Appointment of deputy. (a) The town treasurer shall receive all money belonging to the town, pay it out on the order of the proper authority and keep a record of all moneys received and when received and of all moneys paid out, when, for what and u…

Sec. 7-81. Removal of town treasurers. Whenever complaint in writing is made to the Attorney General that the town treasurer of any town is guilty of misconduct, wilful and material neglect of duty or incompetence in the conduct of such town treasurer's office, the Attorney Gener…

Sec. 7-82. Assistant treasurer. Section 7-82 is repealed. (1955, S. 238d; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)

Sec. 7-83. Town orders to be signed by majority of the selectmen. All orders drawn by the selectmen on the town treasurer in payment of the expenses of any town shall be signed by a majority of the selectmen of such town, and no order not so signed shall be paid by the town treas…

Sec. 7-84. Record and annual report of town orders. The town treasurer shall keep a record of all town orders presented to him for payment, whether he pays the same or not, showing to whom the same were given and the amounts, dates and numbers thereof, and shall make sworn report…

Sec. 7-85. Calling in town orders for payment. The treasurer of any town may, at any time, give notice to all persons holding orders drawn by the selectmen on the treasurer of such town to present them for payment on or before a certain day to be fixed in such notice, which shall…

Sec. 7-86. Bond. Section 7-86 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 605; 1953, S. 240d, 242d; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)

Sec. 7-87. Ineligibility for office. No judge, except a judge of probate, shall hold the office of constable. (1949 Rev., S. 605; 1953, S. 243d; P.A. 82-11, S. 10, 12.) History: P.A. 82-11 deleted the prohibition against a justice of the peace being a constable. See Sec. 29-154c …

Sec. 7-88. Oaths of constables. Each person elected to the office of constable in any town shall, before the commencement of his term of office, or within thirty days thereafter, take the oath of office before some proper officer, who shall certify in writing to that fact and del…

Sec. 7-89. Service of process. Liability. Constables shall have the power in their towns to serve and execute all lawful process legally directed to them and shall be liable for any neglect or unfaithfulness in their office. (1949 Rev., S. 606; P.A. 00-99, S. 22, 154.) History: P…

Sec. 7-90. Command of assistance. Any constable, when necessary, may command any person to assist him in the execution of the duties of his office. (1949 Rev., S. 607.) See Sec. 53a-167b re penalty for failure to assist peace officer. One may lawfully assist an officer de facto w…

Sec. 7-91. Special constables and policemen to be citizens. Section 7-91 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 608; P.A. 82-327, S. 12.)

Sec. 7-92. Special constables. The chief executive officer of any municipality may appoint such number of special constables as he or she deems necessary to preserve the public peace within such municipality, who may serve for terms of not more than two years or during any public…

Secs. 7-93 to 7-96. Special constables for manufacturing and retail establishments and parking areas and for certain societies. School janitors and janitors of public buildings as special constables. Sections 7-93 to 7-96, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 540–543; February…

Sec. 7-97. Compensation of constables and other officers. Any town, city or borough, in addition to such powers as it has under the provisions of the general statutes or of any special act, is authorized to make appropriations to pay for the services of constables, special consta…

Sec. 7-100. Approval or abandonment of town manager plan. Any town may, in the manner prescribed by section 9-369, vote to adopt the provisions of this chapter at any annual or special town meeting, provided such town may, in the same manner, at any annual meeting, not previous t…

Secs. 7-100a to 7-100j. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 7-100k. Appointment, qualifications and compensation of assessor or board of assessors. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter or ordinance, any town, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough, regional council of governmen…

Sec. 7-100l. Transmission of digital parcel file. Annual report. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Digital parcel file” means a computer file or files containing a graphic vector representation of the boundary information originally depicted and maintained on a town assessor's ma…

Secs. 7-100m to 7-100z. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 7-98. Appointment, removal and salary of manager. Any town having a board of finance and which has adopted the provisions of this chapter as provided in section 7-100 may appoint a town manager. Such board shall nominate to the board of selectmen one or more persons for the …

Sec. 7-99. Duties. Bond. The town manager shall exercise the powers and perform the duties in and for such town which are conferred and imposed by law upon selectmen, except such duties as relate to the making of electors. Such manager shall be limited as to expenditures made and…

Sec. 7-99a. Appointment of departmental coordinators or deputy city or town managers and assistants. Any special act to the contrary notwithstanding, the legislative body of any town having a city or town manager as its chief executive officer, may, by ordinance, permit the chief…

Sec. 7-101. Town seal. Each town shall provide itself with a seal with the name of the town and the state and the word “seal” inscribed thereon and may place thereon any such other suitable inscription or design as it determines. If any town changes any design or inscription upon…

Sec. 7-101a. Protection of municipal officers and municipal employees from damage suits. Reimbursement of defense expenses. Liability insurance. Time limit for filing notice and commencement of action. (a) Each municipality shall protect and save harmless any municipal officer, w…

Sec. 7-102. Signposts. One or more signposts may be erected and maintained in each town, at such place or places as the selectmen shall designate. (1949 Rev., S. 626; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 10; P.A. 82-327, S. 4.) History: P.A. 82-327 made signpost requirement permissive rather than m…

Sec. 7-103. Resignation of municipal officers. Unless otherwise provided by law, any elected or appointed town, city or borough officer, except the town, city or borough clerk, desiring to resign from his office shall submit his resignation in writing to the town, city or borough…

Sec. 7-104. Refusal of elected official to accept or perform duties. Section 7-104 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 526; 1953, S. 257d; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)

Sec. 7-105. Oath of assessors, board of assessment appeals and tax collectors. Each person appointed an assessor or elected or appointed a member of the board of assessment appeals or a collector of town taxes in any town shall be sworn before entering upon the duties of the offi…

Sec. 7-105a. Office of grand juror abolished. The office of grand juror is abolished. This section shall supersede any provision of any special act to the contrary. (1961, P.A. 15, S. 1; 517, S. 134.)

Sec. 7-106. Oath of grand jurors. Section 7-106 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 524; 1953, S. 254d; 1961, P.A. 15, S. 2.)

Sec. 7-107. Vacancy appointments by selectmen. Except as otherwise provided by law, if any vacancy occurs on any town board or commission, and such board or commission has power by law to fill such vacancy but fails to do so within thirty days after it occurs, the board of select…

Sec. 7-108. City or borough liable for damage done by mobs. Each city and borough shall be liable for all injuries to person or property, including injuries causing death, when such injuries are caused by an act of violence of any person or persons while a member of, or acting in…

Sec. 7-109. Destruction of documents. Any official, board or commissioner of a municipality may, with the approval of the chief administrative officer of such municipality and of the Public Records Administrator, destroy any document in his or its custody relating to any matter w…