Title 53, Title 53: Crimes

Sec. 53-303f. Lease provisions requiring Sunday openings prohibited. Section 53-303f is repealed. (P.A. 78-329, S. 5; P.A. 79-415, S. 2.)

Sec. 53-304. Nonsupport. Support orders and agreements. Administration of oaths by family relations counselors and support enforcement officers. (a) Any person who neglects or refuses to furnish reasonably necessary support to the person's spouse, child under the age of eighteen …

Sec. 53-305. Bond on appeal. If the accused appeals, such court, in addition to requiring a recognizance or appearance bond, may order such accused to give a bond conditioned for his furnishing support pending the determination of such appeal. (1949 Rev., S. 8587; 1967, P.A. 656,…

Sec. 53-306. Failure to comply with terms or make payment. If any person convicted under section 53-304 fails to comply fully with the terms and conditions imposed under the provisions of said section or to make any payment required by any bond given pursuant to an appeal under s…

Sec. 53-307. Jurisdiction. Section 53-307 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8589; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)

Sec. 53-308. Forfeited bonds in nonsupport cases. When any bond or recognizance conditioned for the appearance of any person accused in any information or complaint charging a violation of any of the provisions of section 53-304 becomes forfeited or whenever any person convicted …

Secs. 53-309 to 53-311. Abandonment. Combination to increase price of necessities. Issuing currency; bills of credit. Sections 53-309 to 53-311, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8591, 8611, 8612; 1949, S. 3296d; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214; 1971, P.A. 608, S. 22.)

Sec. 53-311a. Distribution of unsolicited credit cards, charge plates. (a) No person, company, partnership or corporation shall engage in the practice of mailing or the distribution in any form of any credit card, charge plate or any like instrument or device to any other person,…

Sec. 53-312. False statements of the value of stocks, bonds and other property. Section 53-312 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8613; 1969, P.A. 591, S. 3.)

Sec. 53-313. “Bucket shop”; definition. A bucket shop, within the meaning of this section and section 53-314, is defined to be an office, store or other place wherein the proprietor or keeper thereof, either in his or its own behalf, or as the agent or correspondent of any other …

Sec. 53-314. Keeping bucket shop. No corporation, association, copartnership or person shall keep or cause to be kept any bucket shop; and any person or corporation, whether acting individually, or as a member of, or an officer, agent or employee of, any corporation, association …

Sec. 53-315. Keeping bucket shop; accessory. Any corporation, association, copartnership or person who communicates, receives, exhibits or displays, in any manner, any statements of quotations of the prices of any property mentioned in section 53-313, with a view to any transacti…

Sec. 53-316. Information to be furnished to customers. Each commission merchant, copartnership, association, corporation, person or broker engaged in the business of buying or selling or buying and selling stocks, grain, provisions or other commodities or personal property for an…

Sec. 53-317. Fraudulent sale of kosher meat, meat products and other food. Section 53-317 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (1949 Rev., S. 8618; P.A. 16-117, S. 7.)

Sec. 53-318. Sale, use or exposure of diseased horses and other animals. Section 53-318 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8619; P.A. 80-159.)

Sec. 53-319. Sale or shipment of diseased flesh. (a) Carcasses of young calves, pigs, kids and lambs are unfit for human consumption and shall be condemned if (1) the meat has the appearance of being water-soaked, is loose, flabby, tears easily and can be perforated with the fing…

Sec. 53-320. Distribution of noxious seeds or poisons. No person shall spread, distribute, sow, have in his possession or deliver to another, with malicious intent, any seeds of foul or noxious plants, or spread or distribute poisons upon the land or trees of another except for t…

Sec. 53-321. Sale of thistle seed in grass seed. Any person who vends any grass seed, in which he knows there is any seed of the Canada thistle, shall be fined not more than ten dollars. (1949 Rev., S. 8622.)

Sec. 53-322. Sale of clams by the barrel or bushel. Any person who sells clams usually known as quahogs, cherry stones or little necks by the barrel or bushel, unless such barrel contains not less than two hundred forty pounds or such bushel contains not less than eighty pounds n…

Sec. 53-323. Coercion in placing of insurance on real or personal property. Payment for inspection of damaged property. Time limit for inspection. No person, firm or corporation selling real or personal property or engaged in the business of financing the purchase of real or pers…

Sec. 53-324. Articles purporting to be made of gold to be marked. Any article represented to be of gold, which is made for sale or offered for sale, or held in possession with intent to sell, by any dealer, shall bear upon it, plainly stamped, the figures indicating the exact num…

Sec. 53-325. Articles made of gold or alloy; false representations. Any manufacturer or dealer who makes for sale, sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article constructed in part of gold or any alloy or imitation …

Sec. 53-326. Sterling silver defined. Penalty. Any manufacturer or dealer who makes for sale, sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article constructed in part of silver, or any alloy or imitation thereof, having th…

Sec. 53-327. Coin silver defined. Penalty. Any manufacturer or dealer who makes for sale, sells or offers to sell or dispose of, or has in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article constructed in part of silver, or any alloy or imitation thereof, having thereo…

Sec. 53-328. Manufacture and sale of gold and silver articles. Any manufacturer of or dealer in articles constructed in part of gold or silver or any alloy or imitation thereof, upon payment of a fee of ten dollars, may file in the office of the Secretary of the State a bond exec…

Sec. 53-329. Products of prison labor. Proceeds from sales credited to industrial fund. No person, firm or corporation shall possess, use, distribute, exchange, sell or offer for sale in this state any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, produced or mined wholly or in part …

Sec. 53-330. Admission to public performances. As used in this section, “places of public entertainment and amusement” means legitimate theaters, burlesque theaters, music halls, opera houses, concert halls, circuses and motion picture theaters. No person, agency, bureau, corpora…

Sec. 53-330a. Access to public transportation and places of public accommodation for volunteer canine search and rescue teams. (a) Any individual who is an active member of a volunteer canine search and rescue team, as defined in section 5-249, may travel on a train or on any oth…

Sec. 53-331. Use of arsenic in embalming. Any person who injects into the body of any deceased person, for the purpose of embalming the same, any fluid or substance containing arsenic in any form shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars. (1949 R…

Sec. 53-332. Burials; proximity to dwelling. Section 53-332 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1949 Rev., S. 8633; 1963, P.A. 328; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 10-32, S. 150; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)

Sec. 53-333. Depth of burial. Section 53-333 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8634; 1959, P.A. 302, S. 1.)

Sec. 53-333a. Depth of burial. Section 53-333a is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1959, P.A. 302, S. 2; P.A. 12-80, S. 193.)

Sec. 53-334. Unlawful disinterment. Any person who opens the grave or tomb where any corpse has been deposited, or removes any corpse from its place of sepulture, without the consent of the husband or wife or the near relatives of the deceased, or receives, conceals or secretes a…

Secs. 53-335 to 53-340. Malicious injury to property in cemeteries. Tramps. Wilful injury by tramps; carrying firearms. Officer may arrest without warrant. Exceptions. Vagrants and common drunkards. Sections 53-335 to 53-340, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8636, 8640–864…

Sec. 53-340a. Solicitation of clients, patients or customers for persons or entities providing legal or health care services. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Provider” means an attorney, a health care professional, as defined in section 19a-12a, a person who owns or op…

Sec. 53-341. Use of words “physician”, “surgeon”, “medical doctor”, “osteopath” or “doctor”, or initials “M.D.”, “D.O.” or “Dr.”. Exceptions. Penalties. (a) Except as otherwise permitted by chapters 369 to 388, inclusive, and subsection (b) of this section, no person engaged in t…

Sec. 53-341a. Sale of badge or shield of specific governmental official or employee. No person, firm or corporation may sell or offer for sale a badge or shield that identifies the wearer as holding a specific office, title or position with a state or local government or the fede…

Sec. 53-341b. Sale or delivery of body armor restricted. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell or deliver body armor to another person unless the transferee (1) meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the sale or delivery, and (2) possesses a permit or certifica…

Sec. 53-341c. Unauthorized taking or transmission by first responders of images of crime or accident victims. Any peace officer or firefighter, as those terms are defined in section 53a-3, or any ambulance driver, emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician or param…

Secs. 53-342 and 53-343. Attendance of children at places of amusement. Unauthorized credit to minor student. Sections 53-342 and 53-343 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8677, 8678; 1967, P.A. 287; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)

Sec. 53-343a. Presence of persons under twenty-one years of age in class III gaming facilities prohibited. Wagering and misrepresentation of age by such persons prohibited. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Gaming facility” means any room in which class III gaming, as le…

Sec. 53-344. Sale or delivery of cigarettes or tobacco products to persons under age twenty-one. Misrepresentation of age. Presentation of driver's license or identity card to establish age. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Cardholder” mea…

Sec. 53-344a. Sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. Proof of age. Each retailer of cigarettes or tobacco products or agent, employee or representative of such retailer shall require a person who is purchasing or attempting to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products, who appears…

Sec. 53-344b. Sale or delivery of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products to persons under twenty-one years of age. Misrepresentation of age by persons under twenty-one years of age. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Electron…

Sec. 53-345. Soliciting for philanthropic purposes. Section 53-345 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8606; 1953, S. 3301d; 1959, P.A. 659; 1963, P.A. 551, S. 15.)

Sec. 53-345a. Nitrous oxide containers; sale to or purchase by minors prohibited. Proof of age. (a) Any person who sells, gives or delivers to any minor under eighteen years of age any container exclusively containing nitrous oxide, unless the minor is delivering or accepting del…