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

Sec. 14-21v. Support for nursing profession commemorative number plates. Fees. Nursing account. (a) On and after January 1, 2009, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue commemorative number plates of a design to express support for the nursing profession, raise awareness …

Sec. 14-21w. Share the Road commemorative number plates. Fees. Regulations. Share the Road account. Use of image. (a) On and after January 1, 2010, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may issue, within available appropriations, Share the Road commemorative number plates of a desig…

Sec. 14-21x. Men's Health commemorative number plates. Fees. Regulations. Men's Health account. (a) On and after January 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may issue, within available appropriations, Men's Health commemorative number plates of a design to enhance public …

Sec. 14-21y. Hartford Whalers commemorative number plates. (a) On and after January 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue Hartford Whalers commemorative number plates of a design to commemorate the Hartford Whalers and to provide funding to the Connecticut Child…

Sec. 14-21z. Save Our Lakes commemorative number plates. Fees. (a) On and after July 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue Save Our Lakes commemorative number plates of a design to enhance public awareness of the state's effort to preserve and protect the state'…

Sec. 14-22. Expiration and renewal. (a) Except as otherwise provided in the general statutes, a motor vehicle registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire either two or three years from the date of issuance, at the discretion of the commissioner and in accordance wit…

Secs. 14-22a to 14-22e. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 14-22f. Cancellation of motor vehicle registration in error or failure to maintain accurate record of registration. Remedies. In the event the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles cancels any motor vehicle registration in error on or after January 1, 1996, or fails to maintain an …

Sec. 14-23. Refunds on registrations to persons in armed forces. The commissioner may make application to the Comptroller for a refund when any person surrenders his or her registration or number plate or plates on any noncommercial motor vehicle and is inducted into the armed fo…

Sec. 14-24. Heavy duty trailers. Heavy construction equipment. Gross weight of tractor-trailer units. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, if in the commissioner's opinion it is equitable, grant a special registration and furnish a special set of number plates or markers, limi…

Sec. 14-25. Registration not required for trailers used as parade floats. No trailer vehicle when used as a float in a parade shall be required to be registered under the provisions of this chapter. (1957, P.A. 233; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 5.) History: 1965 act deleted provi…

Sec. 14-25a. Identifying registration certificate and marker for certain construction equipment. (a) Registration under section 14-12 is unnecessary for equipment used on a construction project if: (1) The equipment is operated on that part of a highway closed by the Commissioner…

Sec. 14-25b. Registration of vehicle as special mobile equipment or special mobile agriculture vehicle. (a) The commissioner may register any vehicle operated upon any public highway as special mobile equipment as defined in section 14-165 and may issue a special number plate whi…

Sec. 14-25c. Registration of motor vehicle used as a student transportation vehicle. Distinctive marker plates. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue distinctive registration marker plates to each motor vehicle, except a taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service, that i…

Sec. 14-25d. Registration of DUKW or similar amphibious vehicle. Restrictions or prohibitions imposed by traffic authority. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may register a DUKW amphibious vehicle, manufactured by General …

Sec. 14-26. Motor or service buses, taxicabs, school buses, motor vehicles in livery service and school buses used in part in livery service. (a) Each owner or lessee of a motor bus, service bus, taxicab, school bus or motor vehicle in livery service shall file in the office of t…

Sec. 14-27. Number plates for public service motor vehicles. (a) Each motor bus shall carry number plates to be furnished by the commissioner, which number plates shall indicate that such vehicle is licensed for motor bus service. (b) Each motor bus holding a permit for interstat…

Sec. 14-27a. Number plates for vanpool vehicle. Minimum insurance requirements. Each vanpool vehicle shall carry number plates to be furnished by the commissioner which number plates shall indicate that such vehicle is licensed for vanpool service. The commissioner shall not regi…

Sec. 14-28. Passenger motor vehicle plates for livery cars or taxicabs. For a fee of seven dollars, the commissioner may furnish to each holder of a livery or taxicab registration an additional passenger motor vehicle number plate or set of number plates in accordance with the pr…

Sec. 14-29. Owners of motor or service buses, taxicabs, school buses, school transportation vehicles and motor vehicles in livery service to furnish insurance or bond. (a) The commissioner shall not register any motor bus, taxicab, school bus, motor vehicle in livery service, stu…

Sec. 14-29a. Registration of motor vehicles over ten years old as taxicabs prohibited. No motor vehicle that is engaged in taxicab service shall be registered by the commissioner if such motor vehicle is older than ten model years old. Notwithstanding any regulation adopted pursu…

Sec. 14-3. Powers and duties of commissioner. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall enforce the provisions of the statutes concerning motor vehicles and the operators of such vehicles. The commissioner shall administer, coordinate and control the operations of the department a…

Sec. 14-30. Public service motor vehicles registered in another state. Section 14-30 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2372; 1971, P.A. 612, S. 5.)

Sec. 14-31. Refund of registration fees for motor vehicles with commercial registration unfit for use. Any person may surrender to the commissioner the registration certificate and the number plates for any motor vehicle with a commercial registration in the name of such person, …

Sec. 14-32. Commercial motor vehicle in interstate business. Section 14-32 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2374; 1971, P.A. 612, S. 5.)

Sec. 14-33. Renewal of registration denied for failure to pay motor vehicle property tax or fines for parking violations. Collection of delinquent property tax by commissioner. Issuance of temporary registrations by city, town, borough or other taxing district. (a)(1) For assessm…

Sec. 14-33a. Notice to commissioner of tax payment. When a taxpayer who was reported to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as delinquent in taxes by a tax collector in accordance with section 14-33 is no longer delinquent, the tax collector shall immediately notify the Commission…

Sec. 14-34. Reciprocity of registration. (a) A motor vehicle owned by a nonresident and registered for the current year in the state or district of which the owner is a resident may be operated upon the highways of this state without registration under this chapter to the extent,…

Sec. 14-34a. Reciprocal agreements apportioning the registration of commercial vehicles. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements or plans on behalf of the state of Connecticut with the appropriate authorities of any of the states, …

Sec. 14-35. Transporter's registration. (a) Any person who in the opinion of the commissioner is qualified may apply for a transporter's registration and number plate. The applicant shall furnish such information as the commissioner requires on forms to be furnished by the commis…

Sec. 14-35a. Restrictions on owner of motor vehicle with suspended registration. Prohibitions on operation of motor vehicle by motor carrier. Penalties. (a) In any case where the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is authorized or required by any section of this title to suspend the …

Sec. 14-36. Motor vehicle operator's license. (a) Motor vehicle operator's license required for operation of motor vehicle. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section and section 14-40a, no person shall operate a motor vehicle on any public highway of this state or private …

Sec. 14-36a. Classification of operators' licenses. Designations; endorsements. Penalty. (a) A commercial driver's license issued in accordance with section 14-44c shall be designated as class A, B or C, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 14-44d. All o…

Sec. 14-36b. Renewal. (a) A motor vehicle operator's license shall be renewed only for the same class or classes for which it was originally issued. (b) A person may obtain a license for an additional class or classes if he demonstrates, pursuant to subsection (e) of section 14-3…

Sec. 14-36c. Specification of class of license. Section 14-36c is repealed, effective July 1, 2002. (1969, P.A. 183, S. 1; P.A. 02-70, S. 87; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 14-36d. Acquisition and installation of equipment. Renewal and duplication of license or card without personal appearance. Method for issuance, renewal or duplication of license, permit or card. Temporary license, permit or card. Procedures. (a) The commissioner may acquire,…

Sec. 14-36e. (Formerly Sec. 10-24). Course in motor vehicle operation and highway safety. (a) As used in this section, “classroom instruction” includes training or instruction offered in person in a congregate setting, through distance learning or through a combination of both in…

Sec. 14-36f. (Formerly Sec. 10-24d). Regulations concerning driver education programs. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, governing the establishment, conduct and scope of driver education programs in secon…

Sec. 14-36g. Restrictions on transportation of passengers and hours of operation of vehicle by holders of motor vehicle operator's licenses who are sixteen or seventeen years of age. Exceptions. Regulations. Penalties. (a) Each person who holds a motor vehicle operator's license …

Sec. 14-36h. Contents and features of operator's license and identity card. Issuance to persons on active duty. Veteran status indicated. (a) Each motor vehicle operator's license issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in accordance with section 14-36 and each identity card…

Sec. 14-36i. Seizure and forty-eight-hour suspension of operator's license of person who is sixteen or seventeen years of age for certain violations. (a) If a police officer issues an infractions complaint to any person for a violation of the provisions of section 14-36g, the mot…

Sec. 14-36j. Commissioner to amend regulations re content of safe driving instruction courses. Attendance by parent or guardian. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall amend the regulations adopted pursuant to sections 14-36f and 14-78 concerning the content of safe driving…

Sec. 14-36k. Conviction of person under age eighteen for operating motor vehicle without operator's license. Penalty. If any person who is less than eighteen years of age is convicted of operating a motor vehicle without an operator's license, in accordance with the provisions of…

Sec. 14-36l. Transmission of registration information to the Selective Service System upon application by person under twenty-six years of age for issuance or renewal of license. (a) As used in this section, “license” means a motor vehicle operator's license, commercial driver's …

Sec. 14-36m. Issuance of operators' licenses to applicants unable to establish legal presence in the United States and applicants without Social Security numbers. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Primary proof of identity” means documentation indicating the identity of an applic…

Sec. 14-37. Limited license on proof of financial responsibility by owner. Section 14-37 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 2378; 1949, S. 1297d; P.A. 75-486, S. 41, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 34, 348; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 14-37a. Special operator's permit for purposes of employment, education or medically necessary treatment. (a) Any person whose operator's license has been suspended pursuant to any provision of this chapter or chapter 248, except pursuant to section 14-215 for operating unde…

Sec. 14-37b. Applicant without license from any state, United States territory or certain foreign countries. Requirements. Regulations. Any applicant for a motor vehicle operator's license who has not previously held a Connecticut motor vehicle operator's license and who does not…

Sec. 14-38. Recall, suspension or revocation of minor operator's license. Section 14-38 is repealed, effective June 23, 1993. (1957, P.A. 437, S. 1, 3; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 14; 1969, P.A. 52; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 14; P.A. 73-169; 73-616, S. 46; P.A. 76-263, S. 4, 9; P.A. 84…

Sec. 14-38a. Instruction manual printed in Spanish. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall prepare an instruction manual in Spanish for motor vehicle operation which shall be made available, upon request, to any Spanish-speaking person who has applied or intends to apply for a …