Title 29, Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

Sec. 29-143t. (Formerly Sec. 21a-205). Boxers and competitors to be examined by physician. Costs. (a) No person shall engage in any boxing match as a boxer or in any mixed martial arts match as a competitor until such person has been examined and found to be physically fit by a c…

Sec. 29-143u. (Formerly Sec. 21a-206). Special privileges or discrimination. Any person acting as principal, manager, second, promoter or matchmaker receiving or accepting, directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing from any boxer or mixed martial arts competitor f…

Sec. 29-143v. (Formerly Sec. 21a-207). Age limitation for boxers and competitors. No person under eighteen years of age shall engage in any professional boxing or mixed martial arts match, and no person under sixteen years of age shall engage in any amateur boxing or mixed martia…

Sec. 29-143w. (Formerly Sec. 21a-208). Betting prohibited. No person shall bet or wager upon the result of any boxing or mixed martial arts match. (1949 Rev., S. 3519; 1972, P.A. 55, S. 9; P.A. 99-194, S. 19; P.A. 13-259, S. 13.) History: 1972 act specified prohibition applies to…

Sec. 29-143x. (Formerly Sec. 21a-209). Admission of persons under eighteen to boxing or mixed martial arts match restricted. No person under eighteen years of age shall be admitted to any professional boxing or mixed martial arts match unless accompanied by such person's parent o…

Sec. 29-143y. (Formerly Sec. 21a-210). Effect of local ordinance prohibiting boxing or mixed martial arts matches. No license shall be issued under section 29-143l to conduct, hold or give any boxing or mixed martial arts match in any town, city or borough which has adopted any o…

Sec. 29-143z. (Formerly Sec. 21a-211). Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, for which a penalty is not expressly prescribed, or any of the regulations adopted under the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars. (…

Sec. 29-144. Definition. Any person who makes a business of furnishing bail in criminal cases or who furnishes bail in five or more criminal cases in any one year, whether for compensation or otherwise, shall be deemed a professional bondsman and shall be subject to the provision…

Sec. 29-145. Application for license. Requirements. Any person desiring to engage in the business of a professional bondsman shall apply to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a license. Such application shall set forth under oath the full name, age, …

Sec. 29-146. Investigation of applicant for license. Fee. Term of license. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, upon receipt of such application, cause an investigation to be made of the character and financial responsibility of the applicant and, i…

Sec. 29-147. Renewal, revocation or suspension of license. Each professional bondsman licensed under the provisions of this chapter may apply for a renewal of his license upon renewal application forms provided by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and r…

Sec. 29-147a. Suspension of license for failure to pay forfeited bond. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may suspend any license issued under the provisions of this chapter of any professional bondsman when he finds that such surety has failed to pay a …

Sec. 29-148. Notice. Statement of assets and liabilities. Each professional bondsman licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall: (1) Inform the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in writing, of (A) a change in such professional bondsman's name, res…

Sec. 29-149. Notice to courts and municipal departments of licensees. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall furnish to all courts and to all town, city and borough departments in the state, having authority to accept bail, the names, residence address…

Sec. 29-150. Oath of bondsmen. Form. Each professional bondsman shall, when furnishing surety for recognizances of any person charged with crime, take oath to the sufficiency of his security upon a uniform form furnished for such purpose by the clerk of the Superior Court and app…

Sec. 29-151. Maximum commission or fee. Reports to commissioner. Audits. (a) No such professional bondsman shall charge for his commission or fee more than fifty dollars for the amount of bail furnished by him up to five hundred dollars, nor more than ten per cent of the amount o…

Sec. 29-152. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of section 29-145, 29-148, 29-150 or 29-151 shall be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both, and such person's right to engage in the business of a professi…

Sec. 29-152a. Inspection of books and records. Regulations. To carry out the provisions of sections 29-144 to 29-151, inclusive, 29-152b and 29-152c, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may: (1) Inspect the books and records of any professional bondsman a…

Sec. 29-152b. Prohibited acts. (a) No professional bondsman shall: (1) Suggest or advise, in exchange for a fee or other consideration, the employment of or name for employment of any particular attorney to represent the principal on a bail bond; (2) Solicit business in or on the…

Sec. 29-152c. Collateral security or other indemnity on a bail bond. Penalty. (a) A professional bondsman may accept collateral security or other indemnity on a bail bond. (b) If collateral security or other indemnity was received on a bail bond by a professional bondsman and suc…

Sec. 29-152e. License required. No person shall, as a surety on a bond in a criminal proceeding or an agent of such surety, engage in the business of taking or attempting to take into custody the principal on the bond who has failed to appear in court and for whom a rearrest warr…

Sec. 29-152f. Application for license. Requirements. Any person desiring to engage in the business of a bail enforcement agent shall apply to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a license therefor. Such application shall set forth under oath the full …

Sec. 29-152g. Investigation of applicant. Issuance of license. Fee. Term. Upon being satisfied, after investigation, that the applicant is a suitable person to receive a license as a bail enforcement agent, and that the applicant meets the licensing requirements of section 29-152…

Sec. 29-152h. Renewal of license. Each person licensed as a bail enforcement agent under the provisions of sections 29-152f to 29-152i, inclusive, may apply for a renewal of such license upon renewal application forms provided by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public …

Sec. 29-152i. Suspension, revocation or nonrenewal of license. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of any bail enforcement agent, provided notice shall have been given to the licensee to appear before the…

Sec. 29-152j. Notice to courts and police departments of names of professional bondsmen and bail enforcement agents. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall furnish to all courts and to all organized police departments in the state, the names of all per…

Sec. 29-152k. Notice to law enforcement agency prior to apprehension of principal. Prior to taking or attempting to take into custody the principal on a bond, a professional bondsman licensed under chapter 533, a surety bail bond agent licensed under chapter 700f or a bail enforc…

Sec. 29-152l. Restrictions on wearing or displaying certain uniforms, badges or other insignia. (a) No professional bondsman licensed under chapter 533, surety bail bond agent licensed under chapter 700f or bail enforcement agent licensed under sections 29-152f to 29-152i, inclus…

Sec. 29-152m. Permit to carry firearm required. Training required. Regulations. (a) No professional bondsman licensed under chapter 533, surety bail bond agent licensed under chapter 700f or bail enforcement agent licensed under sections 29-152f to 29-152i, inclusive, shall carry…

Sec. 29-152n. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 29-152e to 29-152m, inclusive, for which no other penalty is provided, shall be guilty of a class D felony. (P.A. 97-287, S. 11; P.A. 99-240, S. 23; P.A. 10-5, S. 52; P.A. 13-94, S. 9.) History: P.A. 99-240 …

Sec. 29-152o. Regulations. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of sections 29-152f to 29-152i, inclusive. (P.A. 97-287, S. 12; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.) History…

Sec. 29-152p. Approval of instructors. Fee. Term. Renewal. Regulations. Penalty. Suspension, revocation or nonrenewal of approval. (a) On and after October 1, 2013, no person may be an instructor for a course in the criminal justice system for purposes of section 29-152f or a cou…

Sec. 29-152u. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Armed security officer” means a security officer who carries or has immediate access to a firearm in the performance of such officer's duties as a security officer; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Emergency Ser…

Sec. 29-153. Private detective license required. No person shall engage in the business of, or solicit business as, a private detective, or make representations to be or advertise as a private detective or as furnishing detective or investigating services, without first obtaining…

Sec. 29-154. Qualifications for license. List of employees. Section 29-154 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3738; 1957, P.A. 149, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 128; February, 1965, P.A. 538; 1969, P.A. 756, S. 22.)

Sec. 29-154a. Qualifications for private detective or private detective agency license. Appeal. (a) The commissioner may grant a private detective or private detective agency license to any suitable person, or to any corporation, association or partnership subject to the followin…

Sec. 29-154b. Qualifications of corporate stockholders. The license of a corporation may be denied by the commissioner, or suspended or revoked, if it shall appear that ten per cent or more of the stock of such corporation is held by a person who cannot meet the character standar…

Sec. 29-154c. Persons vested with police powers ineligible for licensure. No member of the state, or any town, city or borough, police force or any other person vested with police powers shall be eligible for a license under the provisions of sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive.…

Sec. 29-155. Form of application for license. Criminal history records checks. Fingerprints. Photographs. Trade name. (a) Application for a license as a private detective or as a private detective agency shall be made in writing, under oath, on a form to be furnished by the commi…

Sec. 29-155a. Applicant to post surety bond and provide general liability insurance certificate. (a) Each applicant for a license as a private detective or as a private detective agency shall post with the commissioner a bond in favor of the state with surety in the amount of ten…

Sec. 29-155b. Issuance of license. Upon being satisfied, after investigation, of the good character, competency and integrity of an applicant, or, if the applicant is an association or partnership, of the individual members thereof, or if a corporation, of all officers and direct…

Sec. 29-155c. License fees. The fee for an individual private detective shall, for an original license, be one thousand four hundred fifty dollars and for renewal of any such license, six hundred twenty-five dollars every two years. The fee for a private detective agency shall, f…

Sec. 29-155d. Display of license. Immediately upon the receipt of a license certificate issued by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection pursuant to sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, the licensee shall post and at all times display such license in a cons…

Sec. 29-156. Licensee's identification card. Upon the issuance of a license as provided in sections 29-153 to 29-161, inclusive, the commissioner shall issue to each licensee and, in the case of a corporation, association or partnership, each officer or member thereof, a pocket i…

Sec. 29-156a. Employment of private investigators. Registration. Fee. Penalty. (a) Any licensee may employ as many private investigators as such licensee deems necessary for the conduct of such licensee's business, provided such employees shall be of good moral character and at l…

Sec. 29-156b. Identification card for private investigators. The licensee of a private detective agency shall issue to each of the agency's private investigators an identification card, of such size, color and design as the commissioner may prescribe, which card shall contain the…