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

Sec. 14-96aa. Standards and specifications for lamps for snow-removal and highway maintenance equipment. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt standards and specifications applicable to head lamps, clearance lamps, identification and other lamps on snow-removal and o…

Sec. 14-96b. Head lamps. (a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle shall be equipped with at least two head lamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in sections 14-9…

Sec. 14-96bb. Operation of motor vehicles without required lighting devices. Section 14-96bb is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1969, P.A. 409; P.A. 75-577, S. 70, 126; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)

Sec. 14-96c. Tail lamps. Illumination of rear registration plate. (a) After October 1, 1967, every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two tail la…

Sec. 14-96cc. Regulation of hazardous lighting equipment. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may make regulations prohibiting the use on any motor vehicle operating on the highways of this state of any lighting equipment which he determines to be hazardous to either the operator …

Sec. 14-96d. Reflectors. (a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two or more red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section. Each motorcycle shall carry at least one such ref…

Sec. 14-96e. Stop lamps. Turn signals. (a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be equipped with two or more stop lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of section 14-96r, except that passenger motor vehicles manufactured or assembled prior to…

Sec. 14-96f. Special requirements for buses, trucks, trailers, truck tractors. The following vehicles shall be equipped in the following manner: (a) Buses and trucks eighty inches or more in overall width: (1) On the front, two clearance lamps, one at each side, and on vehicles m…

Sec. 14-96g. Colors of lamps and reflectors. Reflective sheeting on certain vehicles. (a) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color. (b)…

Sec. 14-96h. Mounting of reflectors and clearance lamps. Section 14-96h is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1967, P.A. 834, S. 9; P.A. 75-577, S. 34, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 23, 74; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)

Sec. 14-96i. Visibility of reflectors and clearance, identification and side marker lamps. (a) Each reflector upon any vehicle referred to in section 14-96f shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at nighttime from all distances within…

Sec. 14-96j. Vehicles operated in combination. Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lighted lamps are required, no lamp, except tail lamps, need be lighted which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obs…

Sec. 14-96k. Projecting loads. Carrying of animals. No person shall, during the period from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, operate upon any highway any vehicle except fire apparatus, the load of which extends more than four feet beyond the rear of the…

Sec. 14-96l. Sufficiency of head and rear lights. Parked vehicles. (a) Every vehicle, except a motorcycle, shall be equipped with one or more lamps which, when lighted, shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the front of the vehicle, …

Sec. 14-96m. Farm tractors and equipment. (a) Every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry shall at all times mentioned in subsection (a) of section 14-96a be equipped with two single-beam or multiple-beam head lamps meeting the req…

Sec. 14-96n. General lighting requirements. (a) Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles, not specifically required by the provisions of sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices, shall, at all times specified in subsection (…

Sec. 14-96o. Spot lamps. Fog lamps. Auxiliary passing lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two spot lamps and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam will strike …

Sec. 14-96p. Color of lights. Flashing lights. Intensity of lights. (a) Except as provided in section 14-96q, no person shall display upon any motor vehicle or equipment: (1) Any light visible from the front of such motor vehicle or equipment other than white, yellow or amber; (2…

Sec. 14-96q. Permits for colored or flashing lights. Exceptions. Fee. (a) A permit is required for the use of colored or flashing lights on all motor vehicles or equipment specified in this section except: (1) Motor vehicles not registered in this state used for transporting or e…

Sec. 14-96r. Color of stop lamps. Turn signal lamps. (a) Any vehicle, when required under sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red or amber light, or any shade of color between red and …

Sec. 14-96s. Fender, backup and identification lamps. Penalties. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without glare. (b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more backup lamps eith…

Sec. 14-96t. Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamps or combinations thereof on motor vehicles, other than motorcycles, shall be so arranged that the driver may control the selection between distribution…

Sec. 14-96u. Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directe…

Secs. 14-96v and 14-96w. Single-beam road-lighting equipment. Distance forward lights to illuminate. Sections 14-96v and 14-96w are repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1967, P.A. 834, S. 24, 25; P.A. 75-577, S. 48, 49, 126; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)

Sec. 14-96x. Head lamp of motorcycle. The head lamp or head lamps upon every motorcycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type but, in either event, shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows: (1) Every such head lamp on a motorcycle shall be of suffic…

Sec. 14-96y. Number of head lamps. Number in combination with other lamps. (a) At all times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, at least two lighted lamps shall be displayed, one on each side at the front of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, except when such…

Sec. 14-96z. Intensity of certain lamps. Location of red light. (a) During the times specified in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, emergency v…

Sec. 14-97. Defrosting devices on school buses and motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire. (a) Each school bus, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-275, used for the transportation of school children and each motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hir…

Sec. 14-97a. Emergency lighting or reflecting devices on motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire and motor vehicles with commercial registration. (a) There shall be carried on each motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire whose capacity is in excess of sev…

Sec. 14-97b. Lift equipment on motor buses. On and after April 18, 1988, any motor bus purchased for use in providing fixed route bus service by the state or any transit district or other entity which receives state subsidies for such services shall be equipped with a mechanical …

Sec. 14-98. Tires. Each vehicle operated upon any highway or bridge shall be equipped with tires of rubber, or other elastic substance, approved by the commissioner, and the wheels shall be so constructed that no metal part of the wheel or tire may be in contact with the surface …

Sec. 14-98a. Tires to be in safe operating condition. No person shall operate a motor vehicle or trailer upon the public highways unless such motor vehicle or trailer is equipped with tires, in safe operating condition, that conform to the standards set forth in 49 CFR 571.109, a…

Sec. 14-99. Mirror. Motor vehicles with commercial registration to allow others to pass. Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror attached to and so located and adjusted on such vehicle as to give the operator thereof a clear reflected view of the highway directly to th…

Secs. 14-99a to 14-99e. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 14-99f. Windshield. Obstruction of view. (a) Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with a windshield of a type prescribed by section 14-100 and a windshield cleaner or wiper in effective working order located directly in front of the operator while in use on the highway. The …

Sec. 14-99g. Definitions. Tinted or reflectorized windows. Obstruction of view prohibited. Exceptions. Sale or delivery of motor vehicles having tinted or reflectorized windows prohibited. Stickers required. Penalty. Window tinting businesses. Regulations. (a) As used in this sec…

Sec. 14-99h. Etching of vehicle identification numbers. Marking of component parts. Penalty. Regulations. (a) Each new car dealer or used car dealer, as defined in section 14-51, or lessor licensed under the provisions of section 14-15 may offer the purchaser or lessee of a new o…

Sec. 14-9a. Criminal background checks for applicants for employment with department and certain department employees. Reassignment of employee with disqualifying criminal offense or condition. (a) The Departments of Motor Vehicles and Administrative Services shall, subject to th…

Sec. 14-165. Definitions. Except when the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter: (1) “Dealer” means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging vehicles who is licensed under the provisions of chapter 246; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissio…

Sec. 14-166. Exempted vehicles. (a) The acquisition of a certificate of title shall not be required and the issuance of a certificate of title by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not be required for the following: (1) A vehicle owned by the United States, unless it is reg…

Sec. 14-167. Certain liens and security interests not affected. This chapter does not apply to or affect: (1) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicle; (2) a lien given by statute to the United States, this state or any politic…

Sec. 14-167a. Vehicle lease with terminal rental adjustment clause; not sale or security interest. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, in the case of motor vehicles or trailers, a transaction does not create a sale or security interest merely because it provide…

Sec. 14-168. Certificate of origin. When a new vehicle is delivered in this state by the manufacturer to his agent or his franchised dealer, the manufacturer shall execute and deliver to his agent or his franchised dealer a certificate of origin in the form prescribed by the comm…

Sec. 14-168a. Sale of assembled wreckers or other motor vehicles by used car dealers. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any section of the general statutes, a used car dealer licensed in accordance with the provisions of section 14-52 who enters into a contract with a manufac…

Sec. 14-169. When certificate required. (a) Except as provided in section 14-166, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all motor vehicles at the time of initial registration or when a change of registration is required under the provisions of section 14-16 by reason of a…

Sec. 14-170. Implement of husbandry or special mobile equipment. The owner of an implement of husbandry or special mobile equipment may apply for and obtain a certificate of title on it. All of the provisions of this part are applicable to a certificate of title so issued, except…

Sec. 14-171. Application for certificate. (a) The application for a certificate of title of a vehicle in this state shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and contain information provided by the owner or acquired through one or more databases used by the commissioner. …

Sec. 14-172. Check of identification number. Participation in National Motor Vehicle Title Information System. (a) The commissioner, upon receiving application for a first certificate of title, shall check the identification number of the vehicle shown in the application against …

Sec. 14-173. Issuance of certificate. Records. (a) The commissioner shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of th…

Sec. 14-174. Information in certificate. Prima facie evidence. (a) Each certificate of title issued by the commissioner shall contain: (1) The date issued; (2) the name and address of the owner; (3) the names and addresses of any lienholders, in the order of priority as shown on …