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

Sec. 14-175. Presentation or mailing of certificate. Maintenance of electronic title record and title file. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the certificate of title may be presented or mailed to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.…

Sec. 14-176. Withholding of certificate. Bond requirement. If the commissioner is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the commissioner may register the vehicle but shall either: (1) Withhold issuance of a cer…

Sec. 14-177. Refusal of certificate. The commissioner shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if he has reasonable grounds to believe that: (a) The applicant is not the owner of the vehicle; (b) the application contains a false or fraudu…

Sec. 14-178. Replacement certificate of title. (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the com…

Sec. 14-179. Transfer of interest in vehicle. (a) If an owner transfers his interest in a vehicle, other than by the creation of a security interest, he shall, at the time of delivery of the vehicle, execute an assignment and warranty of title to the transferee, showing the name …

Sec. 14-179a. Assignment and warranty of title. Buyer's name and address not required. When. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-179, an assignment and warranty of title may be sent to an insurance company without bearing the buyer's name and address if it is being sent …

Sec. 14-180. Resale by a dealer. A dealer who buys a motor vehicle and holds such vehicle for resale shall complete, as the buyer, (1) the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder, or (2) a statement on a form prescribed by the commissioner that the title of such veh…

Sec. 14-181. Involuntary transfers. (a) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, promptly mail or deliver to the commissioner the last certificate of ti…

Sec. 14-182. Fee to accompany applications. (a) An application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the commissioner. (b) An application for the naming of a lienholder or his assignee on a certificate of title shall be ac…

Sec. 14-183. Issuance of new certificate. (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the na…

Sec. 14-184. Scrapping, dismantling or destruction of vehicle. Any person who scraps, dismantles or destroys a vehicle or who purchases a vehicle as scrap or to be dismantled or destroyed shall, if the vehicle's certificate of title is in such person's possession, mail or deliver…

Sec. 14-185. Perfecting of security interest. (a) Unless excepted by section 14-167, a security interest in a vehicle of a type for which a certificate of title is required is perfected by the delivery to the commissioner of the existing certificate of title, if any, an applicati…

Sec. 14-186. Duties on creation of security interest. If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle: (a) The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on a separate form the commissioner prescribes, to na…

Sec. 14-187. Assignment of security interest. (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without n…

Sec. 14-188. Release of security interest. (a) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a vehicle for which the certificate of title is in the possession of the lienholder, the lienholder shall, within ten days after demand and, in any event, within thirty days, execute a …

Sec. 14-189. Lienholder to furnish information concerning the security agreement. A lienholder named in a certificate of title, or whose security interest is maintained in the electronic title file pursuant to subsection (b) of section 14-175, shall, upon written request of the o…

Sec. 14-190. Method of perfecting interest exclusive. The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to this chapter is exclusive. Security interests subject to this chapter are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which ot…

Sec. 14-191. Suspension or revocation of certificate. (a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with section 14-194, if he finds: (1) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or …

Sec. 14-192. Fees. (a) The commissioner shall be paid the following fees: (1) For filing an application for a certificate of title, twenty-five dollars; (2) for each security interest noted upon a certificate of title or maintained in the electronic title file pursuant to subsect…

Sec. 14-193. Powers and duties of commissioner. (a) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (b) The com…

Sec. 14-194. Hearing. A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the commissioner under this chapter is entitled, upon request, to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 30; P.A. 02-70, S. 16.) History: P.A. 02-70 provided that hear…

Sec. 14-195. Appeal. A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the commissioner under this chapter may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain. (1957, P.A. 607, S. …

Sec. 14-196. Penalties. (a) A person who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title; (2) alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title, or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of title or a form the c…

Sec. 14-197. Report of stolen, recovered, unclaimed or abandoned vehicle. (a) A police officer or constable who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered, or of the recovery of a vehicle the theft or conversion of which such officer or constable knows or has reason to …

Sec. 14-198. False report. A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a police officer or to the commissioner shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 34.) Cit…

Sec. 14-199. Impeachment of credibility of defendant. In a prosecution for a crime specified in this chapter, a certified copy of a conviction under subsection (a) of section 14-196 is admissible to impeach the credibility of the defendant. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 35.)

Sec. 14-200. Penalties additional to other statutes. The penal provisions of this chapter in no way repeal or modify any existing provision of criminal law but are additional and supplementary thereto. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 36.) Cited. 9 CA 686. PART IV PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED VEHICL…

Secs. 14-201 to 14-209. Definition. Exemption of previously registered vehicle. Issuance of distinctive certificate. Perfection of security interest. Perfection under other statute. Filing of notices of security interest. Assignment of security interest. Release of interest. Lien…

Sec. 14-210. Interpretation. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 46.)

Sec. 14-211. Short title: Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act. This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act”. (1957, P.A. 607, S. 47.) Cited. 9 CA 686; 31 CA 797.

Sec. 14-211a. Motor vehicle theft task force. Section 14-211a is repealed, effective June 30, 2015. (P.A. 80-292, S. 14, 17; P.A. 83-233; P.A. 85-191; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 513.)

Sec. 14-212. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows, unless another construction is clearly apparent from the language or context in which the term is used or unless the construction is inconsistent with the manifest intention of the General Assembl…

Sec. 14-212a. Highway and municipal road construction zones, utility work zones, traffic incident management zones and fire station work zones. Fines. (a) The Superior Court shall impose an additional fee equivalent to one hundred per cent of the fine established or imposed for t…

Sec. 14-212b. School zones. Fines doubled. (a) As used in this section, “local highway” means a highway that is under the control of a town, city or borough; and “local traffic authority” means the traffic authority of a town, city or borough. (b) (1) At the request of the legisl…

Sec. 14-212c. Fines doubled for failure to yield right-of-way to person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter. A surcharge shall be imposed equivalent to one hundred per cent of the fine established or imposed for a violation of subsection (e) of section 14-24…

Sec. 14-212d. Highway work zone. Highway worker. Endangerment of highway worker. Penalties. (a) As used in this section and section 14-212e: (1) “Highway work zone” means an area of a state highway where construction, maintenance or utility work is being performed. Such work zone…

Sec. 14-212e. Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council established. Membership, meetings and duties. (a) There is established a Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council to make ongoing recommendations to improve safety for workers, public safety officers and motor vehicle opera…

Sec. 14-212f. Training in highway work zone safety. Development of program curriculum by Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council. The Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Police Officer Standards and Training Council es…

Sec. 14-212g. Work zone safety account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “work zone safety account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the Special Transportation Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in …

Sec. 14-213. Operation without carrying operator's license. Each operator of a motor vehicle shall carry his operator's license while operating such vehicle. Failure to carry such operator's license as required by the provisions of this section shall be an infraction. (1949 Rev.,…

Sec. 14-213a. Operation of private passenger motor vehicle when insurance coverage does not meet minimum no-fault security requirements. Penalty. Section 14-213a is repealed. (P.A. 79-577, S. 5, 8; P.A. 80-483, S. 63, 186; P.A. 81-217, S. 7.)

Sec. 14-213b. Operation prohibited when insurance coverage fails to meet minimum requirements. Penalty. Evidence of insurance coverage required to restore suspended license. (a) No owner of any private passenger motor vehicle or a vehicle with a combination or commercial registra…

Sec. 14-214. Instruction of unlicensed person in motor vehicle operation. Any licensed operator, being twenty years of age or older and having had an operator's license to operate a motor vehicle of the same class as the motor vehicle being operated for at least four years preced…

Sec. 14-215. Operation while registration or license is refused, suspended or revoked. Operation in violation of restriction or limitation on operator's license or right to operate motor vehicle that requires use of ignition interlock device. Penalty. (a) No person to whom an ope…

Sec. 14-215a. Operation while license is suspended pursuant to section 14-140. (a) No person whose operator's license or right to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended pursuant to section 14-140 shall operate any motor vehicle during the period of such suspensi…

Sec. 14-215b. Operation after expiration of period of suspension and without obtaining reinstatement of license. Any person whose motor vehicle operator's license has been suspended who operates a motor vehicle after the expiration of such period of suspension without obtaining t…

Sec. 14-216. Operation by persons under eighteen without insurance. No person under the age of eighteen years shall operate any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state, and no person shall cause or permit such operation of any motor vehicle by any such person, unless such m…

Sec. 14-217. Operator to give name and address and show or surrender license, registration and insurance identification card when requested. No person who is operating or in charge of any motor vehicle, when requested by any officer in uniform, by an agent authorized by the commi…

Sec. 14-218. Negligent homicide. Section 14-218 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2415; 1949, S. 1316d; 1971, P.A. 30.)

Sec. 14-218a. Traveling unreasonably fast. Establishment of speed limits. (a)(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any public highway of the state, or road of any specially chartered municipal association or any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a…