Title 29, Title 29: Public Safety and State Police

Sec. 29-22. Volunteer police auxiliary force. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized to recruit, train and organize a volunteer police auxiliary force for the purpose of providing emergency services throughout the state for peacetime or wartime…

Sec. 29-23. Emergency service and equipment. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is authorized to provide and maintain appropriate emergency equipment and emergency services to protect life and property endangered by fire, explosions, floods and other cau…

Sec. 29-23a. Establishment of rotational system for summoning wreckers. Exemptions. Regulations. (a) The Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection may establish, within its patrol jurisdiction, a rotational system for summoning lic…

Sec. 29-24. Disposition of money recovered in case of theft from the person or robbery. Section 29-24 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3663; P.A. 75-530, S. 24, 35.)

Sec. 29-25. Laundry and dry cleaning identification marks. Each person, firm or corporation conducting a laundry or dry cleaning establishment, or offering as an independent contractor the services of such an establishment, shall report to the Commissioner of Emergency Services a…

Sec. 29-26. Training of municipal police at State Police Training School. Any municipality or other political subdivision of the state may enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to secure the services of the State Police Training…

Sec. 29-27. “Pistol” and “revolver” defined. The term “pistol” and the term “revolver”, as used in sections 29-28 to 29-38, inclusive, mean any firearm having a barrel less than twelve inches in length. (1949 Rev., S. 4157; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 14.) History: July Sp. Sess…

Sec. 29-28. Permit for sale at retail of firearms. Permit to carry pistol or revolver. Confidentiality of name and address of permit holder. Permits for out-of-state residents. (a)(1) No person who sells ten or more firearms in a calendar year or is a federally licensed firearm d…

Sec. 29-28a. Application for permit. Notice of decision to applicant. (a) Requests for temporary state permits under section 29-28 shall be submitted to the chief of police, the chief of police of a law enforcement unit of any federally recognized Native American tribe within the…

Sec. 29-28b. Holders of permits to sell firearms at retail. Duties. Inventory reconciliation. (a) In addition to any other duty required by this chapter, a person who possesses a permit to sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28 shall not: (1) F…

Sec. 29-29. Information concerning criminal records of applicants for permits. (a) No temporary state permit for carrying any pistol or revolver shall be issued under the provisions of section 29-28 unless the applicant for such permit gives to the local authority, or the chief o…

Sec. 29-2a. Legal review of police policies and practices of Division of State Police. The Chief State's Attorney and the Attorney General, or their designees who shall be attorneys in their respective offices, shall annually conduct a legal review of the police policies and prac…

Sec. 29-2b. Imposition of pedestrian citation or traffic ticket quotas prohibited. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall not impose any quota with respect to the issuance of citations to pedestrians or summonses for motor vehicle violations upon any pol…

Sec. 29-3. “State policeman” defined. “State policeman” or “state policemen”, wherever used in the general statutes, shall, unless otherwise indicated by the context, include a state policewoman or state policewomen. (1949 Rev., S. 3642.)

Sec. 29-30. Fees for permits for sale at retail of firearms and for carrying of pistols and revolvers. Expiration and renewal of permits. (a) The fee for each permit originally issued under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 29-28 for the sale at retail of firearms shall…

Sec. 29-31. Display of permit to sell. Record of sales. No sale of any firearm shall be made except in the room, store or place described in the permit for the sale of firearms, and such permit or a copy of such permit certified by the authority issuing the same shall be exposed …

Sec. 29-32. Revocation of permit. Notification. Confiscation. Penalty for failure to surrender permit. Reinstatement of permit. (a) For the purposes of this section, “conviction” means the entry of a judgment of conviction by any court of competent jurisdiction. (b) Any state per…

Sec. 29-32a. Appeal from refusal or revocation of permit. Section 29-32a is repealed. (1959, P.A. 263, S. 1; 615, S. 24; 1967, P.A. 633, S. 1.)

Sec. 29-32b. Board of Firearms Permit Examiners. Appeals to board. Hearings. (a) There is established a Board of Firearms Permit Examiners, within the Office of Governmental Accountability established under section 1-300, to be comprised of nine members, eight of whom shall be ap…

Sec. 29-32c. Law enforcement unit posting of rights concerning firearms. The administrative head of each law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-291e, shall ensure that each police station, headquarters or barracks under such administrative head's jurisdiction posts in a co…

Sec. 29-33. Sale, delivery or transfer of pistols and revolvers. Procedure. Penalty. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver to any person who is prohibited from possessing a pistol or revolver as provided in section 53a…

Sec. 29-34. False statement or information in connection with sale or transfer of pistol or revolver prohibited. Sale or transfer to person under twenty-one years of age prohibited. Temporary transfers. Penalties. (a) No person shall make any false statement or give any false inf…

Sec. 29-35. Carrying of pistol or revolver without permit prohibited. Knowingly carrying any firearm with intent to display such firearm prohibited. Exceptions. (a)(1) No person shall carry any pistol or revolver upon such person's person, except when such person is within such p…

Sec. 29-36. Alteration of firearm identification mark, serial number or name. (a) No person shall remove, deface, alter or obliterate the name of any maker or model or any maker's number, unique serial number or other mark of identification on any firearm as defined in section 53…

Sec. 29-36a. Manufacture of a firearm. Acquisition of unique serial number or other mark of identification. Exceptions. Penalty. (a) No person shall complete the manufacture of a firearm without subsequently (1) obtaining a unique serial number or other mark of identification fro…

Sec. 29-36b. Distribution of unique serial number or other mark of identification for firearms. Not later than October 1, 2019, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as need…

Sec. 29-36f. Eligibility certificate for pistol or revolver. (a) Any person who is twenty-one years of age or older may apply to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver. (b) The Commissioner of Emergency…

Sec. 29-36g. Application for eligibility certificate. Criminal history records check. Deadline for approval or denial of application. Form of certificate. Change of address. Confidentiality of name and address of certificate holder. Scope of certificate. (a) Requests for eligibil…

Sec. 29-36h. Fee for eligibility certificate. Expiration and renewal of eligibility certificate. (a) The fee for each eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver originally issued under the provisions of section 29-36f shall be thirty-five dollars and for each renewal thereo…

Sec. 29-36i. Revocation of eligibility certificate. Reinstatement. (a) Any eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver shall be revoked by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection upon the occurrence of any event which would have disqualified the holder f…

Sec. 29-36j. Purchase or receipt of pistol or revolver without permit or eligibility certificate prohibited. Exceptions. Section 29-36j is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (July Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 12; P.A. 99-212, S. 22.)

Sec. 29-36k. Transfer, delivery or surrender of firearms or ammunition by persons ineligible to possess firearms or ammunition. Request for return of firearms or ammunition. Destruction of firearms or ammunition. Penalty. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, …

Sec. 29-36l. Verification of eligibility of persons to receive or possess firearms. State database. Instant criminal background check. Immunity of seller or transferor. Authorization number required. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall establish…

Sec. 29-36m. 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 18-81i, 29-27 and 29-28, subsection (a) of section 29-30, section 29-32, subsecti…

Sec. 29-36n. Protocol for the transfer, delivery or surrender of pistols, revolvers, other firearms and ammunition. (a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in conjunction with the Chief State's Attorney and the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, shal…

Sec. 29-37. Penalties. (a) Any person violating any provision of section 29-28 or 29-31 shall be guilty of a class E felony, and any pistol or revolver found in the possession of any person in violation of any of said provisions shall be forfeited. (b) Any person violating any pr…

Sec. 29-37a. Sale, delivery or transfer of long guns. Procedure. Penalty. (a) For the purposes of this section, “long gun” means a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, other than a pistol or revolver. (b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, no person, f…

Sec. 29-37b. Retail dealer to equip firearms with gun locking device and provide written warning at time of sale. Penalty. (a) Each person, firm or corporation which engages in the retail sale of any firearm, at the time of sale of any such firearm, shall (1) equip such firearm w…

Sec. 29-37d. Firearms dealer to install burglar alarm system on premises of its establishment. Exceptions. Civil penalties. Regulations. (a) On and after July 1, 1993, each business organization which engages in the retail sale of firearms, as defined in section 53a-3, as a regul…

Sec. 29-37e. False statement or information in connection with sale or transfer of firearm other than pistol or revolver prohibited. (a) No person shall make any false statement or give any false information connected with any purchase, sale, delivery or other transfer of any fir…

Sec. 29-37f. Qualifications of retail store employees who sell firearms. No person, firm or corporation that engages in the retail sale of goods, where the principal part of such trade or business is the retail sale of goods other than firearms, shall employ a person to sell fire…

Sec. 29-37g. Gun show requirements. (a) For the purposes of this section, (1) “gun show” means any event (A) at which fifty or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, transfer or exchange to the public and (B) at which two or more persons are exhibiting one or more firea…

Sec. 29-37i. (Formerly Sec. 29-37c). Responsibilities re storage of firearms. No person shall store or keep any firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, on any premises under such person's control unless such person (1) keeps the firearm in a securely locked box or other container o…

Sec. 29-37j. Purchase of firearm with intent to transfer to person prohibited from purchasing or receiving a firearm. Assistance from person prohibited from purchasing or receiving a firearm. Penalties. (a) Any person who purchases a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, pursuant…

Sec. 29-37p. Long gun eligibility certificate. Disqualifiers. (a) Any person who is eighteen years of age or older may apply to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a long gun eligibility certificate. (b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Publ…

Sec. 29-37q. Long gun eligibility certificate. Application. Form and content. Confidentiality. (a) Requests for long gun eligibility certificates under section 29-37p shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection on application forms prescribe…