Title 54, Title 54: Criminal Procedure

Sec. 54-240f. Confidentiality of marriage records. A program participant may request that the participant's marriage records be kept confidential by appearing in person with the participant's spouse or intended spouse before the authorized personnel for the office of the registra…

Sec. 54-240g. Listing on voter registry list. A program participant may request to be listed on a voter registry list without the participant's street and house number by presenting the participant's certification card to the authorized personnel for the office of the registrar o…

Sec. 54-240h. Agency use of program address. (a) A program participant may request that an agency use the program address as the participant's residential, work or school address for all purposes for which the agency requires or requests such residential, work or school address. …

Sec. 54-240i. Exemption from use of program address by agency. (a) An agency may request an exemption from the use of a program participant's program address pursuant to section 54-240h by providing, in writing, to the Secretary of the State: (1) Identification of the statute or …

Sec. 54-240j. Renewal of program certification. (a) A program participant, a guardian or conservator of the person acting on behalf of an adult program participant, or a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor program participant may apply to renew the participant's progra…

Sec. 54-240k. Cancellation of program certification. Notice. Reapplication to program. Withdrawal from program. (a) The Secretary of the State may cancel a program participant's certification and invalidate the participant's certification card if: (1) The program participant chan…

Sec. 54-240l. Secretary of the State as agent for program participant. Service on program participant. (a) The Secretary of the State shall be a program participant's agent upon whom any summons, writ, notice, demand or process in any action, proceeding or other matter involving …

Sec. 54-240m. Confidentiality of records re program participant. Exceptions. Notice of disclosure. (a) The Secretary of the State may not make any records in a program participant's file, other than the program address, available for inspection or copying, except: (1) If requeste…

Sec. 54-240n. Nondisclosure of confidential address in criminal or civil proceeding. No employee of any law enforcement agency or any state or municipal social service agency, and no other witness, shall be compelled to disclose a program participant's confidential address during…

Sec. 54-240o. Custody or visitation order in effect prior to or during participation in program. No custody or visitation order in effect prior to or during a person's participation in the address confidentiality program shall be affected by such participation or by any provision…

Sec. 54-250. Definitions. For the purposes of sections 54-102g and 54-250 to 54-258a, inclusive: (1) “Conviction” means a judgment entered by a court upon a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere or a finding of guilty by a jury or the court notwithstanding any pending appeal …

Sec. 54-251. Registration of person who has committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor or a nonviolent sexual offense. (a) Any person who has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a criminal offense against a victim who is a…

Sec. 54-252. Registration of person who has committed a sexually violent offense. (a) Any person who has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of a sexually violent offense, and (1) is released into the community on or after October 1, 1988, and…

Sec. 54-253. Registration of person who has committed a sexual offense in another jurisdiction. (a) Any person who has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in any other state, in a federal or military court or in any foreign jurisdiction of any…

Sec. 54-254. Registration of person who has committed a felony for a sexual purpose. (a) Any person who has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in this state on or after October 1, 1998, of any felony that the court finds was committed for a s…

Sec. 54-255. Restriction on dissemination of registration information for certain offenders. (a) Upon the conviction or finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of any person for a violation of section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised …

Sec. 54-256. Responsibilities of courts and agencies in registration process. (a) Any court, the Commissioner of Correction or the Psychiatric Security Review Board, prior to releasing into the community any person convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defe…

Sec. 54-257. Registry. Suspension of registration. Verification of address. Retake of photographic image. Change of name. (a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, not later than January 1, 1999, establish and maintain a registry of all persons require…

Sec. 54-258. Availability of registration information. Immunity. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, except subdivisions (3), (4) and (5) of this subsection, the registry maintained by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shal…

Sec. 54-258a. Warning against wrongful use of registry information. Any agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof that provides public access to information contained in the registry shall post a warning that states: “Any person who uses information in this registr…

Sec. 54-259. Sexual Offender Registration Committee. Section 54-259 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 98-111, S. 11; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)

Sec. 54-259a. Risk Assessment Board. Development and use of risk assessment scale. Report. Section 54-259a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 06-187, S. 30; 06-196, S. 295; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 99; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)

Sec. 54-260. (Formerly Sec. 54-102s). Notification of change of name or address of sexual offenders on parole or probation. (a) For the purposes of this section, “sexual offender” means any person convicted of a violation of section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 19…

Sec. 54-260a. Report on number of registrants being electronically monitored and need for additional resources. Not later than January fifteenth of each year, the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial De…

Sec. 54-260b. Criminal investigation of registrants using the Internet. Ex parte court order to compel disclosure of basic subscriber information of registrants. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Basic subscriber information” means: (A) Name, (B) address, (C) age or date…

Sec. 54-261. Community response education program. (a) The Court Support Services Division, in conjunction with state-wide experts in law enforcement, the treatment of sexual offenders and sexual assault victim services, shall, within available appropriations, develop a community…

Sec. 54-280. Definitions. Registry of offenders convicted of offense committed with a deadly weapon. Suspension of registration. Registration information. Notification protocol. Confidentiality. (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 45a-99, 52-11, 54-280a and 54-280b:…

Sec. 54-280a. Registration of person convicted of offense committed with a deadly weapon. Personal appearance requirement. Penalty. (a)(1) Any person who has been convicted or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect of an offense committed with a deadly weapon and …

Sec. 54-280b. Registration information. (a) The registration information for each registrant shall include: (1) The offender's name, including any other name by which the offender has been legally known, and any aliases used by the offender; (2) Identifying information, including…

Sec. 54-300. Sentencing Commission. (a) There is established, within existing budgetary resources, a Connecticut Sentencing Commission which shall be within the Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes only. (b) The mission of the commission shall be to review …

Sec. 54-301. Posting of data and evaluation re provisional pardons and certificates of rehabilitation. Reports. (a) Not later than January 1, 2016, the Connecticut Sentencing Commission shall post data on its Internet web site that the commission received from the Board of Pardon…