Title 21 — Title 21: Licenses

Sec. 21-1. Penalty for selling at auction without license. Each person who exposes for sale by auction any goods or articles, except provisions, charcoal, wood, the products of a farm and secondhand household furniture, in any town, city or borough of which he is not a resident, …

Sec. 21-2. Issue and revocation. The majority of the selectmen of each town may issue such licenses and, if the charter or ordinances of any city or borough do not authorize any person or persons to issue such licenses, the mayor of such city or the warden of such borough may iss…

Secs. 21-3 and 21-4. License for sale of jewelry; fee; hours of sale. Penalty for fraudulent statements. Sections 21-3 and 21-4 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4641, 4642; 1949, S. 2329d; P.A. 73-15, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-259, S. 19.)

Sec. 21-5. Blind persons not to pay for license to sell their own work. No town, city or borough shall require any license fee from any blind person, resident of this state, for the privilege of selling within its limits goods, wares and merchandise, manufactured by him with his …

Sec. 21-5a. Auction by noncommercial educational broadcasting facilities exempt. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to auctions conducted by a noncommercial educational broadcasting facility. (1972, P.A. 16, S. 1.)

Sec. 21-6. Licenses. The mayor, aldermen and common council of any city, the warden and burgesses of any borough and the selectmen of any town may license and regulate any exhibitions therein; but selectmen shall not license any such exhibition within the limits of any city or bo…

Sec. 21-7. Exhibits relating to venereal diseases. Section 21-7 is repealed, effective October 1, 2018. (1949 Rev., S. 4645; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 18-168, S. 85.)

Sec. 21-8. Witnesses for state not to be prosecuted. No person who testifies for the state in any prosecution for any unlawful exhibition or erection or construction therefor or forfeiture accruing therefrom shall thereafter be prosecuted for anything about which he has so testif…

Sec. 21-10. Town ordinances re licensing of junk dealers and regulation of junk yards. Any town may make reasonable ordinances with reference to the licensing of junk dealers engaged in business therein, including the imposition of a license fee in an amount to be fixed by the se…

Sec. 21-11. License. Fee. Record. Weekly reports. Penalty. Any person desiring to engage in business as a dealer in junk, metals or other secondhand articles that are no longer serviceable for their original manufactured purpose in any town, city or borough shall make application…

Sec. 21-11a. Requirements for scrap metal processors, junk dealers and junk yard owners or operators. Notification. Prohibitions. Penalties. (a) A scrap metal processor, as defined in section 14-67w, shall record, for all loads of scrap metal purchased or received by such process…

Sec. 21-12. Display of license. Each such dealer doing business in this state shall display, on each vehicle used by him in such business, the name of the person conducting such business, the number of the license under which such business is being conducted and the name of the m…

Sec. 21-13. Penalty. Any person who engages in the business of a junk dealer without complying with the provisions of this chapter relating to said business shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. (1949 Rev., S. 4651; P.A. 12-80, S. 72.) History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of …

Sec. 21-14. Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any dealer in motor vehicles, as defined in chapter 246, or any dealer in antique household furniture, china or glassware. (1949 Rev., S. 4652; 1967, P.A. 887, S. 1; P.A. 07-121, S. 1.) History: 1967 act ex…

Sec. 21-9. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) (A) “Junk dealer” means any person who engages in business as a dealer and trader in junk, old metals, scrap, rags, waste paper or other secondhand articles that are no longer serviceable for their original manufactured purpose…

Secs. 21-15 to 21-22a. Transferred to Chapter 246, Secs. 14-67g to 14-67r, inclusive.

Sec. 21-22b. Regulations concerning storage of unregistered motor vehicles and parts. Section 21-22b is repealed. (1967, P.A. 854, S. 2, 4; 1969, P.A. 514, S. 1.)

Secs. 21-23 to 21-26a. Transferred to Chapter 246, Secs. 14-67s to 14-67w, inclusive.

Secs. 21-27 to 21-35. Definitions and exceptions. Itinerant vendor license; managing itinerant vendor license; application; license fee; Itinerant Vendor Guaranty Fund fee; conspicuous display in printed advertisements of license number and name under which license issued; list o…

Sec. 21-35a. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, “closing-out sale” means all sales advertised, represented or held forth under the designation of “going out of business”, “selling out”, “liquidation”, “lost our lease”, “forced to vacate”, “moving to a new location”, o…

Sec. 21-35b. State license. Deposit. Application. Time within which to submit application. Application procedure if promoter is used. Documentation to be made available for inspection by commissioner. License number and termination date to be displayed in advertisements. License …

Sec. 21-35c. License to expire ninety days after issuance or on termination date in application. Special deposit to be used to satisfy claims against licensee. Return of license. Lost licenses. (a) All state licenses issued under this chapter shall expire ninety days from the dat…

Sec. 21-35d. Municipal license. Before selling under the state license prescribed in section 21-35b in any town, city or borough, each person conducting a closing-out sale shall make application for a municipal license to the selectmen or other authority of such town, city or bor…

Sec. 21-35e. Listed items only to be sold. No goods, wares or merchandise other than those listed in the inventory required in this chapter shall be included in any closing-out sale and no sale shall continue beyond a reasonable date to be specified in the required application, e…

Sec. 21-35f. Additional goods not to be ordered within sixty days of license application. No person in contemplation of a closing-out sale under a license as provided for in section 21-35b shall order any goods, wares or merchandise for the purpose of selling and disposing of the…

Sec. 21-35g. Continuation of business after sale prohibited. No person shall, upon conclusion of a closing-out sale continue that business which has been represented as terminal, under the same name, or under a different name, at the same location. (P.A. 76-281, S. 7.)

Sec. 21-35h. Violation an unfair trade practice. Penalty. (a) Any person who advertises, holds, conducts or carries on any sale of goods, wares or merchandise under the description of “closing-out sale” contrary to the provisions of this chapter or violates any of the provisions …

Sec. 21-35i. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may promulgate such regulations as he finds necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. (P.A. 76-281, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.) History: June 30 Sp. S…

Sec. 21-35j. Exceptions to applicability of chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to or affect sales or persons conducting such sales pursuant to an order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction or to any state marshal, constable or other public or court…

Sec. 21-35k. Criminal or civil penalty not applicable to advertising media; when. No criminal or civil penalty in this chapter shall apply to acts done by the publisher, owner, agent or employee of a newspaper or periodical, or radio or television station in the publication or di…

Sec. 21-35l. Suspension or revocation of license. Civil penalty. The commissioner, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may revoke or suspend the closing-out sale license of any person for (1) conduct of a character like…

Sec. 21-35m. Promoters must register with commissioner. Applications for registration. Fee. Renewal. Agreement between promoter and closing-out sale licensee. Suspension or revocation of registration. Civil penalty. (a) No person shall act as a promoter, as defined in section 21-…

Sec. 21-35n. Civil penalty for failure to obtain license or registration. The commissioner, after providing notice and conducting a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each offense on any pe…

Sec. 21-36. Definitions. “Hawker” or “peddler”, as used in this chapter, means any person, whether principal or agent, who goes from town to town or from place to place in the same town selling or bartering, or carrying for sale or barter, or exposing therefor, any goods, wares o…

Sec. 21-37. Town ordinances re vending, hawking or peddling. Permits and fees. Fees not required of certain veterans. Information concerning frozen dessert truck. Exceptions. (a) Any town may make reasonable ordinances with reference to the vending or hawking upon its public stre…

Sec. 21-38. Penalty. Any person who engages in the business of a peddler or hawker without complying with the provisions of any such ordinance shall be fined not more than one hundred ninety-nine dollars. (1949 Rev., S. 4685; P.A. 93-425, S. 2; P.A. 95-281, S. 2.) History: P.A. 9…

Sec. 21-39. Pawnbroker license required. Loans on intangible property excepted. No person shall, in any city or town of this state, engage in or carry on the business of a pawnbroker unless such person is licensed in accordance with section 21-40; but the provisions of this chapt…

Sec. 21-39a. Definitions. As used in sections 21-39 to 21-47, inclusive, 21-47d, 21-47e and 21-100: (1) “Pawnbroker” means a person, other than a person operating an automated kiosk for consumer electronics in accordance with section 21a-446, who is engaged in the business of loa…

Sec. 21-40. Issuance of licenses. Fees. Applications. Criminal history records checks. Suspension, revocation or modification of license. (a) The licensing authority of any town or city may grant licenses to suitable persons to be pawnbrokers in such town or city respectively, an…

Sec. 21-41. Proof of identity required. Record-keeping requirements. (a) No pawnbroker shall take, receive or purchase tangible personal property without receiving proof of the identity of the person depositing, pledging or selling the property. Such identification shall include …

Sec. 21-42. Documents and copies provided by pawnbroker. Payment requirements. Limitations on check cashing by pawnbroker. (a) Each such pawnbroker shall, at the time of making any loan on a pawn or pledge of personal property or of purchasing such property on condition of sellin…

Sec. 21-43. Statement of transactions. Each pawnbroker shall submit to the licensing authority, weekly, or more frequently as determined by the licensing authority upon consideration of the volume and nature of the business, a sworn statement of his or her transactions, describin…

Sec. 21-44. Rates of interest. No pawnbroker or person who loans money on the deposit or pledge of personal property shall take or receive, for the use of money loaned on personal property, any more than the following rates: For the use of money amounting to fifteen dollars or le…

Sec. 21-45. Sale or disposition of deposited or pledged property. No pawnbroker shall sell or dispose of any personal property left with such pawnbroker in deposit or pledge for money loaned or as a result of the purchase of such property on condition of selling the same back aga…

Sec. 21-46. Security not defeated by out-of-state conditional sale. Section 21-46 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4671; 1959, P.A. 133, S. 10-102.)

Sec. 21-46a. Seizure of property by law enforcement officer. Restitution. Whenever property is seized from the place of business of a pawnbroker by a law enforcement officer, such officer shall give the pawnbroker a duly signed receipt for the property containing a case number, a…

Sec. 21-47. Penalties. (a) Any person who wilfully engages in the business of a pawnbroker, unless licensed according to law, or after notice that his or her license has been suspended or revoked, shall be guilty of a class D felony. (b) Any person who wilfully violates any of th…

Secs. 21-47a to 21-47c. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 21-47d. Secondhand dealer license. Fees. Applications. Criminal history records checks. Suspension or revocation of license. Exemption. Penalty. (a) No person shall engage in the business of a secondhand dealer, as defined in section 21-39a, in any city or town of this state…

Sec. 21-47e. Proof of identity required. Record-keeping requirements. Payment terms. Statement of transactions. Sale or disposition of property. Seizure of property by law enforcement officer. Restitution. Penalty. (a) No secondhand dealer shall take, receive or purchase tangible…