(a) Any payment which is required by any state statute or municipal ordinance or by any regulation of any state, municipal or other public authority to be made by certified check may be made by bank treasurer's or cashier's check with the same effect as though a certified check had been used.
(b) When the terms of any contract entered into in this state require payment by certified check, unless the contrary is expressly stated, “certified check” shall be construed to include any bank treasurer's or cashier's check.
(February, 1965, P.A. 103, S. 1, 2.)
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 1 - Provisions of General Application
Chapter 1 - Construction of Statutes
Section 1-1. - Words and phrases. Construction of statutes.
Section 1-1a. - Terms relating to security in personal property.
Section 1-1b. - Payment by bank treasurer's or cashier's check in lieu of certified check.
Section 1-1d. - “Minor”, “infant”, “infancy”, “age of majority”, defined.
Section 1-1e. - Savings clause.
Section 1-1f. - “Blind”, “physically disabled”, defined.
Section 1-1g. - “Intellectual disability” defined.
Section 1-1h. - Identity cards.
Section 1-1i. - Use of fees collected from issuance of identity cards.
Section 1-1k. - “Victim of crime”, “crime victim”, defined.
Section 1-1m. - Applicability of marriage terms.
Section 1-1n. - “Gender identity or expression” defined.
Section 1-2a. - Construction of term “postmark”.
Section 1-2b. - Construction of term “certified mail, return receipt requested”.
Section 1-2c. - Construction of term “electronic mail”.
Section 1-2z. - Plain meaning rule.
Section 1-3. - Validity of separate provisions of acts.
Section 1-3a. - License or permit fee due on Saturday, Sunday or holiday.