Any person who makes and sells to anyone other than a new car dealer, licensed under section 14-52, a person actually engaged in the trade of locksmith, a law enforcement agency or a loan institution which finances the purchase of motor vehicles, any motor vehicle master car key, and any person other than one engaged in the manufacture of such keys as a bona fide business or other than one to whom the sale of such a key is authorized by this section who has such a key in his possession, shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor and, for a subsequent offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(1967, P.A. 818; P.A. 12-80, S. 102.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty for first offense of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor and replaced penalty for subsequent offense of a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months or both with a class B misdemeanor.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property
Section 53-80a. - Manufacture of bombs.
Section 53-129a. - Defrauding secured party.
Section 53-129b. - Concealment or conveyance of leased property.
Section 53-130. - Concealing or destroying attached property.
Section 53-131. - Removal of identifying marks on electrical devices.
Section 53-132. - Sale of equipment with defective identification marks.
Section 53-132a. - Altering manufacturer's serial number.
Section 53-133. - Unlawful alteration or disposal of rental electric storage batteries.
Section 53-134. - Possession of outboard motor having defaced factory or engine number.
Section 53-142a. - Illegal sale or possession of master car key.
Section 53-142d. - Penalties for violations of sections 53-142b, 53-142c.
Section 53-142f. - Possession of unauthorized recordings prohibited.