Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 961a - Criminal Records
Section 54-142k. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (d) and effective date.) Availability of conviction information and nonconviction information.

(a) Each person or agency holding conviction information or nonconviction information shall establish reasonable hours and places of inspection of such information.

(b) Each person or agency holding conviction information or nonconviction information shall (1) update such information promptly whenever related criminal history record information is erased, modified or corrected or when a pardon is granted; and (2) post on any conviction information or nonconviction information available to the public a notice that the criminal history record information may change daily due to erasures, corrections, pardons and other modifications to individual criminal history record information and that the person or agency cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information except with respect to the date the information is disclosed or obtained.
(c) Conviction information shall be available to the public for any purpose.
*(d) Nonconviction information shall be available to the subject of the information and to the subject's attorney pursuant to this subsection and subsection (e) of this section. Any person shall, upon satisfactory proof of the person's identity, be entitled to inspect, for purposes of verification and correction, any nonconviction information relating to the person and upon the person's request shall be given a computer printout or photocopy of such information for which a reasonable fee may be charged, provided no erased record may be released except as provided in subsection (f) of section 54-142a. Before releasing any exact reproductions of nonconviction information to the subject of the information, the agency holding such information may remove all personal identifying information from such reproductions.
(e) Any person may authorize, in writing, an agency holding nonconviction information pertaining directly to the person to disclose such information to the person's attorney. The holding agency shall permit such attorney to inspect and obtain a copy of such information if both the attorney's identity and that of the attorney's client are satisfactorily established, provided no erased record may be released unless the attorney attests to such attorney's client's intention to challenge the accuracy of such record.
(f) Any person who obtains nonconviction information by falsely representing to be the subject of the information shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 78-200, S. 10; P.A. 79-631, S. 12, 111; P.A. 80-218; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 78, 82; P.A. 85-604; P.A. 89-28; P.A. 90-104; P.A. 92-134, S. 2; 92-262, S. 16, 42; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-117, S. 2; P.A. 05-152, S. 10; P.A. 07-243, S. 2.)
*Note: On and after January 1, 2023, subsection (d) of this section, as amended by section 8 of public act 21-32, is to read as follows:
“(d) Nonconviction information shall be available to the subject of the information and to the subject's attorney pursuant to this subsection and subsection (e) of this section. Any person shall, upon satisfactory proof of the person's identity, be entitled to inspect, for purposes of verification and correction, any nonconviction information relating to the person and upon the person's request shall be given a computer printout or photocopy of such information for which a reasonable fee may be charged, provided no erased record may be released except as provided in subsection (h) of section 54-142a. Before releasing any exact reproductions of nonconviction information to the subject of the information, the agency holding such information may remove all personal identifying information from such reproductions.”
(P.A. 78-200, S. 10; P.A. 79-631, S. 12, 111; P.A. 80-218; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 78, 82; P.A. 85-604; P.A. 89-28; P.A. 90-104; P.A. 92-134, S. 2; 92-262, S. 16, 42; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-117, S. 2; P.A. 05-152, S. 10; P.A. 07-243, S. 2; P.A. 21-32, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 79-631 substituted reference to Sec. 54-142a(f) for reference to Sec. 54-90(j) in Subsec. (c); P.A. 80-218 added Subsec. (f) re disclosure of criminal conviction information to department of children and youth services or other youth service agencies; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29 added Subsec. (g) re disclosure of criminal conviction record information to the department of mental retardation and confidentiality of such information; P.A. 85-604 added Subsecs. (h) and (i) re disclosure of criminal conviction information to the departments of human resources and health services and confidentiality of such information; P.A. 89-28 added Subsec. (j) re disclosure of criminal conviction information to family division of superior court and confidentiality of such information; P.A. 90-104 added Subsec. (k) re access to records by department of mental health; P.A. 92-134 added Subsec. (l) re disclosure of criminal conviction information to Attorney General or an attorney representing a party in any juvenile matter and confidentiality of such information; P.A. 92-262 added Subsec.(m) concerning the department of education's right to criminal conviction records of applicants for certification and persons certified under Sec. 10-145b; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-117 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that conviction information shall be available to public for any purpose, amended Subsec. (e) by adding phrase “other than conviction information” and changed “record” to “information” and deleted Subsecs. (f) to (m), inclusive, re access of various agencies to criminal conviction records of certain people; P.A. 05-152 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “criminal history record information” with “conviction information or nonconviction information”, amended Subsec. (c) by adding provision re availability of nonconviction information to the subject of the information and such person's attorney and by making technical changes, made a technical change in Subsec. (d) and amended Subsec. (e) by replacing “criminal history record information other than conviction information” with “nonconviction information”; P.A. 07-243 added new Subsec. (b) re update of information and posting of notice, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (e) as Subsecs. (c) to (f) and made technical changes; P.A. 21-32 substituted reference to Sec. 54-142a(h) for reference to Sec. 54-142a(f) in Subsec. (d), effective January 1, 2023.

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