(a) Except as provided in sections 26-85 and 26-90, firearms and ammunition, adjudged by the court to be contraband pursuant to subsection (c) of section 54-36a, or adjudicated a nuisance pursuant to section 54-33g, shall be turned over to the Bureau of Identification of the Connecticut Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for destruction or appropriate use or disposal by sale at public auction.
(b) Firearms and ammunition turned over to the state police pursuant to subsection (a) of this section which are not destroyed or retained for appropriate use shall be sold at public auctions, conducted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services or said commissioner's designee. Pistols and revolvers, as defined in section 53a-3, which are antiques, as defined in section 29-33, or curios or relics, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Chapter 1, Part 178, or modern pistols and revolvers which have a current retail value of one hundred dollars or more may be sold at such public auctions, provided such pistols and revolvers shall be sold only to persons who have a valid permit to sell a pistol or revolver, or a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-28. Rifles and shotguns, as defined in section 53a-3, shall be sold only to persons qualified under federal law to purchase such rifles and shotguns and who have a valid long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-37p. The proceeds of any such sale shall be paid to the State Treasurer and deposited by the State Treasurer in the forfeit firearms account within the General Fund.
(P.A. 76-77, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 85-263, S. 4; P.A. 87-257; P.A. 00-192, S. 42, 102; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 13-3, S. 9, 39.)
History: P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-263 added provisions re disposal of firearms at public auction; P.A. 87-257 amended Subsec. (b) to permit more than one annual auction of firearms by deleting restriction that firearms be sold at a public “auction held annually on or before the thirtieth of June”; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (b) to require sale proceeds to be deposited in forfeit firearms account and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (b) to add requirement that rifles and shotguns only be sold to persons who have a valid long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to Sec. 29-37p and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2013, and made section applicable to ammunition adjudged to be contraband or adjudicated a nuisance, effective October 1, 2013.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 959 - Court Jurisdiction and Power
Section 54-1 and 54-1a. - Criminal jurisdiction of trial justices; of Court of Common Pleas.
Section 54-1b. - Arraignment of prisoner. Advice as to rights.
Section 54-1c. - Admissibility of confession.
Section 54-1f. (Formerly Sec. 6-49). - Arrest without warrant. Pursuit outside precincts.
Section 54-1l. - Short title: Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act.
Section 54-1n. - Complaint by victim of identity theft. Law enforcement agency's responsibilities.
Section 54-1o. - Electronic recording of custodial interrogations.
Section 54-1p. - Eyewitness identification procedures.
Section 54-1s. - Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board. Membership. Duties.
Section 54-2. - Conviction and binding over by trial justice.
Section 54-2c. - Traffic violator need not appear in court, when. Schedule of fines established.
Section 54-2e. - Issuance of rearrest warrant or capias for failure to appear.
Section 54-25 and 54-26. - Release on recognizance. Witnesses in courts of other states.
Section 54-33. - Search warrants for gambling and lottery implements.
Section 54-33b. - Search of person.
Section 54-33c. - Warrant application, affidavits, execution and return. Copies. Orders.
Section 54-33d. - Interference with search.
Section 54-33e. - Destruction of property.
Section 54-33f. - Motion for return of unlawfully seized property and suppression as evidence.
Section 54-33i. - “Journalist”, “news organization” and “news” defined.
Section 54-33j. - Issuance of search warrant for property of journalist or news organization.
Section 54-33k. - “Strip search” defined.
Section 54-33l. - Strip searches. Procedure.
Section 54-33m. - Failure to wear seat belt not probable cause for vehicle search.
Section 54-33n. - Search of school lockers and property.
Section 54-33o. - Search of vehicle stopped solely for a motor vehicle violation.
Section 54-33p. - Restrictions on cannabis-related stop or search of a person or motor vehicle.
Section 54-34 and 54-35. - Search of person. Condemnation of gambling implements, notice.
Section 54-36. - Disposition of property held as evidence.
Section 54-36b. - Examiner of seized property, appointment, duties.
Section 54-36c. - Disposition of seized property on order of the examiner of seized property.
Section 54-36e. - Firearms and ammunition to be turned over to state police. Sale at public auction.
Section 54-36f. - Receipt for seized property to be given by law enforcement officials.
Section 54-36i. - Drug assets forfeiture revolving account. Allocation of moneys.
Section 54-36n. - Identification and tracing of seized and recovered firearms and ammunition.