Connecticut General Statutes
Title 1 - Provisions of General Application
Chapter 1 - Construction of Statutes

Section 1-1. - Words and phrases. Construction of statutes. - (a) In the construction of the statutes, words and phrases...

Section 1-1a. - Terms relating to security in personal property. - Unless the context of any statute requires a different interpretation,...

Section 1-1b. - Payment by bank treasurer's or cashier's check in lieu of certified check. - (a) Any payment which is required by any state statute...

Section 1-1c. - “Elector” defined. “Special election warned and held or called for that purpose”, means “referendum”, when. - (a) Whenever the term “elector” or “electors” occurs in the...

Section 1-1d. - “Minor”, “infant”, “infancy”, “age of majority”, defined. - Except as otherwise provided by statute, on and after October...

Section 1-1e. - Savings clause. - Nothing in sections 1-1d, 3-94b to 3-94e, inclusive, 7-6, 7-51,...

Section 1-1f. - “Blind”, “physically disabled”, defined. - For purposes of sections 3-10e, 4a-60, subdivision (12) of section...

Section 1-1g. - “Intellectual disability” defined. - (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, “intellectual disability” means...

Section 1-1h. - Identity cards. - (a) Any person who does not possess a valid motor...

Section 1-1i. - Use of fees collected from issuance of identity cards. - The fees payable to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles upon...

Section 1-1j. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Methods of payment for licenses, fees, costs or fines. - (a) Each state agency, as defined in section 4-166, shall...

Section 1-1k. - “Victim of crime”, “crime victim”, defined. - Except as otherwise provided by the general statutes, “victim of...

Section 1-1l. - Holocaust victims' settlement payments excluded from income for purposes of needs-based programs. - Any Holocaust victims' settlement payment, as defined in subdivision (35)...

Section 1-1m. - Applicability of marriage terms. - Wherever in the general statutes or the public acts the...

Section 1-1n. - “Gender identity or expression” defined. - As used in sections 4a-60, 8-169s, 8-265c, 8-294, 8-315, 10-15c,...

Section 1-1t. - Method of payment of fees and delivery of correspondence or communications to agency or quasi-public agency. Advertisement of legal notices. - (a) As used in this section, “agency” means each state...

Section 1-2. - Legal notices. - Each provision of the general statutes, the special acts or...

Section 1-2a. - Construction of term “postmark”. - (a) For purposes of sections 1-206, 3-114i, 4-147, 9-23g, 9-153b,...

Section 1-2b. - Construction of term “certified mail, return receipt requested”. - (a) For purposes of sections 1-100oo, 1-206, 2-71r, 4-176, 4-180,...

Section 1-2c. - Construction of term “electronic mail”. - Wherever in the general statutes or public acts the term...

Section 1-2z. - Plain meaning rule. - The meaning of a statute shall, in the first instance,...

Section 1-3. - Validity of separate provisions of acts. - If any provision of any act passed by the General...

Section 1-3a. - License or permit fee due on Saturday, Sunday or holiday. - Any state or municipal license or permit fee which is...

Section 1-3b. - Enforcement of subpoena powers. - Whenever any section of the general statutes or any section...