Connecticut General Statutes
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline

Section 14-5c. - Department closed or unable to perform transactions due to emergency or other reason. Extension of expiration date or period of validity of credentials issued by commissioner. - In the case of any emergency situation described by the...

Section 14-6. - Coordination of enforcement activities. - The commissioner shall endeavor to coordinate motor vehicle enforcement throughout...

Section 14-7. - Deputy commissioners. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, as provided in section...

Section 14-8. - Police authority of commissioner and inspectors. - (a) The commissioner, each deputy commissioner and any salaried inspector...

Section 14-9. - Oath of office. - The commissioner and each deputy commissioner shall take the oath...

Section 14-9a. - Criminal background checks for applicants for employment with department and certain department employees. Reassignment of employee with disqualifying criminal offense or condition. - (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall, subject to the...

Section 14-10. - Definitions. Records. Disclosure of personal information and highly restricted personal information. Penalty. Regulations. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Disclose” means...

Section 14-11. - Employment of legal assistance. - The commissioner may employ any attorney-at-law for assistance in the...

Section 14-11a. - Exceptional issuance of certificates and licenses for law enforcement activities. Verification by Chief State's Attorney of statements on application for such certificates and licenses. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not issue a registration...

Section 14-11b. - Driver training program for persons with disabilities. - (a) There shall be within the Department of Aging and...

Section 14-11c. - Motor Carrier Advisory Council. Members. Duties. - (a) There is established a Motor Carrier Advisory Council, which...

Section 14-11d. - Annual safety inspection program for fire department apparatus. - (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles, within available appropriations, shall...

Section 14-11e. - Annual report re appointments scheduled and transactions available and conducted on department's Internet web site. - On or before February 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the...

Section 14-11i. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Payment of fees by credit card. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may allow the payment of...

Section 14-11j. - Blue envelopes for persons with autism spectrum disorder. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Connecticut...

Section 14-11k. - Waiver of fee for license or identity card renewal or duplication for veterans at certain event. - (a) As used in this section, “veteran” means a veteran,...

Section 14-12. - Motor vehicle registration. Application. Issuance by dealers. Misrepresentation. Registration number and certificate. Requirements for registration. Regulations. Temporary registration. Number of registered electric vehicles. - (a) No motor vehicle shall be operated, towed or parked...

Section 14-15d. - Electronic issuance of registration or certificate of title. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may require any person, firm...

Section 14-16c. - Insurance companies', persons', firms' or corporations' duties re totalled vehicles and certificates of title. Operation and inspection of totalled vehicles. Regulations. - (a)(1)(A) Any insurance company that takes possession of a motor...

Section 14-20b. - Number plates for veterans, members of the armed forces and members of the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units. Return and nonrenewal of number plates. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, at the request of...

Section 14-20d. - Marker plates for veterans and members of the armed forces to indicate service during a period of war. Return and nonrenewal of marker plates. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “veteran” means any...

Section 14-21aa. - Connecticut Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...

Section 14-21i. - Greenways commemorative number plates. Fees. Greenways commemorative account. Regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue greenways commemorative...

Section 14-21z. - Save Our Lakes commemorative number plates. Fees. - (a) On and after July 1, 2021, the Commissioner of...

Section 14-25c. - Registration of motor vehicle used as a student transportation vehicle. Distinctive marker plates. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue distinctive registration marker...

Section 14-25d. - Registration of DUKW or similar amphibious vehicle. Restrictions or prohibitions imposed by traffic authority. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Commissioner...

Section 14-29. - Owners of motor or service buses, taxicabs, school buses, school transportation vehicles and motor vehicles in livery service to furnish insurance or bond. - (a) The commissioner shall not register any motor bus, taxicab,...

Section 14-36. - Motor vehicle operator's license. - (a) Motor vehicle operator's license required for operation of motor...

Section 14-36d. - Acquisition and installation of equipment. Renewal and duplication of license or card without personal appearance. Method for issuance, renewal or duplication of license, permit or card. Temporary license, permit or card. Procedures... - (a) The commissioner may acquire, by lease or purchase, and...

Section 14-36e. (Formerly Sec. 10-24). - Course in motor vehicle operation and highway safety. - (a) As used in this section, “classroom instruction” includes training...

Section 14-36f. (Formerly Sec. 10-24d). - Regulations concerning driver education programs. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations, in accordance...

Section 14-36h. - Contents and features of operator's license and identity card. Issuance to persons on active duty. Veteran status indicated. - (a) Each motor vehicle operator's license issued by the Commissioner...

Section 14-36j. - Commissioner to amend regulations re content of safe driving instruction courses. Attendance by parent or guardian. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall amend the regulations...

Section 14-36m. - Issuance of operators' licenses to applicants unable to establish legal presence in the United States and applicants without Social Security numbers. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Primary proof of...

Section 14-41. - Expiration and renewal of operators' licenses and identity cards. Fees. Notice. - (a) An original operator's license shall expire within a period...

Section 14-42a. - Agreement with procurement organizations. Inclusion of information re procurement organizations in driver education programs. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the Commissioner of...

Section 14-44c. - Application for commercial driver's license or commercial driver's instruction permit. Penalty. - (a) The application for a commercial driver's license or commercial...

Section 14-44e. - Limitations on issuance of commercial driver's license. Qualification standards. Waiver of skills test. Requirements for license endorsement to operate vehicle transporting hazardous materials. Commercial driver's instruction permit... - (a)(1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not issue a...

Section 14-44i. - Fees for commercial driver's license and tests. Waiver. - (a) There shall be charged a fee of seventy dollars...

Section 14-44k. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (c) and effective date.) Disqualification from operation of commercial motor vehicles. Disqualification offenses. Lifetime disqualification. Mitigation of lifetime disqualificat... - (a) A driver who is disqualified or subject to an...

Section 14-45a. - Regulations re standards for licensing of persons with health problems, referrals to medical advisory board, vision standards. Vision screenings or examinations. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations, in...

Section 14-49. - Fees for miscellaneous registration and other fees. - (a) For the registration of each passenger motor vehicle, other...

Section 14-50. - Fees for operator's license renewal, passenger endorsement, operator's examination, collection cost and returned check or rejected payment. Waiver of fees. - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of section...

Section 14-50b. - Fee for restoration of operator's license, identity card or registration. School bus seat belt account. - (a) Any person (1) whose operator's license or privilege to...

Section 14-52. - New car dealer's, used car dealer's, repairer's and limited repairer's licenses. Surety bonds. Penalty. - (a) No person, firm or corporation may engage in the...

Section 14-52a. - Grounds for refusal to grant or renew a dealer or repairer license. - (a) The commissioner may, after notice and hearing, refuse to...

Section 14-67g. (Formerly Sec. 21-15). - Definitions. - Motor vehicle recycler's business” or “motor vehicle recycler's yard” shall...

Section 14-67h. - “Major component parts” defined. - As used in this part, sections 14-103a, 14-149, 14-152 and...

Section 14-67i. (Formerly Sec. 21-16). - Certificate of approval of location required. Exemption. - (a) No person, firm or corporation shall establish, operate or...

Section 14-67j. - Intermediate processors. Permit and license required. License required to transport vehicles or parts processed by intermediate processors. Records of vehicles or parts received, dismantled or sold. Inspection. Regulations. - Section 14-67j is repealed, effective July 1, 2012. (P.A. 80-292,...

Section 14-67k. (Formerly Sec. 21-17). - Hearing on application. Fee. - Section 14-67k is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 14-67l. (Formerly Sec. 21-18). - License and fees. General registration of motor vehicles. Documents to be issued to drivers of such motor vehicles. Compliance with environmental statutes and regulations. - (a) Upon receiving such certificate of approval, each applicant for...

Section 14-67m. (Formerly Sec. 21-18a). - Record of vehicles or major component parts received, dismantled or sold. Inspection of records, vehicles, parts and premises. Receipt of certificate of title. Penalty. - (a) Each motor vehicle recycler licensee shall maintain a suitable...

Section 14-67n. (Formerly Sec. 21-19). - Use of general registration restricted. Number plates for motor vehicles being towed. Fees. - (a) No motor vehicle recycler licensee shall rent or allow...

Section 14-67o. (Formerly Sec. 21-20). - Revocation of license upon sale or transfer of business. - Any license issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under...

Section 14-67p. (Formerly Sec. 21-21). - Suspension or revocation for violation. - Any license issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under...

Section 14-67q. (Formerly Sec. 21-22). - Commissioner may impose conditions concerning establishment and maintenance of yards. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or his representative shall examine...

Section 14-67r. (Formerly Sec. 21-22a). - Fencing. - Each new location of a motor vehicle recycler's yard shall...

Section 14-67s. (Formerly Sec. 21-23). - Ordinances creating restricted districts. - For the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general...

Section 14-67t. (Formerly Sec. 21-24). - Publication of ordinances. - Any ordinance, order, rule or regulation creating a restricted district...

Section 14-67u. (Formerly Sec. 21-25). - Appeal. - Any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by the action of...

Section 14-67v. (Formerly Sec. 21-26). - Penalty. Injunction to restrain violation. - Any person, or any officer or agent of any firm...

Section 14-67w. (Formerly Sec. 21-26a). - Scrap metal processors exempted. Receipt of motor vehicles. Required information. Inspection of premises and records. Retention of records. Regulations. - (a) Except as herein provided, the provisions of this subpart...

Section 14-68. - Definitions. - Terms used in this part shall be construed in accordance...

Section 14-69. - License to conduct a drivers' school. Penalty. - (a) No person shall engage in the business of conducting...

Section 14-70. - Grounds for denial of application. - The commissioner may deny the application of any person for...

Section 14-71. - Schedule of rates to be filed. - The applicant for a license to operate a drivers' school...

Section 14-72. - Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew school license. - The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any...

Section 14-73. - Instructor's license. Master instructor's license. Regulations. - (a) No person shall be employed by any such school...

Section 14-74. - Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew instructor's license or master instructor's license. - The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any...

Section 14-75. - Revocation or suspension of license after renewal. - Notwithstanding the renewal of a school or instructor's license, the...

Section 14-76. - Hearing for reinstatement or renewal. Appeal. - Any person whose license to conduct a drivers' school or...

Section 14-77. - Records of licensee. - Each licensee shall keep such records as the commissioner requires....

Section 14-78. - Regulations for conduct of drivers' schools and instructor license requirements. Limited license. - The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions...

Section 14-79. - Penalty. Suspension, revocation or withdrawal of instructor's license or master instructor's license if imminent threat to public safety or welfare exists. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 14-80. - Mechanical equipment. - (a) Each motor vehicle and the devices on such vehicle...

Section 14-80a. - Maximum noise levels. Regulations. - (a) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of...

Section 14-80b. - Ball joints and tie rod ends. Prohibition on certain installations and attachments to. - (a) No person shall install or attach to the ball...

Section 14-80h. - Brake equipment of motor vehicles. Compression brake device to be equipped with muffler. Penalties. - (a) Each motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be...

Section 14-80i. - Brake equipment and handlebars of motorcycles. - (a) Each motorcycle or motorcycle and sidecar shall be equipped...

Section 14-81. - Brake equipment of trailers. - (a) Each trailer or semitrailer having a gross vehicle weight...

Section 14-81a. - Hydraulic brake fluid. - The term “hydraulic brake fluid” as used in this section...

Section 14-81b. - Restrictions on used brake drums and brake discs. - The term “brake drum”, as used in this section, means...

Section 14-82. - Free-wheeling devices. - Section 14-82 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 14-83 to 14-96. - Head and rear lights; spotlights; color of lights; reflectors; turn signals; minimum standards; single-beam, multibeam and alternate road-lighting equipment; number of driving lamps; flashing lights; emergency lighting equip... - Sections 14-83 to 14-96, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 14-96a. - Lighted lamps and illuminating devices required, when. - (a) Every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall...

Section 14-96aa. - Standards and specifications for lamps for snow-removal and highway maintenance equipment. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt standards and...

Section 14-96b. - Head lamps. - (a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle shall be...

Section 14-96bb. - Operation of motor vehicles without required lighting devices. - Section 14-96bb is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1969, P.A....

Section 14-96c. - Tail lamps. Illumination of rear registration plate. - (a) After October 1, 1967, every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer...

Section 14-96cc. - Regulation of hazardous lighting equipment. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may make regulations prohibiting the...

Section 14-96d. - Reflectors. - (a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall...

Section 14-96e. - Stop lamps. Turn signals. - (a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall...

Section 14-96f. - Special requirements for buses, trucks, trailers, truck tractors. - The following vehicles shall be equipped in the following manner:...

Section 14-96g. - Colors of lamps and reflectors. Reflective sheeting on certain vehicles. - (a) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps...

Section 14-96h. - Mounting of reflectors and clearance lamps. - Section 14-96h is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1967, P.A....

Section 14-96i. - Visibility of reflectors and clearance, identification and side marker lamps. - (a) Each reflector upon any vehicle referred to in section...

Section 14-96j. - Vehicles operated in combination. - Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during...

Section 14-96k. - Projecting loads. Carrying of animals. - No person shall, during the period from one-half hour before...

Section 14-96l. - Sufficiency of head and rear lights. Parked vehicles. - (a) Every vehicle, except a motorcycle, shall be equipped with...

Section 14-96m. - Farm tractors and equipment. - (a) Every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm...

Section 14-96n. - General lighting requirements. - (a) Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles, not specifically required by...

Section 14-96o. - Spot lamps. Fog lamps. Auxiliary passing lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps. - (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more...

Section 14-96p. - Color of lights. Flashing lights. Intensity of lights. - (a) Except as provided in section 14-96q, no person shall...

Section 14-96q. - Permits for colored or flashing lights. Exceptions. Fee. - (a) A permit is required for the use of colored...

Section 14-96r. - Color of stop lamps. Turn signal lamps. - (a) Any vehicle, when required under sections 14-96a to 14-96aa,...

Section 14-96s. - Fender, backup and identification lamps. Penalties. - (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more...

Section 14-96t. - Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. - Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary...

Section 14-96u. - Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. - Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway...

Section 14-96v and 14-96w. - Single-beam road-lighting equipment. Distance forward lights to illuminate. - Sections 14-96v and 14-96w are repealed, effective October 1, 1999....

Section 14-96x. - Head lamp of motorcycle. - The head lamp or head lamps upon every motorcycle may...

Section 14-96y. - Number of head lamps. Number in combination with other lamps. - (a) At all times specified in subsection (a) of section...

Section 14-96z. - Intensity of certain lamps. Location of red light. - (a) During the times specified in subsection (a) of section...

Section 14-97. - Defrosting devices on school buses and motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire. - (a) Each school bus, as defined in subsection (a) of...

Section 14-97a. - Emergency lighting or reflecting devices on motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire and motor vehicles with commercial registration. - (a) There shall be carried on each motor vehicle used...

Section 14-97b. - Lift equipment on motor buses. - On and after April 18, 1988, any motor bus purchased...

Section 14-98. - Tires. - Each vehicle operated upon any highway or bridge shall be...

Section 14-98a. - Tires to be in safe operating condition. - No person shall operate a motor vehicle or trailer upon...

Section 14-99. - Mirror. Motor vehicles with commercial registration to allow others to pass. - Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror attached...

Section 14-99f. - Windshield. Obstruction of view. - (a) Each motor vehicle shall be equipped with a windshield...

Section 14-99g. - Definitions. Tinted or reflectorized windows. Obstruction of view prohibited. Exceptions. Sale or delivery of motor vehicles having tinted or reflectorized windows prohibited. Stickers required. Penalty. Window tinting businesses. R... - (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise...

Section 14-99h. - *(See end of section for amended verson and effective date.) Etching of vehicle identification numbers. Marking of component parts. Penalty. Regulations. - (a) Each new car dealer or used car dealer, as...

Section 14-100. - Safety glass. Use of plastics. - (a) The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle manufactured...

Section 14-100a. - Seat safety belts. Child restraint systems. Wheelchair transportation devices. - (a) No new passenger motor vehicle may be sold or...

Section 14-100b. - Air pollution control devices required on certain passenger motor vehicles. - On and after January 1, 1968, no passenger motor vehicle...

Section 14-101. - Turn signals. - Any person who operates on any highway any motor vehicle...

Section 14-102. - View in and exits from motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire. - The passenger compartment in any motor vehicle used to transport...

Section 14-102a. - Inspection of student transportation vehicles. - Each student transportation vehicle shall be inspected for safety before...

Section 14-103. - Inspection of motor vehicles. - (a) The commissioner, an inspector authorized by the commissioner, any...

Section 14-103a. - Inspection of reassembled, altered or reconstructed vehicles. Composite vehicles. Vehicles made by unlicensed manufacturers. - Any motor vehicle that (1) has been reconstructed, (2) is...

Section 14-103b. - High-mileage vehicles, regulations re safety and performance standards. - Section 14-103b is repealed, effective January 1, 2010. (P.A. 81-394,...

Section 14-103c. - Vehicles using liquid propane gas as fuel. - Section 14-103c is repealed. (P.A. 81-76; P.A. 86-19.)

Section 14-103d. - Vehicles using any pressurized gas as fuel. Regulations. Class C misdemeanor. - (a) No motor vehicle which uses any pressurized gas except...

Section 14-104. - Fenders and other wheel protectors. - (a) No person shall operate on any public highway any...

Section 14-105. - Television screens or similar devices prohibited. Exceptions. - (a) No television screen or other device of a similar...

Section 14-106. - Air conditioning equipment. - (a) The term “air conditioning equipment” or “equipment”, as used...

Section 14-106a. - Tamper-resistant odometer required. Mileage reading required on registration application. - (a) On and after January 1, 1971, no passenger motor...

Section 14-106b. - Properly functioning odometer required. Tampering with odometer prohibited. - (a) Each self-propelled motor vehicle registered in this state designed...

Section 14-106c. - Headerboards required on commercial van-type motor vehicles. - No commercial van-type motor vehicle manufactured after January 1, 1975...

Section 14-106d. - Sale, offer for sale, manufacture, importation or installation of counterfeit or nonfunctional air bag prohibited. Unfair or deceptive trade practice. Penalty. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Air bag” means...

Section 14-107. - Liability of owner, operator, lessee. - (a) The owner, operator or lessee of any motor vehicle...

Section 14-108. - Report of accidents. - Section 14-108 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2453; 1951, 1953,...

Section 14-108a. - Uniform investigation of accident report. Requirements and policy for identifying and notifying person's family or household member of motor vehicle accident in which person was killed. - (a)(1) The Commissioner of Transportation shall prescribe for the Division...

Section 14-108b, 14-108c and 14-109. - Statistical information based on reports. Report of accident involving unlicensed operator under instruction. Coroner to investigate fatal motor vehicle accidents. - Sections 14-108b, 14-108c and 14-109 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 14-110. - Oaths and subpoenas. False statements or reports. - (a) The commissioner, each deputy commissioner or an assistant designated...

Section 14-111. - Suspension or revocation of registration, license or right to operate. - (a) Authority of commissioner. No provision of this chapter shall...

Section 14-111a. - Possession of alcoholic liquors in motor vehicles by underage persons. - Section 14-111a is repealed, effective July 1, 2010. (February, 1965,...

Section 14-111b. - Suspension of operator's license following conviction for speeding. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not suspend or...

Section 14-111c and 14-111d. - Driver License Compact. Definitions applicable to Driver License Compact; comparable convictions to be reported; report of suspension or revocation action to department. - Sections 14-111c and 14-111d are repealed, effective January 1, 2003....

Section 14-111e. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (a) and effective date.) Suspension or delay in issuance of operator's license for person under twenty-one years of age convicted of certain violations. - *(a)(1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall suspend, for a...

Section 14-111f. - Suspension of operator's license for possession of counterfeit or altered license. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall suspend for a period...

Section 14-111g. - Operator's retraining program. - (a) For the purposes of this subsection, “moving violation” means...

Section 14-111h. - Definitions applicable to driver license agreement. - As used in sections 14-111h to 14-111q, inclusive, the following...

Section 14-111i. - Entry into driver license agreement. Regulations. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may enter into a driver...

Section 14-111j. - Findings and declarations re driver license agreement. - This state and the other party states to the driver...

Section 14-111k. - Application for a motor vehicle operator's license from applicants in other member jurisdictions. - (a) Upon application for a motor vehicle operator's license or...

Section 14-111l. - Driver control record. Record of convictions and administrative actions. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall maintain a driver...

Section 14-111m. - Notice of failure to comply with a citation. - (a) The Centralized Infractions Bureau of the Superior Court and...

Section 14-111n. - Reports of comparable convictions. Suspension of operator's license. - (a) If the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles receives a report...

Section 14-111o. - Form and use in evidence of records received from other member jurisdictions. Electronic transmission. - (a) Any notice or copy of a record furnished to...

Section 14-111p. - Validity of reports or records received from members of the Driver License Compact. - Any notification, report or record received from any state that...

Section 14-111q. - Hearing. - Any person aggrieved by an action of the commissioner to...

Section 14-112. - Proof of financial responsibility. - (a) When commissioner shall require. To entitle any person to...

Section 14-112a. - Online Insurance Verification System. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the...

Section 14-113 to 14-115. - Financial responsibility of motor vehicle owners and operators required after accident; definitions. Administration by Motor Vehicle Commissioner; hearings; appeals. Abstract of operating record. - Sections 14-113 to 14-115, inclusive, are repealed. (1951, S. 1350d–1352d;...

Section 14-115a. - Request for document from motor vehicle record. - No process to compel the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to...

Section 14-116 to 14-128. - Accident reports. Determination of amount of security; suspension of license and registration; exceptions; liability policy or bond. Release in behalf of minor. Exceptions. Duration of suspension. Unlicensed or nonresident... - Sections 14-116 to 14-128, inclusive, are repealed. (1951, S. 1353d–1361d,...

Section 14-129. - Self-insurance. - (a) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five motor...

Section 14-131 to 14-133. - Discharge in bankruptcy not to release judgment debtor. Relief under other statutes. Penalties. - Sections 14-131 to 14-133, inclusive, are repealed. (1951, S. 1365d,...

Section 14-134. - Appeals from commissioner. - Any appeal from a decision of the commissioner shall, if...

Section 14-135. - Attorney General to act when commissioner is disqualified. - If the commissioner is disqualified to act in any matter,...

Section 14-136. - First complaint. - Section 14-136 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 14-137. - Authority to make regulations and certify or limit the use of devices and equipment. - (a) The commissioner may make, alter or repeal regulations governing...

Section 14-137a. - Point system for motor vehicle violations. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations in accordance...

Section 14-138. - State police to assist. - The commissioner may call upon the Division of State Police...

Section 14-139. - Conviction to be endorsed on license. - Section 14-139 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2463; 1961, P.A....

Section 14-140. - Release on own recognizance. Report of failure to appear or to pay fine or fee, surcharge or cost. Reciprocal agreements. Opening of judgment. - (a) Any person who has been arrested by an officer...

Section 14-140a. - Automobile club bail bond certificates, when acceptable as bail. - Any guaranteed bail bond certificate with respect to which a...

Section 14-141. - Courts to report convictions and other dispositions to commissioner. - A record shall be kept by each court of original...

Section 14-142. - Proceedings against negligent court clerk. - (a) Any clerk of any court who fails to deliver...

Section 14-143. - Expenses in unsuccessful prosecutions by state police. - Section 14-143 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2467; 1959, P.A....

Section 14-144. - No fees for arrests for motor vehicle violations. - No fee shall be paid to the arresting officer for...

Section 14-145. - Towing or removal of motor vehicle from private property. Use of a wheel-locking device. Regulations. Prohibition re issuance of parking citation. Exemption. Penalty. - (a)(1) An owner or lessee of private property, or his...

Section 14-145a. - Towing, removal or use of wheel-locking device prohibited except upon express instruction of property owner or lessee or for repossession. Rebate prohibited. - (a) No vehicle shall be towed or removed from private...

Section 14-145b. - Storage and release of motor vehicles that have been towed or rendered immovable. - (a)(1) Any vehicle towed or removed from private property pursuant...

Section 14-145c. - Liability of property owner, lessee or lending institution for improper towing or removal of motor vehicle or use of a wheel-locking device. - Whenever an owner or lessee of private property or a...

Section 14-145d. - Notification to chief of police required prior to use of wheel-locking device. - (a) Any person, firm or corporation that engages in rendering...

Section 14-146. - Objects not to be thrown at motor vehicles. - No person shall throw any object at a motor vehicle...

Section 14-147. - Improper use of marker, registration or license. - (a) Any person who counterfeits any number plate or marker,...

Section 14-147a. - Theft or illegal possession of number plate or sticker. - Any person who takes any motor vehicle number plate or...

Section 14-148. - Abandoned markers. - (a) Any person who has found, or has in his...

Section 14-149. - Mutilated or removed vehicle identification, factory or engine number. Discovery of vehicle reported as stolen or of vehicle or major component part with mutilated or missing identification, engine or factory number. Disposition of... - (a) No person shall purchase, sell or have in such...

Section 14-149a. - Ownership or operation of a chop shop. Penalty. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Chop shop” means...

Section 14-150. - Abandoned or unregistered motor vehicles and motor vehicles which are a menace to traffic. Notice. Removal. Storage. Hearing. Lien. Affidavit of compliance. Sale. Regulations re title to abandoned motor vehicles and re disposal of m... - (a) Any person who abandons any motor vehicle within the...

Section 14-150a. - Removal of abandoned motor vehicles by municipalities. Notice. - Any municipality may, by action of its legislative body, provide...

Section 14-150b. - Municipal Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund. - Section 14-150b is repealed. (P.A. 88-270, S. 1, 8; P.A....

Section 14-151. - State marshals and constables to enforce law concerning abandoned motor vehicles. - State marshals and the constables of the several towns shall...

Section 14-151a. - Report by owner or person in lawful possession of theft of motor vehicle. Regulations re uniform procedure. Report as condition precedent to settling insurance claim. - (a) The owner or person in lawful possession of any...

Section 14-152. - Report by law enforcement agencies of theft or recovery of motor vehicle. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, each municipal...

Section 14-153. - Renting of motor vehicles. - Any person, firm or corporation which rents a motor vehicle...

Section 14-153a. - Exemption. Penalty. - (a) Section 14-153 shall not apply to any person, firm...

Section 14-153b. - Proof of credit. - No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of...

Section 14-154. - Liability of owner for damage caused by rented or leased car. - Section 14-154 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2479; 1969, P.A....

Section 14-154a. - Liability of owner for damage caused by rented or leased motor vehicle. Exceptions. - (a) Any person renting or leasing to another any motor...

Section 14-155. - Fines and forfeitures to be paid to commissioner. - Section 14-155 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2480; 1959, P.A....

Section 14-156. - Receipts of Department of Motor Vehicles to be credited to Special Transportation Fund. - All receipts of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and of...

Section 14-156a. - Payment of State Police Department expenditures from Highway Fund. - Section 14-156a is repealed. (June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 9;...

Section 14-158. - Fines and forfeitures paid to commissioner to be receipts of General Fund. - Section 14-158 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2482; 1961, P.A....

Section 14-159. - Refund of money paid to commissioner. - The Comptroller, upon application of the commissioner and with the...

Section 14-160. - Reservation of marker plate numbers. Additional fee for low numbers. - The commissioner is authorized to reserve only the registration marker...

Section 14-161. - Impersonation of inspector or agent. - Any person who impersonates an inspector or agent of the...

Section 14-162. - Ordinances. - No town, city or borough, nor any board or officer...

Section 14-163. - Commissioner to provide lists of motor vehicle and snowmobile owners to town assessors. Disclosure by assessor or tax collector prohibited. - (a)(1) For assessment years commencing prior to October 1, 2023,...

Section 14-163a. - Driving on ice. - Any person who drives any motor vehicle on the frozen...

Section 14-163b. - Motor vehicles formerly used as ambulances. - Any person who is the owner or who becomes the...

Section 14-163c. - Motor carrier safety regulations for intrastate or interstate commerce. Variations or exemptions. Enforcement powers of police officers and motor vehicle inspectors. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt regulations, in...

Section 14-163d. - Vehicles in intrastate or interstate commerce. Evidence of security requirements or insurance. Suspension of registration. - (a) At least once every year, each owner of a...

Section 14-163e. - Periodic inspection of certain vehicles or combinations. - (a) No person or motor carrier, as defined in 49...

Section 14-163f. - Eligibility for commercial motor vehicle services contracts with state or municipalities. - Section 14-163f is repealed, effective June 30, 2021. (P.A. 13-271,...

Section 14-163g. - Transportation of hazardous materials. Applicable federal regulations. Enforcement powers of motor vehicle inspectors and police officers. - (a) Any person who engages in interstate or intrastate commerce...

Section 14-164. - General penalty. - Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or...

Section 14-164a. (Formerly Sec. 29-143). - Motor vehicle racing. - (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle in any...

Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions

Section 14-164b. - Definitions. - For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and...

Section 14-164c. (Formerly Sec. 14-100c). - Motor vehicle emissions systems. Emissions standards and inspections. Inspection facilities. Fees. Penalty. - (a)(1) No person shall fail to maintain in good working...

Section 14-164d and 14-164e. - Failure to pass emissions test during inspection system's first year of operation. Maximum expenditure required to pass emission test. - Sections 14-164d and 14-164e are repealed. (P.A. 78-335, S. 3,...

Section 14-164f. - Severable provisions. - The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any part...

Section 14-164g. - Review of inspection agreement by legislative committee. - Section 14-164g is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 80-458,...

Section 14-164h. - Report re operation of emissions inspection program. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall report to the joint...

Section 14-164i. - Diesel-powered commercial motor vehicles emissions systems. Inspections. Regulations. Penalties. Definitions. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation...

Section 14-164j. - Safety inspection account within Emissions Inspection Fund. - Section 14-164j is repealed, effective July 1, 1999. (P.A. 91-355,...

Section 14-164k. - Feasibility study re implementation of variable fee structure for inspection determined by mileage and extent of pollutants. Negotiated inspection agreement not to prevent implementation of variable fee structure. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, in conjunction with the...

Section 14-164l. - Agreement with nonprofit associations or organizations representing the interests of motor vehicle dealers or repairers. - Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 50, 58, 59 and 60,...

Section 14-164m. - Emissions Enterprise Fund. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13b-61, commencing on October 1,...

Section 14-164n. - Emissions control devices. Definitions. - (a) As used in this section and sections 14-164o, 22a-21j...

Section 14-164o. - Emissions control devices required in school buses. Exception. Procurement contracts. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Chapter 246b - Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorders

Section 14-164aa. - Event data recorders: Knowingly altering or deleting data, or destroying event data recorder after crash event prohibited, when. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Event data recorder”...

Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act

Section 14-165. - Definitions. - Except when the context otherwise requires, as used in this...

Section 14-166. - Exempted vehicles. - (a) The acquisition of a certificate of title shall not...

Section 14-167. - Certain liens and security interests not affected. - This chapter does not apply to or affect: (1) A...

Section 14-167a. - Vehicle lease with terminal rental adjustment clause; not sale or security interest. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, in the case...

Section 14-168. - Certificate of origin. - When a new vehicle is delivered in this state by...

Section 14-168a. - Sale of assembled wreckers or other motor vehicles by used car dealers. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any section of the general...

Section 14-169. - When certificate required. - (a) Except as provided in section 14-166, the provisions of...

Section 14-170. - Implement of husbandry or special mobile equipment. - The owner of an implement of husbandry or special mobile...

Section 14-171. - Application for certificate. - (a) The application for a certificate of title of a...

Section 14-172. - Check of identification number. Participation in National Motor Vehicle Title Information System. - (a) The commissioner, upon receiving application for a first certificate...

Section 14-173. - Issuance of certificate. Records. - (a) The commissioner shall file each application received and, when...

Section 14-174. - Information in certificate. Prima facie evidence. - (a) Each certificate of title issued by the commissioner shall...

Section 14-175. - Presentation or mailing of certificate. Maintenance of electronic title record and title file. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 14-176. - Withholding of certificate. Bond requirement. - If the commissioner is not satisfied as to the ownership...

Section 14-177. - Refusal of certificate. - The commissioner shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title...

Section 14-178. - Replacement certificate of title. - (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated...

Section 14-179. - Transfer of interest in vehicle. - (a) If an owner transfers his interest in a vehicle,...

Section 14-179a. - Assignment and warranty of title. Buyer's name and address not required. When. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-179, an assignment and warranty...

Section 14-180. - Resale by a dealer. - A dealer who buys a motor vehicle and holds such...

Section 14-181. - Involuntary transfers. - (a) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle...

Section 14-182. - Fee to accompany applications. - (a) An application for a certificate of title shall be...

Section 14-183. - Issuance of new certificate. - (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate...

Section 14-184. - Scrapping, dismantling or destruction of vehicle. - Any person who scraps, dismantles or destroys a vehicle or...

Section 14-185. - Perfecting of security interest. - (a) Unless excepted by section 14-167, a security interest in...

Section 14-186. - Duties on creation of security interest. - If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle:...

Section 14-187. - Assignment of security interest. - (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security...

Section 14-188. - Release of security interest. - (a) Upon the satisfaction of a security interest in a...

Section 14-189. - Lienholder to furnish information concerning the security agreement. - A lienholder named in a certificate of title, or whose...

Section 14-190. - Method of perfecting interest exclusive. - The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving...

Section 14-191. - Suspension or revocation of certificate. - (a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of...

Section 14-192. - Fees. - (a) The commissioner shall be paid the following fees: (1)...

Section 14-193. - Powers and duties of commissioner. - (a) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of...

Section 14-194. - Hearing. - A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act...

Section 14-195. - Appeal. - A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act...

Section 14-196. - Penalties. - (a) A person who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges...

Section 14-197. - Report of stolen, recovered, unclaimed or abandoned vehicle. - (a) A police officer or constable who learns of the...

Section 14-198. - False report. - A person who knowingly makes a false report of the...

Section 14-199. - Impeachment of credibility of defendant. - In a prosecution for a crime specified in this chapter,...

Section 14-200. - Penalties additional to other statutes. - The penal provisions of this chapter in no way repeal...

Section 14-201 to 14-209. - Definition. Exemption of previously registered vehicle. Issuance of distinctive certificate. Perfection of security interest. Perfection under other statute. Filing of notices of security interest. Assignment of security i... - Sections 14-201 to 14-209, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1,...

Section 14-210. - Interpretation. - This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to...

Section 14-211. - Short title: Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act. - This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Motor Vehicle...

Chapter 247a - Motor Vehicle Theft Task Force (Repealed)

Section 14-211a. - Motor vehicle theft task force. - Section 14-211a is repealed, effective June 30, 2015. (P.A. 80-292,...

Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use

Section 14-212. - Definitions. - Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows,...

Section 14-212a. - Highway and municipal road construction zones, utility work zones, traffic incident management zones and fire station work zones. Fines. - (a) The Superior Court shall impose an additional fee equivalent...

Section 14-212b. - School zones. Fines doubled. - (a) As used in this section, “local highway” means a...

Section 14-212c. - Fines doubled for failure to yield right-of-way to person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter. - A surcharge shall be imposed equivalent to one hundred per...

Section 14-212d. - Highway work zone. Highway worker. Endangerment of highway worker. Penalties. - (a) As used in this section and section 14-212e: (1)...

Section 14-212e. - Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council established. Membership, meetings and duties. - (a) There is established a Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory...

Section 14-212f. - Training in highway work zone safety. Development of program curriculum by Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council. - The Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency...

Section 14-212g. - Work zone safety account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...

Section 14-213. - Operation without carrying operator's license. - Each operator of a motor vehicle shall carry his operator's...

Section 14-213a. - Operation of private passenger motor vehicle when insurance coverage does not meet minimum no-fault security requirements. Penalty. - Section 14-213a is repealed. (P.A. 79-577, S. 5, 8; P.A....

Section 14-213b. - Operation prohibited when insurance coverage fails to meet minimum requirements. Penalty. Evidence of insurance coverage required to restore suspended license. - (a) No owner of any private passenger motor vehicle or...

Section 14-214. - Instruction of unlicensed person in motor vehicle operation. - Any licensed operator, being twenty years of age or older...

Section 14-215. - Operation while registration or license is refused, suspended or revoked. Operation in violation of restriction or limitation on operator's license or right to operate motor vehicle that requires use of ignition interlock device. Pe... - (a) No person to whom an operator's license has been...

Section 14-215a. - Operation while license is suspended pursuant to section 14-140. - (a) No person whose operator's license or right to operate...

Section 14-215b. - Operation after expiration of period of suspension and without obtaining reinstatement of license. - Any person whose motor vehicle operator's license has been suspended...

Section 14-216. - Operation by persons under eighteen without insurance. - No person under the age of eighteen years shall operate...

Section 14-217. - Operator to give name and address and show or surrender license, registration and insurance identification card when requested. - No person who is operating or in charge of any...

Section 14-218. - Negligent homicide. - Section 14-218 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2415; 1949, S....

Section 14-218a. - Traveling unreasonably fast. Establishment of speed limits. - (a)(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any...

Section 14-219. - Speeding. - (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle (1) upon...

Section 14-219a. - Parking area defined. - Section 14-219a is repealed. (1961, P.A. 379, S. 1; P.A....

Section 14-219b. - Limitation of municipal liability. - Nothing in section 14-218a, subsection (a) of section 14-222 or...

Section 14-219c. - Use of speed monitoring devices to support a conviction. - A prima facie presumption of accuracy sufficient to support a...

Section 14-220. - Slow speed. - (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle at a...

Section 14-221. - Low-speed vehicles carrying passengers for hire. - No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle which...

Section 14-222. - Reckless driving. - (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any...

Section 14-222a. - Negligent homicide with a motor vehicle. - Any person who, in consequence of the negligent operation of...

Section 14-223. - Failing to stop when signaled or disobeying direction of officer. Increasing speed in attempt to escape or elude officer. - (a) Whenever the operator of any motor vehicle fails promptly...

Section 14-223a. - Striking an officer with a motor vehicle. Penalties. - Any operator of a motor vehicle who strikes any officer,...

Section 14-224. - Evasion of responsibility in operation of motor vehicles. Racing. Required removal of motor vehicle from traveled portion of highway. Impoundment or fine. - (a) Each operator of a motor vehicle who is knowingly...

Section 14-225. - Evading responsibility in operation of other vehicles. - Any person riding on, propelling, driving or directing any vehicle,...

Section 14-225a. - Operation of motor vehicles in parking areas. - Section 14-225a is repealed. (1969, P.A. 736, S. 1, 2;...

Section 14-226. - Operator to report injury to dog. - Any person who has knowledge of causing, by the operation...

Section 14-227. - Operation while intoxicated. - Section 14-227 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2412; 1963, P.A....

Section 14-227a. - *(See end of section for amended versions of subsections (a) to (e) and subsection (j) and effective date.) Operation while under the influence of liquor or drug or while having an elevated blood alcohol content. - *(a) Operation while under the influence or while having an...

Section 14-227b. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Implied consent to test operator's blood, breath or urine. Testing procedures. License suspension. Hearing. - (a) Any person who operates a motor vehicle in this...

Section 14-227c. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Blood or breath samples required following accidents resulting in death or serious physical injury. - (a) As part of the investigation of any motor vehicle...

Section 14-227d. - Pilot program permitting issuance of warning to and twenty-four-hour revocation of license of certain alleged offenders. - Section 14-227d is repealed. (P.A. 82-408, S. 3; P.A. 83-534,...

Section 14-227e. - Community service for persons convicted of operation while under the influence of liquor or drug. - (a) As used in this section, subsection (g) of section...

Section 14-227f. - Alcohol and drug addiction treatment program. Waiver. Appeal. Regulations. - Section 14-227f is repealed, effective January 1, 2012. (P.A. 95-314,...

Section 14-227g. - Operation by person under twenty-one years of age while blood alcohol content exceeds two-hundredths of one per cent. Procedures. Penalties. - (a) No person who is less than twenty-one years of...

Section 14-227h. - Impoundment of motor vehicle operated by certain persons arrested for operating while under the influence of liquor or drug. - Any police officer who arrests a person for a violation...

Section 14-227i. - Records of police investigation of defendant re operation of motor vehicle while under influence of, or impaired by, intoxicating liquor or drugs. Copies. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the investigating...

Section 14-227j. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) Court order prohibiting operation of motor vehicle not equipped with ignition interlock device. - (a) For the purposes of this section and section 14-227k:...

Section 14-227k. - Avoidance of, tampering with or failure to install ignition interlock device. - (a) No person whose right to operate a motor vehicle...

Section 14-227l. - Completion of participation in alcohol and drug addiction treatment program. Reinstatement of operator's license or nonresident operating privilege. - Any person whose motor vehicle operator's license or nonresident operating...

Section 14-227m. - Operation of motor vehicle with a child passenger while under the influence of liquor or drug or while having an elevated blood alcohol content. Procedures. Penalties. - (a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle in which...

Section 14-227n. - Operation of a school bus, student transportation vehicle or vehicle specifically designated to carry children by person under the influence of liquor or drug or while having an elevated blood alcohol content. Procedures. Penalties... - (a)(1) No person shall operate a school bus, student transportation...

Section 14-227o. - Ignition interlock device services. Discount re for indigent persons. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes requiring a person...

Section 14-227p. - Educational materials and programs re drug recognition experts and drug influence evaluations. - The state Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, in consultation with the...

Section 14-228. - Leaving motor vehicle without setting brake. - Leaving any motor vehicle stationary on the highway without setting...

Section 14-229. - Using motor vehicle without owner's permission. - Section 14-229 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2417; P.A. 76-42,...

Section 14-230. - Driving in right-hand lane. - (a) Upon all highways, each vehicle, other than a vehicle...

Section 14-230a. - Restricted use of left-hand lane on divided limited access highways. - On any divided limited access highway which provides more than...

Section 14-231. - Vehicles in opposite directions to pass on right. - Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each...

Section 14-232. - Passing. - (a) Except as provided in sections 14-233 and 14-234, (1)...

Section 14-233. - Passing on right. - The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon...

Section 14-234. - Determination of no-passing zones. Overtaking and passing in no-passing zones. - (a) The Office of the State Traffic Administration may determine...

Section 14-235. - Vehicle not to be driven on left side of highway on curve or upgrade. - No vehicle shall be driven to the left side of...

Section 14-236. - Multiple-lane highways. - When any highway has been divided into two or more...

Section 14-237. - Driving on divided highways. - When any highway has been divided into two roadways by...

Section 14-238. - Controlled-access highways. - No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any...

Section 14-238a. (Formerly Sec. 13a-59). - Illegal entry on limited access highway. - Entry upon a limited access highway at any place other...

Section 14-238b. - Designation of high occupancy vehicle lane. Exception for blood transport vehicle. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “high occupancy vehicle...

Section 14-239. - One-way streets. Rotaries or roundabouts. - (a) The Office of the State Traffic Administration may designate...

Section 14-240. - Vehicles to be driven reasonable distance apart. Exceptions. Operation of platoon. - (a) As used in this section, “platoon” means two or...

Section 14-240a. - Vehicles to be driven reasonable distance apart. Intent to harass or intimidate. - (a) No person operating a motor vehicle shall follow another...

Section 14-241. - Turns. - (a) Both the approach for a right turn and a...

Section 14-242. - Turns restricted. Signals to be given before turning or stopping. U-turns. Left turns. Right turns when passing person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter. - (a) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection...

Section 14-243. - Starting or backing vehicle. - (a) No person shall move a vehicle which is stopped,...

Section 14-244. - Signals. - Any stop or turn signal required by section 14-242 or...

Section 14-245. - Intersection. Right-of-way. - As used in this section and subsection (e) of section...

Section 14-246. - Right-of-way at intersection turn. - Section 14-246 is repealed. (1955, S. 1398d; February, 1965, P.A....

Section 14-246a. - Right-of-way at junction of highways. - The driver of any vehicle on a highway which joins...

Section 14-247. - Right-of-way at driveway or private road. - The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross...

Section 14-247a. - Right-of-way yielded by one emerging from alley, driveway or building. - The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence...

Section 14-247b. - Right-of-way yielded to signaling motor bus. - The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to...

Section 14-248. - Cattle crossings. - Section 14-248 is repealed. (1955, S. 1400d; February, 1965, P.A....

Section 14-248a. - Cattle crossings. - The Commissioner of Transportation, or the local traffic authority on...

Section 14-248b. - Livestock crossing paths. Right-of-way. - (a) The traffic authority, as defined in section 14-297, shall...

Section 14-249. - Stopping at grade crossings. - (a) An operator of a motor vehicle shall bring his...

Section 14-250. - Certain motor vehicles to stop at railroad crossing. Regulations. Penalty. - (a) The operator of each commercial motor vehicle transporting passengers,...

Section 14-250a. - Vehicles prohibited on sidewalks. - (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon, nor...

Section 14-250b. - Obstructing intersection. - (a) No operator of a motor vehicle, other than a...

Section 14-251. - Parking vehicles. - (a) No vehicle shall be permitted to remain stationary within...

Section 14-252. - Parking so as to obstruct driveway. - No person shall park or leave stationary on a public...

Section 14-252a. - Removal of ice and snow from motor vehicle required. Penalty. - (a) The operator of any noncommercial motor vehicle, as defined...

Section 14-253. - Parking privileges of handicapped persons. - Section 14-253 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 415; P.A. 73-217; P.A....

Section 14-253a. - Special license plates and removable windshield placards for persons who are blind and persons with disabilities. Parking spaces. Penalty. Regulations. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Special license...

Section 14-253b. - Municipal police departments to report violations of handicapped parking laws. - Section 14-253b is repealed. (P.A. 84-377, S. 2, 4; P.A....

Section 14-254. - Parking privileges of disabled veterans. - Disabled veteran”, as used in this section, means (1) any...

Section 14-255 and 14-256. - Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Following vehicle to dim lights. - Sections 14-255 and 14-256 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2438;...

Section 14-257. - Crowded seats. Riders on outside of vehicle. Aisle seats. - (a) No person shall operate any vehicle upon any public...

Section 14-258 and 14-259. - Use of metal tires restricted. Use of radio telephones. - Sections 14-258 and 14-259 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2495;...

Section 14-260. - Filling tanks. - Placing gasoline or other fuel in the tank of any...

Section 14-260n. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 14-219, 14-240, 14-261,...

Section 14-261. - Towing and pushing of vehicles. Double trailers and semitrailers. - (a) When any occupied vehicle is drawn or towed by...

Section 14-261a. - Regulation of commercial vehicle combinations. - (a) A commercial vehicle combination may be operated by any...

Section 14-261b. - Drug and alcohol testing of drivers of certain vehicles, mechanics and forklift operators. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Driver” means...

Section 14-262. - Width and length of vehicles. Exceptions. Permits. - (a) The following vehicles shall not be operated upon any...

Section 14-262a. - Towing or hauling of vehicles in excess of certain limits and federal requirements. - A wrecker, as defined in section 14-1 and operated in...

Section 14-262b. - Permits for operating or towing mobile homes. Width and length of vehicles. Regulations. - Notwithstanding section 14-270, the Commissioner of Transportation shall establish a...

Section 14-262c. - Tow dolly. - A tow dolly shall be exempt from the registration requirements...

Section 14-262d. - Permits for vehicles transporting mobile homes, modular homes, house trailers or sectional houses. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation may grant a permit for...

Section 14-263. - Length of camp trailers. - Section 14-263 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2498; 1955, S....

Section 14-264. - Special permits for vehicles of excessive height. - No vehicle, except a vehicle loaded with loose hay or...

Section 14-265. - Special permits for trailers. - Section 14-265 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2502; 1969, P.A....

Section 14-266. - Operating vehicles of over four tons' capacity on restricted highways. - The Commissioner of Transportation may restrict the use of motor...

Section 14-267. - Operating overweight commercial vehicles. Highway weighing required. Penalty. - Section 14-267 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2422; 1953, S....

Section 14-267a. - Weight restrictions for vehicles, trailers or other objects. Highway weighing procedure. Penalties for overweight violations. Fines for failure to comply. Regulations. - (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicle and trailer or...

Section 14-267b. - Weight restrictions for motor buses. Penalties. - (a) The provisions of subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (4) and...

Section 14-267c. - Vehicles equipped with auxiliary power or idle reduction technology unit. Weight tolerance exemption. - The owner of a commercial motor vehicle that is equipped...

Section 14-268. - Weight of vehicles and trailers restricted. - Section 14-268 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2496; 1949, S....

Section 14-269. - Weight of vehicles and trailers engaged in construction work. - (a) The provisions of section 14-267a shall not apply to...

Section 14-269a. - Weight of refuse vehicles. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-267a, a motor vehicle which...

Section 14-270. - Permits for nonconforming vehicles. Regulations. Penalties. - (a) The Commissioner of Transportation or other authority having charge...

Section 14-270a. - Portable truck weight scales. - The Department of Transportation shall purchase a sufficient number of...

Section 14-270b. - Truck weight enforcement program. - The Department of Transportation shall implement a consistent program of...

Section 14-270c. - Official weighing areas. Staffing requirements. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall staff, and shall...

Section 14-270d. - Temporary closing of weigh stations. - The Commercial Vehicle Safety Division within the Department of Motor...

Section 14-270e. - Program to implement regularly scheduled and enforced hours of operation for weigh stations. - On or before January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Transportation,...

Section 14-270f. - Weigh station logs. - (a) On and after January 1, 2008, logs shall be...

Section 14-271. - Securing of loads. - (a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any...

Section 14-271a. - Limits for weakening of vehicle frames. Regulations. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations, in accordance...

Section 14-272. - Projecting loads. Carrying of animals. - Section 14-272 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2512; February, 1965,...

Section 14-272a. - Carrying of children in pick-up trucks or open-bed vehicles. Restrictions. - (a) No person may operate on any public highway any...

Section 14-272b. - Transport of dogs in pick-up trucks. Restrictions. - No person operating a pick-up truck, as defined in section...

Section 14-273. - Operation of motor vehicles requiring a passenger endorsement or passenger and school endorsement. - (a) No person operating a motor vehicle for which a...

Section 14-274. - Hours of operators of motor vehicles with commercial registration or requiring a passenger endorsement or a passenger and school endorsement. - (a) No person shall operate, nor shall the owner require...

Section 14-275. - Equipment and color of school buses. Information displayed on school buses and student transportation vehicles. - (a) The term “school bus” means any motor bus painted,...

Section 14-275a. - Use of standard school bus required, when. Use of mass transportation permitted, when. Use of certain motor vehicles prohibited. - (a) No town or regional school district shall transport or...

Section 14-275b. - Transportation of students who have mobility impairments. - The provisions of section 14-275 and subsection (b) of section...

Section 14-275c. - Regulations re school buses and motor vehicles used to transport students. Operators age seventy or older. Penalties. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, in accordance with...

Section 14-275d. - Program for funding to offset sales tax on purchase of school buses equipped with seat safety belts. - (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall administer a program...

Section 14-276. - School bus operators to hold a valid passenger and school endorsement. Duties of carrier re registration and withdrawal, suspension or revocation of employee's operator's license or endorsement to operate a school bus or student tra... - (a) Registered school buses while transporting school children shall be...

Section 14-276a. - School bus operators and operators of student transportation vehicles: Regulations; qualifications; training; drug testing. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations, in...

Section 14-276b. - School bus driver training re life-threatening allergic reactions and administration of medication. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Carrier” has the...

Section 14-277. - Operator's duties on stopping bus. Prohibition on idling of bus. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (c), inclusive,...

Section 14-278. - Hours of operation. Placement of seats. No extra exemption or authority for operators. - The provisions of section 14-274 as to hours of operation...

Section 14-279. - Vehicles to stop for school bus. Penalties. Written warning or summons. - (a) The operator of any vehicle or motor vehicle, including...

Section 14-279a. - Operation of school bus monitoring system by board of education or municipality. Vendor agreement. Report. - (a) As used in this section and section 14-279b, “live...

Section 14-279b. - Review of evidence file. Summons. Defenses. - (a) Whenever a violation of section 14-279 is detected and...

Section 14-280. - Display of signs and signals by school bus and student transportation vehicle. Portable signs. Penalty. - (a)(1) When a school bus is used for any purpose...

Section 14-281. - Penalties. - Any person who violates any provision of sections 14-275 to...

Section 14-281a. - Speed of school buses. Display of head lamps. - (a) Every school bus shall be operated at a safe...

Section 14-281b. - Summons issued to holder of license endorsement while operating school bus or student transportation vehicles; copy to be sent to employer and local board of education; notification of disposition of case. - (a) Within two days after a summons is issued to...

Section 14-281c. - Report of serious accidents involving school buses or student transportation vehicles. - In each serious accident involving a school bus or a...

Section 14-281d. - Duties of operators of student transportation vehicles re receipt or discharge of school children. - No operator of a student transportation vehicle, as defined in...

Section 14-282. - Vehicle formerly used as a school bus to be repainted. Penalty. - (a) Any person who is the owner or becomes the...

Section 14-282a. - School bus and student transportation vehicle inspectors. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall assign the necessary number...

Section 14-283. - Rights and duties re emergency vehicles. Obstruction of emergency vehicle. - (a) As used in this section, “emergency vehicle” means (1)...

Section 14-283a. - Pursuits by police officers. State-wide policy. Prohibitions. Reports. - (a) As used in this section, “police officer” and “law...

Section 14-283b. - Motor vehicle operator required to move over when approaching emergency vehicle that is stationary or traveling significantly below speed limit and nonemergency vehicle that is stationary and located on shoulder. - (a) For the purpose of this section “emergency vehicle” means...

Section 14-283c. - Definitions. - For the purposes of this section and sections 14-283d to...

Section 14-283d. - Motor vehicle operator required to stop when approaching frozen dessert truck with flashing red signal lights and extended arms. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 14-283e. - Equipment of frozen dessert truck. Penalty. - (a) On and after May 1, 2022, each frozen dessert...

Section 14-283f. - Operation of frozen dessert truck. Penalty. - (a) On and after May 1, 2022, or when a...

Section 14-283g. - Restrictions on vending from frozen dessert truck. Penalty. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 14-283h. - Information concerning equipment and operation of frozen dessert truck. - Not later than July 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Motor...

Section 14-284. - Use of restricted highway by livery service vehicles. - The restriction of any highway to use by passenger motor...

Section 14-285. - Use of mirrors by vehicles other than motor vehicles. - Each vehicle, except a motor vehicle, which is so constructed...

Section 14-286. - Use of bicycles, electric bicycles, electric foot scooter, motor-driven cycles and high-mileage vehicles. - (a) Each person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or...

Section 14-286a. - Rights and duties of person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter. Regulation of use of bicycle, electric bicycle and electric foot scooter. - (a) Every person riding a bicycle, as defined in section...

Section 14-286b. - Operation of bicycles, electric bicycles and electric foot scooters on roadways. Prohibitions re attaching to moving vehicle. Penalty. - (a) Any person operating a bicycle, an electric bicycle or...

Section 14-286c. - Left and right turns. - (a) Each person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or...

Section 14-286d. - Prohibition re children operating bicycles, electric bicycles, nonmotorized scooters, skateboards or electric foot scooters or wearing roller skates or in-line skates without protective headgear. Renting bicycles, electric bicycles... - (a) For the purposes of this section and section 14-286e,...

Section 14-286e. - Police officers, firefighters or emergency service personnel on bicycles. - (a) Any police officer, firefighter or person engaged in providing...

Section 14-286f. - “Share the Road” public awareness campaign. - The Commissioner of Transportation shall, within available appropriations and in...

Section 14-287. - Carrying person other than operator on bicycle. - Section 14-287 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2506; P.A. 75-577,...

Section 14-288. - Lights, reflectors and brakes on bicycles, electric bicycles and electric foot scooters. Whistle emitting devices prohibited. - (a) Each bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter operated...

Section 14-289. - Regulation of use of bicycles, electric bicycles and electric foot scooters by municipality. - Each town, city and borough shall have authority to make...

Section 14-289a. - Riding on motorcycle. Carrying of passenger. - (a) A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon...

Section 14-289b. - Operation of motorcycles and autocycles. - (a) The operator of a motorcycle shall be entitled to...

Section 14-289c. - Riding motorcycle sidesaddle; carrying of passenger on motorcycle not so designed. - Any person who rides sidesaddle on a motorcycle and any...

Section 14-289d. - Vision-protecting devices for operators of motorcycles or motor-driven cycles. - (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue regulations, in...

Section 14-289e. - Headgear for motorcyclists and passengers. - Section 14-289e is repealed. (1967, P.A. 376, S. 1, 2;...

Section 14-289f. - Liability insurance required for motorcycles or autocycles. - No owner of any motorcycle, as defined in section 14-1,...

Section 14-289g. - Protective headgear for motorcycle or motor-driven cycle operators and passengers under eighteen years of age. Penalty. - (a) No person under eighteen years of age may (1)...

Section 14-289h. - Electric personal assistive mobility devices. Definition. Operation. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “electric personal assistive...

Section 14-289i. - Vehicles used for landscaping purposes with caged trailers. - Section 14-289i is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (P.A. 03-115,...

Section 14-289j. - Restrictions on the use and sale, lease or rental of mini-motorcycles. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “mini-motorcycle” means a...

Section 14-289k. - Rights of electric bicycle riders. Operation of electric bicycles. Prohibition re children riding electric bicycles. Protective headgear for electric bicycle riders and passengers. Exceptions. - (a) Except as provided in this section, the rider of...

Section 14-289l. - Duties of electric bicycle manufacturers. - On and after January 1, 2019, any manufacturer of electric...

Section 14-290. - Exemptions from motor vehicle laws. - (a) Motor vehicles in the custody and use of officers...

Section 14-291. - Traffic regulations for special occasions. - The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or the Commissioner of Emergency...

Section 14-292. - Marking of vehicle operated by student driver. - When any motor vehicle is in use on any highway...

Section 14-293. - Vehicles and persons driving or leading animals to display lights. - Section 14-293 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2490; 1967, P.A....

Section 14-293a. - Riding animals on highways. - Any person who rides any horse or other animal upon...

Section 14-293b. - Responsibilities of motor vehicle operators when approaching equestrians. - (a) When an operator of a motor vehicle is approaching...

Section 14-294. - Security for appearance of accused. - Section 14-294 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2491; 1961, P.A....

Section 14-295. - Double or treble damages for personal injury or property damage resulting from certain traffic violations. - In any civil action to recover damages resulting from personal...

Section 14-295a. - Assessment for certain violations and payments of fines by mail. - An assessment of five dollars shall be imposed against any...

Section 14-295b. - Brain injury prevention and services account. - There is established a brain injury prevention and services account...

Section 14-296. - General penalty. - Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for...

Section 14-296a. - House trailer not to be occupied when on highway. - No person or persons shall occupy a house trailer while...

Section 14-296aa. - Use of hand-held mobile telephones and mobile electronic devices by motor vehicle operators and school bus drivers prohibited or restricted. Exceptions. Penalties. Amounts remitted to municipality. Record of violation. - (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have...

Section 14-296b. - Following or parking near fire apparatus, driving over hose prohibited. - (a) No driver of a vehicle other than one on...

Section 14-296bb. - Access to dedicated roadway for bus rapid transit service. - (a) No person shall access or travel upon any highway...

Section 14-296d. - Moving violation defined. Motor vehicle operator's retraining program for operators eighteen years of age or over. Fee. Hearing. Possible license suspension. Regulations. - Section 14-296d is repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 93-341,...

Chapter 249 - Traffic Control and Highway Safety

Section 14-297. - Definitions. - Terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows,...

Section 14-298. - Office of the State Traffic Administration. - There shall be within the Department of Transportation the Office...

Section 14-298a. - Operation of motor vehicle exceeding posted clearance, load or weight limit prohibited. - (a) No person shall operate or move a motor vehicle...

Section 14-299. - Traffic control signals. Right turn on red. - (a) For the purpose of standardization and uniformity, no installation...

Section 14-299a. - Traffic signal preemption devices. Penalty. - (a) As used in this section, “traffic signal preemption device”...

Section 14-299b. - Inoperative traffic control signal. - The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection controlled by...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline

Connecticut General Statutes
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline