Connecticut General Statutes
Title 51 - Courts

Section 51-1d. - Court Support Services Division. Transfer of duties of various offices, duties and personnel to Court Support Services Division. - There is established a Court Support Services Division within the...

Section 51-1e. - Support Enforcement Services. Successor to Support Enforcement Division. Transfer of powers, duties, obligations and staff. - The Support Enforcement Division of the Judicial Branch shall hereafter...

Section 51-2. - Chief Court Administrator. - Section 51-2 is repealed. (1953, S. 3128d; 1957, P.A. 651,...

Section 51-3. - Inability of Chief Justice to act. - In case of the death, disability, impeachment, resignation, absence from...

Section 51-4 and 51-5. - Chief Court Administrator to appoint Chief Judges of Superior, Common Pleas and Juvenile Courts; vacancy. Powers and duties of Chief Judges and Probate Court Administrator. - Sections 51-4 and 51-5 are repealed. (1957, P.A. 651, S....

Section 51-5a. - Duties and powers of Chief Court Administrator. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator: (1) Shall be the administrative...

Section 51-5b. - Chief Court Administrator to establish and administer Judicial Data Processing Revolving Fund. Transfers to General Fund. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish and administer a...

Section 51-5c. - Automated registry of protective orders. Policies and procedures for operation of registry. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish and maintain an...

Section 51-5d. - Chief Court Administrator to transfer certain revenue to organization administering program for use of interest earned on lawyers' clients' funds accounts and to Judicial Data Processing Revolving Fund. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator, or a designee, on or...

Section 51-6. - Chief Court Administrator to meet with judges and Probate Court Administrator. - Section 51-6 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 651, S. 6; February,...

Section 51-6a. - Chief Justice or Chief Court Administrator may meet with judges of any court. - (a) The Chief Justice or the Chief Court Administrator may...

Section 51-6b. - Chief Court Administrator to identify additional secure child visitation centers. - The Chief Court Administrator shall identify additional secure visitation centers...

Section 51-7. - Conferences of judges and members of the bar. - Section 51-7 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 651, S. 7; February,...

Section 51-8. - Establishment of office for administration of nonjudicial business of the Judicial Department. - There shall be an office for the administration of the...

Section 51-9. - Duties of staff of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator. - Under the supervision and direction of the Chief Court Administrator,...

Section 51-9a. - Alkaline paper for photocopies. - All photocopies made by the Judicial Department shall be made...

Section 51-9b. - Portraits of retiring Chief Justices. - The Judicial Branch is authorized to use such appropriations as...

Section 51-10. - Appointment of Jury Administrator and assistants. Selection of director of security and safety of the Judicial Department. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator, subject to the provisions of...

Section 51-10a. (Formerly Sec. 51-146b). - Personnel Administrator. - Section 51-10a is repealed. (P.A. 73-409, S. 1, 2; P.A....

Section 51-10b. - Contract with Children in Placement, Inc., promoting permanency planning for children. - Beginning September 1, 1994, and annually thereafter, the Judicial Department...

Section 51-10c. - Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Criminal Justice System. Duties. - (a) There is established a Commission on Racial and Ethnic...

Section 51-10d. - Judicial Branch Internet web site. Notice and information re animal-assisted therapy. - The Judicial Branch shall maintain on its Internet web site...

Section 51-11. - Judges and clerks to furnish information to Chief Court Administrator. - The judges, clerks and all other officers and employees of...

Section 51-11a and 51-11b. - Registrar of wills. Disposition of wills in possession of registrar. - Sections 51-11a and 51-11b are repealed. (1967, P.A. 680, S....

Section 51-12. - Compensation plan; employment regulations; sick leave. - (a) With the exception of those employees whose compensation is...

Section 51-13. - Variance of sessions of Superior Court. - Section 51-13 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 651, S. 13; February,...

Section 51-14. - Rules of court. Disapproval of rules by General Assembly. Hearings. - (a) The judges of the Supreme Court, the judges of...

Section 51-14a. - Connecticut Code of Evidence. Adoption. Advisory committee. - (a) The Supreme Court is authorized to adopt the Connecticut...

Section 51-15. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (d) and effective date.) Rules of procedure in certain civil actions. Small claims. - (a) In accordance with the provisions of section 51-14, the...

Section 51-15a. - Consultation between judiciary committee and rules committee of Superior Court. - The Senate and House chairmen of the joint standing committee...

Section 51-19. - Law reports. Practice Book. - Section 51-19 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 169, 7689, 7690;...

Section 51-21a to 51-26. - Connecticut Circuit Court Reports. Publication of state agency regulations and court rules. Publication of rules of the courts: Other documents. Unused volumes of reports. Unclaimed money in possession of officer or employe... - Sections 51-21a to 51-26, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Chapter 871 - Courts

Section 51-27. - Court accommodations. - (a) The state shall provide such suitable quarters and furniture...

Section 51-27a. (Formerly Sec. 51-156a). - Courthouses serving the geographical areas. - (a) Except as provided in this section and in section...

Section 51-27b. (Formerly Sec. 51-156b). - Offices of Superior Court. - There shall be sufficient offices of the Superior Court for...

Section 51-27c. (Formerly Sec. 51-187a). - Court accommodations at Rockville and Putnam. - A convenient place for holding the Superior Court at Rockville...

Section 51-27d. (Formerly Sec. 51-187b). - Lease of court facilities. Lease-purchase agreements for additional facilities in Middletown, New Britain and Rocky Hill. - (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may, in discharging his...

Section 51-27e. - Courthouse facilities for the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford. - Courthouse facilities shall be maintained in either Ansonia or Derby...

Section 51-27f. (Formerly Sec. 51-188). - Rooms for special sessions. - When a special session of the Superior Court is to...

Section 51-27g. - Display of United States flag outside courthouses. - The Chief Court Administrator shall require that the United States...

Section 51-27h. - Courthouse facilities to include secure room for victims of family violence crimes and advocates. - The Chief Court Administrator shall provide in each court where...

Section 51-27i. - Family violence victim advocate services in Family Division of Superior Court and geographical area courts. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Domestic violence agency”...

Section 51-27j. - Remote administration of oath or affirmation related to court proceeding or court process. - A Judicial Department official authorized to administer oaths pursuant to...

Section 51-30. - Court attendants. - (a) The Superior Court or family support magistrate, when transacting...

Section 51-31. - Deputy sheriffs as court officers in New London County. - Section 51-31 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7709; P.A. 80-394,...

Section 51-32. - Determination of laws of other jurisdictions. - Section 51-32 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7707; P.A. 90-19,...

Section 51-33. - Punishment for contempt of court. - Any court, including a family support magistrate, may punish by...

Section 51-33a. - Criminal contempt. - (a) Any person who violates the dignity and authority of...

Section 51-34. - Commitment for disobedience; release. - Any person committed to a community correctional center in any...

Section 51-35. - Witness refusing to testify; imprisonment. Self-incrimination. - (a) Any court or family support magistrate may commit to...

Section 51-36. - Retention, reproduction, destruction, disposal and transferring of court records. Microfilm and computerized images. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator may cause any and all...

Section 51-36a. - Access to records maintained by Judicial Department. Policies and procedures. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “employees of the...

Section 51-37 and 51-38. - Records and files in New London County. Application of general statutes to municipal and justice courts. - Sections 51-37 and 51-38 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7723,...

Chapter 872 - Judges

Section 51-39. - Disqualification by relationship or interest. Judge or family support magistrate may act with consent of parties. - (a) Except as provided in this section, a judge or...

Section 51-39a. - Use of judicial office for financial gain prohibited. - No judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court or Superior...

Section 51-40. - Practice of law by judges restricted. - Section 51-40 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7695; 1967, P.A....

Section 51-44a. - Judicial Selection Commission. Members. Duties. Nomination of judges by Governor. - (a) There is established a Judicial Selection Commission, within the...

Section 51-45. - Resignation of judges or family support magistrates. - Any judge or family support magistrate may resign his office...

Section 51-45a. - Admonishment of judge or family support magistrate by Chief Court Administrator. - Whenever the Chief Court Administrator has reason to believe that...

Section 51-45b. - Medical examination of judge or family support magistrate ordered by Chief Court Administrator, when. Matter referred to Judicial Review Council, when. - Whenever the Chief Court Administrator has reason to believe that...

Section 51-45c. - Investigation by Judicial Review Council re mental infirmity or illness, drug dependency or alcohol addiction of judge or family support magistrate. Findings. Authority. - (a) The Judicial Review Council shall investigate every matter referred...

Section 51-46a. - Statement of financial interests to be reported. - (a) Each judge of the Superior Court, each judge of...

Section 51-47. - Salaries of judges. Practice of law prohibited. Membership on board of directors of bank prohibited. Longevity payments. - (a) The judges of the Superior Court, judges of the...

Section 51-47a. - Appropriations. - Section 51-47a is repealed. (1969, P.A. 601, S. 2; P.A....

Section 51-47b. - Compensation of senior judges and referees. - (a) Each senior judge who has been designated and assigned...

Section 51-47c. - Commission on Judicial Compensation. Members. Duties. - (a) There is established a Commission on Judicial Compensation for...

Section 51-48. - Payment of expenses of judges. - Each judge of the Supreme Court, judge of the Appellate...

Section 51-49. - Disability retirement of judges, state's attorneys, public defenders, family support magistrates and administrative law judges. - (a) When the Chief Justice or any judge of the...

Section 51-49a. - Vested and nonforfeitable right to retirement salary after ten years of service. - (a) The right to a retirement salary, in accordance with...

Section 51-49b. - Cost of living allowance for retired judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges. - (a) On January 1, 1982, and January first of each...

Section 51-49c. - Cost of living allowance for surviving spouses of judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges. - (a) On January 1, 1982, and January first of each...

Section 51-49d. - Funding of retirement system for judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges on actuarial reserve basis. State contributions. - (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 51-49e...

Section 51-49e. - Judge's Retirement Fund. - The Judge's Retirement Fund is hereby established in the State...

Section 51-49f. - Determination of retirement salary of judges and allowance to surviving spouses. Limitation on retirement salary. - (a) For purposes of determining both the retirement salary of...

Section 51-49g. - Determination of retirement salary of administrative law judges and allowance to surviving spouses. - (a) For purposes of determining both the retirement salary of...

Section 51-49h. - Credit for military service. - (a) Any judge of the Superior Court, the Appellate Court...

Section 51-49i. - Right to retirement salary of judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge retiring on or after July 1, 2022. - (a) For any judge, family support magistrate or administrative law...

Section 51-49j. - Ability of judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge to make one-time irrevocable election re eligibility for certain retirement benefits. - On or before July 1, 2013, a judge, a family...

Section 51-50. - Retirement at age seventy or for disability. - (a) Each judge or administrative law judge who first commenced...

Section 51-50a. - Right to retirement salary of judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge retiring prior to July 1, 2022. - (a)(1) The right of any judge, family support magistrate or...

Section 51-50b. - Retirement contribution. - (a) There shall be deducted and withheld from the salary...

Section 51-50c. - Assignment of senior judges to judicial duties. Participation in alternative dispute resolution program approved by STA-FED ADR, Inc. - (a)(1) Any senior judge of the Supreme Court may be...

Section 51-50d. - Duties and powers of senior judges. - (a) A senior judge shall have all the powers of...

Section 51-50e. - Senior judge may complete matters after expiration of his assignment. - A senior judge who has sat by designation and assignment...

Section 51-50f. - Powers of certain state referees. - A retired Chief Justice or judge of the Supreme Court,...

Section 51-50g. - Chief Court Administrator may make new assignments. - Section 51-50g is repealed. (1967, P.A. 621, S. 12; P.A....

Section 51-50h. - Power of retired judges to decide small claims. - (a) A retired judge of the Court of Common Pleas...

Section 51-50i. - Senior judges, reappointment, successors. - (a) Any judge who retires from full-time active service, who...

Section 51-50j. - Retired Supreme Court, Appellate Court and Superior Court judges eligible for certain duties. - Each retired Chief Justice, associate judge of the Supreme Court,...

Section 51-50k. - Private practice of law prohibited. - Each retired justice or judge who is designated and assigned...

Section 51-50l. - Retired senior judges eligible for appointment as state referees. - (a) Each senior judge who ceases to hold office as...

Section 51-51. - Pensions for surviving spouses and children of judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges. - (a) The surviving spouse of a deceased judge or of...

Section 51-51a to 51-51f. - Judicial Review Council. - Sections 51-51a to 51-51f, inclusive, are repealed. (1969, P.A. 771,...

Chapter 872a - Removal, Suspension and Censure of Judges

Section 51-51g. - Declaration of intent. - The General Assembly finds that for the impartial and effective...

Section 51-51h. - Application of chapter. - This chapter shall apply to judges of the Superior Court,...

Section 51-51i. - Grounds for removal, suspension and censure. - (a) In addition to removal by impeachment and removal by...

Section 51-51j. - Removal or suspension by Supreme Court. - (a) The Supreme Court may remove or suspend any judge...

Section 51-51k. - Judicial Review Council. - (a) Composition of council. There is established a Judicial Review...

Section 51-51l. - Investigation of conduct of judge, administrative law judge or family support magistrate. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,...

Section 51-51m. - Vote of council. Findings to be indexed. - (a) The Judicial Review Council may take any action upon...

Section 51-51n. - Authority of council. - (a) The Judicial Review Council may, after a hearing pursuant...

Section 51-51o. - Witnesses to testify. - (a) Any person may be compelled, by subpoena signed by...

Section 51-51p. - Suspension of salary during suspension. - During the period of suspension from office for conduct described...

Section 51-51q. - Recommendation of council re appointment or reappointment of judge and reappointment of family support magistrate and administrative law judge. Information required to be made available to General Assembly judiciary committee. - (a)(1) The Judicial Review Council shall submit its recommendations concerning...

Section 51-51r. - Appeal. - Any judge, administrative law judge or family support magistrate aggrieved...

Section 51-51s. - Disqualification of judge, administrative law judge or family support magistrate. - A judge, an administrative law judge or a family support...

Section 51-51t. - Compensation of members. - (a) Members of the Judicial Review Council shall not receive...

Section 51-51u. - Jurisdiction over complaints filed with council previously established. - The council established under section 51-51k shall have the power...

Chapter 873 - Court Clerks

Section 51-51v. (Formerly Sec. 51-168). - Appointment of chief clerks and assistants. Clerk for Centralized Infractions Bureau. Clerks for housing matters. - (a) The judges of the Superior Court, at their annual...

Section 51-51w. (Formerly Sec. 51-12a). - Collection of fees by clerks. Expenses. - All fees payable by statute to clerks of the Superior...

Section 51-51x and 51-51y. - Continuation of service of persons serving in Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas and Juvenile Court on June 30, 1978. Term of office of persons appointed July 1, 1977. - Sections 51-51x and 51-51y are repealed. (P.A. 76-436, S. 10a,...

Section 51-52. - General duties of clerks. - (a) Clerks shall: (1) Receive the files, processes and documents...

Section 51-52a. - Powers of clerks and clerical assistants. - (a) The clerk of any court may, when directed by...

Section 51-52b. (Formerly Sec. 51-171a). - Certification re authority of justice of the peace or commissioner of the Superior Court in the judicial district of Fairfield or Stamford-Norwalk. - The chief clerk of the superior court at Bridgeport shall,...

Section 51-53. - Clerks to give notice of decrees of court by mail or electronic delivery. - (a) Whenever any court, including a court of probate, or...

Section 51-54. - Completing records. - Section 51-54 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7720; P.A. 82-248,...

Section 51-55. - Judgments of default or nonsuit. - A clerk of the Superior Court shall not enter any...

Section 51-56. - Accounting for receipts by clerks of Supreme, Superior and Common Pleas Court. Removal from office. Accounting on death or removal. - Section 51-56 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7715, 7716, 7717;...

Section 51-56a. - Accounting for receipts by court clerks. Remittance of certain amounts to municipalities. Additional fees to fund police training. Surcharge for violations. - (a) Each clerk of the Supreme Court and Superior Court...

Section 51-57. - Superior Court clerks. Oath. Full-time duties. Criminal defense prohibited. - (a) Each clerk of the Superior Court shall, before entering...

Section 51-58. - Court seals. Filing of official seals with Secretary of the State. - Each court location having a clerk shall have its proper...

Section 51-59. - Clerks' offices, when open. - The judges of the Superior Court may provide by rule...

Chapter 874 - Court Reporters

Section 51-60. - Appointment of official court reporters. Definitions. Adoption of policies and procedures. - (a) As used in this chapter: (1) “State's attorney” means...

Section 51-61. - Court reporter and court recording monitor to be sworn. Duties. Requests and payment for transcripts. - (a) Each official court reporter, before entering upon the duties...

Section 51-62. - Official court reporters and court recording monitors before judges, judge trial referees and family support magistrates. - (a) Whenever a judge of the Superior Court, a judge...

Section 51-63. - Official court reporter and court recording monitor charges for transcripts. Official and assistant stenographers of the Workers' Compensation Commission charges for transcripts. - (a)(1) In addition to a salary, an official court reporter...

Section 51-64. - Traveling expenses. - Section 51-64 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3608; September, 1957,...

Section 51-65. - Vacancy in office of court reporter. - Section 51-65 is repealed, effective July 1, 2019. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 51-66 to 51-71a. - Court reporters and stenographers, generally. - Sections 51-66 to 51-71a, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-72. - Probate Court; stenographer may be called in by agreement. - Whenever, in any court of probate, the parties or their...

Section 51-73. - Powers and duties of stenographer. Notes to be evidence. Appeals on record. - Each stenographer called in and acting under the provisions of...

Section 51-74. - Use of digital recording equipment by official court reporter or court recording monitor. - The record of proceedings in any court required to be...

Chapter 875 - Court Messengers

Section 51-75. - Messengers of the Supreme and Superior Courts. - Section 51-75 is repealed, effective October 1, 2012. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 51-76 and 51-76a. - Messengers and assistant messengers: Of Court of Common Pleas; of the Circuit Court. - Sections 51-76 and 51-76a are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7616;...

Section 51-77. - Filling of vacancies. - Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of messenger or...

Section 51-78. - Retired messengers may be continued in service. - (a) When a duly appointed and acting messenger of any...

Section 51-79. - Duties of messengers of the Supreme and Superior Courts. - Each messenger and each assistant messenger under the supervision of...

Chapter 876 - Attorneys

Section 51-80. - Admission. - The Superior Court may admit and cause to be sworn...

Section 51-80a. - Regulation of foreign legal consultants. - The judges of the Superior Court may make rules regulating...

Section 51-81. - Investigation of qualifications of applicants for admission to the bar. - (a) For the purpose of investigating the moral qualifications or...

Section 51-81a. - Certificate of registration. Fee. Renewal. - Section 51-81a is repealed. (June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 37;...

Section 51-81b. - Occupational tax on attorneys. Collection procedure. State lien against real estate as security for tax. Interest on unpaid tax. Attorneys who are not liable for tax. Administration. - (a) Any person who has been admitted as an attorney...

Section 51-81c. - Program for use of interest on lawyers' clients' funds accounts. Applicability to entities that establish certain accounts to receive loan proceeds from a mortgage lender. - (a) A program for the use of interest earned on...

Section 51-81d. - Client Security Fund. - (a) The Superior Court, in accordance with rules established by...

Section 51-81h. - Escrow agreement not invalid when attorney-at-law, law firm or agent is escrow holder. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Escrow agreement”...

Section 51-82 and 51-83. - Admission to examination of attorneys admitted to practice in other states. Examination of veterans for admission. - Sections 51-82 and 51-83 are repealed. (1949, S. 3119d; 1957,...

Section 51-84. - Attorneys subject to rules. - (a) Attorneys admitted by the Superior Court shall be attorneys...

Section 51-85. - Authority and powers of commissioners of the Superior Court. - Each attorney-at-law admitted to practice within the state, while in...

Section 51-86. - Soliciting persons to institute actions for damages. - (a) A person who has not been admitted as an...

Section 51-87. - Solicitation of cases for attorneys. - (a) Any person who (1) pays, remunerates or rewards any...

Section 51-87a. - Limitations on written communications to prospective clients. - (a) A lawyer shall not send, or knowingly permit to...

Section 51-87b. - Attorneys and persons affiliated with attorneys prohibited from referring persons to real estate brokers, salespersons, or mortgage brokers or lenders, for fee or commission. Penalties. - (a) No attorney-at-law admitted to practice within this state or...

Section 51-88. - Practice of law by persons not admitted as attorneys. Exceptions. - (a) Unless a person is providing legal services pursuant to...

Section 51-88a. - Practice of law by persons not admitted as attorneys. Real estate closings. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no person...

Section 51-89. - State marshal or constable not to act as attorney in court. - No state marshal or constable shall appear in court as...

Section 51-89a. - Complaint and hearing required for suspension or disbarment. - Section 51-89a is repealed. (P.A. 77-194, S. 1, 2; P.A....

Section 51-90. - State-Wide Grievance Committee. Appointment, qualifications and terms of members. - There shall be a State-Wide Grievance Committee which shall consist...

Section 51-90a. - Powers and duties of State-Wide Grievance Committee. - In addition to any other powers and duties set forth...

Section 51-90b. - Grievance panels. Appointment, qualifications and terms of members. - (a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint one...

Section 51-90c. - State-Wide Bar Counsel. - (a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint an...

Section 51-90d. - Grievance counsel and investigators. Powers and duties of grievance counsel. - (a) The judges of the Superior Court shall appoint attorneys...

Section 51-90e. - Filing of complaint alleging attorney misconduct. Referral to grievance panel. - (a) Any person may file a written complaint alleging attorney...

Section 51-90f. - Investigation and determination by grievance panel of attorney misconduct. - (a) Each grievance panel shall investigate with the assistance of...

Section 51-90g. - Review of panel's determination by subcommittee or State-Wide Grievance Committee. - (a) The State-Wide Grievance Committee may designate at least three...

Section 51-90h. - Decision of State-Wide Grievance Committee. - (a) Within fourteen days of the issuance to the parties...

Section 51-91. - Compelling testimony of witnesses. Contempt. - (a) Any person may be compelled by subpoena signed by...

Section 51-91a. - Hearing re eligibility to continue practice of law for attorney convicted of felony. Order. Suspension. Appointment of trustee. - (a) After sentencing an attorney who has been convicted of...

Section 51-91b. - Applicability of grievance procedures. Transfer of pending matters. - (a) The provisions of sections 51-90 to 51-91a, inclusive, shall...

Section 51-91c. - Posting of signs concerning attorney grievance procedures. - The Chief Court Administrator shall cause to be prominently displayed...

Section 51-92. - Grievance committees; fees and expenses. - Section 51-92 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7645; P.A. 78-280,...

Section 51-93. - Reinstatement of attorneys. - The superior court for any judicial district may, upon hearing,...

Section 51-94. - Evidence in proceedings to suspend, displace or remove attorneys-at-law. - In any proceeding for the suspension, displacement or removal of...

Section 51-94a. - Limitation on liability of attorney appointed to inventory files and protect interests of clients of inactive, suspended, disbarred, deceased or resigned attorney. - No attorney appointed by the court pursuant to rules of...

Chapter 877 - Justices of the Peace

Section 51-95. - Qualification and certification of nominated justices of the peace. - (a) Each person nominated to be a justice of the...

Section 51-95a. (Formerly Sec. 51-193a). - Justice of the peace not to transact judicial business. - Judicial business shall not be transacted by any justice of...

Section 51-95b. - Qualification and certification of appointed justices of the peace. - (a) Each person appointed to be a justice of the...

Section 51-96 to 51-104. - Justice court, generally. - Sections 51-96 to 51-104, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-105. - Former justice may perfect records; copies. - Any former justice of the peace who has been removed...

Section 51-106. - Judgments of justices of the peace may be recorded. - Section 51-106 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7561; 1959, P.A....

Section 51-107. - Attested copies of judgments legal evidence. - Each attested copy of any judgment of a justice of...

Section 51-108. - Files and minutes admissible as evidence. - In the absence of a formal record, the files and...

Section 51-109 and 51-110. - Justice not reelected; pending matters. Compensation of justices. - Sections 51-109 and 51-110 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3616,...

Chapter 878 - Trial Justices and Prosecuting Grand Jurors (Repealed)

Section 51-111 to 51-126. - Trial justices and prosecuting grand jurors. - Sections 51-111 to 51-126, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Chapter 880 - Judicial District of Waterbury (See Chapter 890)

Section 51-139. - Constitution of districts. - Section 51-139 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7592; 1951, S....

Section 51-141. - Appeals from administrative agencies in Seymour, Ansonia or Derby. - Section 51-141 is repealed. (1951, S. 3104d; P.A. 76-436, S....

Chapter 881 - Court of Common Pleas (See Chapters 870, 871, 877, 882, 884 and 886)

Section 51-141a. - Reference to Circuit Court deemed to mean Court of Common Pleas. - Section 51-141a is repealed. (P.A. 74-183, S. 286, 291; P.A....

Section 51-142 to 51-146. - Constitution of Court of Common Pleas; senior judges, terms, powers. Annual meeting of judges; meeting with judges of Superior Court. Special meetings of judges. Substitute judges. Clerks and clerical staff. - Sections 51-142 to 51-146, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-146a. - Persons employed by Circuit Court on December 31, 1974, transferred to Court of Common Pleas. - Obsolete. (P.A. 74-183, S. 15, 291.)

Section 51-147 to 51-152. - Salaries and expenses of clerks and assistant clerks; full-time, part-time requirements. Prosecuting attorneys. Court accommodations in Windham, Middlesex and Tolland Counties. Criminal terms. - Sections 51-147 to 51-152, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-154 to 51-156. - Civil business at criminal terms. Civil terms: When and where held; at Bristol. Times and places of sessions to be determined by Chief Judge. - Sections 51-154 to 51-156, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-156c to 51-157. - Short calendar, small claims, night sessions; special sessions; construction and acquisition of new courthouses; office of Chief Family Relations Officer abolished. Notice of sessions; assignment of judges. - Sections 51-156c to 51-157, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-157b to 51-160. - Family relations matters transferred from Superior Court: Terms and sessions for hearing; power of court or judge. Adjournment of court. Rooms for special sessions. Place of trial need not be designated. - Sections 51-157b to 51-160, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-164b and 51-164c. - Prosecuting attorneys and associates not to practice criminal law. New trial; rehearing. - Sections 51-164b and 51-164c are repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S....

Section 51-164f and 51-164g. - Instruction of jury; judgment notwithstanding verdict. Practice and procedure; orders and rules. - Sections 51-164f and 51-164g are repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S....

Section 51-164i. - Commission to study the court. Duties. Report. - Obsolete. (P.A. 74-183, S. 288, 289, 291; 74-338, S. 77,...

Chapter 881a - Common Pleas Judicial District of Ansonia-Milford (Repealed)

Section 51-164j to 51-164l. - Common pleas judicial district of Ansonia-Milford. - Sections 51-164j to 51-164l, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 75-578, S....

Chapter 881b - Infractions of the Law

Section 51-164m. - Judges to establish schedule of fines. - (a) The judges of the Superior Court shall establish and...

Section 51-164n. - Procedure upon summons for infraction or certain violations. Payment by mail. Procedure at trial. - (a) There shall be a Centralized Infractions Bureau of the...

Section 51-164o. - Procedure for nonresidents. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 51-164p. - Violations of municipal ordinances, regulations and bylaws. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any special act, local law...

Section 51-164q. - Certain violations deemed infractions. - Section 51-164q is repealed. (P.A. 75-577, S. 124, 126; P.A....

Section 51-164r. - Failure to pay or plead. - (a) Any person charged with an infraction who fails to...

Chapter 882 - Superior Court

Section 51-164s. - Superior Court sole trial court. Jurisdiction transferred from Court of Common Pleas and Juvenile Court. - The Superior Court shall be the sole court of original...

Section 51-164t. - Composition of Superior Court established by rule. - (a) The Superior Court shall consist of such divisions and...

Section 51-164u. - Transfer of matters and appeals pending on July 1, 1978. - Section 51-164u is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 76-436,...

Section 51-164v. (Formerly Sec. 51-141b). - Use of Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas forms in the Superior Court. - Any form which was valid for use with respect to...

Section 51-164w. - Juvenile Court, Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas construed to mean Superior Court as of July 1, 1978. - Section 51-164w is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 76-436,...

Section 51-164x. - Review of order prohibiting attendance at court session; review of certain orders sealing or limiting disclosure to court documents, affidavits or files. - (a) Any person affected by a court order which prohibits...

Section 51-165. - Number of judges. Retired judges. Assignment to hear housing matters and juvenile matters. - (a)(1) On and after July 1, 1998, the Superior Court...

Section 51-166. - Annual meeting of judges. - The judges of the Superior Court shall meet annually in...

Section 51-167. - Special meetings of the judges. - The Chief Justice or presiding judge of the Supreme Court...

Section 51-169 to 51-171. - Salaries of clerks and assistant clerks; traveling expenses; full-time, part-time requirements. Clerks of Superior Court to be county and judicial district clerks; custody of records of former county courts. Certification... - Sections 51-169 to 51-171, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-172 to 51-174. - Records and files at Waterbury. Civil actions on appeals brought in Ansonia filed in Waterbury. Records and seal of court at Winchester. - Sections 51-172 to 51-174, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-176 to 51-179. - Special state's attorney. Circuit Court prosecutors not to be state's attorneys. Expenses of state's attorneys. Civil term. - Sections 51-176 to 51-179, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-180. - Criminal terms and sessions. - (a) There shall be a term of the Superior Court...

Section 51-180a. (Formerly Sec. 51-153). - Special session when accused confined for want of bail. - Whenever any person confined to a community correctional center for...

Section 51-181. - Times and places for the sitting of the Superior Court. - The Superior Court shall sit continuously throughout the year, at...

Section 51-181a. - Sessions at Bristol. - Section 51-181a is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 339, S. 1;...

Section 51-181b. - Drug docket and drug courts. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator may establish in any court...

Section 51-181c. - Community court. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator shall designate one court location...

Section 51-181d. - Truancy docket. Implementation. - (a) The Chief Court Administrator shall designate a docket separate...

Section 51-181e. - Domestic violence dockets. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “domestic violence docket”...

Section 51-182. - Notice of sessions. Special sessions. Short calendar. - (a) The judges of the Superior Court shall provide for...

Section 51-182a and 51-182b. - Family relations term. Family relations sessions. - Sections 51-182a and 51-182b are repealed. (1959, P.A. 531, S....

Section 51-182c. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-1. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-330 in the 1977 Court...

Section 51-182d. - Length of family relations sessions; assignment of judges. - Section 51-182d is repealed. (1959, P.A. 531, S. 4; February,...

Section 51-182e and 51-182f. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Secs. 46b-3 and 46b-4, respectively. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Secs. 51-332 and 51-333, respectively, in...

Section 51-182h. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-11. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-335 in the 1977 Court...

Section 51-182i to 51-182k. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Secs. 46b-5 to 46b-7, inclusive. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Secs. 51-336 to 51-338, inclusive, in...

Section 51-182l. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-10. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-339 in the 1977 Court...

Section 51-182m. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-9. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-340 in the 1977 Court...

Section 51-182n and 51-182o. - Hearing of appeals from Juvenile Court. Sessions for appeals from Common Pleas Court. - Sections 51-182n and 51-182o are repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S....

Section 51-182p. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-8. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-341 in the 1977 Court...

Section 51-183. - Substitute judge. - Any judge of the Superior Court may hold any term...

Section 51-183a. (Formerly Sec. 51-28). - Judge's inability to hold court. - When any judge assigned to hold the Superior Court in...

Section 51-183b. (Formerly Sec. 51-29). - Judgments in civil actions. Time limit. - Any judge of the Superior Court and any judge trial...

Section 51-183c. (Formerly Sec. 51-41). - Same judge not to preside at new trial. - No judge of any court who tried a case without...

Section 51-183d. (Formerly Sec. 51-42). - Disqualified judge; proceedings not void. - If a judge acts in any legal proceeding in which...

Section 51-183e. (Formerly Sec. 51-43). - Presiding judge or arbitrator to have casting vote. - Section 51-183e is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 51-183f. (Formerly Sec. 51-44). - Expiration of term, disability retirement, death or resignation of judge. - If the term of office of any judge of the...

Section 51-183g. (Formerly Sec. 51-46). - Retiring judge; unfinished matters. - Any judge of the Superior Court may, after ceasing to...

Section 51-183h. (Formerly Sec. 51-41a). - Judge not to hear motion attacking bench warrant which he signed. - No judge may preside at the hearing of any motion...

Section 51-184. - Adjournment of court. - In any judicial district where the Superior Court may lawfully...

Section 51-185. - Disposition of civil business at criminal sessions. - Each criminal session of the Superior Court may hear and...

Section 51-186. - Hearings at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers. - A hearing on any petition for a writ of habeas...

Section 51-187. - Court accommodations in Windham County and at Rockville. - Section 51-187 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7627; 1959, P.A....

Section 51-189. - Transfer of hearings before judges. - When, upon any application, petition or matter presented to any...

Section 51-190. - Trial before judge; papers filed where. - Section 51-190 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7649; P.A. 82-248,...

Section 51-190a. (Formerly Sec. 51-161). - Filing of papers upon decision. - (a) In the trial of an action before a judge...

Section 51-191 to 51-193. - Cause affecting land; documents lodged in Superior Court. Clerk designated by judge to take papers. Records may be rewritten. - Sections 51-191 to 51-193, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-193b. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Payment of fees, costs and fines by credit card. - Payment of any fees, costs, fines or other charges to...

Section 51-193c. - Filing of document or data by computer, facsimile transmission or other technology. Use of technology for required payments. Electronic signature and verification. Standards. Rules. - (a) The Judicial Branch may permit, in any civil, criminal,...

Section 51-193d. - Moneys found in or on grounds of Superior Court presumed abandoned. - All moneys in an amount of ten dollars or less...

Section 51-193l. - Appointment of magistrates. Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates. - The Chief Court Administrator shall make such orders and rules...

Section 51-193m to 51-193q. - Prosecutions to be submitted to magistrate. Persons alleged to have committed motor vehicle infractions; payment of fine; plea of not guilty. Request for jury trial; hearing in Superior Court. Notification of magistrate... - Sections 51-193m to 51-193q, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 81-462, S....

Section 51-193r. - Compensation of magistrates. - Each commissioner of the Superior Court shall receive, for acting...

Section 51-193s. - Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates. - Section 51-193s is repealed. (P.A. 82-441, S. 16, 23; P.A....

Section 51-193t. - Hearing of small claims matters by magistrate. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 922a, the hearing and...

Section 51-193u. - Hearing of violations and infractions by magistrate. Authority of magistrate decision. Demand for trial de novo. - (a) Cases involving motor vehicle violations, excluding alleged violations of...

Section 51-194. - Review division, appointment; meetings; disqualification; secretary. - The Chief Justice shall appoint three judges of the Superior...

Section 51-195. - Application for review of sentence. - Any person sentenced on one or more counts of an...

Section 51-196. - Review of sentence or commitment. Decision. - (a) The review division shall, in each case in which...

Section 51-197. - Forms and rules of procedure. - The review division shall prescribe forms to be used in...

Section 51-197a. - Appeals to Appellate Court. Writs. Transfer of jurisdiction from appellate session. - (a) Appeals and writs of error from final judgments or...

Section 51-197b. (Formerly Sec. 52-7). - Administrative appeals. - (a) Except as provided in section 31-301b, all appeals that...

Section 51-197c. - Appellate Court; judges, appointment, terms, Chief Judge. - (a) The Appellate Court shall consist of nine judges, except...

Section 51-197d. - Jurisdiction of appellate session. - Section 51-197d is repealed. (P.A. 77-347, S. 3, 11; P.A....

Section 51-197e. - Consolidation of appeals. - When any appeal pending before the Appellate Court involves the...

Section 51-197f. - Further review by certification only. - Upon final determination of any appeal by the Appellate Court,...

Chapter 883 - Supreme Court

Section 51-198. - Constitution of Supreme Court; retired judges, terms, participation in meetings; deliberation and participation in disposition of case after age of seventy. - (a) The Supreme Court shall consist of one Chief Justice...

Section 51-198a. - Law clerks. - Section 51-198a is repealed. (1959, P.A. 623, S. 1; 1963,...

Section 51-199. - Jurisdiction. - (a) The Supreme Court shall have final and conclusive jurisdiction...

Section 51-199a. - Short title: Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act. - Section 51-199a is repealed, effective June 3, 1999. (P.A. 85-111,...

Section 51-199b. - Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act. - (a) This section may be cited as the “Uniform Certification...

Section 51-200. - Terms and special sessions. - Terms of the Supreme Court shall be held at Hartford...

Section 51-201. - Chief clerk of the Supreme Court. - The judges of the Supreme Court shall appoint a chief...

Section 51-202. - Court docket. - The chief clerk of the Supreme Court shall keep the...

Section 51-203. - Assignment of cases. - (a) Assignment of cases for hearing by the Supreme Court...

Section 51-204. - Quorum; judges called in. - Section 51-204 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 51-205. - Judges released from judicial duties on Superior Court, exception. - The judges of the Supreme Court shall be released from...

Section 51-206. - Adjournment in absence of judges. - Section 51-206 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 51-207. - Composition of panel. Summoning of court members or other judges to constitute panel. - (a) The Supreme Court shall sit in panels of five,...

Section 51-208. - Judgment by agreement of parties. - When the parties in any action pending before the Supreme...

Section 51-209. - Majority of judges on panel to concur in decision. Procedure when court evenly divided. - No ruling, judgment or decree of any court may be...

Section 51-210. - Costs of preparation and transmission of records in appealed cases. - Any expense necessarily incurred by the clerk of the Superior...

Section 51-211. - Notice of decisions. - The chief clerk of the Supreme Court or of the...

Chapter 883a - Reporter of Judicial Decisions

Section 51-212. - Reporter of Judicial Decisions. Reports of Supreme Court opinions. Compilation of legal publications. - (a) The judges of the Supreme Court shall, from time...

Section 51-213. - Reporter to file copy of opinions of Supreme Court and Appellate Court. - A copy of the opinion of the Supreme Court or...

Section 51-214. - Reporter may authorize use of material in copyrighted index-digests. - Section 51-214 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7691; P.A. 82-248,...

Section 51-215. - Publicly available briefs of all cases determined in Supreme Court and Appellate Court. - The chief clerk of the Supreme Court shall electronically provide...

Section 51-215a. (Formerly Sec. 51-21). - Publication of Appellate Court decisions. - The clerk of the Appellate Court shall file with the...

Section 51-215b. (Formerly Sec. 51-20). - Digests of decisions. - Section 51-215b is repealed, effective October 1, 2015. (1955, S....

Section 51-216. - Salary and fees of reporter. - (a) The salary of the Reporter of Judicial Decisions shall...

Chapter 883b - Commission on Official Legal Publications

Section 51-216a. (Formerly Sec. 51-16). - Commission on Official Legal Publications. Publications. Copyrights. - (a) The Commission on Official Legal Publications shall be an...

Section 51-216b. (Formerly Sec. 51-18). - Sale and distribution of publications. Contracts. Expenses. - (a)(1) The Commission on Official Legal Publications may sell official...

Section 51-216c. (Formerly Sec. 51-17). - Director of production and distribution. - The commission shall, from time to time, appoint, fix the...

Chapter 884 - Jurors

Section 51-217. - Qualification of jurors. - (a) All jurors shall be electors, individuals lawfully admitted for...

Section 51-217a. - Jurors excused from service. Option to be considered for service. - (a) A person shall be excused from jury service during...

Section 51-217b. - Information for prospective jurors. Postponement of jury service or accommodations for breastfeeding women. - (a) The Judicial Branch shall maintain on its Internet web...

Section 51-218 and 51-219. - Jury service for women. Exemption from jury service. - Sections 51-218 and 51-219 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7907,...

Section 51-219a. - Duties and powers of Jury Administrator. - (a) The Jury Administrator, who is appointed in accordance with...

Section 51-219b. - How to determine number of jurors to be summoned. - (a) In determining the number of jurors to be summoned...

Section 51-219c. - Adjustment in number of jurors. - If it is determined that any estimate by the chief...

Section 51-220. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Number of jurors for each town. - The number of jurors to be chosen from each town...

Section 51-220a. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Use of electronic processing in selection and summoning of jurors. - Electronic data processing and similar equipment may be used in...

Section 51-221 and 51-222. - Jury committees; selection of jurors. Towns failing to file lists of jurors. - Sections 51-221 and 51-222 are repealed, effective October 1, 1997....

Section 51-222a. - Preparation of master or final list. - (a) Annually, upon the request of the Jury Administrator, the...

Section 51-223. - State Jury Commission. Inquiry blanks. Jury lists. - Section 51-223 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7912; 1949, 1951,...

Section 51-224. - Incomplete list. Preparation of subsequent list. - If a registrar of voters of a town, after a...

Section 51-225 to 51-228. - Compensation of members of State Jury Commission. Designation of clerks. Preparation of slips with jurors' names and placement in jury boxes. Summoning of jurors for court in Tolland County from Manchester and in Middlesex... - Sections 51-225 to 51-228, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 51-229. - Additional jurors may be drawn at any time. - The Superior Court may, at any time, at its discretion,...

Section 51-230. - Drawing of jurors in judicial districts. - Section 51-230 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7915; 1949, 1953,...

Section 51-231. - Drawing of jurors. - Section 51-231 is repealed, effective October 1, 1997. (1955, S....

Section 51-231a. - Clerk to furnish slips containing the names of jurors. - Section 51-231a is repealed. (P.A. 75-26, S. 4, 8; P.A....

Section 51-232. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Summoning of jurors. Juror questionnaire. Reduction of panel. Courthouse. - (a) The Jury Administrator shall send to each juror drawn,...

Section 51-232a. - Modification of date, location or other condition of juror service. - The Jury Administrator may modify the date, location or other...

Section 51-232b. - Limitation re summons for jury duty. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 51-217a and 51-238a, when the...

Section 51-233. - Verdict not affected by irregularities in summoning jurors. - No verdict may be set aside on account of any...

Section 51-234. - Accommodations for jury panel. - The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall provide a...

Section 51-235 and 51-236. - Summoning of justice jurors. Return of jury warrant; fine. - Sections 51-235 and 51-236 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7923,...

Section 51-237. - Jurors failing to appear. - Each juror, duly chosen, drawn and summoned, who fails to...

Section 51-237a. - Permission for juror to be absent. - Any juror summoned to appear may, in the discretion of...

Section 51-238. - Judge may direct juror attendance. - Jurors attending court held by any judge may be directed...

Section 51-238a. - Length of term of service as juror. - The length of the term of service for jurors shall...

Section 51-239. - Selection of panel. - The clerk of the court, in impaneling the jury for...

Section 51-239a. (Formerly Sec. 51-164e). - Transfer of trial to jury session. - Section 51-239a is repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S. 33; 1971,...

Section 51-239b. (Formerly Sec. 51-164d). - Waiver of jury in civil actions. - In civil actions a jury shall be deemed waived unless...

Section 51-240. - Examination of jurors in civil actions. - (a) In any civil action tried before a jury, either...

Section 51-241. - Peremptory challenges in civil actions. - On the trial of any civil action to a jury,...

Section 51-243. - Alternate jurors in civil cases. - (a) In any civil action to be tried to the...

Section 51-243a. - Orientation of jurors. - (a) All oral, written or audio-visual material presented to the...

Section 51-244. - Jurors attending Court of Common Pleas may try civil and criminal causes at same term. - Section 51-244 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7920; 1963, P.A....

Section 51-245. - Duty of jurors. Prohibited conversations. Fines. Assistance of interpreter for jurors who are deaf or hard of hearing. - (a) After a cause has been committed to a jury,...

Section 51-245a. - Rules re qualification of interpreters to assist jurors who are deaf or hard of hearing. - In accordance with the provisions of section 51-14, the judges...

Section 51-246. - Court may require jury to remain together in certain cases. - In the trial of any case involving a crime punishable...

Section 51-247. - Compensation of jurors. Guidelines re reimbursement of expenses. - (a) Each full-time employed juror shall be paid regular wages...

Section 51-247a. - Employer not to discharge employee or require additional hours work for jury service. Eight hours jury duty deemed a legal day's work. Penalty. Action for recovery of wages and reinstatement. Liability of employer for failure to co... - (a) An employer shall not deprive an employee of his...

Section 51-247b. - Prohibition on former juror serving as consultant. - No person who serves as a juror in the trial...

Section 51-247c. - Court may excuse compensation of juror. Waiver application. Juror service certificate. Filing of application. - (a) Upon written application on a form prescribed by the...

Chapter 885 - Circuit Court (See Chapters 871, 877, 881, 882, 884, 886 and 895)

Section 51-248 and 51-249. - Number and appointment of judges. Annual and special meetings of judges. - Sections 51-248 and 51-249 are repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S....

Section 51-250. - Rules for initiation of court. - Obsolete. (1959, P.A. 28, S. 5.)

Section 51-251 and 51-252. - Transferred to Chapter 871, Secs. 51-27a and 51-27b, respectively. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Secs. 51-156a and 51-156b, respectively in...

Section 51-253. - Appointment of chief clerk, clerks, assistant clerks and clerical assistants. Salaries. - Section 51-253 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S. 8; 1963,...

Section 51-255. - Special prosecuting attorney. - Section 51-255 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S. 10; P.A....

Section 51-256. - Transferred to Chapter 886, Sec. 51-286a. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-164a in the general statutes,...

Section 51-258. - No terms. - Section 51-258 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S. 21; P.A....

Section 51-260 and 51-261. - Venue; transfers. Power of court generally. - Sections 51-260 and 51-261 are repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S....

Section 51-263. - Defendant may request written findings and conclusions. - Section 51-263 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S. 29; P.A....

Section 51-264. - Transferred to Chapter 882, Sec. 51-182o. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-157a in the general statutes,...

Section 51-266. - Transferred to Chapter 884, Sec. 51-239b. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-164d in the general statutes,...

Section 51-267. - Transferred to Chapter 884, Sec. 51-239a. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-164e in the general statutes,...

Section 51-270 and 51-271. - Transfers among judges. Reproduction of records. - Sections 51-270 and 51-271 are repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, S....

Section 51-272. - Report by executive secretary concerning Circuit Court. - Obsolete. (1959, P.A. 28, S. 43.)

Section 51-273. - Transferred to Chapter 877, Sec. 51-95a. - *Note: Originally renumbered as Sec. 51-164h in the general statutes,...

Section 51-274. - Inconsistent special acts repealed. - All special acts or provisions thereof inconsistent with this chapter...

Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice

Section 51-275. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, and sections 5-142, 5-190a and...

Section 51-275a. - Criminal Justice Commission established. Meetings. - (a) There is established a Criminal Justice Commission which shall...

Section 51-276. - Division established. - There is hereby established the Division of Criminal Justice within...

Section 51-277. - Powers and duties of division. Representation of the state by Chief State's Attorney. - (a) The division shall exercise all powers and duties with...

Section 51-277a. - Investigation and prosecution of the use of physical force by a peace officer, the death of a person in custody or failure of a peace officer to intervene in or report an incident. Reporting upon conclusion of investigation. - (a)(1) Whenever a peace officer, in the performance of such...

Section 51-277b. - Investigation of judge or employee of Judicial Department; notice to Chief State's Attorney and appropriate state's attorney. - When any judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Court or...

Section 51-277c. - Investigation and prosecution of crimes involving physical violence and possession of firearm. - In the investigation and prosecution of crime, priority shall be...

Section 51-277d. - Complaint re failure to prosecute in death case. Response. - Whenever a prosecutorial official, after the investigation of the cause...

Section 51-277e. - Office of the Inspector General established. Appointment of Inspector General. Powers and duties of office. - (a) There is established the Office of the Inspector General...

Section 51-278. (Formerly Sec. 51-175). - Appointment, salaries and removal of prosecutorial officials. - (a)(1) On or before August 1, 1985, the Criminal Justice...

Section 51-278a. - Qualifications of prosecutorial officials. Full-time duties. - (a) The Chief State's Attorney, each deputy chief state's attorney...

Section 51-278b. - Reprimand, suspension or removal of prosecutorial officials. Procedure. - (a) Whenever the Criminal Justice Commission has reason to believe...

Section 51-278c. - Term of office of Chief State's Attorney incumbent on June 3, 1985. - The Chief State's Attorney incumbent on June 3, 1985, shall...

Section 51-279. - Duties of Chief State's Attorney. Budget. - (a) The Chief State's Attorney, with the advice of the...

Section 51-279a. - Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board. Members. Duties. - The Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board is established, comprised...

Section 51-279b. - Racketeering unit. Bond forfeiture unit. Standards for compromise and settlement of forfeited bonds. - (a) The Chief State's Attorney shall establish a racketeering and...

Section 51-279c. - Training program for prosecuting attorneys. - The Chief State's Attorney shall establish a formal training program...

Section 51-279d. - Hate Crimes Advisory Committee. - Section 51-279d is repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (P.A. 00-72,...

Section 51-279e. - Report on monetary recoveries achieved as a result of fraud investigations of medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Social Services. - Section 51-279e is repealed, effective July 1, 2017. (June 12...

Section 51-279f. - State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council. - (a) There shall be a State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council...

Section 51-280. - Performance rating of state's attorneys. - The Chief State's Attorney and each state's attorney shall biennially...

Section 51-281. - Jurisdiction of prosecutorial officials. - The Chief State's Attorney and each deputy chief state's attorney,...

Section 51-282 to 51-284. - Prosecuting attorneys; assistants. Term of office of prosecuting attorneys and assistant prosecuting attorneys. Prosecutors and assistants qualified to act in other counties and district. - Sections 51-282 to 51-284, inclusive, are repealed. (1959, P.A. 28,...

Section 51-285. - Special prosecutors, special inspectors and special federal prosecutors. - (a) The Chief State's Attorney may recommend to the Criminal...

Section 51-285a. - Prosecutorial officials handling juvenile matters. - (a) Within available appropriations, juvenile prosecutors employed by the Division...

Section 51-286. - Chief inspectors. Inspectors. Assistance of state and local police. - (a) The Chief State's Attorney shall appoint four suitable persons...

Section 51-286a. (Formerly Sec. 51-164a). - Duties and powers of prosecutorial officials. - (a) Each state's attorney, assistant state's attorney and deputy assistant...

Section 51-286b. - Duties re housing matters. - The assistant state's attorney or deputy assistant state's attorney assigned...

Section 51-286c. (Formerly Sec. 54-76). - Employment of detectives for special investigation. - The state's attorney for any judicial district may employ one...

Section 51-286d. - Notification to families of certain victims of court proceedings. - In any case in which a person has committed an...

Section 51-286e. - Notification of victims re judicial proceedings. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” includes the...

Section 51-286f. - Transcript of certain sentencing hearings to be requested by prosecuting official and provided to Board of Pardons and Paroles. - The prosecuting official in a criminal proceeding shall request on...

Section 51-286g. (Formerly Sec. 54-227a). - Transcript of criminal proceeding to be provided to victim upon request. - Whenever a transcript of a criminal proceeding is prepared, the...

Section 51-286h. - Reports re human trafficking. - (a) Not later than October 1, 2017, and annually thereafter,...

Section 51-286i. - Pilot program to identify and track homeless, addicted and mentally ill persons entering criminal justice system. - (a) The office of the Chief State's Attorney shall establish...

Section 51-286j. - Collection of disaggregated, case level prosecutorial data. - (a) The Division of Criminal Justice, in consultation with the...

Section 51-286k. - Tracking and reporting of use of testimony by jailhouse witnesses. - (a) Each state's attorney's office shall track the following: (1)...

Section 51-286l. - Training program on a uniform process for seeking juvenile detention orders. - (a) The Chief State's Attorney shall develop, implement and update,...

Section 51-286n. - Notification of Department of Public Health of conviction of licensed professionals of certain offenses relating to actual or suspected abuse of elderly, blind or disabled person or person with intellectual disability. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “license” means a...

Section 51-287. (Formerly Sec. 51-175a). - Retirement of state's attorneys. Retirement salary. Credit for prior service. Return of contributions. - (a) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and...

Section 51-287a. - Longevity payments to Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney. - Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's...

Section 51-287b. - Deductions from longevity payment deposited in State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund. - There shall be deducted and withheld from the longevity payable...

Section 51-288. (Formerly Sec. 51-175b). - Pension for widow of state's attorney. - Each widow of a Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's...

Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services

Section 51-289. - Public Defender Services Commission established. Income and Eligibility Guidelines. Child Protection. Court facilities. Compensation plan. - (a) There is established a Public Defender Services Commission which...

Section 51-289a. - Public Defender Services Commission, Chief Public Defender and Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel substituted for former commission, chief attorney and public defenders. - (a) Wherever the words “Commission on Child Protection” are used...

Section 51-290. - Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender; appointment, qualifications, removal, salary. - (a) The Public Defender Services Commission shall appoint: (1) A...

Section 51-291. - Duties of the Chief Public Defender. - The Chief Public Defender shall: (1) Direct and supervise the...

Section 51-292. - Expenses included in commission's budget. - Except as provided in section 46b-136, reasonable expenses of, or...

Section 51-293. - Public defenders, assistants and deputies; appointment, terms, qualifications, suspension, removal, salaries. Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel. - (a)(1) The commission shall appoint a public defender for each...

Section 51-294. - Reappointment of public defenders serving on October 1, 1975. - Section 51-294 is repealed. (P.A. 74-317, S. 5, 14; P.A....

Section 51-295. - Retirement and disability of public defenders. Retirement credit. - Except as provided in section 51-295a, the Chief Public Defender,...

Section 51-295a. - Retirement of certain public defenders. Retirement salary. Credit for prior service. Transfer or return of contributions. Pension for surviving spouse. - (a) Each public defender incumbent on July 1, 1978, may...

Section 51-295b. - Longevity payments for Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender. - Each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who...

Section 51-296. - Designation of public defender for indigent defendant, codefendant. Legal services and guardians ad litem in family relations matters and juvenile matters. Contracts for legal services. - (a) In any criminal action, in any habeas corpus proceeding...

Section 51-296a. - Eligibility for counsel in family relations or juvenile matters. Procedure for appointment or assignment. Payment of attorney appointed prior to July 1, 2011. - (a) The judicial authority before whom a family relations matter...

Section 51-296b. - Pilot program re representation at parole revocation hearings. - The Chief Public Defender shall, within available appropriations, establish a...

Section 51-297. - Determination of indigency; definition, investigation, reimbursement for services, appeal. Penalty for false statement. - (a) A public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant...

Section 51-298. - Reimbursement of commission by financially able defendants or persons. Actions by Attorney General. - (a)(1) If at any time, either during or after the...

Section 51-299. - Eligibility of minors for public defender services. Powers of investigation. - Except in cases in which counsel has been appointed pursuant...

Section 51-300. - Confidentiality of statement in support cases. - In cases where the accused is charged with a violation...

Chapter 889 - Family Matters (See Chapter 815)

Section 51-334. (Formerly Sec. 51-182g). - Family relations cases claimed as for short calendar. Lists. - Section 51-334 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 531, S. 7; P.A....

Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location

Section 51-342. (Formerly Sec. 51-140). - County construed as judicial district for purpose of venue. - Wherever in the general statutes the word “county” is used...

Section 51-343. - Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter and section 52-46a, the following...

Section 51-344. - Judicial districts established. - For purposes of establishing venue, the Superior Court shall consist...

Section 51-344a. - Term “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” deemed to refer to “judicial district of Hartford” on and after September 1, 1998. - (a) Whenever the term “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” or...

Section 51-344b. - Term “judicial district of New Britain” substituted for “judicial district of Hartford”, when. - Whenever the term “judicial district of Hartford” is used or...

Section 51-345. (Formerly Sec. 52-42). - Venue in civil actions and housing matters. Return of civil process. - (a) Actions in general. Except as provided in section 51-348...

Section 51-345a. (Formerly Sec. 52-17). - Land lying in two or more judicial districts. - Section 51-345a is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7748; 1959, P.A....

Section 51-345b. - Venue in actions involving administrative decisions of municipal agencies. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute requiring that...

Section 51-346. (Formerly Sec. 52-24). - Location in judicial district where civil process may be made returnable. Trial locations. - (a) Process in all civil actions brought to a judicial...

Section 51-346a. - Jury trial in the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford. - If a jury trial is claimed in any civil action...

Section 51-347. (Formerly Sec. 52-47). - Where writs may be filed. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 51-347a. (Formerly Sec. 52-30). - Transfer of jury causes to other judicial districts. - (a) The judge holding the superior court in any judicial...

Section 51-347b. (Formerly Sec. 52-31). - Transfer of causes by court, motion or agreement. Transfer by Chief Court Administrator. - (a) Any action or the trial of any issue or...

Section 51-347c. - Last day for filing next business day if clerk's office closed. - If the last day for filing of any matter in...

Section 51-348. - Geographical areas. Venue. Courthouse use. Venue for action pertaining to violation of state or municipal code. Hearing of infractions and violations by magistrate. - (a) The geographical areas of the Court of Common Pleas...

Section 51-348a. (Formerly Sec. 54-27). - Prosecution for nonsupport in geographical area. - (a) Notwithstanding the issuance of an order for support of...

Section 51-348b. - Housing matters heard on separate dockets within certain judicial districts. - Housing matters, as defined in section 47a-68, shall be heard...

Section 51-349. - Where actions commenced in geographical areas. - Section 51-349 is repealed, effective June 30, 2017. (P.A. 77-576,...

Section 51-350. - Filing in a geographical area. - All writs, motions, pleadings and appearances made returnable to a...

Section 51-351. - Return to improper locations. - No cause shall fail on the ground that it has...

Section 51-351a. (Formerly Sec. 52-32a). - Failure to state proper forum. - No civil action shall fail and no proceedings therein shall...

Section 51-351b. - Short title: Uniform Transboundary Pollution Reciprocal Access Act. - (a) This section may be cited as the “Uniform Transboundary...

Section 51-352. (Formerly Sec. 54-77). - Venue in criminal actions. - (a) Each person charged with any offense shall be tried...

Section 51-352a. (Formerly Sec. 54-77b). - Venue for offenses committed prior to April 22, 1975. - With respect to venue in criminal matters for the towns...

Section 51-352b. (Formerly Sec. 54-28). - Jurisdiction of crimes committed on water. - All offenses committed on any waters adjacent to a town,...

Section 51-352c. (Formerly Sec. 54-41). - Jurisdiction of various offenses. - (a) A criminal prosecution shall not fail by reason of...

Section 51-353. (Formerly Sec. 54-78). - Change of venue in criminal case. - Any judge holding a criminal session of the Superior Court...

Section 51-353a. (Formerly Sec. 54-18). - Transfer of criminal cases between and within judicial districts. - Cases pending on the criminal docket of the superior court...

Section 51-353b. (Formerly Sec. 54-79). - Files in transferred cases. - The clerk of the court in which such case is...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 51 - Courts

Connecticut General Statutes
Title 51 - Courts