Connecticut
Connecticut General Statutes — Title 14, Motor Vehicles
763 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 14-1 — Definitions
- § 14-10 — Definitions
- § 14-100 — Safety glass
- § 14-100a — Seat safety belts
- § 14-100b — Air pollution control devices required on certain passenger motor vehicles
- § 14-100c — Transferred to Chapter 246a,
- § 14-101 — Turn signals
- § 14-102 — View in and exits from motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire
- § 14-102a — Inspection of student transportation vehicles
- § 14-103 — Inspection of motor vehicles
- § 14-103a — Inspection of altered, composite, grey-market and salvage vehicles and vehicles made by unlicensed manufacturers
- § 14-103b — High-mileage vehicles, regulations re safety and performance standards
- § 14-103c — Vehicles using liquid propane gas as fuel
- § 14-103d — Vehicles using any pressurized gas as fuel
- § 14-104 — Fenders and other wheel protectors
- § 14-105 — Television screens or similar devices prohibited
- § 14-106 — Air conditioning equipment
- § 14-106a — Tamper-resistant odometer required
- § 14-106b — Properly functioning odometer required
- § 14-106c — Headerboards required on commercial van-type motor vehicles
- § 14-106d — Sale, offer for sale, manufacture, importation or installation of counterfeit or nonfunctional air bag prohibited
- § 14-107 — Liability of owner, operator, lessee
- § 14-108 — Report of accidents
- § 14-108a — Uniform investigation of accident report
- § 14-11 — Employment of legal assistance
- § 14-110 — Oaths and subpoenas
- § 14-111 — Suspension or revocation of registration, license or right to operate
- § 14-111a — Possession of alcoholic liquors in motor vehicles by underage persons
- § 14-111b — Suspension of operator's license following conviction for speeding
- § 14-111e — Suspension or delay in issuance of operator's license for person under twenty-one years of age convicted of certain violations
- § 14-111f — Suspension of operator's license for possession of counterfeit or altered license
- § 14-111g — Operator's retraining program
- § 14-111h — Definitions applicable to driver license agreement
- § 14-111i — Entry into driver license agreement
- § 14-111j — Findings and declarations re driver license agreement
- § 14-111k — Application for a motor vehicle operator's license from applicants in other member jurisdictions
- § 14-111l — Driver control record
- § 14-111m — Notice of failure to comply with a citation
- § 14-111n — Reports of comparable convictions
- § 14-111o — Form and use in evidence of records received from other member jurisdictions
- § 14-111p — Validity of reports or records received from members of the Driver License Compact
- § 14-111q — Hearing
- § 14-112 — Proof of financial responsibility
- § 14-112a — Online Insurance Verification System
- § 14-115a — Request for document from motor vehicle record
- § 14-11a — Exceptional issuance of certificates and licenses for law enforcement activities
- § 14-11b — Driver training program for persons with disabilities
- § 14-11c — Motor Carrier Advisory Council
- § 14-11d — Annual safety inspection program for fire department apparatus
- § 14-11e — Annual report re appointments scheduled and transactions available and conducted on department's Internet web site
- § 14-11i — Payment of fees by credit card
- § 14-11j — Blue envelopes for persons with autism spectrum disorder
- § 14-11k — Waiver of fee for license or identity card renewal or duplication for veterans at certain event
- § 14-12 — Motor vehicle registration
- § 14-129 — Self-insurance
- § 14-12a — Registration of certain motor vehicles garaged or operated in Connecticut
- § 14-12b — Presentation of insurance identification card or policy and statement that minimum security will be continuously maintained required for issuance of registration
- § 14-12c — Verification of security coverage
- § 14-12f — Provisions inapplicable to certain vehicles
- § 14-12g — Suspension of motor vehicle registration for violation of mandatory security requirements
- § 14-12h — Maintenance and compilation of record of all suspended registrations
- § 14-12i — Restoration fees
- § 14-12j — Agreements with qualified independent contractors to provide consulting and other services
- § 14-12k — Regulations
- § 14-12l — Collection of Social Security numbers and federal employer identification numbers
- § 14-12o — Courtesy registration when proof of ownership pending
- § 14-12p — Reserved for future use.
- § 14-12q — Vehicle identification card
- § 14-12r — Inspection of vehicle identification number
- § 14-12s — Administrative fee
- § 14-12t — Regulations
- § 14-13 — Registration certificate and insurance identification card to be carried in vehicle
- § 14-130 — Transferred Secs
- § 14-134 — Appeals from commissioner
- § 14-135 — Attorney General to act when commissioner is disqualified
- § 14-136 — First complaint
- § 14-137 — Authority to make regulations and certify or limit the use of devices and equipment
- § 14-137a — Point system for motor vehicle violations
- § 14-138 — State police to assist
- § 14-139 — Conviction to be endorsed on license
- § 14-14 — Registration of motor vehicles owned by minors
- § 14-140 — Release on own recognizance
- § 14-140a — Automobile club bail bond certificates, when acceptable as bail
- § 14-141 — Courts to report convictions and other dispositions to commissioner
- § 14-142 — Proceedings against negligent court clerk
- § 14-143 — Expenses in unsuccessful prosecutions by state police
- § 14-144 — No fees for arrests for motor vehicle violations
- § 14-145 — Towing or removal of motor vehicle from private property
- § 14-145a — Towing, removal or use of wheel-locking device prohibited except upon express instruction of property owner or lessee or for repossession
- § 14-145b — Storage and release of motor vehicles that have been towed or rendered immovable
- § 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
- § 14-145d — Notification to chief of police required prior to use of wheel-locking device
- § 14-146 — Objects not to be thrown at motor vehicles
- § 14-147 — Improper use of number plate or marker, registration or license
- § 14-147a — Theft or illegal possession of number plate or sticker
- § 14-148 — Abandoned markers
- § 14-149 — Mutilated or removed vehicle identification, factory or engine number
- § 14-149a — Ownership or operation of a chop shop
- § 14-15 — Leasing or renting of motor vehicles
- § 14-150 — Abandoned or unregistered motor vehicles and motor vehicles which are a menace to traffic
- § 14-150a — Removal of abandoned motor vehicles by municipalities
- § 14-150b — Municipal Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund
- § 14-151 — State marshals and constables to enforce law concerning abandoned motor vehicles
- § 14-151a — Report by owner or person in lawful possession of theft of motor vehicle
- § 14-152 — Report by law enforcement agencies of theft or recovery of motor vehicle
- § 14-153 — Renting of motor vehicles
- § 14-153a — Exemption
- § 14-153b — Proof of credit
- § 14-154 — Liability of owner for damage caused by rented or leased car
- § 14-154a — Liability of owner for damage caused by rented or leased motor vehicle
- § 14-155 — Fines and forfeitures to be paid to commissioner
- § 14-156 — Receipts of Department of Motor Vehicles to be credited to Special Transportation Fund
- § 14-156a — Payment of State Police Department expenditures from Highway Fund
- § 14-157 — Transferred to Chapter 164,
- § 14-158 — Fines and forfeitures paid to commissioner to be receipts of General Fund
- § 14-159 — Refund of money paid to commissioner
- § 14-15a — Registration of vehicles leased or rented for use in Connecticut
- § 14-15b — Motor vehicle rental contracts
- § 14-15c — Repossession of rented motor vehicles by rental companies
- § 14-15d — Electronic issuance of registration or certificate of title by electronic issuance licensee
- § 14-15e — Electronic issuance license
- § 14-15f — Use of department's electronic system for filing applications for issuance of registration or certificate of title
- § 14-16 — Transfer of ownership
- § 14-160 — Reservation of marker plate numbers
- § 14-161 — Impersonation of inspector or agent
- § 14-162 — Ordinances
- § 14-163 — Commissioner to provide lists of motor vehicle and snowmobile owners to town assessors
- § 14-163a — Driving on ice
- § 14-163b — Motor vehicles formerly used as ambulances
- § 14-163c — Motor carrier safety regulations for intrastate or interstate commerce
- § 14-163d — Vehicles in intrastate or interstate commerce
- § 14-163e — Periodic inspection of certain vehicles or combinations
- § 14-163f — Eligibility for commercial motor vehicle services contracts with state or municipalities
- § 14-163g — Transportation of hazardous materials
- § 14-164 — General penalty
- § 14-164a — (Formerly Sec
- § 14-164b — Definitions
- § 14-164c — (Formerly Sec
- § 14-164f — Severable provisions
- § 14-164g — Review of inspection agreement by legislative committee
- § 14-164h — Report re operation of emissions inspection program
- § 14-164i — Diesel-powered commercial motor vehicles emissions systems
- § 14-164j — Safety inspection account within Emissions Inspection Fund
- § 14-164k — Feasibility study re implementation of variable fee structure for inspection determined by mileage and extent of pollutants
- § 14-164l — Agreement with nonprofit associations or organizations representing the interests of motor vehicle dealers or repairers
- § 14-164m — Emissions Enterprise Fund
- § 14-164n — Emissions control devices
- § 14-164o — Emissions control devices required in school buses
- § 14-165 — Definitions
- § 14-166 — Exempted vehicles
- § 14-167 — Certain liens and security interests not affected
- § 14-167a — Vehicle lease with terminal rental adjustment clause; not sale or security interest
- § 14-168 — Certificate of origin
- § 14-168a — Sale of assembled wreckers or other motor vehicles by used car dealers
- § 14-169 — When certificate required
- § 14-16a — Inspection of older vehicles before or upon transfer of ownership
- § 14-16b — Inspection of damaged vehicles
- § 14-16c — Insurance companies', persons', firms' or corporations' duties re totalled vehicles and certificates of title
- § 14-17 — Notice of change in appearance or equipment
- § 14-170 — Implement of husbandry or special mobile equipment
- § 14-171 — Application for certificate
- § 14-172 — Check of identification number
- § 14-173 — Issuance of certificate
- § 14-174 — Information in certificate
- § 14-175 — Presentation or mailing of certificate
- § 14-176 — Withholding of certificate
- § 14-177 — Refusal of certificate
- § 14-178 — Replacement certificate of title
- § 14-179 — Transfer of interest in vehicle
- § 14-179a — Assignment and warranty of title
- § 14-17a — Notice of change in registrant's address
- § 14-17b — Notice from United States Postal Service re change of address
- § 14-18 — Display of number plates and stickers
- § 14-180 — Resale by a dealer
- § 14-181 — Involuntary transfers
- § 14-182 — Fee to accompany applications
- § 14-183 — Issuance of new certificate
- § 14-184 — Scrapping, dismantling or destruction of vehicle
- § 14-185 — Perfecting of security interest
- § 14-186 — Duties on creation of security interest
- § 14-187 — Assignment of security interest
- § 14-188 — Release of security interest
- § 14-189 — Lienholder to furnish information concerning the security agreement
- § 14-19 — Registration of fire apparatus
- § 14-190 — Method of perfecting interest exclusive
- § 14-191 — Suspension or revocation of certificate
- § 14-192 — Fees
- § 14-193 — Powers and duties of commissioner
- § 14-194 — Hearing
- § 14-195 — Appeal
- § 14-196 — Penalties
- § 14-197 — Report of stolen, recovered, unclaimed or abandoned vehicle
- § 14-198 — False report
- § 14-199 — Impeachment of credibility of defendant
- § 14-19a — Regulations re issuance of special number plates to members of qualifying organizations
- § 14-19b — Issuance and renewal of collegiate commemorative number plates
- § 14-1a — “Authorized emergency vehicle” defined
- § 14-2 — Appointment of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
- § 14-20 — Number plates for antique, rare or special interest motor vehicles
- § 14-200 — Penalties additional to other statutes