Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-286j — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-286j
Sec. 51-286j. Collection of disaggregated, case level prosecutorial data.
Status: in_force

(1) Arrests, including data on citations, summonses, custody arrests, warrants and on-site arrests;

(2) Arraignments of individuals in custody;

(3) Continuances;

(4) Diversionary programs, including data on program applications, program diversions, successful completions by defendants of such programs, failures by defendants to complete such programs and people in diversion on the first of the month;

(5) Contact between victims and prosecutorial officials, including data on cases involving victims;

(6) Dispositions, including data on pending cases and cases disposed of;

(7) Nonjudicial sanctions, including data on nonjudicial sanctions applied, successful completion of nonjudicial sanctions, failure of nonjudicial sanctions and persons on nonjudicial sanction status on the first of the month;

(8) Plea agreements, including data on total plea agreements, agreements involving probation, agreements involving prison, other agreements and prosecutor's last best offer;

(9) Cases going to trial, including data on cases added per month, pending trial cases, plea offers accepted by the court per month, plea offers rejected by the court per month, disposition by trial, disposition involving probation, disposition involving prison and other dispositions;

(10) Demographics, including data on race, sex, ethnicity and age;

(11) Court fees or fines, including those imposed by the court at the disposition of the defendant's case and any outstanding balance the defendant may have on such fees or fines;

(12) Restitution amounts ordered pursuant to subsection (c) of section 53a-28 , including any amount collected by the court and any amount paid to a victim; and

(13) The zip code of the defendant's primary residence.

(b) No information collected under this section that personally identifies a victim may be disclosed under section 4-68ff .

(c) The Criminal Justice Commission shall require each state's attorney to appear before the commission annually for testimony and comment on the data collected pursuant to this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-245 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-245
Sec. 51-245. Duty of jurors. Prohibited conversations. Fines. Assistance of interpreter for jurors who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Status: in_force

(b) If any juror converses with any person except other members of the jury concerning the cause while it is under consideration, or voluntarily suffers any other person to converse with him, the verdict, on motion, may be set aside. The court before which the action is pending shall cause the juror to come before it and, if on inquiry the court finds him guilty, it shall fine him ten dollars. If any juror is convicted a second time of such offense, he shall be forever disqualified to sit as a juror in any case.

(c) If the officer appointed to attend on the jury, or if any juror, is guilty of any disorderly conduct or neglect of duty, or disobeys the orders of the court, the court may fine him not more than ten dollars.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, if any juror is deaf or hard of hearing, such juror shall have the assistance of a qualified interpreter who shall be present throughout the proceeding and when the jury assembles for deliberation. Such interpreter shall be subject to rules adopted pursuant to section 51-245a .

Evidence of misconduct in jury room cannot be given by a juror. 5 C. 351; 16 C. 356; Id., 466; 21 C. 596; 95 C. 558; 109 C. 727. Advice by juror to counsel. 9 C. 51. Conversation by juror with third party. 3 D. 223; 13 C. 451. With a juror not on the panel. 29 C. 104. With a witness. 21 C. 100. Court may allow more than 24 hours for the filing of a motion to set aside a verdict. 41 C. 270. Contemplates a proceeding in the cause before final judgment. 50 C. 308. New trial denied, where juror talked with witness; 80 C. 314; where he viewed locality of injury in suit; 87 C. 363; where court excused jury at close of charge Friday afternoon until Tuesday morning. 103 C. 267; Id., 273. Where defense is res judicata, jurymen on former trial cannot testify concerning their deliberations. 109 C. 463. When papers are improperly allowed to be taken by jury, a new trial should be granted if papers could have prejudiced jury unless it is clear that they did not have a prejudicial effect; and jury may not be called to testify as to the use which they made of such papers. Id., 726. Cited. 168 C. 541; 173 C. 334; 187 C. 73; 193 C. 35. Any conduct in violation of section, prohibiting jurors from conversing with any person who is not a member of the jury relative to the cause under consideration before they have returned their verdict, may be established by testimony of a juror. 273 C. 393.

Cited. 23 CS 24.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-217a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-217a
Sec. 51-217a. Jurors excused from service. Option to be considered for service.
Status: in_force

(b) The court shall have authority to excuse a juror from juror service, upon a finding of extreme hardship.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-90 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-90
Sec. 51-90. State-Wide Grievance Committee. Appointment, qualifications and terms of members.
Status: in_force

Of the functions of the grievance committee; right to present for offenses not exclusive. 84 C. 603; 88 C. 456. Grievance committee is an independent public body charged with performance of public duty; may appeal from dismissal of complaint against attorney. 112 C. 263. Authority of the Superior Court to regulate the conduct of attorneys who are officers of the court. 180 C. 443. Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; Id., 517; 216 C. 228; 234 C. 539. Doctrine of exhaustion of administrative remedies is applicable to attorney grievance process. 248 C. 87.

Cited. 9 CA 464; 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 46 CA 450.

Legislature contemplated impartial investigation. 4 CS 502. Cited. 7 CS 468. Action of grievance committee in reprimanding an attorney does not prevent the Superior Court from taking jurisdiction of the same complaint. 21 CS 363. Mailing of 9,250 Christmas cards found obvious device to “drum up business” and conduct unbecoming lawyers. 22 CS 86.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-293 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 887 / Section 51-293
Sec. 51-293. Public defenders, assistants and deputies; appointment, terms, qualifications, suspension, removal, salaries. Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel.
Status: in_force

(b) The commission shall appoint, on recommendation of the Chief Public Defender, and fix the compensation of, all other personnel necessary to the operation of the Division of Public Defender Services.

(c) The term of office for public defenders, assistant public defenders and deputy assistant public defenders shall be for four years and until the appointment and qualification of their successors. Any vacancy in the office of public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant public defender may be filled by the commission for the balance of the term of the person he succeeds.

(d) Each public defender, assistant public defender and deputy assistant public defender shall devote his full time to the duties of his office, shall not engage in the private practice of law, and shall not be a partner, member or associate of a law firm.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the commission may, if it believes it to be in the best interest of providing efficient defender services to the public, allow one or more public defenders, assistant public defenders or deputy assistant public defenders to serve on a part-time basis in areas where it determines that part-time services more satisfactorily fulfill the needs of the division and the public.

(f) No public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant public defender may be removed from office during his term except by order of the commission after due notice and hearing. A recommendation for removal from office may be initiated by the Chief Public Defender.

(g) A public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant public defender may be suspended for cause without pay by the Chief Public Defender for a period of not more than fifteen working days. Such a suspension shall be reviewed by the commission at the request of the public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant public defender. If the action of the Chief Public Defender is reversed, full payment of salary for the period of the suspension shall be made. A public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant public defender may be suspended or continued under suspension without pay for a period of more than fifteen working days only upon a majority vote of the commission after due notice and a hearing.

(h) Public defenders, assistant public defenders and deputy assistant public defenders shall receive salaries as established by the commission pursuant to this chapter. The salaries paid to public defenders, assistant public defenders and deputy assistant public defenders in the Superior Court shall be comparable to those paid to state's attorneys, assistant state's attorneys and deputy assistant state's attorneys in the various judicial districts in the court.

(i) The public defenders and assistant public defenders shall, at the time of their appointment, be attorneys-at-law, admitted to the practice of law in this state.

Cited. 194 C. 510; 233 C. 44.

Cited. 40 CA 460.

Subsec. (a)(2) allows court to make discretionary appointment of counsel in a habeas corpus action, but present case concerning conditions of confinement does not rise to the level of requiring such appointment. 49 CS 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-289a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 887 / Section 51-289a
Sec. 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.
Status: in_force

(b) Wherever the words “Chief Child Protection Attorney” are used in the public or special acts of 2011, the words “Chief Public Defender” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.

(c) Wherever the words “special assistant public defender” are used in the public or special acts of 2011, the words “Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.

(d) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-275a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-275a
Sec. 51-275a. Criminal Justice Commission established. Meetings.
Status: in_force

(b) The chairman shall be appointed by the Governor.

(c) Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred while engaged in the duties of the commission.

(d) The commission shall post notices concerning the time, date and place of meetings of the commission on an Internet web site operated by the commission.

(e) Any meeting of the commission held pursuant to section 51-278 or section 51-278b , the sole purpose of which is to appoint, reappoint, remove or otherwise discipline the Chief State's Attorney, a deputy chief state's attorney or a state's attorney, shall be held in the Legislative Office Building and shall include an opportunity for public testimony.

(f) The commission may adopt such rules as it deems necessary for the conduct of its internal affairs.

(g) The commission may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.

(h) The commission shall be within the Division of Criminal Justice. Said division shall provide staff support for the commission.

(i) Any appointed member serving on the commission on October 1, 2021, may continue to serve until the expiration of his or her term. On and after October 1, 2021, each nomination for appointment to the commission by the Governor shall be referred, without debate, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary which shall report on each appointment not later than thirty days after the date of reference. Each appointment by the General Assembly of any such commission member shall be by concurrent resolution.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-5a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 870 / Section 51-5a
Sec. 51-5a. Duties and powers of Chief Court Administrator.
Status: in_force

(b) The Chief Court Administrator may establish reasonable fees for conducting searches of court records. No federal, state or municipal agency shall be required to pay any such fee.

Cited. 192 C. 234; 206 C. 323; 209 C. 204.

Cited. 42 CS 129.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-298 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 887 / Section 51-298
Sec. 51-298. Reimbursement of commission by financially able defendants or persons. Actions by Attorney General.
Status: in_force

(b) The commission shall have a claim against any person represented by a public defender, assistant public defender, deputy assistant public defender or Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel pursuant to this chapter, for the reasonable value of services rendered to him, as determined in accordance with the schedule of reasonable charges for public defender services provided by the commission. The claim shall be enforceable by civil action brought in the name of the state on behalf of the commission by the Attorney General, at any time within ten years from the last date on which any services were rendered. Money so recovered shall be repaid to the commission. The Attorney General shall do all things necessary and proper to collect all money due to the commission by way of reimbursement for services rendered pursuant to this chapter. He shall have all the remedies and may take all necessary proceedings for the collection of amounts due which may be had or taken for or upon the recovery of a judgment in a civil action and may institute and maintain any action or proceeding in the courts necessary therefor. In any such proceedings or action, the defendant may contest the value of the services rendered pursuant to this chapter by any public defender, assistant public defender, deputy assistant public defender or Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel.

(c) The Attorney General may compromise and make settlement of, or with the concurrence of the Chief Public Defender, forego any claims for services performed for any person pursuant to this chapter whenever the financial circumstances of a person are such that the best interest of the state will be served by such action.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-47c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-47c
Sec. 51-47c. Commission on Judicial Compensation. Members. Duties.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 2, 2013, and every four years thereafter, the commission shall:

(1) Examine the adequacy and need for adjustment of compensation, for each of the following four fiscal years, for (A) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, (B) the Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court or Superior Court, (C) each associate judge of the Supreme Court, (D) the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court, (E) each judge of the Appellate Court, (F) the Deputy Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Superior Court, (G) each judge of the Superior Court, (H) the judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system, (I) each Superior Court judge designated as the administrative judge of a judicial district, (J) each Superior Court judge designated as chief administrative judge, (K) the Chief Family Support Magistrate, and (L) each Family Support Magistrate; and

(2) Examine the adequacy and need for adjustment of per diem compensation, for each of the following four fiscal years, for senior judges, judge trial referees and family support referees.

(c) In conducting its examination under subsection (b) of this section, the commission shall take into account all appropriate factors including, but not limited to: (1) The overall economic climate in the state; (2) the rate of inflation; (3) the levels of compensation received by judges of other states and of the federal government; (4) the levels of compensation received by attorneys employed by government agencies, academic institutions and private and nonprofit organizations; (5) the state's interest in attracting highly qualified and experienced attorneys to serve in judicial capacities; (6) compensation adjustments applicable to employees of the state during applicable fiscal years; and (7) the state's ability to fund increases in compensation.

(d) Not later than January 2, 2013, and every four years thereafter, the commission shall submit a report on its findings, in accordance with section 11-4a , to the Governor, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the General Assembly, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Chief Court Administrator. Not later than January 9, 2013, and every four years thereafter, the Chief Court Administrator shall transmit estimates of expenditure requirements to implement the recommendations in the report for each fiscal year of the next biennium, and for each fiscal year of the subsequent biennium, to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, on blanks to be furnished by him, and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-247c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-247c
Sec. 51-247c. Court may excuse compensation of juror. Waiver application. Juror service certificate. Filing of application.
Status: in_force

(b) The Jury Administrator shall mail or the clerk of the court shall give the waiver applications as provided for in subsection (a) of this section and juror service certificates to jurors who have performed juror service. The Office of the Chief Court Administrator may combine into one form the waiver application and the juror service certificate. The juror service certificate shall contain: (1) The name and address of the juror; (2) the court location in which the juror service was performed; (3) the number of days of juror service performed by the juror and the specific dates thereof; (4) the total compensation received by the juror for the period of juror service involved; (5) a declaration of the duty of an employer to compensate a juror-employee for the first five days or part thereof of juror service; (6) the right of an employer to be excused from such duty by the court upon a finding of extreme financial hardship; and (7) any other information which the Jury Administrator deems appropriate. Each juror service certificate shall be completed in duplicate, one copy of which shall be for the juror and one copy of which shall be for the employer of the juror. A juror who seeks compensation from the juror's employer for juror service shall tender the employer's copy of the juror service certificate and the waiver application to the juror's employer as soon as practicable after its receipt.

(c) An employer may file a waiver application not later than fifteen days after its receipt by the employer. The waiver application shall be submitted to the court location where the juror served. If an application is denied, the party making the application may apply for a hearing no later than twenty days from the date of the finding by the court.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-220 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-220
Sec. 51-220. Number of jurors for each town.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after January 1, 2024, the number of jurors to be chosen from each town shall be equal to a percentage of the town's population rounded off to the nearest whole number, such percentage to be determined by the Jury Administrator in accordance with the provisions of this section and section 51-220a . The number of jurors chosen from each town shall reflect the proportional representation of the population of each town within the judicial district. The Jury Administrator shall calculate such percentage by determining each town's proportional share of the population of the judicial district and dividing that proportional share by the town's yield ratio. A town's yield ratio shall be calculated by dividing the number of jurors from such town who, when summoned during the previous court year, complied with the summons to appear for jury service, by the product that results when the town's proportional share of the population of the judicial district is multiplied by the total number of jurors summoned in the judicial district in the previous court year.

(c) The Jury Administrator shall derive population figures from the most recent decennial census.

Section does not discriminate against citizens on the basis of residence; no evidence jury selection process under section resulted in an underrepresentation of black people. 167 C. 539. Cited. 171 C. 395; 197 C. 629; 218 C. 403; 219 C. 215; Id., 231.

Cited. 27 CA 675.

Cited. 34 CS 612.

System of selecting jurors by towns does not, in and of itself, discriminate against black people. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 204, 205.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-88a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-88a
Sec. 51-88a. Practice of law by persons not admitted as attorneys. Real estate closings.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall have committed a violation of subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 51-88 and be subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (b) of section 51-88 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-51t — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872a / Section 51-51t
Sec. 51-51t. Compensation of members.
Status: in_force

(b) The council may apply for and receive grants from private sources and the federal government.

Cited. 193 C. 180.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-90d — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-90d
Sec. 51-90d. Grievance counsel and investigators. Powers and duties of grievance counsel.
Status: in_force

(b) Grievance counsel shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) To investigate all complaints received by a grievance panel from the State-Wide Bar Counsel or State-Wide Grievance Committee involving alleged misconduct of an attorney subject to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court;

(2) To assist a grievance panel in all matters under its jurisdiction; and

(3) To assist a reviewing subcommittee of the State-Wide Grievance Committee in conducting hearings when such assistance is determined to be necessary by the State-Wide Grievance Committee.

Cited. 213 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 234 C. 539.

Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 46 CA 450.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181f — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-181f
Sec. 51-181f. Firearm-related crime dockets.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than December 31, 2023, the Chief Court Administrator shall establish a firearm-related crime docket to serve the geographical area courts in Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury. The Chief Court Administrator shall establish policies and procedures to implement such firearm-related crime docket.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-295a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 887 / Section 51-295a
Sec. 51-295a. Retirement of certain public defenders. Retirement salary. Credit for prior service. Transfer or return of contributions. Pension for surviving spouse.
Status: in_force

(b) Each person who elected to be included in the provisions of this section and section 51-49 and who has attained the age of sixty-five or who attains the age of sixty-five while serving in office, and each such person who has attained the age of sixty and so elects, or who attains the age of sixty while serving in office and so elects, shall receive annually as retirement salary, for each year he has served in such office, one-tenth of two-thirds of the salary of such office, as such salary may be changed from time to time, but in no event more than two-thirds of such salary.

(c) Each such person shall, for retirement purposes, be entitled to credit for any or all the prior years of service accrued by him on the date of his appointment as Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender, while serving in the office of (1) Chief Public Defender, (2) Deputy Chief Public Defender, (3) public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant public defender in the Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas or Circuit Court, (4) state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or deputy assistant state's attorney in the Superior Court, or (5) prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecuting attorney in the Court of Common Pleas or the Circuit Court, provided such person shall pay to the Comptroller five per cent of the salary of his office for each prior year of service he claims for retirement credit. Each such person shall be entitled to have his retirement contributions to the state employees retirement system under chapter 66 credited toward the payment due for the prior years of service he claims for retirement credit.

(d) If any such person resigns or is removed from office before his retirement under this section, he shall be entitled to the return of all contributions made by him under this section, without interest, except that if such person has completed at least ten years of credited service under this section, he may, at his option, elect instead to receive a retirement income on a reduced actuarial basis, as determined by the Comptroller.

(e) Each spouse of a person who elected to be included in the provisions of this section and section 51-49 , if such person died while holding the office of Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender or after his retirement under this section or section 51-49 , shall receive a monthly allowance equal to one-twelfth of thirty-three and one-third per cent of the salary of the office which such person held at the time of his death or retirement, as such salary may be changed from time to time. If such person leaves no surviving spouse, or if the surviving spouse dies before the youngest child of such person reaches the age of eighteen, such monthly allowance shall be payable, until such child reaches the age of eighteen, to his guardian, for the support of such child and any other children of such person under the age of eighteen.

(f) For purposes of determining the retirement salary of each Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender under subsection (b) of this section and the allowance payable to their surviving spouses under subsection (e) of this section, “salary of the office” shall be composed of the total of the following amounts: The annual salary of the office which he held at the time of his retirement, as such salary may be changed from time to time and for each Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender and public defender to whom a longevity payment has been made or is due and payable, in each instance under section 51-295b or section 5-213 , (1) one and one-half per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed ten or more but less than fifteen years of service as a Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender, (2) three per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed fifteen or more but less than twenty years of service as Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender, (3) four and one-half per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed twenty or more but less than twenty-five years of service as a Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender, and (4) six per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed twenty-five or more years of service as a Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender.

(g) The Comptroller shall deduct from the longevity payable under section 51-295b or section 5-213 to each Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender who is included in the provisions of this section and section 51-49 , five per cent of the longevity payment as contributions for the purposes of this section and section 51-49 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-56a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 873 / Section 51-56a
Sec. 51-56a. Accounting for receipts by court clerks. Remittance of certain amounts to municipalities. Additional fees to fund police training. Surcharge for violations.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The state shall remit to the municipalities in which the violations occurred all amounts received in respect to the violation of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 14-12 , sections 14-251 , 14-252 , 14-253a and 14-305 to 14-308 , inclusive, or any regulation adopted thereunder or ordinance enacted in accordance therewith, and (2) in the case of the municipalities ranked one to eight, inclusive, when all municipalities are ranked from highest to lowest in population, based on the most recent federal decennial census, the state shall remit to the municipality in which the violations occurred fifty per cent of the fine amounts received in respect to the violation of section 14-250b , or any ordinance enacted in accordance therewith. Each clerk of the Superior Court or the Chief Court Administrator, or any other official of the Superior Court designated by the Chief Court Administrator, shall, on or before the thirtieth day of January, April, July and October in each year, certify to the Comptroller the amount due for the previous quarter under this subsection to each municipality served by the office of the clerk or official, provided prior to the institution of court proceedings, a city, town or borough shall have the authority to collect and retain all proceeds from parking violations committed within the jurisdiction of such city, town or borough.

(c) For the purpose of providing additional funds for municipal and state police training, each person who pays in any sum as (1) a fine or forfeiture for any violation of section 14-12 , 14-215 , 14-219 , 14-222 , 14-224 , 14-225 , 14-227a , 14-227m , 14-227n , 14-266 , 14-267a , 14-269 or 14-283 , or (2) a fine or forfeiture for any infraction, shall pay an additional fee of one dollar for each eight dollars or fraction thereof of the amount such person is required to pay, except if such payment is made for violation of such a section which is deemed to be an infraction, such additional fee shall be only on the first eighty-eight dollars of such fine or forfeiture. Such additional fee charged shall be deposited in the General Fund.

(d) Each person who pays in any sum as a fine or forfeiture for any violation of sections 14-218a , 14-219 , 14-222 , 14-223 , 14-227a , 14-227m , 14-227n , sections 14-230 to 14-240 , inclusive, sections 14-241 to 14-249 , inclusive, section 14-279 for the first offense, sections 14-289b , 14-299 , 14-300 , 14-300d , 14-300j , sections 14-301 to 14-303 , inclusive, or any regulation adopted under said sections or ordinance enacted in accordance with said sections shall pay an additional fee of twenty-five dollars. The state shall remit to the municipalities in which the violations occurred the amounts paid under this subsection. Each clerk of the Superior Court or the Chief Court Administrator, or any other official of the Superior Court designated by the Chief Court Administrator, on or before the thirtieth day of January, April, July and October in each year, shall certify to the Comptroller the amount due for the previous quarter under this subsection to each municipality served by the office of the clerk or official.

(e) The state shall remit to the municipalities in which the violation occurred all fine amounts received in respect to the violation of section 14-279 after crediting twelve per cent of such fine amounts to the Special Transportation Fund established under section 13b-68 and crediting eight per cent of such fine amounts to the General Fund. Each clerk of the Superior Court or the Chief Court Administrator, or any other official of the Superior Court designated by the Chief Court Administrator, shall, on or before the thirtieth day of January, April, July and October in each year, certify to the Comptroller the amount due for the previous quarter under this subsection to each municipality served by the office of the clerk or official.

Cited. 41 CA 454.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-51v — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 873 / Section 51-51v
Sec. 51-51v. (Formerly Sec. 51-168). Appointment of chief clerks and assistants. Clerk for Centralized Infractions Bureau. Clerks for housing matters.
Status: in_force

(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall appoint, as the administrator deems necessary for the efficient operation of the courts, (1) assistant clerks for judicial districts and geographical areas, and (2) deputy clerks for those geographical areas designated by the Chief Court Administrator.

(c) A chief clerk for a judicial district of the Superior Court or such clerk's designee may, if such clerk deems it necessary, appoint a temporary assistant clerk or clerks for the Superior Court. A temporary assistant clerk shall hold office for such time as is deemed necessary for the convenient conduct of the business of the court in which such clerk was appointed and may at any time be discharged by the chief clerk of the judicial district for which such clerk was appointed.

(d) The Chief Court Administrator may, in the administrator's discretion, appoint such administrative and clerical personnel as the business of the court requires.

(e) The Chief Court Administrator may fill any vacancy which may occur in the clerks' offices.

(f) The Chief Court Administrator may assign, reassign or modify the assignment of such clerical personnel as the administrator deems necessary for the efficient operation of the courts.

(g) Whenever the word “clerk” is used in the general statutes to mean the clerk of the Superior Court, it shall, except with respect to compensation, be construed to include any chief clerk, deputy chief clerk, deputy clerk, assistant clerk of the court and the clerk of the Centralized Infractions Bureau unless the context otherwise requires.

See Sec. 3-96 re list of Superior Court judges and officials kept by Secretary of the State.

See Sec. 51-57 re court clerks' oath, duties, etc.

See Sec. 51-166 re annual meeting of Superior Court judges.

See Sec. 51-201 re appointment of chief clerk of Supreme Court.

Annotations to former section 51-168:

General duties of clerk of Supreme Court. 70 C. 337. In absence of clerk, his assistant is the clerk; 80 C. 619; he may allow an appeal. 83 C. 136. Act of clerk as act of court; established usage as justifying. 84 C. 458.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 193 C. 670.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-297 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 887 / Section 51-297
Sec. 51-297. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (f) and effective date.) Determination of indigency; definition, investigation, reimbursement for services, appeal. Penalty for false statement.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who intentionally falsifies a written statement in order to obtain appointment of a public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant public defender shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(c) If a public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant public defender is appointed to provide assistance to any person and he subsequently determines that the person is ineligible for assistance, the public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistant public defender shall promptly inform the person in writing and make a motion to withdraw his appearance if filed, or his appointment if made by the court, as soon as it is practical to do so without prejudice to the case, giving the defendant a reasonable time to secure private counsel. If the withdrawal is granted by the court, the person shall reimburse the commission for any assistance which has been provided for which the person is ineligible.

(d) Reimbursement to the commission shall be made in accordance with a schedule of reasonable charges for public defender services which shall be provided by the commission.

(e) The Chief Public Defender or anyone serving under him may institute an investigation into the financial status of each defendant at such times as the circumstances shall warrant. In connection therewith, he shall have the authority to require a defendant or the parents, guardians or other persons responsible for the support of a minor defendant, child or youth, or those persons holding property in trust or otherwise for a defendant, child or youth, to execute and deliver such written authorizations as may be necessary to provide the Chief Public Defender, or anyone serving under him, with access to records of public or private sources, otherwise confidential, or any other information, which may be relevant to the making of a decision as to eligibility under this chapter. The Chief Public Defender, the Deputy Chief Public Defender, and each public defender, assistant public defender and deputy assistant public defender or designee, are authorized to obtain information from any office of the state or any subdivision or agency thereof on request and without payment of any fees.

*(f) As used in this chapter, “indigent defendant” means (1) a person who is formally charged with the commission of a crime punishable by imprisonment and who does not have the financial ability at the time of his request for representation to secure competent legal representation and to provide other necessary expenses of legal representation; (2) a child who has a right to counsel under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 46b-135 and who does not have the financial ability at the time of his request for representation to secure competent legal representation and to provide other necessary expenses of legal representation; or (3) any person who has a right to counsel under section 46b-136 and who does not have the financial ability at the time of his request for representation to secure competent legal representation and to provide other necessary expenses of legal representation.

(g) If the Chief Public Defender or anyone serving under the Chief Public Defender determines that an individual is not eligible to receive the services of a public defender under this chapter, the individual may appeal the decision to the court before which the individual's case is pending.

*Note: On and after July 1, 2025, subsection (f) of this section, as amended by section 201 of public act 23-204, is to read as follows:

“(f) (1) As used in this chapter, “indigent defendant” means (A) a person who is formally charged with the commission of a crime punishable by imprisonment and who does not have the financial ability at the time of his request for representation to secure competent legal representation and to provide other necessary expenses of legal representation; (B) a child who has a right to counsel under the provisions of subsection (a) of section 46b-135 and who does not have the financial ability at the time of his request for representation to secure competent legal representation and to provide other necessary expenses of legal representation; or (C) any person who has a right to counsel under section 46b-136 and who does not have the financial ability at the time of his request for representation to secure competent legal representation and to provide other necessary expenses of legal representation.

(2) An assessment determining whether a person has the financial ability to secure competent legal representation and to provide other necessary expenses of legal representation or qualifies as an indigent defendant pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be based upon guidelines established by the commission. The commission shall annually establish such guidelines providing that a person whose income, calculated as described in such guidelines, is two hundred fifty per cent or less of the federal poverty level may qualify as an indigent defendant. The commission shall make such guidelines available to the public on the Division of Public Defender Service's Internet web site.”

Subsec. (b) applies to applicants who obtain assistance in completing public defender applicant form. 9 CA 111. Office of public defender is only entity upon which a statutory duty is imposed to investigate claim of indigency, and applicant bears burden of proving indigency. 116 CA 469.

Cited. 38 CS 464, 467.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-247a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-247a
Sec. 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 compensate juror-employee.
Status: in_force

(b) Any juror-employee who has served eight hours of jury duty in any one day shall be deemed to have worked a legal day's work as that term is used in section 31-21 and an employer shall not require the juror-employee to work in excess of said eight hours.

(c) Any employer who violates this section shall be guilty of criminal contempt, and, upon conviction thereof, may be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

(d) If an employer discharges an employee in violation of this section, the employee, within ninety days of such discharge, may bring a civil action for recovery of wages lost as a result of the violation and for an order requiring reinstatement of the employee. Damages recoverable shall not exceed lost wages for ten weeks. If the employee prevails, the employee shall be allowed a reasonable attorney's fee fixed by the court.

(e) Any employer who fails to compensate a juror-employee pursuant to section 51-247 and who has not been excused from such duty to compensate a juror-employee pursuant to section 51-247c shall be liable to the juror-employee for damages. The juror may commence a civil action in any superior court having jurisdiction over the parties. Extreme financial hardship on the employer shall not be a defense to such action. The court may award treble damages and reasonable attorney's fees to the juror upon a finding of wilful conduct by the employer.

(f) Each state's attorney, assistant state's attorney and deputy assistant state's attorney shall collect in the name of the state and by suit when necessary, any fines imposed under this chapter.

Cited. 193 C. 558.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-86 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-86
Sec. 51-86. Soliciting persons to institute actions for damages.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.

What constitutes “ambulance chasing”. 4 CS 90. A lawyer who abets the commission of the offense by knowingly accepting a case so solicited is equally as guilty. Id., 233.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-347 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 890 / Section 51-347
Sec. 51-347. (Formerly Sec. 52-47). Where writs may be filed.
Status: in_force

(1) At the courthouse for the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford if returnable to the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford at Ansonia or Milford;

(2) At Danbury if returnable to the judicial district of Danbury;

(3) At Bridgeport if returnable to the judicial district of Bridgeport;

(4) At Hartford if returnable to the judicial district of Hartford;

(5) At Torrington if returnable to the judicial district of Litchfield;

(6) At Middletown if returnable to the judicial district of Middlesex;

(7) At New Britain if returnable to the judicial district of New Britain;

(8) (A) At New Haven if returnable to the judicial district of New Haven at New Haven, (B) at Meriden if returnable to the judicial district of New Haven at Meriden;

(9) (A) At New London if returnable to the judicial district of New London at New London, (B) at Norwich if returnable to the judicial district of New London at Norwich;

(10) At Stamford if returnable to the judicial district of Stamford-Norwalk;

(11) At Rockville if returnable to the judicial district of Tolland;

(12) At Waterbury if returnable to the judicial district of Waterbury; and

(13) At Putnam if returnable to the judicial district of Windham.

(b) Small claims matters writs and any motion, appearance, pleading or other document shall be filed with the clerk at the court to which they are returnable.

See Sec. 51-347c re next business day as last day for filing when clerk's office closed.

Annotations to former section 52-47:

Return to clerk's office, sufficient. 2 D. 480. Failure to return makes the service a trespass ab initio. 25 C. 568. Includes writ of error. 85 C. 375. Return by indifferent person should be sworn to. 74 C. 728. Return is no part of pleadings, hence not demurrable; 81 C. 284; cannot be amended after judgment to confer jurisdiction. 85 C. 327. Return day cannot be changed after issuance, nor defect be amended. 74 C. 38; Id., 438. Return should show adequate service. 72 C. 430. Not applicable to motion to Supreme Court for order requiring trial court to make finding. 95 C. 691. Cited. 113 C. 79; 116 C. 31; 137 C. 300. By counter claiming for divorce, defendant waived late return of writ and his plea in abatement was properly overruled. 157 C. 470.

Cited. 8 CS 266. No authority in clerk of the Superior Court to refuse to receive and enter a late return of process; a late return is voidable if attacked by the proper pleading. 15 CS 307. Provisions of statute in respect to the return of process are mandatory. Id., 504. Where foreign attachment is made, process must be returned to court at least 6 days before return day; motion to quash proper procedure to attack. 20 CS 294. Method of computing number of days discussed. 24 CS 314. Where return of process was not made at least 6 days before return day as required by section, proceeding was voidable, not void, and filing of general appearance by defendant constituted waiver of defect. 27 CS 126–128. Section nullified if motion to amend return day of writ under Sec. 52-48 is allowed. 28 CS 489. Cited. 33 CS 701.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-91a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-91a
Sec. 51-91a. Hearing re eligibility to continue practice of law for attorney convicted of felony. Order. Suspension. Appointment of trustee.
Status: in_force

(b) At such hearing, the attorney shall have the right to counsel, to be heard in his own defense, and to present evidence and witnesses in his behalf.

(c) After such hearing, the court shall enter an order dismissing the matter or imposing discipline upon such attorney in the form of suspension for a period of time, disbarment, or such other discipline as the court deems appropriate. If the court suspends the attorney, the period of suspension shall be not less than seven years for conviction of a class A felony and not less than five years for conviction of a class B felony.

(d) Whenever the court enters an order disciplining an attorney under this section, it may appoint a trustee, under the rules of court, to protect the interests of the disciplined attorney and his clients.

Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228. Statute not applicable to attorneys convicted of felonies in federal courts or courts of other states but applies only to felony convictions in Connecticut state courts. 247 C. 762.

Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265; 46 CA 450; Id., 472.

Cited. 43 CS 13.

Subsec. (c):

Section provides for a not less than 7-year suspension for conviction of a Class A felony; court discussed disbarment as a more severe form of discipline than a suspension. 43 CS 13.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-74 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 874 / Section 51-74
Sec. 51-74. Use of digital recording equipment by official court reporter or court recording monitor.
Status: in_force

See chapter 400 l re licensing of shorthand reporters.

Cited. 165 C. 152.

Cited. 43 CS 246.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197b — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-197b
Sec. 51-197b. (Formerly Sec. 52-7). Administrative appeals.
Status: repealed

(b) Except as provided in section 4-183 , the Superior Court, after a hearing, may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify or revise the decision appealed from.

(c) So much of any special act as is inconsistent with this section is repealed.

(d) Except as provided in sections 8-8 , 8-9 and 22a-43 , there shall be a right to further review to the Appellate Court under such rules as the judges of the Appellate Court shall adopt.

(e) The procedure on such appeal to the Appellate Court shall be in accordance with the procedure provided by rule or law for the appeal of judgments rendered by the Superior Court unless modified by rule of the judges of the Appellate Court. There shall be no right to further review except to the Supreme Court pursuant to the provisions of section 51-197f .

See Sec. 4-183 re appeals to Superior Court from administrative proceedings.

See Sec. 52-233 re requirements upon statutory appeal from administrative action taken to a judge.

Annotations to former section 52-7:

Cited. 130 C. 126; 133 C. 718; 134 C. 151. When provisions of general statute cover same field as those of special law, the former prevail; Superior Court did not have jurisdiction. 135 C. 303. Cited. 138 C. 501. Board of police commissioners is a municipal board and appeals must go to court of common pleas. 145 C. 1. Cited. 150 C. 431. Where no provision for appeal in disability retirement act for municipal employees, court had no jurisdiction. 151 C. 703. Title to public office is a legal rather than an equitable question; equity does not act to restrain or relieve against proceedings for the removal of public officers. 154 C. 228. Section supersedes provisions of the Bridgeport charter which authorized appeal to Superior Court. Id., 416. Cited. 156 C. 605; 171 C. 553.

Effect of appeal from municipal board inadvertently taken to Superior Court. 13 CS 70. Power of common pleas to issue mandamus in matters concerning liquor control. Id., 446. Cited. 14 CS 450. Suspended police officer may appeal. 20 CS 148. Towns cannot adopt rules of legal procedure contrary to the provisions of general statutes. 25 CS 116. Right of appeal not created, only establishes jurisdiction of court of common pleas. 30 CS 290. Cited. 31 CS 125; 32 CS 82.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 180 C. 692; 181 C. 1. Proceeding brought under Sec. 4-195 is not an administrative appeal subject to appellate restrictions under this section. 186 C. 153. Cited. 187 C. 262; 192 C. 183; 196 C. 283; 202 C. 28; 225 C. 13.

Cited. 1 CA 285; 2 CA 384; 3 CA 496; 5 CA 520; 13 CA 1; 34 CA 567.

Subsec. (a):

There is no right of appeal to Superior Court from the dismissal of a complaint by the State-Wide Grievance Committee. 110 CA 641.

Subsec. (d):

Failure of legislature to include reference to Sec. 8-30g did not thereby manifest an intention to permit direct appeal to Appellate Court of affordable housing land use appeals. 245 C. 257.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-27i — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 871 / Section 51-27i
Sec. 51-27i. Family violence victim advocate services in Family Division of Superior Court and geographical area courts.
Status: in_force

(1) “Domestic violence agency” means any office, shelter, host home or agency offering assistance to victims of domestic violence through crisis intervention, emergency shelter referral and medical and legal advocacy, and which meets the Department of Social Services' criteria of service provision for such agencies.

(2) “Family violence victim advocate” means a person (A) who is employed by and under the control of a direct service supervisor of a domestic violence agency, (B) who has undergone a minimum of twenty hours of training which shall include, but not be limited to, the dynamics of domestic violence, crisis intervention, communication skills, working with diverse populations, an overview of the state criminal justice and civil family court systems and information about state and community resources for victims of domestic violence, (C) who is certified as a counselor by the domestic violence agency that provided such training, and (D) whose primary purpose is the rendering of advice, counsel and assistance to, and the advocacy of the cause of, victims of domestic violence.

(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall permit one or more family violence victim advocates to provide services to victims of domestic violence in (1) the Family Division of the Superior Court in each judicial district, and (2) each geographical area court in the state.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes restricting the disclosure of documents, upon request, a family violence victim advocate providing services in the Family Division of the Superior Court or a geographical area court shall be provided with a copy of any police report in the possession of the state's attorney, the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, any municipal police department or any other law enforcement agency that the family violence victim advocate requires to perform the responsibilities and duties set forth in subsection (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-347c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 890 / Section 51-347c
Sec. 51-347c. Last day for filing next business day if clerk's office closed.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 51-347 re places for filing writs.

See Secs. 52-46, 52-46a, 52-48 re service and return of process in civil actions.

Cited. 179 C. 415; 237 C. 209.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-91c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-91c
Sec. 51-91c. Posting of signs concerning attorney grievance procedures.
Status: in_force

Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228.

Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-241 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-241
Sec. 51-241. Peremptory challenges in civil actions.
Status: in_force

This includes actions of forcible entry and detainer and summary process. 20 C. 510. And applications to reassess damages. 28 C. 566. Where there are several plaintiffs or defendants, each is entitled to four peremptory challenges. 128 C. 67. Not erroneous for clerk to refuse party's list containing more than four names of jurors as challenged. 132 C. 87. Employer who paid workmen's compensation, intervening in action by employee against third person, is entitled to four challenges. 133 C. 446. Cited. 134 C. 101. After a juror is accepted, a party has no right to a peremptory challenge. Id., 530. If each party has an independent cause of action, the fact that the causes are combined in one complaint does not destroy the separate identities of the parties and each is entitled to the full number of challenges. 147 C. 333. Party has no right to peremptory challenge after accepting juror on conclusion of examination. 148 C. 596. Cited. 186 C. 632. Trial court has discretion to determine whether any unity of interest will trigger a limit on the number of peremptory challenges to be granted. 250 C. 443. Single party has no legal entitlement to multiple sets of challenges when distinct causes of action have been consolidated; the granting of more challenges than provided by law is subject to review for abuse of discretion; in conducting appellate review, court must consider whether granting the challenges harmed either party or was inconsistent with an efficient and orderly judicial process. 266 C. 244.

Cited. 42 CA 542. No unity of interest where a jury might determine each party was negligent in separate and distinct manner and their interests were therefore antagonistic. 50 CA 539. Trial court improperly limited number of peremptory challenges on the ground that defendants had a unity of interest. 55 CA 460. Is within court's discretion whether to give each party bound by a unity of interest with another party individual peremptory challenges. 65 CA 738. Section does not allow court to grant additional peremptory challenges to only one side in a civil case. 84 CA 656.

Cited. 41 CS 48.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-52 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 873 / Section 51-52
Sec. 51-52. General duties of clerks.
Status: in_force

(b) Each clerk of court may store the inactive records of his court in any place of safekeeping designated by the Chief Court Administrator and may place the records in the direct custody of the records management officer or other designee of the Chief Court Administrator. The records management officer or designee shall be charged with the safekeeping of the records, and, when requested, may certify copies of the records.

(c) Temporary assistant clerks shall have the same duties as clerks of court.

(d) Each clerk for housing matters and the clerks for the judicial district of New Haven at Meriden shall supervise the handling of housing matters and the maintenance of court records relating thereto and shall provide assistance to pro se litigants and perform such other duties in connection with housing matters as the Chief Court Administrator or the judge assigned to hear the matters may assign to him.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes and except as otherwise ordered by the court or prescribed by the Chief Court Administrator, all funds in excess of a working balance established by the Chief Court Administrator held by a clerk of court in a fiduciary capacity shall be paid to the Treasurer or deposited in the Treasurer's accounts in depositories designated by the Treasurer in accordance with such regulations as the Treasurer prescribes. The Treasurer shall invest such funds in any manner he deems appropriate including, but not limited to, depositing the funds in public depositories and purchasing participation certificates in the Short-Term Investment Fund. If the court requests the return of all or a portion of such funds, the Treasurer shall return the amount of such funds requested to the court within two business days of the request. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, all interest and earnings on funds paid to the Treasurer or deposited in the Treasurer's accounts pursuant to this subsection shall belong to and accrue to the benefit of the state.

See Sec. 14-142 re proceedings against clerk who fails to deliver abstract of case to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

Clerk of a court derives his authority to grant execution from the record; in the absence of a record he has no authority. 7 C. 9. In correcting a mistake, clerk acts in a ministerial capacity. Id., 141. Judicial record defined. 13 C. 217. An execution may be renewed by the clerk by changing its date. 17 C. 144. Clerks may at any time fill up blanks left for insertion of costs. 21 C. 526. Entries in dockets, not records. 25 C. 338. Contents of a judicial record. 27 C. 465, 466. Clerk should reenter cause on reversal of an order erasing it from the docket. 35 C. 103. Issuance of mittimus by clerk after term. 36 C. 251. Record of recognizance may be made from entries previously made on docket. 48 C. 375. Record speaks from date of fact recorded. 49 C. 82. General duties of clerk of Supreme Court. 70 C. 337. Functions in general. 84 C. 462. Delay in preparation of judgment file, while a breach of duty, does not invalidate it. 109 C. 243. Review of duties of clerks in connection with the keeping of records of the doings of their courts. Id., 241. Cited. 201 C. 1.

Cited. 15 CA 312; 16 CA 518; 31 CA 660.

Cited. 19 CS 41. Execution is within inherent equitable control of court and was denied where suit was pending to determine rights of defendant to subrogation to claim on which plaintiff's judgment was based. 27 CS 382. Cited. 28 CS 357; 42 CS 574.

With regard to judgment records of former minor courts, clerks of circuit court exercise duty of custody and safekeeping; they are not successors in office to clerks of said courts and are not enabled to amplify or complete any record of such courts in their custody; they may certify only to authenticity of documents in their custody, without verbal alteration. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 688. Issuance of execution ordinarily ministerial act. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 237.

Subsec. (b):

No authority is provided to allow court to create new file for considering an emergency motion or future related matters in withdrawn cases. 77 CA 690.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-286n — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-286n
Sec. 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.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever a person holding a license is convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of section 17a-412 , subsection (a) of section 17b-451 or section 53a-321 , 53a-322 or 53a-323 , the appropriate state's attorney or assistant state's attorney shall transmit a notice of conviction to the Department of Public Health.

(c) The Department of Public Health may suspend or revoke the license of such person for any period of time or permanently revoke such license, or take any other action authorized by section 19a-17 , in the sole discretion of the department.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-88 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-88
Sec. 51-88. Practice of law by persons not admitted as attorneys. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony, except that in any prosecution under this section, if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant committed the proscribed act or acts while admitted to practice law before the highest court of original jurisdiction in any state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory of the United States or in a district court of the United States and while a member in good standing of such bar, such defendant shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. No person whose admission to practice law under the provisions of section 51-80 , or whose admission or permission to practice law pursuant to any other statute or rule of the Superior Court has been suspended, solely on the basis of the failure to pay the occupational tax on attorneys imposed pursuant to section 51-81b or the client security fund fee assessed pursuant to section 51-81d shall be subject to prosecution under this section for engaging in the practice of law during the period of such suspension.

(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply to any employee in this state of a stock or nonstock corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity who, within the scope of his or her employment, renders legal advice to his or her employer or its corporate affiliate and who is admitted to practice law before the highest court of original jurisdiction in any state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory of the United States, a foreign jurisdiction as permitted by rule of the Superior Court or in a district court of the United States and is a member in good standing of such bar. For the purposes of this subdivision, “employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in the business of his or her employer, but does not include an independent contractor.

(3) In any prosecution under section 53a-8 for soliciting, requesting, commanding, importuning or intentionally aiding in the violation of this section, and in any prosecution under section 53a-48 for conspiracy to violate this section, the state shall have the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had actual knowledge that the person was not admitted to practice law in any jurisdiction at the time such violation occurred.

(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed in contempt of court, and the Superior Court shall have jurisdiction in equity upon the petition of any member of the bar of this state in good standing or upon its own motion to restrain such violation.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting: (1) A town clerk from preparing or drawing deeds, mortgages, releases, certificates of change of name and trade name certificates which are to be recorded or filed in the town clerk's office in the town in which the town clerk holds office; (2) any person from practicing law or pleading at the bar of any court of this state in his or her own cause; (3) any person from acting as an agent or representative for a party in an international arbitration, as defined in subsection (3) of section 50a-101 ; or (4) any attorney admitted to practice law in any other state or the District of Columbia from practicing law in relation to an impeachment proceeding pursuant to Article Ninth of the Connecticut Constitution, including an impeachment inquiry or investigation, if the attorney is retained by (A) the General Assembly, the House of Representatives, the Senate, a committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, or the presiding officer at a Senate trial, or (B) an officer subject to impeachment pursuant to said Article Ninth.

See Sec. 3-95a re prohibition against notary public offering legal advice in immigration matters.

Giving of certificates as to validity of land titles is practice of law. 128 C. 325. To “practice law” means to perform either in or out of court any acts commonly understood to be the practice of law; history of section reviewed. 145 C. 222. Practice of law by trust departments of banks; appearances at Probate Court hearings constitute the practice of law. 146 C. 556. History discussed. 154 C. 129, 137–140. Section forbids one who has not passed the bar from practicing law in or out of court. Id., 140. Defendant was not giving “general information” but, rather, information directed toward a particular person and to a particular instrument; consequently he was practicing law. Id., 144. While it may be difficult to define “practice of law” and those who engage in border area activity might claim it is unconstitutionally ambiguous as to them, defendant could not so claim because his activity was well within area of “practice of law”. Id., 148. Statute not unconstitutionally void for vagueness or overly broad so as to infringe on first amendment rights. 239 C. 251. Cited. Id., 256.

Cited. 14 CA 172; 29 CA 43; 34 CA 543; 37 CA 529; 44 CA 381. There is no right of self-representation under Subsec. (d)(2) for an executor bringing an action pursuant to Sec. 52-555, as that section allows a cause of action maintainable by an executor or administrator in his representative, fiduciary capacity, not as an individual plaintiff. 118 CA 211. Trustee, as a nonlawyer, does not have authority to appear pro se for purposes of maintaining an appeal on behalf of trust. 119 CA 785. Individual, who is not a party to the case or an attorney, does not have authority to represent defendant trust in appeal of foreclosure action. 223 CA 739.

Drafting of wills is practice of law. 4 CS 438. Cited. 9 CS 94. Town clerks are not allowed to render opinions with respect to validity of real estate titles. Id., 253. Cited. 20 CS 256; Id., 268. Terms of injunction in accordance with Supreme Court decision re practice of law by trust departments of banks. 21 CS 42. New York attorney not a member of Connecticut bar held not entitled to recover for legal services rendered in Connecticut. 23 CS 225. Cited. 34 CS 674. Whether pro se status alone suffices to strike class action allegations is not clear. 37 CS 46. Cited. 40 CS 361.

Not error to deny motion for new trial even if witness' testimony was false but it appears that result reached on new trial would not be different. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 257. Improper for defendant corporation to appear pro se through its president who was not an attorney. Id., 284.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-347a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 890 / Section 51-347a
Sec. 51-347a. (Formerly Sec. 52-30). Transfer of jury causes to other judicial districts.
Status: in_force

(b) In each such case the clerk of the court location in which the action is pending shall transmit to the clerk of the court location to which the action is transferred the original files and papers with a certificate of transfer. The clerk of the court location to which the action is transferred shall enter the action in the docket of his court location and the action shall thereafter proceed as if it were originally brought to that court location.

(c) Attachments, bonds, recognizances and other securities and obligations shall not be affected by the transfer and all persons bound to appear in the action shall be held to appear before the court location to which it is transferred as if the obligation were so originally made. The judge ordering the transfer may require additional bonds for appearance before such court.

Annotation to former section 52-30:

Cause may be transferred after jury has disagreed; record need not show the reasons for transfer. 44 C. 35.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 179 C. 415.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-55 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 873 / Section 51-55
Sec. 51-55. Judgments of default or nonsuit.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 52-84 re time for rendering judgment by default.

Failure of defendant to receive notice does not relieve her of blame in failing to enter her appearance. 139 C. 532.

Cited. 17 CS 118.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-353 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 890 / Section 51-353
Sec. 51-353. (Formerly Sec. 54-78). Change of venue in criminal case.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 54-78:

When change of venue should be granted; procedure. 98 C. 461; 100 C. 209; 103 C. 469; 109 C. 571. Court exercises discretion whether motion should be granted. 143 C. 167. On motion for change of venue, burden of showing that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county of origin is on the accused. 147 C. 194.

On motion for change of venue, burden of showing that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county of origin is on the accused. 20 CS 242.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193t — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-193t
Sec. 51-193t. Hearing of small claims matters by magistrate.
Status: in_force

(b) A magistrate appointed to hear a small claims matter shall not be bound by the rules regarding the admissibility of evidence, but all testimony shall be given under oath or affirmation. Either party may be represented by counsel but no record of the proceedings before the magistrate shall be required to be kept.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-49d — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-49d
Sec. 51-49d. Funding of retirement system for judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges on actuarial reserve basis. State contributions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Retirement system” or “system” means the retirement provisions in sections 51-49a to 51-50b , inclusive, and section 51-51 , for judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges;

(2) “Actuarial reserve basis” means a basis under which the liabilities of the retirement system are determined using actuarial assumptions, tables and methods and under which assets are accumulated under a program designed to achieve a balance between the accumulated assets and the liabilities of the system;

(3) “Funding” means the accumulation of assets in advance of the payment of retirement allowances in accordance with a definite actuarial program;

(4) “Normal cost” means the amount of contribution which the state is required to make into the retirement fund in order to meet the actuarial cost of current service;

(5) “Unfunded liability” means the actuarially determined value of the liability for service before the date of the actuarial valuation less the accumulated assets in the retirement fund;

(6) “Amortization of unfunded liabilities” means a systematic program of payment for the unfunded liabilities over a period of years in lieu of a payment in one sum;

(7) “Current service” means service rendered in the current fiscal year;

(8) “Retirement fund” means the Judge's Retirement Fund established by section 51-49e .

(b) The retirement system shall be funded on an actuarial reserve basis. On or before November 1, 1998, and biennially thereafter, the Retirement Commission, as administrator of the system pursuant to section 5-155a , shall certify to the General Assembly, with respect to the ensuing biennium, the amount necessary on the basis of an actuarial determination to gradually establish and subsequently maintain the retirement fund on such determined actuarial reserve basis, and make such other recommendations with regard to such fund and its administration as the commission deems appropriate. The Retirement Commission shall, at least once every two years, prepare a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system. On the basis of each such valuation, it shall redetermine the normal rate of contribution and, until it is amortized, the unfunded past service liability. The General Assembly shall review the commission's recommendations and certification and shall appropriate to the retirement fund the amount certified by the Retirement Commission as necessary provided said certification is in compliance with this section at the time of certification, and the amount so certified shall not be reduced or used for other than the purposes of this section.

(c) The Retirement Commission shall determine on an actuarial basis (1) a normal rate of contribution which the state shall be required to make into the retirement fund in order to meet the actuarial cost of current service, and (2) the unfunded past service liability. Effective July 1, 1991, the unfunded past service liability shall be funded as a level percentage of payroll. On and after July 1, 2024, the state contribution shall be the sum of the normal cost and the amount required for a fifteen-year layered amortization of unfunded liabilities. The fifteen-year period for such amortization shall commence with the valuation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.

(d) No act liberalizing the benefits of the retirement system shall be enacted by the General Assembly until the assembly has requested and received from the Retirement Commission a certification of the unfunded liability created by such change and the cost of such change under the actuarial funding basis adopted by this section using full normal cost plus fifteen-year layered amortization. Any unfunded liability created by such change shall be amortized over a period of fifteen years.

(e) The funds of the retirement system shall not be reduced or used for other than the purposes of the system.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-84 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-84
Sec. 51-84. Attorneys subject to rules.
Status: in_force

(b) Any such court may fine an attorney for transgressing its rules and orders an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars for any offense, and may suspend or displace an attorney for just cause.

Attorney cannot be compelled in one case to produce in evidence a paper left with him by a client in another case. 3 D. 499. Superior Court alone has power to admit and to suspend or displace attorneys at law. 60 C. 12; 66 C. 587. Should not practice in court where he may act as judge; 72 C. 437; or try case in which he is material witness; 68 C. 201; 72 C. 437; 80 C. 531; 81 C. 350; unless case is his own; 85 C. 209; but adversary's counsel may call him as witness. 81 C. 344. Agreement to bear expense of action and receive one-half proceeds is against public policy. 77 C. 457; 84 C. 594; 107 C. 386. May try case before his brother as judge. 83 C. 180. To deceive court to secure admission of evidence is a contempt. 84 C. 60. Discretion of court as to displacing or suspending attorney. Id., 602. May purchase judgment and sue thereon. 85 C. 260. Disregard of rulings and suggestions of judge justifies displacement or suspension. 88 C. 150. Cited. 129 C. 53. When counsel may withdraw from case which is before court. 147 C. 337. Authority of the Superior Court to regulate the conduct of attorneys who are officers of the court. 180 C. 443. Cited. 190 C. 686; Id., 694; 193 C. 28; 206 C. 454; 214 C. 344; 227 C. 829. Procedural due process challenge to section's validity cannot proceed in the abstract as due process is inherently fact-bound, flexible and calls for protections as the situation demands; claim that disciplinary action under section violated due process was unavailing where appellant had received adequate notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard; section, by its broad language, encompassing all judicial proceedings, recognizes inherent power of courts to impose sanctions against attorneys. 256 C. 628. Court has jurisdiction over allegations of professional misconduct by a practicing attorney even during a period of disbarment. 282 C. 1.

Cited. 15 CA 654; 18 CA 316; Id., 344; 19 CA 340; 21 CA 185; 41 CA 238; 42 CA 617.

“Permanent” disbarment means something less than irrevocable or absolute disbarment and disbarred attorney may be readmitted to practice. 36 CS 41.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-348 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 890 / Section 51-348
Sec. 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.
Status: in_force

(b) Such geographical areas shall serve for purposes of establishing venue for the following matters: (1) The presentment of defendants in motor vehicle matters, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section; (2) the arraignment of defendants in criminal matters; and (3) such other matters as the judges of the Superior Court may determine by rule.

(c) For the prompt and proper administration of judicial business, any matter and any trial can be heard in any courthouse within a judicial district, at the discretion of the Chief Court Administrator, if the use of such courthouse for such matter or trial is convenient to litigants and their counsel and is a practical use of judicial personnel and facilities, except juvenile matters may be heard as provided in section 46b-122 . Whenever practicable family relations matters shall be heard in facilities most convenient to the litigants.

(d) In any judicial district in which housing matters are heard on a separate docket under section 51-348b , venue for an action pertaining to one or more violations of any state or municipal health, housing, building, electrical, plumbing, fire or sanitation code, including violations occurring in commercial properties, or of any other statute, ordinance or regulation concerned with the health, safety or welfare of any occupant of any housing shall be in the housing session for the judicial district, except that venue for such an action concerning premises located in Milford, Orange or West Haven shall be in the judicial district of New Haven. In all other judicial districts, venue for such actions, if placed on the criminal docket, shall be in the geographical area where the premises are located.

(e) Venue for infractions and violations that may be heard and decided by a magistrate pursuant to section 51-193u shall be at Superior Court facilities designated by the Chief Court Administrator to hear such matters.

(f) In any other matter, an action shall be made returnable to the geographical area as is prescribed by statute.

Cited. 36 CS 47; 39 CS 347.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-352c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 890 / Section 51-352c
Sec. 51-352c. (Formerly Sec. 54-41). Jurisdiction of various offenses.
Status: in_force

(b) If any person is accused of committing any offense on the boundary or divisional line between any of the towns or judicial districts in the state, or so near thereto as to render it doubtful in which town or judicial district the offense was committed, the town or judicial district which first assumes jurisdiction by issuing process for the arrest and prosecution of the offender, whether the name of such offender is known or unknown, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to charge, present, indict, try, convict and sentence. In such a case, it shall only be necessary for the state, judicial district, town, city or borough to establish the venue alleged in the information, complaint, warrant or indictment by proving that the offense alleged was committed on the boundary of the judicial district or town in which the accused is being tried or so near thereto as to render it doubtful in which town or judicial district the offense was committed.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not impair the right of the accused to obtain a change of venue.

See Sec. 51-352b re jurisdiction of crimes committed on water.

See Sec. 54-1b re arraignment of prisoners and required advice as to rights.

Cited. 197 C. 507; 198 C. 147; Id., 285; 215 C. 231.

Cited. 16 CA 245.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-105 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 877 / Section 51-105
Sec. 51-105. Former justice may perfect records; copies.
Status: in_force

A justice may perfect his records in another state. 28 C. 527.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-197c
Sec. 51-197c. Appellate Court; judges, appointment, terms, Chief Judge.
Status: in_force

(b) If a judge of the Appellate Court (1) is appointed the Chief Court Administrator, or (2) on July 1, 2001, is serving as the Chief Court Administrator, the Appellate Court shall consist of ten judges for the remainder of said judge's current term on the Appellate Court, or until his or her retirement from full-time active service, whichever occurs first. The tenth judge shall also be a judge of the Superior Court and shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon nomination of the Governor for a term of eight years.

(c) With the approval of the Chief Justice, the Chief Judge shall (1) schedule such sessions as may be necessary, at such locations as the facilitation of court business requires, (2) designate as many panels as may be necessary, each consisting of three judges assigned by the Chief Judge, and (3) designate a presiding judge for each panel on which the Chief Judge does not sit.

(d) Every judge of the Superior Court shall, by virtue of appointment to the Superior Court, be qualified to serve as a judge on the Appellate Court.

(e) Each of the parties in any case shall have a right to be heard by a full panel. The Chief Judge, with the approval of the Chief Justice, may summon one or more of the judges of the Superior Court to constitute a full panel.

(f) The judges of the Appellate Court shall be released from sitting on the Superior Court, except that the Chief Justice may assign any such judge to sit on the Superior Court whenever in the Chief Justice's judgment the public business may require it.

(g) If the Chief Court Administrator is a judge of the Appellate Court, said Chief Court Administrator shall be released from sitting on the Appellate Court, except that the Chief Justice may assign the Chief Court Administrator to sit on the Appellate Court whenever, in the Chief Justice's judgment, the public business may require it.

(h) Each Chief Judge or judge of the Appellate Court who elects to retain such judge's office but to retire from full-time active service shall continue to be a member of the Appellate Court during the remainder of such judge's term of office and during the term of any reappointment under section 51-50i , until such judge attains the age of seventy years. Such judge shall be entitled to participate in the meetings of the judges of the Appellate Court and to vote as a member thereof.

(i) In each appeal to the Appellate Court, the party appealing shall pay a record fee as prescribed in section 52-259 , at such time as is fixed by rule of court, which amount shall be taxed in favor of the appellant if judgment is finally rendered in such appellant's favor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-27 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 871 / Section 51-27
Sec. 51-27. Court accommodations.
Status: in_force

(b) If a court facility established under the provisions of section 51-251 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1972, is removed into a facility originally established by the state under the provisions of section 51-27 of the revision of 1958, revised to 1972, the facility shall be maintained by the state in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.

See Secs. 51-27c to 51-27f, inclusive, re court facilities.

Under former statute, session may be adjourned in emergency, when suitable building not available in town, to another courthouse already provided by county commissioners in county. 113 C. 377. Indicates county commissioners not vested with broad power of determining whether new county building should be built. 124 C. 617. Cited. 193 C. 670.

Mandamus did not lie to compel county commissioners to purchase courtroom facilities at Stamford. 6 CS 142. Cited. 8 CS 78.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-278a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-278a
Sec. 51-278a. Qualifications of prosecutorial officials. Full-time duties.
Status: in_force

(b) The Chief State's Attorney, each deputy chief state's attorney, and each state's attorney shall devote his or her full time to the duties of his or her office, shall not otherwise engage in the practice of law, shall not be a partner, member or associate of a law firm, and shall not be an elected officer of this state or any political subdivision thereof.

(c) Each assistant state's attorney and deputy assistant state's attorney appointed to serve on a full-time basis shall devote his or her full time to the duties of his or her office, shall not engage in the private practice of law, shall not be a partner, member or associate of a law firm, and shall not be an elected officer of this state. No part-time assistant state's attorney, no part-time deputy assistant state's attorney and no partner or associate of a law firm of which such attorney is a partner or associate may engage in the private practice of criminal law.

Cited. 234 C. 539.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164s — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-164s
Sec. 51-164s. Superior Court sole trial court. Jurisdiction transferred from Court of Common Pleas and Juvenile Court.
Status: in_force

Cited. 179 C. 406; 180 C. 114; 189 C. 29; 192 C. 234; Id., 704; 194 C. 43; 206 C. 323; 209 C. 679; Id., 724; 211 C. 416; 214 C. 256; 222 C. 299; 227 C. 175; 229 C. 691; 237 C. 758.

Cited. 2 CA 308; Id., 355; 3 CA 201; 6 CA 530; 15 CA 185; 24 CA 195; 30 CA 45; 35 CA 769; 45 CA 324. Statute expressly confers to Superior Court all jurisdiction previously held by Juvenile Court. 77 CA 246.

Cited. 39 CS 347.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-90g — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-90g
Sec. 51-90g. Review of panel's determination by subcommittee or State-Wide Grievance Committee.
Status: in_force

(b) Any hearing held by the committee or subcommittee shall be public and on the record. The complainant shall be entitled to be present at all hearings on the complaint and to have counsel present. At such hearing the respondent shall have the right to counsel, to be heard in his own defense and to present evidence and witnesses in his behalf. At the conclusion of the evidence, the complainant and the respondent shall have the opportunity to make a statement either individually or through counsel. The committee or subcommittee may request oral argument.

(c) The subcommittee shall conclude any hearing or hearings and shall render its proposed decision not later than ninety days from the date the panel's determination of probable cause or no probable cause was filed with the State-Wide Grievance Committee. The subcommittee may file a motion for extension of time not to exceed thirty days with the State-Wide Grievance Committee which shall grant the motion only for good cause shown. If the subcommittee does not complete its action on a complaint within the period of time provided in this section, the State-Wide Grievance Committee shall, on motion of the complainant or the respondent or on its own motion, inquire into the delay and determine the appropriate course of action. The failure of the subcommittee to complete its action on a complaint within the period of time provided in this section shall not be cause for dismissal of the complaint.

(d) If the subcommittee finds probable cause to believe the attorney has violated the criminal law of this state it shall report its findings to the State-Wide Grievance Committee.

(e) The subcommittee may propose in its decision that the complaint be dismissed, that conditions be imposed in accordance with the rules established by the judges of the Superior Court, that the attorney be reprimanded or that the attorney be presented to the Superior Court for reprimand, suspension or disbarment.

(f) The subcommittee shall submit its proposed decision to the State-Wide Grievance Committee, with copies to the complainant and respondent. The proposed decision shall be a matter of public record.

(g) If, after its review of a complaint pursuant to this section, a subcommittee agrees with the determination of the grievance panel that probable cause does not exist that the attorney is guilty of misconduct and there has been no finding of probable cause by the State-Wide Grievance Committee or a subcommittee, the subcommittee may dismiss the complaint within the time period set forth in subsection (c) of this section without review by the committee. The subcommittee shall file its decision dismissing the complaint with the State-Wide Grievance Committee, together with the record of the matter, and shall send a copy of the decision to the complainant and the respondent. Such decision shall be a matter of public record.

(h) When the committee conducts the hearing or hearings under this section, it shall render its decision not later than four months from the date the panel's determination of probable cause or no probable cause was filed with the State-Wide Grievance Committee. The State-Wide Grievance Committee may dismiss the complaint, impose conditions in accordance with the rules established by the judges of the Superior Court, reprimand the respondent or direct the State-Wide Bar Counsel to file a presentment against the respondent.

Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; Id., 517; 216 C. 228; 224 C. 29; 227 C. 802; Id., 829; 234 C. 539; 235 C. 693; 239 C. 449.

Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265; 46 CA 450.

Reviewing committee that heard plaintiff's case was improperly constituted when it acted without a public member. 47 CS 5.

Subsec. (c):

Failure of grievance committee's subcommittee to comply with mandates of statute does not deprive trial court of subject matter jurisdiction. 211 C. 232. Cited. 219 C. 473; 220 C. 86.

Failure of a reviewing committee to abide by the time frames established under Subsec. and Practice Book Sec. 2-35 does not divest trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over attorney disciplinary action. 206 CA 515.

Subsec. (h):

Does not establish a jurisdictional constraint; judgment of Appellate Court in 41 CA 671 reversed. 240 C. 671.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-287 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-287
Sec. 51-287. (Formerly Sec. 51-175a). Retirement of state's attorneys. Retirement salary. Credit for prior service. Return of contributions.
Status: in_force

(b) Each such attorney shall, for retirement purposes, be entitled to credit for any or all the prior years of service accrued by him on July 1, 1978, while serving in the office of (1) state's attorney, (2) assistant state's attorney, (3) public defender in the Superior Court, (4) prosecuting attorney in the Court of Common Pleas, (5) chief prosecuting attorney or deputy chief prosecuting attorney, prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecuting attorney in the Circuit Court, or (6) public defender or assistant public defender in the Circuit Court, provided such attorney shall pay to the Comptroller five per cent of the salary for his office for each prior year of service he claims for retirement credit. Each such attorney shall be entitled to have his retirement contributions to the state employees retirement system under chapter 66 or to the state's attorneys' retirement system under this section prior to July 1, 1973, credited toward the payment due for the prior year or years of service he claims for retirement credit hereunder.

(c) If any such attorney resigns or is removed from office before his retirement under this section, he shall be entitled to the return of all contributions made by him under section 51-278 , without interest thereon, except that, if the attorney has completed at least ten years of service creditable under this section, he may, at his option, elect instead to receive a retirement income on a reduced actuarial basis, as determined by the Comptroller.

(d) For purposes of determining the retirement salary of each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney under subsection (a) of this section and the allowance payable to their surviving spouses under section 51-288 , “salary of the office” shall be composed of the total of the following amounts: The annual salary of the office which he held at the time of his retirement, as such salary may be changed from time to time; and for each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney, and state's attorney to whom a longevity payment has been made or is due and payable, in each instance under section 51-287a , (1) one and one-half per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed ten or more but less than fifteen years of service as a Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney, state's attorney or assistant state's attorney, (2) three per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed fifteen or more but less than twenty years of service as Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney, state's attorney or assistant state's attorney, (3) four and one-half per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed twenty or more but less than twenty-five years of service as a Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney, state's attorney or assistant state's attorney, and (4) six per cent of annual salary, as such salary may change from time to time, for those who have completed twenty-five or more years of service as a Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney, state's attorney or assistant state's attorney.

(e) Any such attorney who is retired under this section and who is appointed a judge shall not receive a retirement salary pursuant to this section during the period such retired attorney serves as a judge.

See Sec. 5-190a re retirement credit.

See Sec. 51-49 re disability retirement.

Cited. 216 C. 523.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-194 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-194
Sec. 51-194. Review division, appointment; meetings; disqualification; secretary.
Status: in_force

Cited. 149 C. 694; 168 C. 623. Constitutionality of section discussed and affirmed. 187 C. 109.

Cited. 1 CA 724; 21 CA 557.

Cited. 25 CS 473. Parties may waive their statutory rights to decision by review board of three judges and agree to accept decision by review board of two judges. 27 CS 316. Cited. 42 CS 371.

Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 416.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-278 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-278
Sec. 51-278. (Formerly Sec. 51-175). Appointment, salaries and removal of prosecutorial officials.
Status: in_force

(2) The term of office of the Chief State's Attorney shall be five years from July first in the year of appointment and until the appointment and qualification of a successor unless he is sooner removed by the Criminal Justice Commission, except that the term of office of the Chief State's Attorney appointed by the Criminal Justice Commission on or before August 1, 1985, shall expire June 30, 1986.

(3) Any vacancy in the position of the Chief State's Attorney arising from any cause shall be filled by appointment by the Criminal Justice Commission for the balance of the vacated term.

(4) The Chief State's Attorney and the deputy chief state's attorneys shall receive annual salaries as follows: (A) On or after July 1, 1984, and before July 1, 1985, the Chief State's Attorney, fifty-three thousand nine hundred thirty dollars; a deputy chief state's attorney, fifty-two thousand eight hundred ten dollars; (B) on or after July 1, 1985, the Chief State's Attorney, fifty-seven thousand two hundred dollars; a deputy chief state's attorney, fifty-six thousand dollars.

(5) For purposes of this subsection, “Criminal Justice Commission” means the members of the commission other than the Chief State's Attorney.

(b) (1) (A) The Criminal Justice Commission shall appoint (i) two deputy chief state's attorneys as assistant administrative heads of the Division of Criminal Justice, one of whom shall be deputy chief state's attorney for operations and one of whom shall be deputy chief state's attorney for personnel, finance and administration, who shall assist the Chief State's Attorney in his duties, and (ii) one deputy chief state's attorney who shall be appointed by the commission, as provided in subdivision (8) of this subsection, to serve as Inspector General in accordance with section 51-277e , who shall receive his or her prosecutorial powers as a designee of the Chief State's Attorney. The term of office of a deputy chief state's attorney shall be four years from July first in the year of appointment and until the appointment and qualification of a successor unless sooner removed by the Criminal Justice Commission. The Criminal Justice Commission shall designate one deputy chief state's attorney appointed under subparagraph (A)(i) of this subsection who shall, in the absence or disqualification of the Chief State's Attorney, exercise the powers and duties of the Chief State's Attorney until such Chief State's Attorney resumes his duties. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the Criminal Justice Commission means the members of the commission other than the Chief State's Attorney. (B) The Criminal Justice Commission shall appoint a state's attorney for each judicial district, who shall act therein as attorney on behalf of the state. The Criminal Justice Commission shall also appoint, from candidates recommended by the appropriate state's attorney and deemed qualified by the commission, as many assistant state's attorneys and deputy assistant state's attorneys on a full-time or part-time basis for each judicial district as the criminal business of the court, in the opinion of the Chief State's Attorney, may require, and the commission shall also appoint, from candidates recommended by the Chief State's Attorney and deemed qualified by the commission, as many assistant state's attorneys and deputy assistant state's attorneys as are necessary, in the opinion of the Chief State's Attorney, to assist the Chief State's Attorney. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 51-278a , the commission may, within available appropriations, interview and appoint to the position of apprentice prosecutor any student of an accredited law school who is within five months of graduation from such law school and who is a certified legal intern pursuant to the rules of the Superior Court. Any person so appointed shall advance to the position of deputy assistant state's attorney upon such person gaining admission to the Connecticut bar within one year of the date of such person's graduation from such law school. Assistant state's attorneys and deputy assistant state's attorneys, respectively, shall assist the state's attorneys for the judicial districts and the Chief State's Attorney in all criminal matters and, in the absence from the district or disability of the state's attorney or at his request, shall have and exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of state's attorney. At least three such assistant state's attorneys or deputy assistant state's attorneys shall be designated by the Chief State's Attorney to handle all prosecutions in the state of housing matters deemed to be criminal. Any assistant or deputy assistant state's attorney so designated should have a commitment to the maintenance of decent, safe and sanitary housing and, to the extent practicable, shall handle housing matters on a full-time basis. At least one assistant state's attorney shall be designated by the Chief State's Attorney to handle all prosecutions in the state of environmental matters deemed to be criminal. Any assistant state's attorney so designated should have a commitment to protecting the environment and, to the extent practicable, shall handle environmental matters on a full-time basis. (C) The Chief State's Attorney may promote any assistant state's attorney, or deputy assistant state's attorney who assists him, and the appropriate state's attorney may promote any assistant state's attorney or deputy assistant state's attorney who assists such state's attorney in the judicial district. The Chief State's Attorney shall notify the Criminal Justice Commission of any such promotion.

(2) On and after July 1, 1985, the Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorneys, state's attorneys, assistant state's attorneys and deputy assistant state's attorneys shall receive salaries in accordance with a compensation plan approved by the Department of Administrative Services.

(3) Each state's attorney who, on June 30, 1973, was included in the provisions of sections 51-49 , 51-287 and 51-288 may elect to continue to be so included and, each state's attorney, incumbent on July 1, 1978, who was an assistant state's attorney, chief prosecuting attorney or deputy chief prosecuting attorney on June 30, 1973, may elect to be included in sections 51-49 , 51-287 and 51-288 , and, in each such case, the Comptroller shall deduct from his salary five per cent thereof as contributions for the purposes of sections 51-49 , 51-287 and 51-288 , provided any person who has so elected may thereafter elect to participate in chapter 66 and thereupon his past contributions to the State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund shall be transferred to the State Employees Retirement Fund and he shall be credited with all prior service. All other persons appointed under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 66.

(4) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who (A) is ineligible to elect under subdivision (3) of this subsection, (B) is not subject to the provisions of chapter 66, and (C) had vested under the State Employees Retirement Fund, prior to his appointment to such office, shall vest under the State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund upon reappointment to any such office by the Criminal Justice Commission.

(5) The several state's attorneys shall each hold office for eight years from July first and until the appointment and qualification of a successor unless sooner removed for just cause by the Criminal Justice Commission.

(6) When any vacancy in the office of the Chief State's Attorney or the office of a state's attorney is to be filled, the commission shall make its appointment from the various recommendations of the Chief State's Attorney or the appropriate state's attorney. The commission shall determine how many recommendations it shall require for each appointment.

(7) Each deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney incumbent on the date of certification by the Secretary of the State of the constitutional amendment concerning appointment of state's attorneys, shall serve the term for which he had been appointed prior to said date.

(8) When any appointment of a deputy chief state's attorney to serve as Inspector General in accordance with section 51-277e is to be made, the commission shall make such appointment by majority vote. In the event that there is a tie vote for such appointment, the chairperson of the commission shall select the nominee from amongst the candidates in the tie position and said candidate shall be appointed to serve as Inspector General.

Annotations to former section 51-175:

Terms of bond construed. 16 C. 528. Powers of state's attorney; may issue original information in Superior Court. 64 C. 212. Function of state's attorney in disbarment proceedings. 88 C. 448. Presumption that mandamus signed by assistant state's attorney was signed by him in accordance with the scope of his authority. 99 C. 219. State's attorney for judicial district of Waterbury holds a distinct office. 127 C. 576. Statements made by suspect during conference with state's attorney held not to be privileged. 147 C. 589. The state's attorney is an officer charged with important duties which are entirely consistent with the constitutional power of the judiciary and the appointment of the state's attorney by judges of the Superior Court. 164 C. 560. Assistant state's attorney has authority, pursuant to this section in conjunction with Sec. 54-47a, to make applications for immunity grants. 174 C. 16. Cited. 234 C. 539.

Duties of state's attorney discussed. 21 CS 246. Appointment of court personnel by judges of courts is constitutional. 28 CS 354. Defendants' contention that appointment of state's attorneys by judges of Superior Court is unconstitutional violation of separation of powers is without merit. Id., 366.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 187 C. 6; 199 C. 667; 216 C. 523; 234 C. 539.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-10e — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 870 / Section 51-10e
Sec. 51-10e. Artificial intelligence. Annual inventory. Policies and procedures. Assessments.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Not later than December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Judicial Department shall conduct an inventory of the department's systems that employ artificial intelligence. Each such inventory shall include at least the following information for each such system:

(A) The name of such system and the vendor, if any, that provided such system;

(B) A description of the general capabilities and uses of such system;

(C) Whether such system was used to independently make, inform or materially support a conclusion, decision or judgment; and

(D) Whether such system underwent an impact assessment prior to implementation.

(2) The Judicial Department shall make each inventory conducted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection publicly available on the department's Internet web site.

(c) (1) Not later than February 1, 2024, the Judicial Department shall develop and establish policies and procedures concerning the department's development, procurement, implementation, utilization and ongoing assessment of systems that employ artificial intelligence. Such policies and procedures shall, at a minimum, include policies and procedures that:

(A) Govern the department's procurement, implementation and ongoing assessment of such systems;

(B) Are sufficient to ensure that no such system (i) results in any unlawful discrimination against any individual or group of individuals, or (ii) has any unlawful disparate impact on any individual or group of individuals on the basis of any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, including, but not limited to, age, genetic information, color, ethnicity, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, pregnancy, veteran status, disability or lawful source of income;

(C) Require the department to assess the likely impact of any such system before implementing such system; and

(D) Provide for ongoing assessments of such systems to ensure that no such system results in any unlawful discrimination or disparate impact described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision.

(2) The Judicial Department may revise the policies and procedures established pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection if the Chief Court Administrator determines, in said administrator's discretion, that such revision is necessary.

(3) The Judicial Department shall post the policies and procedures established pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, and any revision made to such policies and procedures pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, on the department's Internet web site.

(d) Beginning on February 1, 2024, the Judicial Department shall:

(1) Not implement any system that employs artificial intelligence (A) unless the department has performed an impact assessment, in accordance with the policies and procedures established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, to ensure that such system will not result in any unlawful discrimination or disparate impact described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section, or (B) if the Chief Court Administrator determines, in said administrator's discretion, that such system will result in any unlawful discrimination or disparate impact described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section; and

(2) Perform ongoing assessments of the department's systems that employ artificial intelligence to ensure that no such system shall result in any unlawful discrimination or disparate impact described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-222a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-222a
Sec. 51-222a. Preparation of master or final list.
Status: in_force

(b) The Jury Administrator shall compile a list of names of electors, residents of this state appearing on the most recent updated list of operators of motor vehicles licensed pursuant to chapter 246, residents who filed a return on personal income under chapter 229 in the last tax year and recipients of unemployment compensation under chapter 567.

(c) Annually the Jury Administrator shall combine the names from the lists compiled under subsection (b) of this section. The Jury Administrator shall delete, where possible, duplicate names in order to insure that names occurring on any list are given only a single chance to be selected and shall delete, where possible, the names of persons who may be excluded from the list compiled pursuant to subsection (c) of section 51-217 and the names appearing on the list of deceased persons supplied by the Commissioner of Public Health.

(d) The Jury Administrator shall select, at random from the list compiled as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the number of names required by section 51-220 . These names for each town in the state and the names of persons whose jury service was continued from the previous jury year shall constitute such town's final list of prospective jurors for service starting the next succeeding September. The final list for each town shall contain the name and street address of each prospective juror. In the event that a new master file is unavailable or defective, the Chief Court Administrator may authorize the Jury Administrator to continue to summon jurors from the list compiled pursuant to subsection (c) of this section during the previous year.

(e) If the Jury Administrator determines at any time that there is a need to supplement the number of names on the final list of jurors for each town within a judicial district, the Jury Administrator, so far as he or she is able, shall select in proportion to the population of each town, at random, from the names not selected pursuant to subsection (d) of this section such number of prospective jurors as the Jury Administrator determines is necessary.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-348a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 890 / Section 51-348a
Sec. 51-348a. (Formerly Sec. 54-27). Prosecution for nonsupport in geographical area.
Status: in_force

(b) In any case where an order under the provisions of section 46b-84 has been issued, the order shall be the measure of failure to support.

See Sec. 46b-41 re definition of “complaints”.

Cited. 185 C. 502; 207 C. 48.

Cited. 41 CA 861; judgment reversed, see 241 C. 490.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-243a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-243a
Sec. 51-243a. Orientation of jurors.
Status: in_force

(b) In any civil or criminal action tried before a jury, all parties, or their counsel, shall have the right to examine any written materials, any audio-visual materials and any recording or transcription of oral remarks made or given to the juror pool during orientation which describe the responsibilities of jurors, describe the procedures in the courts and discuss the laws of this state. The court may permit counsel to be present during the orientation of the juror pool.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-183a
Sec. 51-183a. (Formerly Sec. 51-28). Judge's inability to hold court.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 51-28:

Cited. 97 C. 559.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-5c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 870 / Section 51-5c
Sec. 51-5c. Automated registry of protective orders. Policies and procedures for operation of registry.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The following information contained in the registry of protective orders shall not be subject to disclosure and may be accessed only in accordance with this section, unless otherwise ordered by the court: (A) Any information that would identify a person protected by an order contained in the registry; (B) any information that is confidential pursuant to state or federal law, including, but not limited to, any information that is confidential pursuant to a court order; and (C) any information entered in the registry pursuant to an ex parte order prior to a hearing by a court having jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter.

(2) Any judge of the Superior Court or any employee of the Judicial Department who is authorized by policies and procedures adopted by the Chief Court Administrator pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall have access to such information. The Chief Court Administrator may grant access to such information to personnel of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Department of Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Psychiatric Security Review Board, the Division of Criminal Justice, any municipal or tribal police department within this state or any other agency, organization or person determined by the Chief Court Administrator, pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the Chief Court Administrator, to have a legitimate interest in the information contained in the registry. Any person who obtains such information pursuant to this subdivision may use and disclose the information only in the performance of such person's duties.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the information contained in the registry shall be provided to and may be accessed through the Connecticut on-line law enforcement communications teleprocessing system maintained by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit public access to the Connecticut on-line law enforcement communications teleprocessing system.

(c) Any person protected by an order contained in the registry of protective orders may make a request in writing, on a form prescribed by the Chief Court Administrator, that the registry not disclose such protected person's name and address except to the law enforcement agency for the town in which (1) such protected person resides, (2) such protected person is employed, or (3) the person subject to the order resides.

(d) Any person who has reason to believe that information concerning such person which is contained in the registry of protective orders is not consistent with a valid court order may submit a written request for verification of such information to the clerk of the superior court for the judicial district in which such order was issued. If the clerk finds that such information contained in the registry is not consistent with such order, the clerk shall promptly cause such information to be removed from the registry.

(e) The orders and other information required or permitted to be contained in the registry of protective orders may be entered in the registry in any written or electronic form approved by the Chief Court Administrator. For the purposes of this section, an order is contained in the registry if the information contained in such order and information concerning the issuance of such order is entered in the registry in a manner approved by the Chief Court Administrator pursuant to this subsection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-183c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-183c
Sec. 51-183c. (Formerly Sec. 51-41). Same judge not to preside at new trial.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 51-41:

Applies though offenses not in all respects the same. 75 C. 109. Does not create a jurisdictional infirmity which the parties are powerless to remedy by waiver or consent. 147 C. 296. Where judge who tried defendant had been a member of the sentence review division which had heard defendant's application for a review of his sentence on a previous conviction, there was not even a technical infraction of section since the powers of the sentence review division are limited to a review of the sentence imposed and have nothing to do with the ascertainment of guilt or innocence. 152 C. 629.

Section does not prevent original presiding judge from discontinuing case at regular annual call of docket. 3 CS 420.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 186 C. 426; 188 C. 354; 216 C. 813; 227 C. 784; 242 C. 617. Sentencing hearing does not constitute a trial within meaning of section and defendant's motion that case be assigned to a new judge for resentencing is without merit. 260 C. 93. Section applies when a judgment is reversed in part and fewer than all of the issues in the case must be retried, and includes when a judgment is reversed only as to damages and remanded for a new trial only on the issue of damages. 334 C. 279.

Cited. 10 CA 103. Term “trial” not intended to include pretrial or short calendar proceedings. 27 CA 15. Section does not apply to pretrial or short calendar proceedings, and accordingly, court unwilling to unilaterally extend its legislative policy to arbitration process. 66 CA 202. Section is clear and unambiguous, and explicitly prohibits a judge who tries a case that is thereafter reversed from trying the case on remand, there being no reasonable manner in which the language can be interpreted to yield a different result. 133 CA 431; judgment reversed, see 311 C. 649. Section not restricted to cases in which issues to be considered on remand are identical to those that already had been decided by the trial judge, and it is of no consequence to proper application of section that a remand order require consideration of an issue in the case that the trial judge had yet to resolve on its merits or that the prior judgment had not been reversed with respect to the trial judge's resolution of that unresolved issue of fact. 166 CA 408. Policy underpinning of section does not apply to workers' compensation proceedings. 212 CA 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-27a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 871 / Section 51-27a
Sec. 51-27a. (Formerly Sec. 51-156a). Courthouses serving the geographical areas.
Status: in_force

(b) Two or more contiguous towns may, by action of their legislative bodies, combine to provide and maintain such quarters and furniture and by agreement of the legislative bodies apportion the expense thereof among the towns.

(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may continue to lease quarters serving the geographical areas of the Superior Court from a municipality or other person, subject to the provisions of section 4b-23 , at a rental as may be set by agreement of the parties, except that with respect to quarters leased from a municipality or any lessor exempt from local property taxes such rental may not exceed annual operating costs for such quarters including, but not limited to, the cost of insurance, electricity, air conditioning, heat, hot and cold running water, janitorial services and supplies, rubbish removal, snow and ice removal, groundskeeping, window washing, security service, maintenance and repairs, replacement of ballasts, tubes and bulbs, toilet supplies, and any renovations undertaken at the request of the lessee, plus two dollars per square foot for contingency expenses.

(d) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may, subject to section 4b-23 , acquire courthouses to serve the geographical areas of the Superior Court, provided a courthouse shall be within the geographical area which it serves.

(e) The amount received from the state as rental under this section shall, if two or more municipalities combined to provide the quarters, be divided among them in proportion to the expense of the quarters paid by each.

(f) Such quarters shall not be leased without the approval of the Chief Court Administrator or his designee.

See Sec. 51-348 re geographical areas, courthouse use and housing docket.

Annotations to former section 51-251:

Constitutionality upheld. 23 CS 357.

Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 59.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-33 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 871 / Section 51-33
Sec. 51-33. Punishment for contempt of court.
Status: repealed

Section does not apply to contempts by disobedience to the decrees of a court of chancery. 38 C. 121; 102 C. 357. Punishment of contempt by fine and imprisonment is not properly a criminal proceeding; statute applies to courts created after its passage. 43 C. 267. The power to punish for contempt is inherent in all courts, independently of statute law. Id., 268. When adjudication of contempt not reviewable. 44 C. 409. Contempts not committed in the presence of the court are to be ascertained and punished according to the common law. 48 C. 196; 52 C. 156. What constitutes a civil and what a criminal contempt. Id., 155; 147 C. 167. Contempt distinguished from power to commit witnesses for refusal to answer. 65 C. 32. Power of justice to punish for contempt not committed in his presence, quaere. 75 C. 350. Court having no criminal jurisdiction may punish for contempt. 80 C. 671. To deceive court by untruthful statements as to purpose of offering testimony is a contempt. 84 C. 62. Applies to town courts. 82 C. 265. Nature of proceedings and procedure in general. Id., 262; 84 C. 60. Judgment should contain the facts upon which conclusion of contempt is based; criminal contempt held not to constitute true criminal offense. 147 C. 167. Held that contemptuous statements in writing submitted to the court can constitute a contempt in the presence of the court; even if warning given the accused by the court could be distorted into an adjudication that he would not be found in contempt, that adjudication remained subject to change during the course of the trial; statements made in a motion for disqualification of a judge held to constitute a contempt of court. 148 C. 77. As long as punishment is kept within the prescribed term, the court's jurisdiction to impose such punishment summarily is clear and does not offend due process guarantees; section neither expressly nor impliedly repealed by Sec. 51-33a, both are operative. 186 C. 256. Where contemptuous conduct is committed in the presence of the court, punishment may be announced summarily and a writ of error is the sole method to review such a summary criminal contempt citation. 189 C. 663, 666. Cited. 191 C. 110; 197 C. 566; 207 C. 456; 214 C. 344. Trial court authorized to sentence plaintiff to an aggregate sentence greater than 6 months based on 3 separate incidents of contemptuous conduct. 221 C 498. Cited. 222 C. 591; 225 C. 355; 230 C. 698; 241 C. 569. Trial court improperly determined plaintiff could no longer invoke privilege against self-incrimination and improperly held him in contempt for refusing to answer questions at the criminal trial of codefendant based on plaintiff's previous waiver of the privilege at his own criminal trial. 259 C. 487.

Court is authorized to impose sentence of 6 months' imprisonment for criminal contempt where defendant's use of profanity in open court disrupts court proceedings, reflects disobedience to court's order to be silent and imposes an indignity on authority of the court. 88 CA 599.

Contempt in constructive presence of court discussed. 36 CS 547. Until trial court's summary adjudication of contempt is challenged by writ of error, a presumption of finality is accorded to trial judge's exercise of discretion in dealing with contemptuous conduct in his presence. Id., 550.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-279b — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-279b
Sec. 51-279b. Racketeering unit. Bond forfeiture unit. Standards for compromise and settlement of forfeited bonds.
Status: in_force

(b) The Chief State's Attorney shall establish a bond forfeiture unit within the Division of Criminal Justice. Such unit shall be responsible for the collection, in the name of the state, and by suit when necessary, of all forfeited bonds payable to the state. Such unit may compromise and settle forfeited bonds for less than the amount thereof without regard to the expiration of any stay of forfeiture.

(c) The Chief State's Attorney shall develop uniform standards for the compromise and settlement of forfeited bonds. Such standards shall be applied on a state-wide basis.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-49b — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-49b
Sec. 51-49b. Cost of living allowance for retired judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges.
Status: in_force

(b) On January 1, 2012, and January first of each subsequent year, each judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge who retires as a judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge on or after October 2, 2011, shall receive, in addition to the retirement salary to which such judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge was entitled under the provisions of section 51-49a , 51-49i , 51-50 or 51-50a as of the December thirty-first immediately preceding, a cost of living allowance equivalent to the cost of living allowance applied to the retirement salary of members of the state employees retirement system who retired on or after October 2, 2011, for the same period.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-50e — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-50e
Sec. 51-50e. Senior judge may complete matters after expiration of his assignment.
Status: in_force

Discussed; history of state referees. 164 C. 360.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-63 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 874 / Section 51-63
Sec. 51-63. Official court reporter and court recording monitor charges for transcripts. Official and assistant stenographers of the Workers' Compensation Commission charges for transcripts.
Status: in_force

(2) In addition to a salary, an official court reporter and a court recording monitor shall be entitled to charge any public official, other than a judicial officer or employee of the Judicial Branch, two dollars and forty cents for each transcript page that is ordered and transcribed from the official record as provided by law, provided such rate may only be charged once. The charge to any public official, other than a judicial officer or employee of the Judicial Branch, shall be ninety cents for each transcript page previously produced, except (A) there shall be no charge to the state's attorney for a transcript provided pursuant to subsection (d) of section 51-61 , and (B) there shall be no charge to the court for a transcript provided pursuant to subsection (f) of section 51-61 .

(b) The fee for a transcript of such record, when made for the court or for the state's attorney when acting in the court's or state's attorney's official capacity, and for one copy each to the plaintiff and the defendant, shall, upon the certificate of the presiding judge having so ordered such transcript, be paid as other court expenses and, in all other cases, by the party ordering the same, and such copies shall be furnished within a reasonable time.

(c) Official and assistant stenographers in the offices of the administrative law judges shall be entitled, in addition to the compensation otherwise provided for, to the same fees for preparing transcripts as are provided for official court reporters and court recording monitors in the Superior Court.

Cited. 7 CA 286.

Ethics board did not err in treating court reporters and Workers' Compensation Commission hearing reporters differently. 52 CS 304.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-47b — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-47b
Sec. 51-47b. Compensation of senior judges and referees.
Status: in_force

(b) In no event shall the total of a retired judge's compensation, defined as retirement salary plus fees payable by the state for services as a senior judge or state referee for services rendered in any fiscal year, exceed the highest annual salary specified by section 51-47 during the fiscal year for the judicial office held by the retired judge at the time of retirement.

See Sec. 52-434(f) re per diem compensation of state referees.

Cited. 214 C. 552.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-285 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-285
Sec. 51-285. Special prosecutors, special inspectors and special federal prosecutors.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon the request of the Attorney General, the Chief State's Attorney may designate any attorney requested by the Attorney General as a special assistant state's attorney to prosecute any criminal offense, except violations of titles 9, 14, 18, 29, 46a, 53 and 53a, chapters 420b and 420c of title 21a and sections 17b-97 and 17b-99 . If such designation of any attorney is denied, the Chief State's Attorney shall state the reasons for such denial in writing.

(c) The Chief State's Attorney may designate any assistant state's attorney from the office of the Chief State's Attorney or any other assistant state's attorney on request of the appropriate state's attorney for appointment as a special assistant United States attorney to assist in the investigation and prosecution of specific criminal matters in federal court.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-219c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-219c
Sec. 51-219c. Adjustment in number of jurors.
Status: in_force

Cited. 197 C. 629; 237 C. 454.

Cited. 40 CA 762.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-10 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 870 / Section 51-10
Sec. 51-10. Appointment of Jury Administrator and assistants. Selection of director of security and safety of the Judicial Department.
Status: in_force

(b) The Chief Court Administrator may select from among inspectors appointed by the Chief State's Attorney an individual who shall serve as the director of security and safety of the Judicial Department while retaining his status as an inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice. Such inspector shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief Court Administrator in the capacity of director of security and safety of the Judicial Department, and shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Judicial Department.

See Sec. 51-219a re duties of Jury Administrator.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-193c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-193c
Sec. 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.
Status: in_force

(b) For the purposes of this section, the judges of the Superior Court may prescribe alternative methods for the signing, subscribing or verifying by a person of any document or data that is required by law to be filed with the Superior Court or with a judge or judge trial referee thereof so that such document or data shall have the same validity and status as a paper document that was signed, subscribed or verified by such person.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Chief Court Administrator may permit any payment that is required by law to be paid to the clerk of the Superior Court to be made by the use of any technology. The payor may be charged a service fee for any such payment. The service fee shall not exceed any charge by the service provider, including any discount rate.

(d) Any notice, order, judgment, decision, decree, memorandum, ruling, opinion, mittimus, warrant and any form related to such warrant, affidavit, finding or similar document that is issued by the Superior Court or by a judge, judge trial referee or family support magistrate thereof, by a magistrate appointed pursuant to section 51-193 l or by a commissioner of the Superior Court approved by the Chief Court Administrator to hear small claims pursuant to section 52-549d , may be signed or verified by computer or facsimile transmission or by employing other technology in accordance with procedures and technical standards, if any, established by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator, and such notice, order, judgment, decision, decree, memorandum, ruling, opinion, mittimus, warrant and any form related to such warrant, affidavit, finding or similar document shall have the same validity and status as a paper document that was signed or verified by the Superior Court or by a judge, judge trial referee or family support magistrate thereof, by a magistrate appointed pursuant to section 51-193 l or by a commissioner of the Superior Court approved by the Chief Court Administrator to hear small claims pursuant to section 52-549d .

(e) The judges of the Superior Court may adopt any rules they deem necessary to implement the provisions of this section and the Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall prescribe any forms required to implement such provisions.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-51r — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872a / Section 51-51r
Sec. 51-51r. Appeal.
Status: in_force

Cited. 193 C. 180; 227 C. 784; 240 C. 157.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-290 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 887 / Section 51-290
Sec. 51-290. Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender; appointment, qualifications, removal, salary.
Status: in_force

(b) The Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender shall be attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in this state for at least five years.

(c) The Chief Public Defender and the Deputy Chief Public Defender shall each devote his full time to the duties of his office and shall not otherwise engage in the practice of law or be a partner, member or associate of a law firm.

(d) The Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender shall not be removed or suspended from office during their terms except by order of the commission for just cause after due notice and hearing.

(e) The salaries of the Chief Public Defender and the Deputy Chief Public Defender shall be the same as that paid to the Chief State's Attorney and to deputy chief state's attorneys, respectively, under the provisions of chapter 886.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-95a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 877 / Section 51-95a
Sec. 51-95a. (Formerly Sec. 51-193a). Justice of the peace not to transact judicial business.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 51-273:

Cited. 149 C. 151.

Cited. 23 CS 410.

Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 58, 59. With regard to judgment records of former minor courts, clerks of circuit court exercise duty of custody and safekeeping; they are not successors in office to clerks of said courts and are not enabled to amplify or complete any record of such courts in their custody; they may certify only to authenticity of documents in their custody, without verbal alteration. Id., 688.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-80 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-80
Sec. 51-80. Admission.
Status: in_force

Employment of attorney as such does not authorize him to discharge plaintiff's claim. 21 C. 245. In suits by him for services, his professional standing and amount of business may be inquired into. 40 C. 97; 105 C. 444; 107 C. 383. A woman may be admitted as an attorney. 50 C. 131. Power of court to remove attorney, and proper causes therefor. 66 C. 585; 80 C. 140; 84 C. 602; 88 C. 447; 90 C. 440; 112 C. 269. Nature of office of attorney. 72 C. 244; 74 C. 700; 80 C. 147. Qualification and procedure for admission generally. 79 C. 46. Right to practice not a property right. Id., 55. Disbarment of attorney who is also judge of probate does not disqualify him as to latter office. 88 C. 447. Source of court's authority for its rules. Id., 456. Order for indefinite suspension is valid. 90 C. 441. Proper to vest in bar examining committee power to make decisions under rules of judges, including power to determine approved law schools. 116 C. 417. History of law with respect to admission of attorneys. 129 C. 52. Applicant may be admitted only when qualified in accordance with rules established by judges; rules have force of statute. 132 C. 241. Legislative recognition of inherent right of the Superior Court to promulgate rules for admission of attorneys; history of section reviewed. 145 C. 222. Cited. 146 C. 556. Can be construed only as a legislative recognition of inherent power of the Superior Court; questions of law arising upon proceedings for admission to the bar are properly presented in a petition to the court. 148 C. 177. Cited. 154 C. 129, 150. Applicant, member of Maryland bar, admitted without examination although practice in Connecticut would be confined to one corporate client. 155 C. 186. Authority of the Superior Court to regulate the conduct of attorneys who are officers of the court. 180 C. 443. Cited. 220 C. 812.

Cited. 9 CA 825; 29 CA 43.

Cited. 20 CS 268. Terms of injunction in accordance with Supreme Court decision re practice of law by trust departments of banks. 21 CS 42. If an applicant seeks admittance to the bar without examination, he is not the victim of discrimination if strict compliance with the rule is insisted on. 22 CS 214. New York attorney not a member of Connecticut bar held not entitled to recover for legal services rendered in Connecticut. 23 CS 225. Cited. 34 CS 674.

Legislature, by insertion of exception clause in Sec. 1-19, presumed to intend to exclude from operation of “right to know” statutes exclusive power over admission to bar vested in Superior Court by this section. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 313, 321.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-246 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-246
Sec. 51-246. Court may require jury to remain together in certain cases.
Status: in_force

Court's action in holding jury for 10 days in capital case pending recovery of a juror who was taken sick during trial held a proper exercise of discretion. 106 C. 722. Entirely within discretion of trial court. 166 C. 455. Cited. 177 C. 677. Death penalty unconstitutional under Art. I, Secs. 8 and 9 of Connecticut Constitution. 318 C. 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-219b — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-219b
Sec. 51-219b. How to determine number of jurors to be summoned.
Status: in_force

(b) Clerks of court shall keep and furnish any records and data which the Jury Administrator requires in order to determine whether jurors are being effectively utilized.

(c) For the purpose of analyzing whether the number of prospective jurors required by section 51-220 is suitable, at such times as the Jury Administrator deems necessary, each chief clerk of the Superior Court shall notify the Jury Administrator in writing of (1) the estimated number of prospective jurors who will be needed to serve at such particular court location or locations during the year commencing the first of the next succeeding September, and (2) the towns from which the prospective jurors shall be drawn.

Cited. 197 C. 629.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-239 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-239
Sec. 51-239. Selection of panel.
Status: in_force

Cited. 132 C. 87.

Cited. 41 CS 48.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-190a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-190a
Sec. 51-190a. (Formerly Sec. 51-161). Filing of papers upon decision.
Status: in_force

(b) In the trial of an action before a judge of the Superior Court that could not have been brought to the Superior Court, the judge, when a decision has been reached, if the action relates to an interest in land, shall file the papers in the action and a memorandum of decision with the clerk of the superior court in the judicial district in which the land affected is located.

(c) When an action is tried by a judge of the Superior Court other than those mentioned in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, and it is not otherwise provided by law where the papers shall be filed, the judge, when a decision has been reached, shall designate a clerk of the Superior Court with whom the papers shall be filed and shall thereupon file the papers and a memorandum of decision with the clerk.

(d) The clerk of the Superior Court with whom the papers and memorandum of decision are filed pursuant to this section is the lawful custodian thereof.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-49a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-49a
Sec. 51-49a. Vested and nonforfeitable right to retirement salary after ten years of service.
Status: in_force

(b) Any such judge or administrative law judge who first commenced service as a judge or administrative law judge prior to January 1, 1981, and who resigns (1) on or before October 1, 2011, (2) prior to becoming eligible to retire under section 51-50a , and (3) after at least ten years of service, shall receive, at such time as he would have been eligible to so retire if he had continued in such service, as retirement salary, annually, fifty per cent of the retirement salary he would have received had he served until he was so eligible, plus ten per cent of such retirement salary for each year of service beyond ten years but for not more than five years of additional service.

(c) Any such judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge‘ who first commenced service as a judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge on or after January 1, 1981, and who resigns (1) on or before October 1, 2011, (2) prior to becoming eligible to retire under section 51-50a , and (3) after at least ten years of service, shall receive, at such time as he would have been eligible to so retire if he had continued in such service, annually, an amount equal to the fraction of the retirement salary he would have received had he served until he was so eligible that corresponds to the ratio which the number of years of his completed service bears to the number of years of service which would have been completed at age sixty-five or twenty years, whichever is less.

(d) Any such judge or administrative law judge who first commenced service as a judge or administrative law judge prior to January 1, 1981, and who resigns (1) on or after October 2, 2011, and prior to July 1, 2022, (2) prior to becoming eligible to retire under section 51-50a , and (3) after at least ten years of service, shall receive, at such time as he would have been eligible to so retire if he had continued in such service, but in no event earlier than at sixty-two years of age, annually, an amount equal to the fraction of the retirement salary he would have received had he been eligible to retire on the date of his resignation that corresponds to the ratio that the number of years of his completed service bears to the number of years of service that would have been completed at sixty-five years of age or twenty years, whichever is less.

(e) Any such judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge who first commenced service as a judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge on or after January 1, 1981, and prior to July 1, 2011, and who resigns (1) on or after October 2, 2011, and prior to July 1, 2022, (2) prior to becoming eligible to retire under section 51-50a , and (3) after at least ten years of service, shall receive, at such time as he would have been eligible to so retire if he had continued in such service, but in no event earlier than at sixty-five years of age, annually, an amount equal to the fraction of the retirement salary he would have received had he been eligible to retire on the date of his resignation that corresponds to the ratio that the number of years of his completed service bears to the number of years of service that would have been completed at sixty-five years of age or twenty years, whichever is less.

(f) Any such judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge who first commenced service as a judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge on or after July 1, 2011, and who resigns (1) prior to becoming eligible to retire under section 51-49i or 51-50a , and (2) after at least ten years of service, shall receive, at such time as he would have been eligible to so retire if he had continued in such service, but in no event earlier than at sixty-five years of age, annually, an amount equal to the fraction of the retirement salary he would have received had he been eligible to retire on the date of his resignation that corresponds to the ratio that the number of years of his completed service bears to the number of years of service that would have been completed at sixty-five years of age or twenty years, whichever is less.

(g) In determining the amount of retirement payments to be made pursuant to subsections (b) to (f), inclusive, of this section, longevity payments which would have been made if the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge had continued to serve as a judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge from the date of resignation with a vested right to a retirement salary shall not be included in the computation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-90b — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-90b
Sec. 51-90b. Grievance panels. Appointment, qualifications and terms of members.
Status: in_force

(b) Of the members first appointed, one member shall serve for a term of one year, one member shall serve for a term of two years, and one member and the alternate member shall serve for a term of three years. Thereafter, all members shall serve for a term of three years commencing July first. Any vacancy in the membership of a panel shall be filled by the executive committee of the Superior Court which shall appoint an attorney-at-law or nonattorney, depending on the position vacated, in accordance with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section for the unexpired portion of the term.

(c) An attorney who maintains an office for the practice of law in the same judicial district as a respondent may not participate as a member of a grievance panel concerning a complaint against that respondent.

Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 234 C. 539; 235 C. 693; 239 C. 449.

Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 46 CA 450.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-50f — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-50f
Sec. 51-50f. Powers of certain state referees.
Status: in_force

See Conn. Const. Art. V, S. 6 re seventy-year age limit for persons serving as judges unless serving as state referee.

See Secs. 52-434, 52-434a re state referees.

Cited. 158 C. 16; 163 C. 14. Discussed; history of state referees. 164 C. 360.

Referee directed to file report under Sec. 13a-76 where case had been heard before passage of this section. 27 CS 494.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-216 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 883a / Section 51-216
Sec. 51-216. Salary and fees of reporter.
Status: in_force

(b) The reporter shall receive for copies of opinions such sum per page as is fixed by the judges, such fees to be accounted for to the Comptroller and paid over to the Treasurer. The Reporter of Judicial Decisions shall not receive fees for certified copies of opinions filed pursuant to the provisions of section 51-213 or for such copies as the judges may direct him to furnish without charge.

(c) The reporter shall be eligible for the benefits of the state employees retirement plan as provided by chapter 66.

See Sec. 51-212 re appointment and duties of Reporter of Judicial Decisions.

Reporter cannot be required either to give, or to allow to be taken, copies of decisions for publication. 53 C. 416; 61 C. 413.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-51 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-51
Sec. 51-51. Pensions for surviving spouses and children of judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges.
Status: in_force

(1) The surviving spouse of a person who was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall receive, annually, one-third of the salary for the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

(2) The surviving spouse of a Chief Court Administrator who was a judge shall receive, annually, one-third of the salary for the office of Chief Court Administrator.

(3) The surviving spouse of a person who was an associate judge of the Supreme Court, shall receive, annually, one-third of the salary for the office of an associate judge of the Supreme Court.

(4) The surviving spouse of a person who was Chief Judge of the Appellate Court shall receive, annually, one-third of the salary for the office of Chief Judge of the Appellate Court.

(5) The surviving spouse of a judge of the Appellate Court shall receive, annually, one-third of the salary for the office of a judge of the Appellate Court.

(6) The surviving spouse of a Deputy Chief Court Administrator who was a judge shall receive, annually, one-third of the salary for the office of Deputy Chief Court Administrator.

(7) The surviving spouse of a person who was a judge of the Superior Court shall receive, annually, one-third of the salary for the office of a judge of the Superior Court.

(8) The surviving spouse of a deceased judge of the Court of Common Pleas, of the Circuit Court or of the Juvenile Court, shall receive annually, one-third of the salary for the office of Superior Court judge.

(9) The surviving spouse of a deceased administrative law judge shall receive, annually, one-third of the salary of an administrative law judge.

(b) The surviving spouse of a deceased judge of the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court or the Superior Court or of a family support magistrate or of an administrative law judge who first commenced service as a judge, a family support magistrate or an administrative law judge on or after January 1, 1981, and (1) who died while holding judicial office or the office of family support magistrate or administrative law judge shall receive, annually, for the rest of his or her natural life, an allowance equal to one-third of the salary such judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge was receiving on the date of his or her death; or (2) who died after the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge had retired shall receive, annually, for the rest of his or her natural life, an allowance equal to one-half of the retirement salary including any cost of living allowances the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge was receiving on the date of his or her death.

(c) The surviving spouse of a deceased judge or of a family support magistrate or of an administrative law judge who died after the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge had resigned with a vested right to a retirement salary under the provisions of section 51-49a , shall receive, annually, for the rest of his or her natural life, an allowance equal to one-half of the retirement salary the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge would have received had he or she lived until he or she was so eligible.

(d) If a judge, family support magistrate or an administrative law judge leaves no surviving spouse, or if the surviving spouse dies before the youngest child of such judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge reaches the age of eighteen, the pension, if any, otherwise payable to his or her surviving spouse under this section shall be payable, until the youngest child reaches the age of eighteen, to the guardian of the child, for the support of such child and any other children of the judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge under the age of eighteen.

(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a surviving spouse or child who is receiving a pension under the provisions of any special act.

Cited. 147 C. 656; 213 C. 54.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-181
Sec. 51-181. Times and places for the sitting of the Superior Court.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 51-180 re criminal terms and sessions.

See Sec. 51-183a re procedure when a judge is unable to hold court.

Cited. 139 C. 260; 143 C. 688; 174 C. 567; 199 C. 417.

Superior Court is continuously in session with four sessions held on first Tuesdays of September, January and April and on first Tuesday following July 4; a session is only part of a “term”. 28 CS 118.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-15 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 870 / Section 51-15
Sec. 51-15. Rules of procedure in certain civil actions. Small claims.
Status: repealed

(b) The judges of the Superior Court shall adopt orders and rules for the hearing and determination of small claims that shall include: (1) Provisions for the institution of small claims actions by attorneys-at-law on suitable forms to be served by a proper officer or indifferent person upon the defendant in the same manner as complaints are served in civil actions; (2) notice by mail; (3) provisions for the early hearing of actions and rules for hearings in accordance with sections 51-193t and 52-549a , and the elimination of any and all fees or costs, except a fee for small claims procedure as prescribed in section 52-259 ; (4) modification of any or all existing rules of pleading, practice and evidence; and (5) a stay of the entry of judgment or of the issuance of execution and an alternative procedure according to the usual rules of practice. Such orders and rules shall permit the institution of a small claims action against a nonresident defendant who owns real or personal property in this state and against an out-of-state corporation.

(c) Upon the taking effect of such orders and rules, all provisions of statute, both public and private, and the provisions of any orders or rules adopted by the judges of the Superior Court prior to July 1, 1957, inconsistent with or superseded by them, shall be deemed to be repealed, to the extent necessary to render the orders and rules effective.

(d) The procedure for the hearing and determination of small claims as the same may be prescribed, from time to time, by the judges of the Superior Court shall be used in all small claims sessions of the court. The small claims procedure shall only be applicable to (1) all actions claiming money damages not in excess of five thousand dollars, except such procedure shall not be applicable to actions of libel and slander, and (2) actions claiming loss or damages not in excess of fifteen thousand dollars sustained by reason of (A) performance of, or offer to perform, home improvement, as defined in section 20-419 , by a contractor holding a certificate under chapter 400, or (B) a contract for new home construction with a new home construction contractor holding a certificate under chapter 399a. If an action is brought in the small claims session by a tenant pursuant to subsection (g) of section 47a-21 to reclaim any part of a security deposit which may be due, the judicial authority hearing the action may award to the tenant the damages authorized by subsection (d) of said section and, if authorized by the rental agreement or any provision of the general statutes, costs, notwithstanding that the amount of such damages and costs, in the aggregate, exceeds the jurisdictional monetary limit established by subdivision (1) of this subsection. If a motion is filed to transfer a small claims matter to the regular docket in the court, the moving party shall pay the fee prescribed by section 52-259 . The Attorney General or an assistant attorney general, or the head of any state agency or his or her authorized representative, while acting in his or her official capacity shall not be required to pay any small claims court fee. There shall be no charge for copies of service on defendants in small claims matters.

See chapter 922a re hearing of small claims matters.

See Sec. 52-259 re court fees for entry and transfer of small claims cases.

Cited. 115 C. 101; 194 C. 43.

Cited. 37 CA 85. Jurisdictional money limit of $5,000 for small claims actions applies to both the amount that may be claimed and the amount the court may award. 140 CA 514.

Proper pleading by which to test the legal sufficiency of allegations in an alternative writ of mandamus is by motion to quash and not by demurrer. 15 CS 209. Cited. 38 CS 389; 40 CS 361; 43 CS 211.

History of small claims procedures discussed. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 5, 6; Id., 698, 700.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-81 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-81
Sec. 51-81. Investigation of qualifications of applicants for admission to the bar.
Status: in_force

(b) A person shall not be excused from testifying before the committee, or any member thereof or from producing books, records or papers on the ground that the testimony or the production of the books, records or papers will tend to incriminate him, but such evidence shall not be used in any criminal proceedings against him.

(c) If any person disobeys any such subpoena or, having appeared in obedience thereto, refuses to answer any pertinent question put to him by the committee or any member thereof, the committee or member may complain to the state's attorney of the judicial district within which the investigation is being made, who, upon being furnished with the necessary information, shall immediately apply to the Superior Court, or to a judge thereof if the court is not in session, setting forth such disobedience to process or refusal to answer. The court or judge shall cite such person to appear before the court or judge and shall inquire as to the truth of the allegations contained in the application. If the court or judge finds the allegations to be true, the court or judge shall commit the person to a community correctional center until he testifies, but not for a longer period than sixty days.

(d) Any such process may be directed to any proper officer and the officer shall serve the process as commanded therein.

(e) The State Bar Examining Committee shall develop and implement a procedure to adapt the administration of the bar examination to the needs of persons with disabilities, provided any such adaptation shall not compromise the validity of the examination. Such procedure shall include a method of informing persons with disabilities of the opportunity to request such an adaptation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-238 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-238
Sec. 51-238. Judge may direct juror attendance.
Status: in_force

Retaining jury beyond term in New Haven Court of Common Pleas. 67 C. 581. Cited. 237 C. 454.

Cited. 40 CA 762.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-212 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 883a / Section 51-212
Sec. 51-212. Reporter of Judicial Decisions. Reports of Supreme Court opinions. Compilation of legal publications.
Status: in_force

(b) The reporter or the person appointed to perform his duties shall make reports of the cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court, prepare the reports for publication, and insert after the syllabus of each case the date of the arguments and the date of the decision.

(c) The reporter shall, from time to time at the direction of the Commission on Official Legal Publications, compile for publication cumulative supplements to the Connecticut Practice Book and perform such other duties in the compilation and preparation of material for publication in the official legal publications as may be assigned to him by the commission.

See Sec. 51-216a et seq. re legal publications.

Reporter not obliged to furnish copies of opinions for publication in advance of official reports. 53 C. 419; 61 C. 417.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-238a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 884 / Section 51-238a
Sec. 51-238a. Length of term of service as juror.
Status: in_force

Cited. 220 C. 487; 237 C. 238.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-95 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 877 / Section 51-95
Sec. 51-95. Qualification and certification of nominated justices of the peace.
Status: in_force

(b) Each such justice of the peace, after taking the official oath, shall furnish his signature to such town clerk upon a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary of the State. The form shall be delivered or sent by the clerk to each nominated justice of the peace within the town.

(c) If a person nominated to be a justice of the peace fails to take the oath or to furnish his signature to the town clerk on or before the first Monday in January following his nomination, or the first Tuesday in January if the first Monday in January following the nomination is a legal holiday, the office to which he was nominated shall be deemed vacant.

(d) The town clerk of each town shall keep a record of the names of such qualified justices of the peace.

(e) On or before the fifteenth day of January following the nomination of justices of the peace or, if nominated to fill a vacancy, within ten days after the nomination, the town clerk shall make a certificate upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of the State, stating the names of such qualified justices of the peace in the town, which names shall be set forth as on the registry list of electors in the town. The town clerk shall transmit the certificate to the Secretary of the State.

(f) The certificate shall be sufficient authority upon receipt for the Secretary of the State to certify that the justices of the peace were duly nominated and qualified. Town clerks may also certify to the nomination and qualification of justices of the peace in their respective towns.

(g) Within thirty days after the fifteenth day of January following the nomination of any justice of the peace, and provided the signature form has been received by the town clerk, the town clerk shall issue to each such qualified justice of the peace a certificate of qualification setting forth his name, address, term of office and a statement that he is qualified to act as a justice of the peace.

(h) Each such justice of the peace shall cause the certificate of qualification to be displayed to any person who seeks his service as a justice of the peace.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-108 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 877 / Section 51-108
Sec. 51-108. Files and minutes admissible as evidence.
Status: in_force

Minutes need not be technically full and accurate. 51 C. 541.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-216b — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 883b / Section 51-216b
Sec. 51-216b. (Formerly Sec. 51-18). Sale and distribution of publications. Contracts. Expenses.
Status: in_force

(2) The commission may appoint a selling agent or agents to handle the sales, and a publishing agent or agents to attend to the publication and distribution, under its supervision, of official legal publications, upon such terms as it deems to be in the best interest of the state.

(3) The commission may enter into contracts with publishing and printing concerns and others in any state for the printing or photolithographing and for the binding of such volumes as may be necessary and for the storage of volumes.

(4) The commission shall have custody of the electroplates and stereotypes of the volumes of reports and may repair and replace them from time to time when necessary for proper printing therefrom. It may sell any electroplates or stereotypes when in its opinion they are no longer of use to the state.

(b) (1) Money received from sales permitted under this section shall be deposited with the State Treasurer as provided by law and shall be credited to the General Fund. Overpayments made to the commission in an amount not to exceed five dollars shall not be refunded but shall be deposited in the General Fund. Claims for refunds due to overpayment shall be presented within one year after they accrue or shall be deemed to be waived, except that claims for refunds due to overpayments made prior to October 1, 1995, may be presented within one year of October 1, 1995.

(2) Bills contracted and expenses incurred by the commission for the purposes specified in this section and sections 51-215a , 51-216a and 51-216c shall be paid from moneys appropriated from the General Fund.

(c) The commission shall (1) furnish official legal publications free of charge to courts of record and law libraries within the state, and to public officers, departments, agencies, boards and commissions within the state, according to their legitimate needs as determined by the commission, and (2) furnish the Connecticut Law Journal free of charge to any member of the General Assembly making a request therefor during the term for which he is elected.

(d) If the town clerk of any town certifies to the commission, and the commission, upon investigation, determines, that volumes of reports in the possession of the town clerk are not of substantial use to the people of the town, the volumes shall be delivered to the commission or its agent for the use of the state or for sale to the public on behalf of the state. The commission may utilize for the purposes of this section any volumes which may be turned over to the state by the town clerks or other public officers or agencies.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164t — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-164t
Sec. 51-164t. Composition of Superior Court established by rule.
Status: in_force

(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall assign to each division or part thereof as many judges as he deems advisable and shall designate the holding of sessions of divisions and parts at such times and localities as he deems to be in the best interest of court business, taking into consideration the convenience of litigants and their counsel, and the efficient use of courthouse personnel and facilities.

Cited. 214 C. 256.

Cited. 39 CS 347.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-50l — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-50l
Sec. 51-50l. Retired senior judges eligible for appointment as state referees.
Status: in_force

(b) Each such judge who was a judge of the Superior Court or the Court of Common Pleas may exercise, as shall be prescribed by law, the powers of a judge of the Superior Court on matters referred to him as a state referee by the Chief Court Administrator as provided in section 2 of article eighth of the amendments to the Constitution of this state.

Cited. 199 C. 496.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-90a — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-90a
Sec. 51-90a. Powers and duties of State-Wide Grievance Committee.
Status: in_force

Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228; 234 C. 539.

Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 46 CA 450.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-277e — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-277e
Sec. 51-277e. Office of the Inspector General established. Appointment of Inspector General. Powers and duties of office.
Status: in_force

(b) The Inspector General shall serve a term of four years from July first in the year of the appointment unless sooner removed by the Criminal Justice Commission. The commission shall not be precluded from reappointing an individual who has previously served as Inspector General.

(c) An Inspector General may be removed or otherwise disciplined only in accordance with section 51-278b .

(d) The Inspector General may issue subpoenas to municipalities, law enforcement units, as defined in section 7-294 , the Department of Correction and any employee or former employee of the municipality, unit or department (1) requiring the production of reports, records or other documents concerning an investigation described in subsection (a) of this section that is undertaken by the Inspector General, and (2) compelling the attendance and testimony of any person having knowledge pertinent to such investigation.

(e) A chief of police of a municipality, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the Commissioner of Correction may refer and the Inspector General shall accept any such referral of an incident described in subsection (a) of this section for purposes of an investigation.

(f) The Office of the Inspector General shall be at a location that is separate from the locations of the Office of the Chief State's Attorney or any of the state's attorneys for the judicial districts.

(g) The Inspector General may employ necessary staff to fulfil the duties of the Office of the Inspector General described in subsection (a) of this section. Such staff shall be selected by the Inspector General within the confines of any existing collective bargaining agreement and shall include, but not be limited to, an assistant state's attorney or a deputy assistant state's attorney, an inspector and administrative staff. As needed by and upon request of the Inspector General, the Office of the Chief State's Attorney shall ensure assistance from additional assistant state's attorneys or deputy assistant state's attorneys, inspectors and administrative staff.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-53 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 873 / Section 51-53
Sec. 51-53. Clerks to give notice of decrees of court by mail or electronic delivery.
Status: in_force

(b) The time limited by law for commencing appellate proceedings on the decision, order, decree, denial or ruling shall date from the time when such notice is issued by the clerk.

See Sec. 45a-187 re time of taking probate appeals.

Cited. 132 C. 627; 178 C. 189; 181 C. 367; 232 C. 181.

Cited. 36 CA 469; 44 CA 812; 45 CA 324; 46 CA 298.

Section applied. 31 CS 53.

Subsec. (a):

Clerk's failure to issue notice of an order does not render the order ineffective. 131 CA 471.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-49c — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-49c
Sec. 51-49c. Cost of living allowance for surviving spouses of judges, family support magistrates and administrative law judges.
Status: in_force

(b) On January 1, 2012, and January first of each subsequent year, each surviving spouse of a deceased judge, a family support magistrate or an administrative law judge who first commenced service as a judge, a family support magistrate or an administrative law judge on or after January 1, 1981, receiving an allowance under the provisions of section 51-51 , shall be entitled to an additional cost of living allowance equivalent to the cost of living allowance applied to the retirement salary of members of the state employees retirement system who retired on or after October 2, 2011, for the same period.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164x — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-164x
Sec. 51-164x. Review of order prohibiting attendance at court session; review of certain orders sealing or limiting disclosure to court documents, affidavits or files.
Status: in_force

(b) No order subject to review pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be effective until seventy-two hours after it has been issued, and the timely filing of any petition for review shall stay the order.

(c) Any person affected by a court order that seals or limits the disclosure of any files, affidavits, documents or other material on file with the court or filed in connection with a court proceeding, except (1) any order issued pursuant to section 46b-11 or 54-33c or any other provision of the general statutes under which the court is authorized to seal or limit the disclosure of files, affidavits, documents or materials, whether at a pretrial or trial stage, and (2) any order issued pursuant to a court rule that seals or limits the disclosure of any affidavit in support of an arrest warrant, shall have the right to the review of such order by the filing of a petition for review with the Appellate Court within seventy-two hours from the issuance of such court order.

(d) The Appellate Court shall provide an expedited hearing on such petitions filed pursuant to subsections (a) and (c) of this section in accordance with such rules as the judges of the Appellate Court may adopt, consistent with the rights of the petitioner and the parties to the case.

Cited. 208 C. 365; 222 C. 331; 229 C. 178; 230 C. 441; 233 C. 44; 237 C. 339; 240 C. 623.

Cited. 18 CA 273; 23 CA 433; 26 CA 758; 43 CA 851; 45 CA 142. Section does not provide expedited review of protective order issued pursuant to Sec. 13-5 of the Practice Book. 51 CA 287. Confers jurisdiction for court to review order permitting use of pseudonyms regardless of whether the order is separate or connected to an order sealing a file or any portion thereof; Subsec. (c) provides court with jurisdiction to review a court order that limits disclosure of any material on file; defendants' names are “material on file” and omitting those names and permitting them to be replaced with pseudonyms constitutes limiting their disclosure; whole purpose of statute is to afford expedited review of a court order that limits disclosure, and its express provisions do not contain an exception for nondisclosure of the identity of others. 96 CA 399. Documents at issue are judicial documents that are presumed to be open to the public; respondent waived right to have court seal the documents by disclosing them and by not asking for them to be sealed at time of filing, and trial court's subsequent order allowing disclosure to only certain parties was not proper. 120 CA 837. An order that prevents the media or the public from obtaining copies of documentary or photographic trial exhibits, unless otherwise prohibited from disclosure by an existing order or otherwise applicable law, constitutes a limit on disclosure as contemplated by section and the Practice Book; petitioner had a presumptive right not only to inspect all trial exhibits in custody of clerk's office but to obtain copies of those exhibits. 174 CA 298.

Order for closure too broad where included presentation of evidence on newspaper circulation, prior publicity and publishing policies. 37 CS 627. Cited. Id., 705; 38 CS 546.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-286i — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-286i
Sec. 51-286i. Pilot program to identify and track homeless, addicted and mentally ill persons entering criminal justice system.
Status: in_force

(b) The office of the state's attorney for each such judicial district shall screen cases in order to identify and track persons arrested who are homeless, drug addicted or mentally ill for intensive assistance, and shall refer such persons to diversion programs, counseling, treatment, housing assistance and reentry programs in an effort to stabilize such person and prevent future arrests of such person, provided the office shall retain the discretion to dispose of any case in any manner, with a focus on alternatives to incarceration and that the court shall maintain jurisdiction over the cases to ensure compliance with any ordered treatment or counseling.

(c) The Chief State's Attorney shall establish policies and procedures to implement the pilot program required by this section and, on or before February 1, 2019, shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, in accordance with section 11-4a , concerning the implementation of the pilot program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-277 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 886 / Section 51-277
Sec. 51-277. Powers and duties of division. Representation of the state by Chief State's Attorney.
Status: in_force

(b) The division shall take all steps necessary and proper to prosecute all crimes and offenses against the laws of the state and ordinances, regulations and bylaws of any town, city, borough, district or other municipal corporation or authority.

(c) The division, through the Chief State's Attorney, shall participate on behalf of the state in all appellate, post-trial and postconviction proceedings arising out of the initiation of any criminal action whether or not the proceedings are denominated civil or criminal for other purposes.

(d) (1) The Chief State's Attorney and each deputy chief state's attorney may sign any warrants, informations, applications for grand jury investigations and applications for extradition.

(2) The Chief State's Attorney may, with the prior consent of the state's attorney for the judicial district, appear in court to represent the state.

(3) The Chief State's Attorney may represent the state in lieu of a state's attorney for a judicial district in any investigation, criminal action or proceeding if the Chief State's Attorney finds by clear and convincing evidence, misconduct, conflict of interest or malfeasance of a state's attorney, provided, upon request of such state's attorney, the Criminal Justice Commission, pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, and after notice and hearing and good cause shown, may designate such state's attorney to represent the state in such investigation, criminal action or proceeding. In any case where the Chief State's Attorney indicates his intent to represent the state in lieu of a state's attorney under this subdivision, and such state's attorney objects to such representation, upon the request of such state's attorney the Chief State's Attorney and the state's attorney shall each prepare a written statement of their claims relative to such representation. Both statements shall be submitted to the commission to be considered by it at such hearing and shall become a permanent record which may be reviewed by the commission and used at the time of reappointment of the Chief State's Attorney or such state's attorney.

See Sec. 31-290d re workers' compensation fraud unit within the office of the Chief State's Attorney in the Division of Criminal Justice.

Cited. 234 C. 539.

Cited. 43 CS 38.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-36 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 871 / Section 51-36
Sec. 51-36. Retention, reproduction, destruction, disposal and transferring of court records. Microfilm and computerized images.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, any judge of the Superior Court may order that official records of evidence or judicial proceedings in said court, the Court of Common Pleas or the Circuit Court, including official notes and tapes of evidence or judicial proceedings concerning title to land, taken more than seven years prior to the date of such order by any stenographer or official court reporter, be destroyed by the person having the custody thereof.

(c) (1) In any case in which a person has been convicted of a felony, other than a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, or murder with special circumstances under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect on or after April 25, 2012, the official records of evidence or judicial proceedings in the court may be destroyed upon the expiration of twenty years from the date of imposition of the sentence in such case or upon the expiration of the sentence imposed upon such person, whichever is later.

(2) In any case in which a person has been convicted after trial of a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, or murder with special circumstances under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect on or after April 25, 2012, the official records of evidence or judicial proceedings in the court may be destroyed upon the expiration of seventy-five years from the date of imposition of the sentence in such case.

(3) In any case in which a person has been found not guilty, or in any case that has been dismissed or was not prosecuted, the court may order the destruction or disposal of all exhibits entered in such case upon the expiration of ninety days from the date of final disposition of such case, unless a prior disposition of such exhibits has been ordered pursuant to section 54-36a . In any case in which a nolle has been entered, the court may order the destruction or disposal of all exhibits entered in such case upon the expiration of thirteen months from the date of final disposition of such case. Not less than thirty days prior to the scheduled destruction or disposal of exhibits under this subdivision, the clerk of the court shall send notice to all parties and any party may request a hearing on the issue of such destruction or disposal before the court in which the matter is pending.

(4) In any case in which a person has been convicted of a misdemeanor or has been adjudicated a youthful offender, the court may order the destruction or disposal of all exhibits entered in such case upon the expiration of ten years from the date of imposition of the sentence in such case or upon the expiration of the sentence imposed on such person, whichever is later, unless a prior disposition of such exhibits has been ordered pursuant to section 54-36a . Not less than thirty days prior to the scheduled destruction or disposal of exhibits under this subdivision, the clerk of the court shall send notice to all parties and any party may request a hearing on the issue of such destruction or disposal before the court in which the matter is pending.

(5) In any case in which a person is charged with multiple offenses, no destruction or disposal of exhibits may be ordered under this subsection until the longest applicable retention period under this subsection has expired. The provisions of this subdivision and subdivisions (3), (4) and (6) of this subsection shall apply to any criminal or motor vehicle case disposed of before, on or after October 1, 2006.

(6) The retention period for the official records of evidence and exhibits in any habeas corpus proceeding, petition for a new trial or other proceeding arising out of a criminal case in which a person has been convicted shall be the same as the applicable retention period under this subsection for the criminal case from which such proceeding or petition arose.

(7) For the purposes of this subsection, “sentence” includes any period of incarceration, parole, special parole or probation.

(d) All court records other than records concerning title to land may be destroyed in accordance with rules of court. Records concerning title to land shall not be subject to any such destruction and may be retained in an electronic format, except that official notes and tapes of evidence or judicial proceedings concerning title to land may be destroyed. All court records may be transferred to any agency of this state or to any federal agency in accordance with rules of court or directives promulgated by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator, provided records in any action concerning title to land terminated by a final judgment affecting any right, title or interest in real property shall be retained for not less than forty years in the office of the clerk of the court location in which the judgment was rendered. Any other judicial branch books, records, papers or documents may be destroyed or transferred to any agency of this state or to any federal agency in accordance with directives promulgated by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator.

(e) For the purposes of this section, “official records of evidence or judicial proceedings” includes (1) the court file, that contains the original documents or copies of any original documents that have been removed, (2) all exhibits from the parties, whether marked for identification or admitted as full exhibits, and (3) the transcripts of all proceedings held in the matter, including voir dire.

Cited. 43 C. 246.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-181b — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-181b
Sec. 51-181b. Drug docket and drug courts.
Status: in_force

(b) The Chief Court Administrator shall establish, within the appropriations designated in public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session* for said purpose, one or more drug courts for the hearing of criminal or juvenile matters in which a defendant is a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 21a-240 , who could benefit from placement in a substance abuse treatment program.

*Note: Public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session is entitled “An Act Concerning Expenditures and Revenue for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2005”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of June 30, 2003” in Volume 16 which indicates the appropriations sections in said act.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-197 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-197
Sec. 51-197. Forms and rules of procedure.
Status: in_force

Constitutionality of section discussed and affirmed. 187 C. 109. Cited. 224 C. 347.

Cited. 1 CA 724; 46 CA 486.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-165 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 882 / Section 51-165
Sec. 51-165. Number of judges. Retired judges. Assignment to hear housing matters and juvenile matters.
Status: in_force

(2) On and after October 1, 1998, the Superior Court shall consist of one hundred eighty-three judges, including the judges of the Supreme Court and the Appellate Court, who shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon nomination of the Governor.

(3) On and after January 1, 1999, the Superior Court shall consist of one hundred eighty-six judges, including the judges of the Supreme Court and the Appellate Court, who shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon nomination of the Governor.

(4) On and after October 1, 1999, the Superior Court shall consist of one hundred ninety-one judges, including the judges of the Supreme Court and the Appellate Court, who shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon nomination of the Governor.

(5) On and after October 1, 2000, the Superior Court shall consist of one hundred ninety-six judges, including the judges of the Supreme Court and the Appellate Court, who shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon nomination of the Governor.

(6) On and after April 1, 2009, the Superior Court shall consist of two hundred one judges, including the judges of the Supreme Court and the Appellate Court, who shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon nomination of the Governor.

(b) In addition thereto, each judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court, or judge of the Superior Court who elects to retain his office but retire from full-time active service shall continue to be a member of the Superior Court during the remainder of his term of office and during the term of any reappointment under section 51-50i , until he attains the age of seventy years. He shall be entitled to participate in the meetings of the judges of the Superior Court and to vote as a member thereof.

(c) Any judge assigned to hear housing matters should have a commitment to the maintenance of decent, safe and sanitary housing and, if practicable, shall devote full time to housing matters. If practicable, he should be assigned to hear matters for not less than eighteen months. Any judge assigned to housing matters in a judicial district should reside in one of the judicial districts served by the housing session after he is assigned thereto.

(d) Any judge assigned to hear juvenile matters should have a commitment to the prompt resolution of disputes affecting the care and custody of children with full understanding of all factors affecting the best interests of children and, if practicable, shall devote full time to juvenile matters. If practicable, any such judge should be assigned to hear juvenile matters for not less than eighteen months.

Is one court throughout state. 76 C. 327; 108 C. 77. Cited. 193 C. 670; 206 C. 323; 217 C. 57.

Cited. 41 CS 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-91b — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 876 / Section 51-91b
Sec. 51-91b. Applicability of grievance procedures. Transfer of pending matters.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the term of each member of a local grievance committee established pursuant to section 51-90 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1985, shall terminate on July 1, 1986. All matters pending before such a local grievance committee on July 1, 1986, shall be construed as pending with the same status before a grievance panel established under section 51-90b which serves the same territorial jurisdiction as that served by the local grievance committee on said date.

(c) Rules of court in effect prior to July 1, 1986, shall govern all appeals to the State-Wide Grievance Committee from decisions rendered by a local grievance committee prior to July 1, 1986.

Cited. 215 C. 162; Id., 469; 216 C. 228.

Cited. 41 CA 671; judgment reversed, see 240 C. 671; 43 CA 265.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-47 — Connecticut Code / Title 51 / Chapter 872 / Section 51-47
Sec. 51-47. Salaries of judges. Practice of law prohibited. Membership on board of directors of bank prohibited. Longevity payments.
Status: in_force

(1) On and after July 1, 2022, (A) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, two hundred twenty-six thousand seven hundred eleven dollars; (B) the Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court or Superior Court, two hundred seventeen thousand eight hundred fifty-four dollars; (C) each associate judge of the Supreme Court, two hundred nine thousand seven hundred seventy dollars; (D) the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred seven thousand four hundred fifty dollars; (E) each judge of the Appellate Court, one hundred ninety-seven thousand forty-six dollars; (F) the Deputy Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Superior Court, one hundred ninety-three thousand four hundred twenty dollars; and (G) each judge of the Superior Court, one hundred eighty-nine thousand four hundred eighty-three dollars.

(2) On and after July 1, 2023, (A) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, two hundred thirty-three thousand five hundred twelve dollars; (B) the Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court or Superior Court, two hundred twenty-four thousand three hundred ninety dollars; (C) each associate judge of the Supreme Court, two hundred sixteen thousand sixty-three dollars; (D) the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred thirteen thousand six hundred seventy-four dollars; (E) each judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred two thousand nine hundred fifty-seven dollars; (F) the Deputy Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Superior Court, one hundred ninety-nine thousand two hundred twenty-three dollars; and (G) each judge of the Superior Court, one hundred ninety-five thousand one hundred sixty-seven dollars.

(3) On and after July 1, 2024, (A) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, two hundred forty thousand five hundred eighteen dollars; (B) the Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court or Superior Court, two hundred thirty-one thousand one hundred twenty-one dollars; (C) each associate judge of the Supreme Court, two hundred twenty-two thousand five hundred forty-five dollars; (D) the Chief Judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred twenty thousand eighty-four dollars; (E) each judge of the Appellate Court, two hundred nine thousand forty-six dollars; (F) the Deputy Chief Court Administrator if a judge of the Superior Court, two hundred five thousand one hundred ninety-nine dollars; and (G) each judge of the Superior Court, two hundred one thousand twenty-three dollars.

(b) (1) In addition to the salary such judge is entitled to receive under subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2022, a judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system shall receive one thousand two hundred ninety-two dollars in additional compensation, each Superior Court judge designated as the administrative judge of a judicial district shall receive one thousand two hundred ninety-two dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trial referees or for the Family, Juvenile, Criminal or Civil Division of the Superior Court shall receive one thousand two hundred ninety-two dollars in additional compensation.

(2) In addition to the salary such judge is entitled to receive under subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2023, a judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system shall receive one thousand three hundred thirty-one dollars in additional compensation, each Superior Court judge designated as the administrative judge of a judicial district shall receive one thousand three hundred thirty-one dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trial referees or for the Family, Juvenile, Criminal or Civil Division of the Superior Court shall receive one thousand three hundred thirty-one dollars in additional compensation.

(3) In addition to the salary such judge is entitled to receive under subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2024, a judge designated as the administrative judge of the appellate system shall receive one thousand three hundred seventy-one dollars in additional compensation, each Superior Court judge designated as the administrative judge of a judicial district shall receive one thousand three hundred seventy-one dollars in additional compensation and each Superior Court judge designated as the chief administrative judge for facilities, administrative appeals, judicial marshal service or judge trial referees or for the Family, Juvenile, Criminal or Civil Division of the Superior Court shall receive one thousand three hundred seventy-one dollars in additional compensation.

(c) Each such judge shall be an elector and a resident of this state, shall be a member of the bar of the state of Connecticut and shall not engage in private practice, nor on or after July 1, 1985, be a member of any board of directors or of any advisory board of any state bank and trust company, state bank or savings and loan association, national banking association or federal savings bank or savings and loan association. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude a senior judge from participating in any alternative dispute resolution program approved by STA-FED ADR, Inc.

(d) Each such judge, excluding any senior judge, who has completed not less than ten years of service as a judge of either the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, or the Superior Court, or of any combination of such courts, or of the Court of Common Pleas, the Juvenile Court or the Circuit Court, or other state service or service as an elected officer of the state, or any combination of such service, shall receive semiannual longevity payments based on service as a judge of any or all of such six courts, or other state service or service as an elected officer of the state, or any combination of such service, completed as of the first day of July and the first day of January of each year, as follows:

(1) A judge who has completed ten or more years but less than fifteen years of service shall receive one-quarter of three per cent of the annual salary payable under subsection (a) of this section.

(2) A judge who has completed fifteen or more years but less than twenty years of service shall receive one-half of three per cent of the annual salary payable under subsection (a) of this section.

(3) A judge who has completed twenty or more years but less than twenty-five years of service shall receive three-quarters of three per cent of the annual salary payable under subsection (a) of this section.

(4) A judge who has completed twenty-five or more years of service shall receive three per cent of the annual salary payable under subsection (a) of this section.

See Secs. 3-2, 3-11, 3-77, 3-111 and 3-124 re salary increases of constitutional officers tied to judges' salaries.

Prohibition against practice of law by judges was rule of policy prior to enactment of statute. 72 C. 437. Power to determine a salary system for compensation of judges is a legislative power; section does not violate separation of powers nor equal protection clauses of state or federal constitutions. 179 C. 552. Cited. 213 C. 54; 226 C. 475.

System adopted by state of paying salaries on biweekly basis held to result in underpayment of public officer on a statutory annual salary. 20 CS 417.