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CT Gen Stat § 14-187 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-187 - Assignment of security interest.

 (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate.(b) The assignee may, but need not to perfect the assignment, have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder, upon delivering to the commissioner the certificate and an assignment by the lienholder of record in the form the commissioner prescribes. If the security interest of the lienholder is maintained in the electronic title file pursuant to subsection (b) of section 14-175, the lienholder may submit evidence of the assignment of the security interest, in such form and manner as the commissioner directs, and may request the commissioner to issue a certificate of title with the assignee named as lienholder.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 23; P.A. 02-70, S. 12.)History: P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute lienholder “of record” for “named in the certificate” and to allow lienholder to submit evidence of assignment of the security interest and request commissioner to issue a certificate of title if the security interest of lienholder is maintained in electronic title file pursuant to Sec. 14-175(b), effective July 1, 2002.
CT Gen Stat § 14-189 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-189 - Lienholder to furnish information concerning the security agreement.

 A lienholder named in a certificate of title, or whose security interest is maintained in the electronic title file pursuant to subsection (b) of section 14-175, shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate or having a recorded interest, disclose any pertinent information as to such lienholder's security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 25; P.A. 02-70, S. 14.)History: P.A. 02-70 required lienholder whose security interest is maintained in the electronic title file to disclose such information and made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2002.
CT Gen Stat § 14-190 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-190 - Method of perfecting interest exclusive.

 The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to this chapter is exclusive. Security interests subject to this chapter are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise require or relate to the filing of instruments creating or evidencing security interests.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 26.)
CT Gen Stat § 14-191 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-191 - Suspension or revocation of certificate.

 (a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with section 14-194, if he finds: (1) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued, or (2) the vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed, or (3) the owner or lienholder of record on the certificate of title failed to reply to a notice of a scheduled hearing within thirty days after the notice was mailed by certified bulk mail to his last address of record on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles.(b) Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it.(c) When the commissioner suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the commissioner.(d) The commissioner may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 27; 1967, P.A. 96; P.A. 81-172, S. 12.)History: 1967 act added Subsec. (a)(3) re suspension or revocation of title upon failure to reply to notice of hearing; P.A. 81-172 permitted the notices to be sent by bulk certified mail, rather than by “certified or registered” mail; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references throughout the general statutes to “Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner” and “Motor Vehicle(s) Department” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” or “Department of Motor Vehicles”, as the case may be, for consistency with customary statutory usage).
CT Gen Stat § 14-193 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-193 - Powers and duties of commissioner.

 (a) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.(b) The commissioner may: (1) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (2) adopt and enforce reasonable rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (3) assign a new identification number to a vehicle if it has none, or its identification number is destroyed or obliterated, or its motor is changed, and shall either issue a new certificate of title showing the new identification number or make an appropriate endorsement on the original certificate; (4) require each manufacturer or assembler of a vehicle sold in this state to provide such vehicle with a vehicle identification number and, upon the request of the commissioner, to inform him concerning the location or locations of every vehicle identification number on such vehicle. The commissioner may refuse to register a vehicle made by a manufacturer or assembler who fails to comply with this section.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 29; 1967, P.A. 102.)History: 1967 act added Subsec. (a)(4) re vehicle identification numbers.See Sec. 14-149 re procedure when stolen vehicle or vehicle or part with mutilated or missing identification, engine or factory number is recovered.
CT Gen Stat § 14-194 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-194 - Hearing.

 A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the commissioner under this chapter is entitled, upon request, to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 30; P.A. 02-70, S. 16.)History: P.A. 02-70 provided that hearings be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 in lieu of “subsection (e) of section 14-111”, effective July 1, 2002.
CT Gen Stat § 14-195 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-195 - Appeal.

 A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the commissioner under this chapter may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 31; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 40; P.A. 76-436, S. 347, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 37, 125; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 revised appeal language to conform with usage elsewhere re Sec. 4-183; P.A. 78-280 replaced Hartford county with judicial district of Hartford-New Britain; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-215 replaced “judicial district of Hartford” with “judicial district of New Britain”, effective June 29, 1999.Cited. 148 C. 456.
CT Gen Stat § 14-196 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-196 - Penalties.

 (a) A person who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title; (2) alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title, or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of title or a form the commissioner prescribes; (3) has possession of or uses a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered, forged or counterfeited; or (4) uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a material false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title, shall be guilty of a class D felony.(b) A person who: (1) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title; (2) wilfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor to the commissioner within ten days after the time required by this chapter; (3) wilfully fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of title within ten days after the time required by this chapter; or (4) wilfully violates any provision of this chapter, except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, shall be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 32; P.A. 80-292, S. 7; P.A. 05-288, S. 59; P.A. 13-258, S. 11.)History: P.A. 80-292 increased fine in Subsec. (b) from $500 to $1,000 and imprisonment from six months to two years; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (a) to replace fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,000 and imprisonment of not less than 1 year or more than 5 years with class D felony, and amended Subsec. (b) to change maximum fine from $1,000 to $3,500.Cited. 9 CA 686.
CT Gen Stat § 14-197 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-197 - Report of stolen, recovered, unclaimed or abandoned vehicle.

 (a) A police officer or constable who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered, or of the recovery of a vehicle the theft or conversion of which such officer or constable knows or has reason to believe has been reported to the commissioner, shall forthwith report the theft or recovery to the commissioner.(b) An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle, or its conversion if a crime, to the commissioner, but the commissioner may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall, forthwith after learning of its recovery, report the recovery to the commissioner.(c) An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing, parking or storing vehicles for the public, in which there is stored an abandoned or unclaimed vehicle for a period of thirty days, shall, within five days after the expiration of that period, report the vehicle as unclaimed or abandoned to the commissioner. A vehicle left by its owner whose name and address are known to the operator or his employee is not considered unclaimed. A person who fails to report a vehicle as unclaimed or abandoned in accordance with this subsection forfeits all claims and liens for its garaging, parking, towing or storing. The commissioner may, after notice and hearing, impose a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars for each day the failure to report continues.(d) The commissioner shall maintain and appropriately index weekly and cumulative public records of stolen, converted, recovered, abandoned and unclaimed vehicles reported to him pursuant to this section. The commissioner may make and distribute copies of the weekly records so maintained to police officers upon request without fee and to others for the fee, if any, the commissioner prescribes.(e) The commissioner may suspend the registration of a vehicle the theft or conversion of which is reported to the commissioner pursuant to this section. Until the commissioner learns of its recovery or that the report of its theft or conversion was erroneous, the commissioner shall not issue a certificate of title for the vehicle.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 33; P.A. 75-394; P.A. 81-206, S. 3; P.A. 00-99, S. 50, 154; P.A. 02-70, S. 54; P.A. 06-196, S. 283.)History: P.A. 75-394 included abandoned vehicles in provisions of Subsecs. (c) and (d); P.A. 81-206 converted the criminal fines provided for in Subsec. (c) to civil penalties imposed by the commissioner; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff in Subsec. (a), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsec. (e), effective June 7, 2006.See Sec. 14-150 re abandoned or unregistered motor vehicles and re vehicles which pose a menace to traffic.
CT Gen Stat § 14-198 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-198 - False report.

 A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a police officer or to the commissioner shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 34.)Cited. 198 C. 348.
CT Gen Stat § 14-199 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-199 - Impeachment of credibility of defendant.

 In a prosecution for a crime specified in this chapter, a certified copy of a conviction under subsection (a) of section 14-196 is admissible to impeach the credibility of the defendant.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 35.)
CT Gen Stat § 14-200 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-200 - Penalties additional to other statutes.

 The penal provisions of this chapter in no way repeal or modify any existing provision of criminal law but are additional and supplementary thereto.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 36.)Cited. 9 CA 686.
CT Gen Stat § 14-210 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-210 - Interpretation.

 This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 46.)
CT Gen Stat § 14-211 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act|Section 14-211 - Short title: Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.

 This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act”.(1957, P.A. 607, S. 47.)Cited. 9 CA 686; 31 CA 797.
CT Gen Stat § 14-211a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 247a - Motor Vehicle Theft Task Force (Repealed)|Section 14-211a - Motor vehicle theft task force.

 Section 14-211a is repealed, effective June 30, 2015.(P.A. 80-292, S. 14, 17; P.A. 83-233; P.A. 85-191; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 513.)
CT Gen Stat § 14-212b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use|Section 14-212b - School zones. Fines doubled.

 (a) As used in this section, “local highway” means a highway that is under the control of a town, city or borough; and “local traffic authority” means the traffic authority of a town, city or borough.(b) (1) At the request of the legislative body of a town, city or borough, the Office of the State Traffic Administration may designate as a school zone any part of a state highway that is adjacent to school property or is, in the opinion of said office, sufficiently close to school property as to constitute a risk to the public safety under all the circumstances. At the request of such legislative body, the commission may revoke any such designation. (2) A local traffic authority may designate as a school zone, and may revoke any such designation, any part of a local highway that is adjacent to school property or is, in the opinion of the local traffic authority, sufficiently close to school property as to constitute a risk to the public safety under all the circumstances.(c) The Superior Court shall impose an additional fee equivalent to one hundred per cent of the fine established or imposed for the violation of the provisions of section 14-218a or 14-219, for any such violation committed in a school zone designated in a conspicuous manner by the Office of the State Traffic Administration or local traffic authority.(d) The Office of the State Traffic Administration with regard to a state highway or the local traffic authority with regard to a local highway shall cause to be posted a sign approved by the Office of the State Traffic Administration (1) at the beginning of a school zone in each direction that traffic is permitted to flow which shall read as follows: “SCHOOL ZONE AHEAD FINES DOUBLED”, and (2) at the end of such zone in each direction that traffic is permitted to flow which shall read as follows: “END SCHOOL ZONE”.(P.A. 98-252, S. 64; P.A. 12-132, S. 14.)History: P.A. 12-132 replaced references to State Traffic Commission with references to Office of the State Traffic Administration and, in Subsec. (d), replaced “post” with “cause to be posted”, effective July 1, 2012.
CT Gen Stat § 14-212c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use|Section 14-212c - Fines doubled for failure to yield right-of-way to person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter.

 A surcharge shall be imposed equivalent to one hundred per cent of the fine established or imposed for a violation of subsection (e) of section 14-242, section 14-245, 14-246a, 14-247 or 14-247a for such violation when the driver of a vehicle fails to grant or yield the right-of-way to a person riding a bicycle, as defined in section 14-286, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter.(P.A. 98-165, S. 1; P.A. 18-165, S. 6; P.A. 19-162, S. 4.)History: P.A. 18-165 added “or a person riding an electric bicycle”; P.A. 19-162 added “or an electric foot scooter” and made a conforming change.
CT Gen Stat § 14-212e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline|Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use|Section 14-212e - Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council established. Membership, meetings and duties.

 (a) There is established a Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council to make ongoing recommendations to improve safety for workers, public safety officers and motor vehicle operators in a “highway work zone”, as defined in section 14-212d. The ongoing areas of study and review by the council shall include: (1) Evaluation of current work design and safety protocols; (2) survey of effective highway work zone design and safety protocols in other states; (3) implementation of technology to improve highway work zone safety; (4) use of public safety officers to improve highway work zone safety; (5) availability of federal funding for highway work zone training and enforcement; and (6) other issues the council deems appropriate for improving highway work zone safety.(b) The council shall be comprised of the following members: The Commissioners of Transportation, Public Safety and Motor Vehicles, or their designees; the president of the Connecticut Employees Union Independent, or such person's designee; the president of the Connecticut State Police Union, or such person's designee; and a representative of the Connecticut Construction Industries Association, designated by the president of said association. Appointees should be persons with knowledge and experience concerning highway work zones. Appointments to the council shall be made not later than November 1, 2008. The chairperson of the council shall be appointed by the Governor and shall convene the first meeting of the council not later than December 1, 2008.(c) The council shall meet quarterly, or more often as needed, and report its recommendations to the Commissioner of Transportation and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on or before January fifteenth of each year.(P.A. 08-114, S. 2.)