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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-191. - Incest: Class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of incest when he marries a person whom he knows to be related to him within any of the degrees of kindred specified in section 46b-21.
(b) Incest is a class D felony.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 193; P.A. 80-346, S. 2; P.A. 92-260, S. 74.)
History: P.A. 80-346 substituted “such person” for “he” or “him”, eliminating unnecessary distinctions based on sex and removed reference to engaging in sexual intercourse with relative as incest; P.A. 92-260 made technical changes in Subsec. (a) by replacing “such person” with “he” or “him” as appropriate.
Cited. 189 C. 321; 210 C. 244. Relationship as half-uncle and half-niece is void. 213 C. 637.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-192. - Coercion: Class A misdemeanor or class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of coercion when he compels or induces another person to engage in conduct which such other person has a legal right to abstain from engaging in, or to abstain from engaging in conduct in which such other person has a legal right to engage, by means of instilling in such other person a fear that, if the demand is not complied with, the actor or another will: (1) Commit any criminal offense; or (2) accuse any person of a criminal offense; or (3) expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to impair any person's credit or business repute; or (4) take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action.
(b) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution based on subdivision (2), (3) or (4) of subsection (a) of this section that the actor believed the accusation or secret to be true or the proposed official action justified and that his purpose was limited to compelling the other person to behave in a way reasonably related to the circumstances which were the subject of the accusation, exposure or proposed official action, as by desisting from further misbehavior or making good a wrong done.
(c) Coercion is a class A misdemeanor except, if the threat is to commit a felony, coercion is a class D felony.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 194; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 48; P.A. 92-260, S. 75.)
History: 1971 act referred simply to coercion rather than to “criminal” coercion in Subsec. (c); P.A. 92-260 made technical changes.
Cited. 240 C. 766.
Cited. 8 CA 351; 18 CA 694; 40 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-194. - Obscenity: Class B misdemeanor.

(a) A person is guilty of obscenity when, knowing its content and character, he promotes, or possesses with intent to promote, any obscene material or performance.
(b) Obscenity is a class B misdemeanor.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 196.)
State has burden of presenting evidence of contemporary community standards in prosecution for obscenity, except where performance is so offensive that no conceivable community standard would permit it. 174 C. 46. Cited. 193 C. 612.
Cited. 28 CA 91.
Obscenity statute is not so vague or overly broad as to violate federal standards; section is presently immune from attack upon the grounds of vagueness or overbreadth at the federal level. 32 CS 639. Cited. 33 CS 681; 38 CS 570.
Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 656.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-195. - Defense.

In any prosecution for obscenity it is a defense that the persons to whom allegedly obscene material was disseminated, or the audience to an allegedly obscene performance, consisted of persons or institutions having scientific, educational or governmental justification for possessing or viewing the same.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 197; P.A. 92-260, S. 77.)
History: P.A. 92-260 made a technical change.
Cited. 200 C. 664.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-196. - Obscenity as to minors: Class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of obscenity as to minors when he knowingly promotes to a minor, for monetary consideration, any material or performance which is obscene as to minors.
(b) For purposes of this section, “knowingly” means having general knowledge of or reason to know or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry as to (1) the character and content of any material or performance which is reasonably susceptible of examination by such person and (2) the age of the minor.
(c) In any prosecution for obscenity as to minors, it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant made (1) a reasonable mistake as to age, and (2) a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such minor, by examining a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate or other official or apparently official document, exhibited by such minor, purporting to establish that such minor was seventeen years of age or older.
(d) Obscenity as to minors is a class D felony.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 198; P.A. 85-496, S. 1; P.A. 92-260, S. 78.)
History: P.A. 85-496 increased penalty from class A misdemeanor to class D felony; P.A. 92-260 made a technical change in Subsec. (c).
Under revision of 1999, provision that proscribes “importation of two or more copies” was not limited to copies of the same image, but also included reproductions of two or more different images; section not limited to commercial importation of child pornography but also includes transmittal of images by personal computer; expert evidence is not necessary to establish that child depicted is real and not electronically generated; evidence that defendant sent images via electronic mail service routed through Virginia was sufficient to establish the proscribed activity of “importing” images. 277 C. 155.
Cited. 36 CS 352.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-196a. - Employing a minor in an obscene performance: Class A felony.

(a) A person is guilty of employing a minor in an obscene performance when such person (1) employs any minor, whether or not such minor receives any consideration, for the purpose of promoting any material or performance which is obscene as to minors, notwithstanding that such material or performance is intended for an adult audience, or (2) permits any such minor to be employed, whether or not such minor receives any consideration, in the promotion of any material or performance which is obscene as to minors, notwithstanding that such material or performance is intended for an adult audience, and such person is the parent or guardian of such minor or otherwise responsible for the general supervision of such minor's welfare.
(b) Employing a minor in an obscene performance is a class A felony and any person found guilty under this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which ten years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.
(P.A. 77-577, S. 2; P.A. 78-345, S. 2, 4; P.A. 85-496, S. 2; P.A. 92-260, S. 79; P.A. 07-143, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 78-345 restated provisions for conformity with Sec. 53a-193 as amended; P.A. 85-496 increased penalty from class B felony to class A felony; P.A. 92-260 made technical changes; P.A. 07-143 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes and amended Subsec. (b) to require any person found guilty to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which 10 years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, effective July 1, 2007.
See Sec. 17a-47 re legal division within Department of Children and Families.
Cited. 227 C. 207.
“Audience”, in Subsec. (a)(1), may consist of a single photographer of a live performance or a single person viewing photographs of the performance, whether or not any spectator was present at performance or depicted in photographs; Subsec. (a)(1) advances legislative purpose of prohibiting the exhibition and viewing of children engaged in sexual conduct, regardless of the number of spectators. 135 CA 215.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-196b. - Promoting a minor in an obscene performance: Class B felony.

(a) A person is guilty of promoting a minor in an obscene performance when he knowingly promotes any material or performance in which a minor is employed, whether or not such minor receives any consideration, and such material or performance is obscene as to minors notwithstanding that such material or performance is intended for an adult audience.
(b) For purposes of this section, “knowingly” means having general knowledge of or reason to know or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry as to (1) the character and content of any material or performance which is reasonably susceptible of examination by such person and (2) the age of the minor employed.
(c) Promoting a minor in an obscene performance is a class B felony.
(P.A. 78-345, S. 3, 4; P.A. 85-496, S. 3; P.A. 92-260, S. 80.)
History: P.A. 85-496 increased penalty from class C felony to class B felony; P.A. 92-260 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
Evidence, which included videos that did not depict a prohibited sexual act as defined in Sec. 53a-193(3) but served as corroboration of activities described in victim's testimony, was sufficient to sustain conviction of promoting a minor in an obscene performance. 308 C. 274.
Cited. 28 CA 91.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-196c. - Importing child pornography: Class B felony.

(a) A person is guilty of importing child pornography when, with intent to promote child pornography, such person knowingly imports or causes to be imported into the state three or more visual depictions of child pornography of known content and character.
(b) Importing child pornography is a class B felony and any person found guilty under this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which five years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.
(P.A. 85-496, S. 5; P.A. 04-139, S. 3; P.A. 07-143, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 04-139 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “any child pornography” with “three or more visual depictions of child pornography” and make a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, deleted former Subsec. (b) providing that importation of two or more copies of any publication containing child pornography shall be prima facie evidence that such publications were imported with intent to promote child pornography, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as new Subsec. (b) and amended said Subsec. to increase penalty from a class C felony to a class B felony; P.A. 07-143 amended Subsec. (b) to require any person found guilty to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which 5 years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-196e. - Possessing child pornography in the second degree: Class C felony.

(a) A person is guilty of possessing child pornography in the second degree when such person knowingly possesses (1) twenty or more but fewer than fifty visual depictions of child pornography, or (2) a series of images in electronic, digital or other format, which is intended to be displayed continuously, consisting of twenty or more frames, or a film or videotape, consisting of twenty or more frames, that depicts a single act of sexually explicit conduct by one child.
(b) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the acts of the defendant, if proven, would constitute a violation of section 53a-196h.
(c) Possessing child pornography in the second degree is a class C felony and any person found guilty under this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.
(P.A. 04-139, S. 5; P.A. 07-143, S. 9; P.A. 10-191, S. 3; P.A. 14-192, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 07-143 amended Subsec. (b) to require any person found guilty to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which 2 years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-191 added new Subsec. (b) re affirmative defense and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c); P.A. 14-192 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing provision re possession of 20 or more but fewer than 50 visual depictions as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) re possession of series of images in electronic, digital or other format, intended to be displayed continuously, or a film or videotape.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-196f. - Possessing child pornography in the third degree: Class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of possessing child pornography in the third degree when such person knowingly possesses (1) fewer than twenty visual depictions of child pornography, or (2) a series of images in electronic, digital or other format, which is intended to be displayed continuously, consisting of fewer than twenty frames, or a film or videotape, consisting of fewer than twenty frames, that depicts a single act of sexually explicit conduct by one child.
(b) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the acts of the defendant, if proven, would constitute a violation of section 53a-196h.
(c) Possessing child pornography in the third degree is a class D felony and any person found guilty under this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which one year of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.
(P.A. 04-139, S. 6; P.A. 07-143, S. 10; P.A. 10-191, S. 4; P.A. 14-192, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 07-143 amended Subsec. (b) to require any person found guilty to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which 1 year of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-191 added new Subsec. (b) re affirmative defense and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c); P.A. 14-192 amended Subsec. (a) to designate existing provision re possession of fewer than 20 visual depictions as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2) re possession of series of images in electronic, digital or other format, intended to be displayed continuously, or a film or videotape.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-196g. - Possessing child pornography: Affirmative defenses.

In any prosecution for a violation of section 53a-196d, 53a-196e, 53a-196f or 53a-196h it shall be an affirmative defense that (1) the defendant (A) possessed fewer than three visual depictions, other than a series of images in electronic, digital or other format, which is intended to be displayed continuously, or a film or videotape, of child pornography, (B) did not knowingly purchase, procure, solicit or request such visual depictions or knowingly take any other action to cause such visual depictions to come into the defendant's possession, and (C) promptly and in good faith, and without retaining or allowing any person, other than a law enforcement agency, to access any visual depiction or copy thereof, took reasonable steps to destroy each such visual depiction or reported the matter to a law enforcement agency and afforded that agency access to each such visual depiction, or (2) the defendant possessed a visual depiction of a nude person under sixteen years of age for a bona fide artistic, medical, scientific, educational, religious, governmental or judicial purpose.
(P.A. 04-139, S. 7; P.A. 10-191, S. 5; P.A. 14-192, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 10-191 made provisions applicable in prosecution for violation of Sec. 53a-196h; P.A. 14-192 amended Subdiv. (1)(A) to add provision re possession of series of images in electronic, digital or other format intended to be displayed continuously, or a film or videotape.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-196h. - Possessing or transmitting child pornography by minor: Class A misdemeanor.

(a)(1) No person who is under eighteen years of age may knowingly possess any visual depiction of child pornography that the subject of such visual depiction knowingly and voluntarily transmitted by means of an electronic communication device to such person and in which the subject of such visual depiction is a person under sixteen years of age.
(2) No person who is under sixteen years of age may knowingly and voluntarily transmit by means of an electronic communication device a visual depiction of child pornography in which such person is the subject of such visual depiction to another person who is under eighteen years of age.
(b) As used in this section, “child pornography” and “visual depiction” have the same meanings as provided in section 53a-193, and “electronic communication device” means any electronic device that is capable of transmitting a visual depiction, including a computer, computer network and computer system, as those terms are defined in section 53a-250, and a cellular or wireless telephone.
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 10-191, S. 1; P.A. 17-25, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-25 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “thirteen years of age or older but”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-196i. - Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor: Class C felony.

(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Advertisement for a commercial sex act” or “advertisement” means any advertisement or offer in electronic or print media which includes an explicit or implicit offer for a commercial sex act to occur in this state;
(2) “Commercial sex act” means any act of sexual contact, as defined in section 53a-65, or sexual intercourse, as defined in section 53a-65, for which something of value is given to or received by any person;
(3) “Depiction” means any photograph, film, videotape, visual material or printed material; and
(4) “Person” has the meaning provided in section 53a-3, but does not include a government or a governmental instrumentality.
(b) A person is guilty of commercial sexual exploitation of a minor when such person knowingly purchases advertising space for an advertisement for a commercial sex act that includes a depiction of a minor.
(c) (1) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall not be a defense that the defendant (A) did not know the age of the person depicted in the advertisement, (B) relied on an oral or written representation of the age of the person depicted in the advertisement, or (C) relied on the apparent age of the person depicted in the advertisement.
(2) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant, prior to purchasing advertising space for the advertisement, made a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of the person depicted in the advertisement by requiring the person depicted in the advertisement to produce a driver's license, marriage license, birth certificate or other government-issued or school-issued identity card that identifies the age of the person, provided the defendant retains and produces a copy or other record of the license, certificate or identity card used to ascertain the age of the person depicted in the advertisement.
(d) Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor is a class C felony.
(P.A. 12-141, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-197 and 53a-198. - Disseminating indecent comic books: Class A misdemeanor. Failing to identify a comic book publication: Violation.

Sections 53a-197 and 53a-198 are repealed, effective October 1, 2004.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 199, 200; P.A. 92-260, S. 81; P.A. 04-139, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-199. - Injunction against promoting any obscene material or performance.

An injunction may be granted against the promoting of any material or performance that is obscene or obscene as to minors or the possessing with intent to promote any such material.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 201.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-200. - Institution of action for adjudication of obscenity.

Whenever any state's attorney or assistant state's attorney has reasonable cause to believe that any person is knowingly promoting any material or performance that is obscene or obscene as to minors, he shall institute an action for an adjudication of the obscenity of such material or performance. Such action shall commence with the filing of an application for an injunction with a judge of the superior court for the judicial district wherein is located such material or performance. The complaint shall: (1) Be directed against the promoting of the material or performance; (2) designate as defendants and list the names and addresses, if known, of its promoters, or any person possessing it with intent to promote it; (3) allege its obscene nature; (4) seek an adjudication that it is obscene or obscene as to minors and an injunction against any promoting or possessing with intent to promote; (5) seek its surrender, seizure, destruction or termination.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 202; P.A. 74-183, S. 124, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 514, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 92-260, S. 82.)
History: P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas and “circuit” with “county or judicial district”, reflecting transfer of circuit court functions to court of common pleas in reorganization of judicial system, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced prosecuting attorneys with state's attorneys and assistant state's attorneys and court of common pleas with superior court, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 92-260 made technical changes by replacing alphabetic with numeric Subdiv. indicators.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-201. - Presentation of material or evidence depicting performance. Probable cause determination. Time for trial and decision.

The prosecuting attorney, at the time of presenting the complaint and application to the court, shall also present the material or a witness or other evidence describing or depicting the performance. If, after examination, the court finds no probable cause to believe such material or performance obscene or obscene as to minors, the court shall dismiss the action. If, after examination, the court finds probable cause to believe such material or performance obscene or obscene as to minors, the court shall then proceed as in other applications for an injunction. The person sought to be enjoined shall be entitled to a trial of the issues, commencing within one day after the close of all pleadings, and any decision by the court shall be rendered within two days of the conclusion of the trial.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 203; P.A. 92-260, S. 83.)
History: P.A. 92-260 added provisions requiring that the court “dismiss the action” if it fails to find probable cause and that the court proceed as in other applications for an injunction “if, after examination, the court finds probable cause to believe such material or performance obscene or obscene as to minors”, provisions which were contained in former Sec. 53-244d which was repealed by 1969 P.A. 828, S. 214, the same act which enacted the penal code.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-202. - Third party may be made a party.

On or before the date set for trial, any person who promotes, or who possesses with intent to promote, the material or performance complained of in the application for an injunction may file an appearance and be made a party to the proceedings.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 204.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-203. - Jury trial.

Every person appearing shall be entitled, upon request, to a trial by jury and the court may order a trial of any issue to the jury.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 205; P.A. 92-260, S. 84.)
History: P.A. 92-260 deleted an obsolete reference to “the criminal sessions of such court”.
Cited. 17 CA 326; 40 CA 515.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-204. - Evidence.

At the trial, all parties shall be permitted to submit evidence, including the testimony of experts, pertaining but not limited to the following: (1) The elements or standards specified in the definitions of obscene and obscene as to minors; (2) the artistic, literary, scientific, educational or governmental merits of the material or performance; (3) the intent and knowledge of any defendant.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 206; P.A. 92-260, S. 85.)
History: P.A. 92-260 made technical changes by replacing alphabetic with numeric Subdiv. indicators.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-205. - Judgment.

If the court or jury, as the case may be, finds the material or performance not to be obscene or obscene as to minors, the court shall enter judgment accordingly. If the court or jury, as the case may be, finds the material or performance to be obscene or obscene as to minors, the court shall enter judgment to such effect and may, in such judgment or in subsequent orders of enforcement thereof: (1) Enter an injunction against any defendant prohibiting him from promoting or possessing such material or performance, under such conditions and within such time as the court may order; (2) direct any resident defendant to dispose of all such material in his possession or under his control under such conditions and within such time as the court may order; or (3) if any defendant fails fully to comply with the judgment or order of the court, direct the state police or any organized local police department to seize and destroy all such material in the possession or under the control of such defendant wherever the same may be found within their jurisdiction.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 207; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.)
History: P.A. 77-614 made state police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979, but under authority of P.A. 78-303 existing reference to state police was retained.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-206. - Injunction and restraining order.

Every order granting an injunction and every restraining order shall set forth the reasons for its issuance and shall describe in reasonable detail the obscene material or performance and the promoting or possessing sought to be restrained, and is binding only upon the defendants to the action and their officers, agents, servants and employees and upon those persons in active concert or participating by contract or arrangement with them, who receive actual notice of the order by personal service or otherwise.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 208; P.A. 92-260, S. 86.)
History: P.A. 92-260 made a technical change.
Cited. 16 CA 601.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-207. - Service of process on nonresidents.

Every nonresident person, whether acting personally or by an agent, salesman, employee, officer or another, who promotes any material or performance that is obscene or obscene as to minors in this state shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of the State as his attorney and to have agreed that any process in any action arising under sections 53a-199 to 53a-206, inclusive, brought against or naming such nonresident as a defendant, may be served upon said secretary and shall have the same validity as if served upon such nonresident personally. Such process shall be served by the officer to whom the same is directed upon said secretary by leaving with or at the office of said secretary a true and attested copy thereof and by sending to the defendant, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a like true and attested copy with an endorsement thereon of the service upon said secretary addressed to such defendant at his last-known address. The Secretary of the State shall keep a record of each such process and the day and hour of service.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 209; P.A. 92-260, S. 87.)
History: P.A. 92-260 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-208. - Extradition.

In all cases in which a court has entered its judgment pursuant to section 53a-205 that the material or performance in question is obscene or obscene as to minors, and a charge of a violation of the injunction or restraining order is thereafter brought against a person who, being a defendant to such judgment, cannot be found in this state, the Governor, or anyone performing the functions of Governor by authority of a law of this state, shall, unless such person has appealed from such judgment and such appeal is not finally determined, demand his extradition from the executive authority of the state in which such person may be found, pursuant to the laws of this state.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 210; P.A. 92-260, S. 88.)
History: P.A. 92-260 replaced reference to “sections 53a-199 to 53a-206, inclusive,” with “section 53a-205”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-209. - Penalties.

Any defendant, or any officer, agent, servant or employee of such defendant, or any person in active concert or participation by contract or arrangement with such defendant, who receives actual notice, by personal service or otherwise, of any injunction or restraining order entered pursuant to section 53a-205 and who disobeys any of the provisions thereof shall be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 211; P.A. 92-260, S. 89; P.A. 13-258, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 92-260 replaced reference to “sections 53a-199 to 53a-206, inclusive,” with “section 53a-205”; P.A. 13-258 changed fine from $1,000 to $3,500 and made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-210. - Levy of fine against property.

Any fine against any person under section 53a-209 may be levied against any of his real property, personal property, tangible or intangible, choses in action or property of any kind or nature, including debts owing to him, which may be situated or found in this state.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 212; P.A. 92-260, S. 90.)
History: P.A. 92-260 replaced reference to “any of sections 53a-199 to 53a-206, inclusive,” with “section 53a-209”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-211. - Possession of a sawed-off shotgun or silencer: Class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of possession of a sawed-off shotgun or a silencer when he owns, controls or possesses any sawed-off shotgun that has a barrel of less than eighteen inches or an overall length of less than twenty-six inches or when he owns, controls or possesses any silencer designed to muffle the noise of a firearm during discharge.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons, firms, corporations or museums licensed or otherwise permitted by federal or state law to possess, control or own sawed-off shotguns or silencers.
(c) Possession of a sawed-off shotgun or a silencer is a class D felony.
(P.A. 76-45; P.A. 80-244.)
History: P.A. 80-244 deleted phrase “of any caliber” following reference to sawed-off shotguns in Subsec. (a).
See Secs. 29-35 to 29-38a, inclusive, and 53-202 to 53-206d, inclusive, re regulation of firearms and penalties imposed for firearms violations.
Cited. 190 C. 715; 198 C. 68; 201 C. 505; 207 C. 323; 224 C. 163; 233 C. 215.
Cited. 1 CA 697; 7 CA 550; 11 CA 397; 13 CA 76; 14 CA 67; 15 CA 539; 17 CA 490; 26 CA 698; 28 CA 474; 30 CA 9. Fact that the weapon in evidence had a pistol grip was of no consequence because the barrel had been sawed off and therefore weapon was a sawed-off shotgun. 99 CA 183. Defendant was not entitled to jury instruction that “mere presence in the vicinity of the firearm, however, is not enough to establish possession”. 113 CA 651.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-212. - Stealing a firearm: Class C felony.

(a) A person is guilty of stealing a firearm when, with intent to deprive another person of such other person's firearm or to appropriate the firearm to such person or a third party, such person wrongfully takes, obtains or withholds a firearm, as defined in subdivision (19) of section 53a-3.
(b) Stealing a firearm is a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine.
(P.A. 77-217; P.A. 13-3, S. 43.)
History: P.A. 13-3 made technical changes in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (b) to change penalty from a class D felony to a class C felony and provide that 2 years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court and $5,000 of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced unless the court states its reasons for remitting or reducing the fine.
Cited. 189 C. 461; 190 C. 715; 196 C. 157; 197 C. 201; 198 C. 405; 199 C. 591; 241 C. 702.
Cited. 7 CA 367; 8 CA 631; Id., 667; 9 CA 349; 19 CA 48; 20 CA 521; 34 CA 751; judgment reversed, see 233 C. 211; 35 CA 740; 38 CA 481; Id., 643; Id., 750. Fact that the weapon in evidence had a pistol grip and could not be fired from the shoulder was of no consequence because it was a weapon capable of discharging a gunshot and therefore satisfied statutory definition of firearm. 99 CA 183.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-213. - Drinking while operating a motor vehicle: Class C misdemeanor.

(a) A person is guilty of drinking while operating a motor vehicle when such person drinks any alcoholic liquor while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway of this state or upon any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more, or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or 14-307a or upon any school property. As used in this section, “alcoholic liquor” has the same meaning as provided in section 30-1.
(b) Drinking while operating a motor vehicle is a class C misdemeanor.
(P.A. 79-368; P.A. 14-122, S. 192; P.A. 21-28, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 21-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 14-307a and making a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-213a. - Smoking, otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis while operating a motor vehicle: Class C misdemeanor.

(a) A person is guilty of smoking, otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis, as defined in section 21a-420, while operating a motor vehicle when he or she smokes, otherwise inhales or ingests cannabis, as defined in section 21a-420, while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway of this state or upon any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more, or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or upon any school property. No person shall be convicted of smoking or otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis while operating a motor vehicle and possessing or having under such person's control a controlled substance upon the same transaction. A person may be charged and prosecuted for either or each such offense, a violation of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of any drug and any other applicable offense upon the same information.
(b) Smoking, otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis while operating a motor vehicle is a class C misdemeanor.
(c) No peace officer shall stop a motor vehicle for a violation of this section if such violation is the sole reason for such stop.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 112.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-213b. - Smoking, otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis as a passenger in a motor vehicle: Class D misdemeanor.

(a) A person is guilty of smoking or otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis, as defined in section 21a-420, in a motor vehicle when he or she smokes or otherwise inhales or ingests cannabis in a motor vehicle that is being operated by another person upon a public highway of this state or upon any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more, or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or upon any school property. No person shall be convicted of smoking or otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis as a passenger in a motor vehicle and possessing or having under such person's control a controlled substance upon the same transaction, but such person may be charged and prosecuted for both offenses upon the same information.
(b) Smoking or otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis in a motor vehicle is a class D misdemeanor.
(c) No peace officer shall stop a motor vehicle for a violation of this section if such violation is the sole reason for such stop.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 113.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-214. - Criminal lockout: Class C misdemeanor.

(a) A landlord or lessor of a residential or nonresidential unit subject to the provisions of chapter 830 or 832, or an owner of such a unit, or the agent of such landlord, lessor or owner is guilty of criminal lockout when, without benefit of a court order, he or she deprives a tenant, as defined in subsection (l) of section 47a-1, or a lessee of a nonresidential unit, of access to his or her residential or nonresidential unit or his or her possessions.
(b) Criminal lockout is a class C misdemeanor.
(P.A. 81-24; P.A. 19-132, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 19-132 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to lessor and lessee, replacing “dwelling unit” with “residential or nonresidential unit”, replacing “his personal possessions” with “his or her possessions”, adding reference to Ch. 832, and making technical and conforming changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-215. - Insurance fraud: Class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of insurance fraud when the person, with the intent to injure, defraud or deceive any insurance company: (1) Presents or causes to be presented to any insurance company, any written or oral statement including computer-generated documents as part of, or in support of, any application for any policy of insurance or a claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to such policy of insurance, knowing that such statement contains any false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to such application or claim; or (2) assists, abets, solicits, or conspires with another to prepare or make any written or oral statement that is intended to be presented to any insurance company in connection with, or in support of, any application for any policy of insurance or any claim for payment or other benefit pursuant to such policy of insurance, knowing that such statement contains any false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or thing material to such application or claim for the purposes of defrauding such insurance company.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “statement” includes, but is not limited to, any notice, statement, invoice, account, estimate of property damages, bill for services, test result, or other evidence of loss, injury, or expense.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “insurance company” has the same meaning as provided in section 38a-1.
(d) Insurance fraud is a class D felony.
(P.A. 81-113; P.A. 00-211, S. 6; P.A. 17-15, S. 96.)
History: P.A. 00-211 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “providing coverage for loss or damage to real or personal property caused by fire” re insurance policies and to make a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality and amended Subsec. (c) to redefine “insurance company”; P.A. 17-15 made a technical change in Subsec. (c).
See Secs. 53-440 to 53-443, inclusive, re health insurance fraud and abuse.
Cited. 227 C. 1.
Cited. 28 CA 9; 44 CA 294. Subsec. (a)(2): In order to establish guilt under the Subsec., the state must present evidence that defendant engaged in conduct related to the making or preparing of the insurance claim, and evidence that defendant intended to defraud the insurance company when she started a fire does not reasonably support the inference that she engaged in the making or preparation of any statement provided to the insurance company. 184 CA 595.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-216. - Criminal use of firearm or electronic defense weapon: Class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of criminal use of a firearm or electronic defense weapon when he commits any class A, B or C or unclassified felony as defined in section 53a-25 and in the commission of such felony he uses or threatens the use of a pistol, revolver, machine gun, shotgun, rifle or other firearm or electronic defense weapon. No person shall be convicted of criminal use of a firearm or electronic defense weapon and the underlying felony upon the same transaction but such person may be charged and prosecuted for both such offenses upon the same information.
(b) Criminal use of a firearm or electronic defense weapon is a class D felony for which five years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.
(P.A. 81-342, S. 1; P.A. 86-287, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 86-287 added reference to electronic defense weapons.
Cited. 195 C. 651; 226 C. 497; 240 C. 743; 242 C. 143.
Cited. 24 CA 330. Judgment reversed where defendant convicted of violation of statute and Sec. 53a-134(a)(2). 85 CA 708.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-217a. - Criminally negligent storage of a firearm: Class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of criminally negligent storage of a firearm when such person violates the provisions of section 29-37i and a minor or, a resident of the premises who is ineligible to possess a firearm under state or federal law or who poses a risk of imminent personal injury to himself or herself or to other individuals, obtains the firearm and causes the injury or death of such minor, resident or any other person. For the purposes of this section, “minor” means any person under the age of eighteen years.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply if the minor obtains the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry to any premises by any person.
(c) Criminally negligent storage of a firearm is a class D felony.
(P.A. 90-144, S. 2; P.A. 13-3, S. 56; P.A. 19-5, S. 3.)
History: (Revisor's note: In codifying public act 90-144 the internal reference in Subsec. (a) to “section 29-37c” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “section 29-37i” for accuracy); P.A. 13-3 amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions re injury or death caused by resident of premises who obtains firearm while ineligible to possess firearm or while posing a risk of imminent personal injury to self or others and make technical changes; P.A. 19-5 redefined “minor” in Subsec. (a).
Section not vague as applied to defendant's conduct; he cannot mount a facial challenge to the statute. 242 C. 211.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53a - Penal Code › Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses › Section 53a-217d. - Criminal possession of body armor: Class A misdemeanor.

(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of body armor when he possesses body armor and has been (1) convicted of a capital felony under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, a class A felony, except a conviction under section 53a-196a, a class B felony, except a conviction under section 53a-86, 53a-122 or 53a-196b, a class C felony, except a conviction under section 53a-87, 53a-152 or 53a-153 or a class D felony under sections 53a-60 to 53a-60c, inclusive, 53a-72a, 53a-72b, 53a-95, 53a-103, 53a-103a, 53a-114, 53a-136 or 53a-216, or (2) convicted as delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “body armor” means any material designed to be worn on the body and to provide bullet penetration resistance and “convicted” means having a judgment of conviction entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Criminal possession of body armor is a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 98-127, S. 1; P.A. 12-5, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 12-5 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to add reference to provisions of Sec. 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, re conviction of a capital felony, effective April 25, 2012.
See Sec. 53-341b re restriction on sale or delivery of body armor.