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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286d. - Notification to families of certain victims of court proceedings.

In any case in which a person has committed an offense, including any motor vehicle violation, which results in the death of another person, the state's attorney shall identify and notify a member of the immediate family of the victim or the next of kin of the victim, if any, of the arraignment of the person accused of the offense or violation. Such state's attorney shall provide information on the date, time and place of the arraignment and shall furnish the designated family member or next of kin with the name and telephone number of a person to contact for additional information or for information on the status of the case.
(P.A. 83-170.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286e. - Notification of victims re judicial proceedings.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” includes the legal representative of the victim or a member of the deceased victim's immediate family.
(b) The state's attorney for a judicial district wherein an offense has been committed shall notify any victim of the offense, if such victim has requested notification and provided the state's attorney with a current address, of any judicial proceedings relating to the victim's case including (1) the arrest of the defendant, (2) the arraignment of the defendant, (3) the release of the defendant pending judicial proceedings, and (4) proceedings in the prosecution of the defendant, including the dismissal of the charges against the defendant, the entry of a nolle prosequi to the charges against the defendant, the entry of a plea of guilty by the defendant, and the trial and sentencing of the defendant.
(P.A. 85-566, S. 1; P.A. 12-114, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 12-114 amended Subsec. (b)(4) to require notice to victim of dismissal of charges or entry of a nolle prosequi of charges against defendant, and make technical changes.
See Sec. 54-91c re notification of victim wishing to make or submit statement prior to sentencing or acceptance of plea agreement.
See Sec. 54-91e re notification of victim through automated system prior to acceptance of plea agreement.
Description of information that is available to victim of crime committed by adult. 45 CS 315.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286f. - Transcript of certain sentencing hearings to be requested by prosecuting official and provided to Board of Pardons and Paroles.

The prosecuting official in a criminal proceeding shall request on the record that a transcript be prepared of any sentencing hearing at which a defendant is sentenced to a definite, nonsuspended sentence of more than two years imprisonment. The Chief Court Administrator shall provide, in a format prescribed by the Chief Court Administrator, any such transcript to the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
(P.A. 97-257, S. 9, 13; P.A. 04-234, S. 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 135.)
History: P.A. 97-257 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-234 replaced Board of Parole with Board of Pardons and Paroles, effective July 1, 2004; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 required that request for a transcript be “on the record” and replaced requirement that prosecuting official cause a copy of the transcript to be delivered to Board of Pardons and Paroles with requirement that Chief Court Administrator provide, in a format prescribed by said administrator, any such transcript to said board, effective October 5, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286g. (Formerly Sec. 54-227a). - Transcript of criminal proceeding to be provided to victim upon request.

Whenever a transcript of a criminal proceeding is prepared, the prosecuting official shall provide a copy of such transcript to any victim of the crime without charge upon request of such victim.
(P.A. 97-257, S. 10, 13.)
History: P.A. 97-257 effective July 1, 1997; Sec. 54-227a transferred to Sec. 51-286g in 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286h. - Reports re human trafficking.

(a) Not later than October 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the Office of the Chief State's Attorney and each municipal chief of police shall report to the Trafficking in Persons Council, established pursuant to section 46a-170, on: (1) All participation in federal, state-wide or regional anti-human trafficking efforts, (2) the number of referrals received relating to allegations of human trafficking, (3) the criteria used when deciding whether to investigate allegations of human trafficking or initiate criminal proceedings related to human trafficking, (4) the coordination of efforts between the Office of the Chief State's Attorney and municipal police departments concerning human trafficking cases, (5) the nature of annual training provided by each state's attorney and municipal police department concerning human trafficking, (6) any obstacles to investigating human trafficking, (7) the number of investigations involving missing children, (8) the number of referrals received from the Department of Children and Families relating to human trafficking, and (9) the number of human trafficking cases referred for prosecution.
(b) In addition, the Office of the Chief State's Attorney shall include with such report (1) the number of human trafficking cases that resulted in convictions, and (2) the final disposition of all human trafficking cases, including those cases that were appealed. Data and information provided pursuant to this section shall be for the twelve-month period preceding the date of the report.
(P.A. 16-71, S. 2; P.A. 17-129, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 16-71 effective June 1, 2016; P.A. 17-129 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “2016” with “2017”, replace “each state's attorney” with “the Office of the Chief State's Attorney”, delete reference to Sec. 11-4a, replace reference to judiciary and children committees with reference to Trafficking in Persons Council, and replace “referrals made” with “referrals received” in Subdiv. (2), and made technical and conforming changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286i. - Pilot program to identify and track homeless, addicted and mentally ill persons entering criminal justice system.

(a) The office of the Chief State's Attorney shall establish a pilot program to serve the geographical area courts for Hartford, New Haven, New London and Norwich in the judicial districts of Hartford, New Haven and New London in identifying and tracking the homeless, addicted or mentally ill persons entering the criminal justice system.
(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.
(P.A. 17-205, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286j. - Collection of disaggregated, case level prosecutorial data.

(a) The Division of Criminal Justice, in consultation with the Judicial Branch, the Department of Correction and the Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board, established under section 54-142, shall collect for the purposes of section 4-68ff disaggregated, case level data by docket number pertaining to defendants who are eighteen years of age or older at the time of the commission of an alleged offense under each of the categories described in subdivisions (1) to (13), inclusive, of this subsection, as follows:
(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.
(P.A. 19-59, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 19-59 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286k. - Tracking and reporting of use of testimony by jailhouse witnesses.

(a) Each state's attorney's office shall track the following:
(1) The substance and use of any testimony of a jailhouse witness, as defined in section 54-86o, against the interest of a (A) person suspected as the perpetrator of an offense, or (B) defendant, regardless of whether such testimony is presented at trial; and
(2) The jailhouse witness's agreement to cooperate with the state's attorney and benefit, as defined in section 54-86o, that the state's attorney has provided, offered or may offer in the future to the jailhouse witness in connection with the testimony described in subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(b) Each state's attorney's office shall send the information described in subsection (a) of this section to the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management, which shall maintain a state-wide record of such materials. Such information shall be confidential and not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.
(P.A. 19-131, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286l. - Training program on a uniform process for seeking juvenile detention orders.

(a) The Chief State's Attorney shall develop, implement and update, as necessary, a training program on a uniform process for applying for and seeking the issuance of a detention order pursuant to section 46b-133. The Chief State's Attorney shall administer such program and any updated program to those persons required to complete such program pursuant to subsection (b) of this section in a manner and frequency determined by said administrator.
(b) Each prosecutorial official and peace officer, as defined in section 53a-3, except any judicial marshal or adult probation officer, shall complete the training program pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and as directed by the Chief State's Attorney.
(P.A. 22-115, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-286n. - Notification of Department of Public Health of conviction of licensed professionals of certain offenses relating to actual or suspected abuse of elderly, blind or disabled person or person with intellectual disability.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “license” means a license, certificate or permit to engage in a profession issued by the Department of Public Health.
(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.
(P.A. 03-267, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-287a. - Longevity payments to Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney.

Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney who has completed not less than ten years of service as a prosecutorial official, shall receive semiannual longevity payments based on such service completed as of the first day of July and the first day of January of each year, as follows:
(1) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney 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 of his office.
(2) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney 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 of his office.
(3) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney 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 of his office.
(4) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who has completed twenty-five or more years of service shall receive three per cent of the annual salary of his office.
(P.A. 84-399, S. 8, 17; P.A. 93-435, S. 24, 95.)
History: P.A. 93-435 made a technical change, effective June 28, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-287b. - Deductions from longevity payment deposited in State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund.

There shall be deducted and withheld from the longevity payable under section 51-287a to each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney who is included in the provisions of section 51-287 a sum equal to five per cent of the longevity payment. The sum deducted and withheld shall be deposited to the State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund.
(P.A. 84-399, S. 9, 17; P.A. 00-196, S. 37.)
History: P.A. 00-196 made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 886 - Division of Criminal Justice › Section 51-288. (Formerly Sec. 51-175b). - Pension for widow of state's attorney.

Each widow of a Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who elected under the provisions of section 51-278 to be included within the provisions of this section, if such attorney died while holding such office or after his retirement under section 51-49 or 51-287, shall receive, monthly, an allowance equal to thirty-three and one-third per cent of the salary of the office which her husband held at the time of his death or retirement, as such salary may be changed from time to time. If such attorney leaves no widow, or if she dies before the youngest child of such attorney reaches the age of eighteen, such pension 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 attorney under the age of eighteen.
(1967, P.A. 622, S. 7; P.A. 73-122, S. 12, 27.)
History: P.A. 73-122 clarified applicability, substituting “chief state's attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who elected ... to be included within the provisions of this section” for “state's attorney”; Sec. 51-175b transferred to Sec. 51-288 in 1975.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services › Section 51-289a. - Public Defender Services Commission, Chief Public Defender and Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel substituted for former commission, chief attorney and public defenders.

(a) Wherever the words “Commission on Child Protection” are used in the public or special acts of 2011, the words “Public Defender Services Commission” shall be substituted in lieu thereof.
(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.
(P.A. 11-51, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 11-51 effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services › Section 51-290. - Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender; appointment, qualifications, removal, salary.

(a) The Public Defender Services Commission shall appoint: (1) A Chief Public Defender for a term of four years and until the appointment and qualification of his successor; and (2) a Deputy Chief Public Defender for a term of four years who shall assist the Chief Public Defender. The Deputy Chief Public Defender shall exercise the duties and powers of the Chief Public Defender in his absence or upon his designation. Any vacancy in the offices of Chief Public Defender or Deputy Chief Public Defender shall be filled by the commission for the balance of the term of the person he succeeds.
(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.
(P.A. 74-317, S. 2, 14; P.A. 75-530, S. 31, 35; P.A. 76-436, S. 575, 681; P.A. 82-248, S. 145.)
History: P.A. 75-530 changed deadline for appointment of chief public defender from April 1, 1975, to June 15, 1975; P.A. 76-436 specified that duty of deputy chief public defender is to assist the chief public defender rather than to “supervise public defender services in the court of common pleas”, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-248 rephrased and reorganized the section and inserted Subsec. indicators.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services › Section 51-292. - Expenses included in commission's budget.

Except as provided in section 46b-136, reasonable expenses of, or incurred by, the commission, the Chief Public Defender, or those serving pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, including rental of facilities, witnesses summoned, costs of transcripts ordered from the official court reporters or court recording monitors, costs of service of process, and costs of equipment, and other necessary disbursements or costs of defense shall be paid from the budget of the commission upon approval of the commission.
(P.A. 74-317, S. 11, 14; P.A. 19-64, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 19-64 added “Except as provided in section 46b-136,” and replaced “court reporters” with “the official court reporters or court recording monitors” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2019.
The qualification of “those serving pursuant to the provisions of this chapter” includes a public defender or special public defender who has been appointed as standby counsel for an indigent self-represented defendant; Public Defender Services Commission is statutorily authorized to fund the reasonably necessary ancillary defense costs of indigent, self-represented criminal defendants for whom standby counsel has been appointed; commission must make threshold determination as to whether costs are reasonably necessary for expert or investigative services before authorizing payment from commission's budget. 312 C. 222.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services › Section 51-295. - Retirement and disability of public defenders. Retirement credit.

Except as provided in section 51-295a, the Chief Public Defender, the Deputy Chief Public Defender, and each public defender, assistant public defender and deputy assistant public defender shall be included under the provisions of chapters 65 and 66, regarding retirement and disability of state employees. Each such person shall receive retirement credit in accordance with the provisions of section 5-190a for each year or portion thereof for which retirement contributions are paid when serving as Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender, public defender, assistant public defender, deputy assistant public defender, state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or prosecutor or assistant prosecutor in the Superior Court, Court of Common Pleas or in the Circuit Court.
(P.A. 74-317, S. 6, 14; P.A. 76-436, S. 578, 681; P.A. 82-248, S. 148; 82-280; P.A. 84-421, S. 3, 4; P.A. 85-475, S. 2, 3; P.A. 86-348, S. 4, 8.)
History: P.A. 76-436 applied provisions to deputy assistant public defenders, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 82-248 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes; P.A. 82-280 deleted the prohibition on persons who were not serving as public defenders on October 1, 1974 from continuing to serve as public defenders after age 65; P.A. 84-421 excluded from provisions of section any public defender included in provisions of Sec. 51-295a and Sec. 51-49, effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 85-475 deleted provisions re retirement credit for chief public defender, deputy chief public defender, public defenders not included in Secs. 51-295a and 51-49, assistant public defenders and deputy assistant public defenders, and added provision that such individuals shall receive retirement credit in accordance with Sec. 5-190a; P.A. 86-348 deleted exclusion from provisions of section of any public defender included in provisions of Sec. 51-295a and Sec. 51-49 and substituted reference to provisions of Sec. 51-295, and provided retirement credit for service as chief public defender, deputy chief public defender or deputy assistant public defender.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services › Section 51-295b. - Longevity payments for Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender.

Each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who has completed not less than ten years of service as a defense attorney of the Judicial Department or the Public Defender Services Commission shall receive semiannual longevity payments based upon such service completed as of the first day of July and the first day of January of each year, as follows: (1) Each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender 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 of his office; (2) each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender 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 of his office; (3) each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender 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 of his office; (4) each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who has completed twenty-five or more years of service shall receive three per cent of the annual salary of his office.
(P.A. 84-399, S. 11, 17.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services › Section 51-296b. - Pilot program re representation at parole revocation hearings.

The Chief Public Defender shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot program to provide representation to persons at parole revocation hearings. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Chief Public Defender shall submit a report to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management on cases served as part of such program during the prior calendar year. Such report shall aggregate information, including, but not limited to, the number of public defenders funded through the pilot program, the number of preliminary hearings and final parole revocation hearings served by such public defenders and the associated outcomes of such hearings. The Office of Policy and Management shall make such report publicly available on the office's Internet web site.
(P.A. 19-59, S. 3; P.A. 21-97, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 19-59 effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 21-97 added provision re public availability of report.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services › Section 51-299. - Eligibility of minors for public defender services. Powers of investigation.

Except in cases in which counsel has been appointed pursuant to subsection (c) of section 51-296, whenever a person requesting services pursuant to this chapter is under the age of eighteen years, eligibility for services shall be measured in terms of the financial circumstances of such person and of his parents, guardians, or those legally responsible for the support of such person. The commission shall be entitled to recover the reasonable cost of legal services, as determined in accordance with the schedule of reasonable charges for public defender services provided by the commission, from the parents, guardians, trustees or those legally responsible for the support of such person and the provisions of section 51-298 shall apply to such persons. In so doing, it shall have the authority to require such parents, guardians or other such persons as well as those persons holding property in trust or otherwise for such minor or unemancipated person to execute and deliver to the commission or its employees any written requests or authorizations required under applicable law or otherwise to provide the Chief Public Defender or those serving under him with access to such records of public or private sources, otherwise confidential, or any other information which may be relevant to the question of eligibility or liability to the commission under this chapter.
(P.A. 74-317, S. 10, 14; P.A. 11-51, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 11-51 added exception re cases where counsel has been appointed pursuant to Sec. 51-296(c), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 887 - Public Defender Services › Section 51-300. - Confidentiality of statement in support cases.

In cases where the accused is charged with a violation of section 53-304, no oral or written statement of financial status received by a public defender regarding eligibility to retain a public defender shall be available to any prosecuting official or be admissible in evidence except as an exhibit where an appeal is taken by the accused from an order denying his application for the appointment of a public defender.
(P.A. 74-317, S. 13, 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 889 - Family Matters (See Chapter 815) › Section 51-334. (Formerly Sec. 51-182g). - Family relations cases claimed as for short calendar. Lists.

Section 51-334 is repealed.
(1959, P.A. 531, S. 7; P.A. 76-436, S. 659, 681; P.A. 78-379, S. 26, 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-342. (Formerly Sec. 51-140). - County construed as judicial district for purpose of venue.

Wherever in the general statutes the word “county” is used to establish or refer to venue for the Superior Court, such word “county” shall be construed to mean a judicial district established pursuant to section 51-344.
(1949 Rev., S. 7593; 1957, P.A. 64, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 2; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 76-436, S. 401, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 1, 65.)
History: 1972 acts added reference to superior court jurisdiction, effective September 5, 1972; P.A. 76-436 removed reference to jurisdiction of court of common pleas, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-576 restated section, referring to venue rather than jurisdiction and reflecting substitution of judicial districts generally for counties; Sec. 51-140 transferred to Sec. 51-342 in the 1977 Court Reorganization Supplement.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-343. - Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter and section 52-46a, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Domestic corporation” means any corporation incorporated under the laws of this state.
(b) “Filed” means filed at the court location where there is a clerk designated to receive and maintain the record of the action regardless of the court location to which the writ is made returnable.
(c) “Foreign corporation” means any corporation incorporated under the laws of any other state or foreign government.
(d) “Made returnable” designates the judicial district court location or geographical area where the plaintiff desires the case to be heard.
(e) “Property” means anything of value.
(f) “United States corporation” means any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States.
(P.A. 77-576, S. 2, 65; P.A. 82-248, S. 151.)
History: P.A. 82-248 alphabetized the definitions and deleted from the definition of property “and includes the word estate as used in section 52-42, revision of 1958, revised to 1977.”
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-344b. - Term “judicial district of New Britain” substituted for “judicial district of Hartford”, when.

Whenever the term “judicial district of Hartford” is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “judicial district of New Britain” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: Subsection (b) of section 3-70a, sections 3-71a and 4-164, subsection (c) of section 4-183, subdivision (4) of subsection (g) of section 10-153e, subparagraph (C) of subdivision (4) of subsection (e) of section 10a-109n, sections 12-3a, 12-89, 12-103, 12-208, 12-237, 12-242hh, 12-242ii, 12-242kk, 12-268l, 12-307, 12-312, 12-330m, 12-405k, 12-422, 12-448, 12-454, 12-463, 12-489, 12-522, 12-554, 12-586g and 12-597, subsection (b) of section 12-638i, sections 12-730, 14-57, 14-66, 14-195, 14-324, 14-331 and 19a-85, subsection (f) of section 19a-332e, sections 20-156, 20-247, 20-307, 20-373, 20-583 and 21a-55, subsection (e) of section 22-7, sections 22-320d and 22-386, subsection (e) of section 22a-6b, section 22a-30, subsection (a) of section 22a-34, subsection (b) of section 22a-34, section 22a-182a, subsection (f) of section 22a-225, sections 22a-227, 22a-344, 22a-374, 22a-408 and 22a-449g, subsection (f) of section 25-32e, section 29-158, subsection (f) of section 29-161z, sections 36b-30 and 36b-76, subsection (f) of section 38a-41, section 38a-52, subsection (c) of section 38a-150, sections 38a-185, 38a-209 and 38a-225, subdivision (3) of section 38a-226b, sections 38a-241, 38a-337 and 38a-657, subsection (c) of section 38a-774, section 38a-776, subsection (c) of section 38a-817 and section 38a-994.
(P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29; P.A. 00-196, S. 48; P.A. 08-73, S. 14; P.A. 10-179, S. 118.)
History: P.A. 99-215 effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 00-196 made technical changes; P.A. 08-73 replaced reference to Sec. 29-161z(e) with reference to Sec. 29-161z(f); P.A. 10-179 deleted reference to Sec. 19a-653(d).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-345a. (Formerly Sec. 52-17). - Land lying in two or more judicial districts.

Section 51-345a is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 7748; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 103; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 20; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 74-183, S. 72, 291; P.A. 78-280, S. 100, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 163.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-345b. - Venue in actions involving administrative decisions of municipal agencies.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute requiring that an appeal of an administrative decision of an officer, board, commission or agency of a municipality be taken to the superior court for the judicial district in which such municipality is located, such an action may be made returnable to a judicial district as provided in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 51-345.
(b) Any appeal of an administrative decision of an officer, board, commission or agency of a municipality taken prior to May 24, 1985, otherwise valid except that such action was made returnable to the superior court for a judicial district in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 51-345 rather than to the superior court for the judicial district in which such municipality is located, is validated.
(P.A. 85-239, S. 4–6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-346a. - Jury trial in the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford.

If a jury trial is claimed in any civil action brought to the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford at Ansonia, such trial shall be tried in Milford until such time as suitable facilities are available for jury trials in either Ansonia or in Derby.
(P.A. 76-436, S. 678, 681.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-347c. - Last day for filing next business day if clerk's office closed.

If the last day for filing of any matter in the clerk's office of the Superior Court falls on a day on which such office is closed, the last day for such filing shall be the next business day.
(P.A. 78-280, S. 74, 127.)
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-348a. (Formerly Sec. 54-27). - Prosecution for nonsupport in geographical area.

(a) Notwithstanding the issuance of an order for support of a minor child or children by the Superior Court under the provisions of section 46b-84, any prosecution for nonsupport of a minor child or children as specified in section 53-304 may be brought to the geographical area of the superior court and shall proceed on proper complaint from the payee of the order, a support enforcement officer or an authorized representative of the Commissioner of Administrative Services.
(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.
(1953, S. 3323d; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 61a; 783; P.A. 73-373, S. 39; P.A. 74-183, S. 137, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 529, 681; P.A. 77-452, S. 36, 72; 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 82-248, S. 158; P.A. 83-295, S. 15; P.A. 90-213, S. 35, 56.)
History: 1967 acts clarified that circuit court has jurisdiction of nonsupport cases and added provisions re complaint of payee, family relations officer or authorized representative of finance commissioner; P.A. 73-373 substituted reference to Sec. 46-57 for reference to Sec. 46-26; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas reflecting transfer of circuit court functions to common pleas court, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 removed court of common pleas from purview of section reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court and allowed prosecution for nonsupport of child or children in geographical area, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-452 made technical grammatical change; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; Sec. 54-27 transferred to Sec. 51-348a in 1981; P.A. 82-248 rephrased the section and inserted Subsec. indicators; P.A. 83-295 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “family relations officer” with “family relations caseworker or support enforcement officer”; P.A. 90-213 deleted provisions concerning family relations caseworker.
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-348b. - Housing matters heard on separate dockets within certain judicial districts.

Housing matters, as defined in section 47a-68, shall be heard on a docket separate from other matters within the judicial districts of Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, Fairfield, Waterbury and Stamford-Norwalk, provided in the judicial district of (1) New Britain, such matters shall be heard by the judge assigned to hear housing matters in the judicial district of Hartford, (2) Waterbury, such matters shall be heard by the judge assigned to hear housing matters in the judicial district of New Haven, and (3) Stamford-Norwalk, such matters shall be heard by the judge assigned to hear housing matters in the judicial district of Fairfield. The records, files and other documents pertaining to housing matters shall be maintained separate from the records, files and other documents of the court. Housing matters do not have to be heard in the facilities to which the process is returned and the pleadings are filed.
(P.A. 17-99, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 17-99 effective June 30, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-349. - Where actions commenced in geographical areas.

Section 51-349 is repealed, effective June 30, 2017.
(P.A. 77-576, S. 8, 65; P.A. 82-248, S. 159; P.A. 86-403, S. 116, 132; P.A. 95-213; P.A. 97-40, S. 17, 18; P.A. 06-196, S. 180; P.A. 17-99, S. 52.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-350. - Filing in a geographical area.

All writs, motions, pleadings and appearances made returnable to a geographical area shall be filed in the clerk's office for the geographical area established pursuant to section 51-348.
(P.A. 77-576, S. 9, 65.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-351. - Return to improper locations.

No cause shall fail on the ground that it has been made returnable to an improper location.
(P.A. 77-576, S. 10, 65.)
Authority to transfer extends to administrative appeals as well as ordinary civil actions. 3 CA 484. Cited. 6 CA 261. “Cause” also applies to appeals from probate. 9 CA 368.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-351a. (Formerly Sec. 52-32a). - Failure to state proper forum.

No civil action shall fail and no proceedings therein shall be void for lack of jurisdiction because the complaint or appeal is directed to a court instead of a judge thereof or to a judge instead of the court of which he is judge, provided such complaint or appeal shall be amended prior to trial properly to state the forum to which it is returnable.
(February, 1965, P.A. 610.)
History: Sec. 52-32a transferred to Sec. 51-351a in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-351b. - Short title: Uniform Transboundary Pollution Reciprocal Access Act.

(a) This section may be cited as the “Uniform Transboundary Pollution Reciprocal Access Act”.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) “Reciprocating jurisdiction” means a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory or possession of the United States of America, or a province or territory of Canada, which has enacted this section or provides substantially equivalent access to its courts and administrative agencies.
(2) “Person” means an individual person, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government in its private or public capacity, governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal entity.
(c) An action or other proceeding for injury or threatened injury to property or person in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating, or that may originate, in this jurisdiction may be brought in this jurisdiction.
(d) A person who suffers, or is threatened with, injury to his person or property in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating, or that may originate, in this jurisdiction has the same rights to relief with respect to the injury or threatened injury, and may enforce those rights in this jurisdiction as if the injury or threatened injury occurred in this jurisdiction.
(e) The law to be applied in an action or other proceeding brought pursuant to this section, including what constitutes “pollution”, is the law of this jurisdiction excluding choice of law rules.
(f) This section does not accord a person injured or threatened with injury in another jurisdiction any rights superior to those that the person would have if injured or threatened with injury in this jurisdiction.
(g) The right provided in this section is in addition to and not in derogation of any other rights.
(h) The defense of sovereign immunity is applicable in any action or other proceeding brought pursuant to this section only to the extent that it would apply to a person injured or threatened with injury in this jurisdiction.
(i) This section shall be applied and construed to carry out its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this section among jurisdictions enacting it.
(P.A. 92-109, S. 1–9; P.A. 95-79, S. 174, 189.)
History: P.A. 95-79 amended Subsec. (b) to redefine “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 51 - Courts › Chapter 890 - Judicial Districts, Geographical Areas, Civil and Criminal Venue, Filing and Designation of Court Location › Section 51-352. (Formerly Sec. 54-77). - Venue in criminal actions.

(a) Each person charged with any offense shall be tried in the judicial district in which the offense was committed, except when it is otherwise provided.
(b) If theft is committed in one judicial district and the property stolen is carried into another judicial district, the offender may be tried in either judicial district.
(1949 Rev., S. 8793; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 51; P.A. 73-116, S. 7; 73-667, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-183, S. 193, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 169, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 160.)
History: 1961 act provided prosecution of person arrested for offense committed upon car or steamboat be in circuit or county rather than town where court is held; P.A. 73-116 added references to judicial districts; P.A. 73-667 changed effective date of P.A. 73-116 from October 1, 1973, to April 25, 1973; P.A. 74-183 specified applicability of provisions to persons charged in superior court or court of common pleas and deleted reference to circuits, circuit courts' functions having been transferred to court of common pleas, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 deleted specific reference to superior court and court of common pleas, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, and made other minor wording changes, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 54-77 transferred to Sec. 51-352 in the 1977 Court Reorganization Supplement; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to counties; P.A. 82-248 rephrased the section, inserted Subsec. indicators and deleted a provision concerning the place of prosecution for a person arrested for an offense committed upon a car or steamboat.
Annotations to former section 54-77:
Thief may be prosecuted wherever he carries stolen goods. 1 R. 69. No jurisdiction over offense laid to have been committed in another state. Id., 403. Stealing in another state and bringing property here constitutes crime here. 3 C. 187; 33 C. 264. Nonresident procuring crime to be committed here punishable here. 34 C. 129. Congress has no power to confer jurisdiction on state courts for federal offense, nor can General Assembly confer such jurisdiction. Id., 297; 82 C. 367; judgment reversed, see 223 U.S. 1. “Otherwise provided” construed to mean “provided by statute”. 62 C. 127. Venue of crime of nonsupport; 93 C. 363; of uttering in one county forged checks drawn on bank in another county. 96 C. 432. Trial in wrong county is error. Id. Cited. 187 C. 264.
History; constitutionality. 5 CS 506.