2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-262a. - Towing or hauling of vehicles in excess of certain limits and federal requirements.

A wrecker, as defined in section 14-1 and operated in accordance with section 14-66 with a divisible or nondivisible load as referenced in 23 CFR 658.5, may tow or haul a vehicle or combination of vehicles, without regard to the limitations of length or distance contained in section 14-262. A wrecker that has been issued an annual wrecker towing or transporting permit pursuant to section 14-270 may tow or haul a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of the axle, gross combination vehicle weight limits or federal bridge formula requirements for vehicles with divisible or nondivisible loads as referenced in 23 CFR 658.17, as prescribed by section 14-267a, (1) from any highway, (2) if such vehicle was involved in an accident, (3) if such vehicle became disabled and remains where such vehicle became disabled, or (4) if such vehicle is being towed or hauled by order of a traffic or law enforcement authority. Any towing operations in excess of one hundred sixty thousand pounds and in excess of an axle, gross combination vehicle weight or federal bridge formula requirements for vehicles with divisible or nondivisible loads as referenced in 23 CFR 658.17, as prescribed by section 14-267a, shall require a single-trip permit in addition to the annual permit as defined in section 14-270. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(February, 1965, P.A. 563; P.A. 75-577, S. 100, 126; P.A. 08-101, S. 5; P.A. 09-186, S. 11; P.A. 12-81, S. 50; P.A. 17-79, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 75-577 made violation of provisions an infraction; P.A. 08-101 replaced provision authorizing licensed repair tow trucks to tow disabled trucks and trailers from highways to nearest garage where disabled vehicle can be repaired with provision authorizing wrecker to tow or haul a motor vehicle, if vehicle was involved in accident or became disabled and remains within limits of highway or is being towed or hauled by order of traffic or law enforcement authority, from highway to nearest licensed repair facility or motor carrier terminal where vehicle can be repaired; P.A. 09-186 deleted provisions limiting towing or hauling without regard to length, authorized wrecker with annual permit to tow or haul motor vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of weight limits of Sec. 14-267a from any highway under certain circumstances, and required a single-trip permit for all other towing operations in excess of such weight limits, effective July 20, 2009; P.A. 12-81 made provision authorizing towing or hauling of vehicle or combination of vehicles without regard to limitations in Sec. 14-262 applicable to a wrecker “with a divisible or nondivisible load as referenced in 23 CFR 658.5”, added exemption from limitations of distance contained in Sec. 14-262, replaced “permit” with “wrecker towing or transporting permit”, authorized towing or hauling of motor vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of axle limits, gross combination vehicle weight limits or federal bridge formula requirements for vehicles with divisible or nondivisible loads as referenced in 23 CFR 658.17, designated provision re towing or hauling from any highway as Subdiv. (1), redesignated provision re vehicle involved in accident as Subdiv. (2), redesignated existing Subdiv. (2) as Subdiv. (3) and amended same to replace “within the limits of a highway” with “where such vehicle became disabled”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4) and amended same to delete provision re vehicle towed or hauled to the nearest licensed repair facility or motor carrier terminal, provided towing operations requiring single-trip permit are those “in excess of one hundred sixty thousand pounds and in excess of an axle, gross combination vehicle weight or federal bridge formula requirements for vehicles with divisible or nondivisible loads as referenced in 23 CFR 658.17, as defined in section 14-267a”, rather than those “with a gross combination vehicle weight in excess of those defined in section 14-267a” and provided that the single-trip permit is in addition to the annual permit defined in Sec. 14-270, effective June 6, 2012; P.A. 17-79 made technical changes.