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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-172. - Check of identification number. Participation in National Motor Vehicle Title Information System.

(a) The commissioner, upon receiving application for a first certificate of title, shall check the identification number of the vehicle shown in the application against the records of vehicles required to be maintained by section 14-173 and against the record of stolen and converted vehicles required to be maintained by section 14-197.
(b) The commissioner may participate in the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System, established in accordance with the provisions of Sections 30501 to 30503, inclusive, Title 49, United States Code, and may rely on the information contained in such system as prima facie evidence of the facts upon which the commissioner grants or denies such application for a certificate of title that may be issued, in accordance with the provisions of section 14-174.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 8; P.A. 02-70, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 02-70 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) allowing commissioner to participate in the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System and rely on information contained in such system as prima facie evidence of the facts upon which the commissioner grants or denies an application for a title certificate, effective July 1, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-173. - Issuance of certificate. Records.

(a) The commissioner shall file each application received and, when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title of the vehicle. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the commissioner may accept, in lieu of an outstanding certificate of title, evidence of vehicle ownership acceptable to him. The certificate of title issued may contain the legend “This vehicle may be subject to an undisclosed lien.”
(b) The commissioner shall maintain at his central office a record of all certificates of title issued by him: (1) Under a distinctive title number assigned to the vehicle; (2) under the identification number of the vehicle; (3) alphabetically, under the name of the owner; and, in the discretion of the commissioner, by any other method he determines.
(c) Records pertaining to certificates of title over four years old may be destroyed in the discretion of the commissioner.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 9; 1969, P.A. 261.)
History: 1969 act allowed evidence of ownership other than title and stated that title may contain legend re undisclosed lien in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (c) re destruction of records.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 496.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-175. - Presentation or mailing of certificate. Maintenance of electronic title record and title file.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the certificate of title may be presented or mailed to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner. In lieu of the presentation or mailing of the title, the commissioner may maintain a title record in electronic form, and may issue a title upon request of a lienholder or the owner.
(b) The commissioner may maintain an electronic title file for the recording and storage of the evidence of any lienholder's security interest. When the first lienholder's security interest is satisfied and released, the commissioner may present or mail the certificate of title to the owner, unless another security interest has been recorded by the commissioner. In lieu of the presentation or mailing of the title, the commissioner may maintain a title record in electronic form, and may issue a title upon request of the owner.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 11; P.A. 94-189, S. 28, 34; P.A. 02-70, S. 6; P.A. 12-81, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 94-189 amended section by providing that the certificate could be “presented” as well as mailed, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 02-70 designated existing provision as Subsec. (a), adding an exception therein, and added Subsec. (b) authorizing commissioner to maintain an electronic title file for recording and storage of evidence of any lienholder's security interest and requiring commissioner to present or mail title certificate to owner when first lienholder's security interest is satisfied and released, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 12-81 amended Subsec. (a) to permit, rather than require, presentation or mailing of title certificate and add provision authorizing commissioner in lieu of such presentation or mailing to maintain title record in electronic form and issue title upon request of lienholder or owner and amended Subsec. (b) to permit, rather than require, presentation or mailing of title certificate and add provision authorizing commissioner in lieu of such presentation or mailing to maintain title record in electronic form and issue title upon request of owner, effective July 1, 2012.
Bank not guilty of laches in failing to note it did not receive the certificate of title where the dealer failed to note upon the application for the certificate that the car was subject to bank's lien under an installment contract assigned by the dealer to the bank. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 491.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-176. - Withholding of certificate. Bond requirement.

If the commissioner is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the commissioner may register the vehicle but shall either: (1) Withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the applicant presents documents reasonably sufficient to satisfy the commissioner as to the applicant's ownership of the vehicle and that there are no undisclosed security interests in it; or (2) as a condition of issuing a certificate of title, require the applicant to file with the commissioner a bond in the form prescribed by the commissioner and executed by the applicant, and either accompanied by the deposit of cash with the commissioner or also executed by a person authorized to conduct a surety business in this state. The bond shall be in an amount equal to twice the value of the vehicle as determined by the commissioner and conditioned to indemnify any prior owner and lienholder and any subsequent purchaser of the vehicle or person acquiring any security interest in it, and their respective successors in interest, against any expense, loss or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees, by reason of the issuance of the certificate of title of the vehicle or on account of any defect in or undisclosed security interest upon the right, title and interest of the applicant in and to the vehicle. Any such interested person has a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, but the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed the amount of the bond. The bond, and any deposit accompanying it, shall be returned at the end of five years or prior thereto if the vehicle is no longer registered in this state and the currently valid certificate of title is surrendered to the commissioner, unless the commissioner has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover on the bond.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 12; P.A. 02-70, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 02-70 made technical changes, increased the bond amount to twice the value of the vehicle, in lieu of one and one-half times such value, and required that the bond and any deposit accompanying it be returned at end of five years, in lieu of three years, effective July 1, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-177. - Refusal of certificate.

The commissioner shall refuse issuance of a certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if he has reasonable grounds to believe that: (a) The applicant is not the owner of the vehicle; (b) the application contains a false or fraudulent statement; or (c) the applicant fails to furnish required information or documents or any additional information the commissioner reasonably requires.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-178. - Replacement certificate of title.

(a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the commissioner, shall promptly make application for and may obtain a replacement upon furnishing information, including personal identification acceptable and satisfactory to the commissioner. The replacement certificate of title shall contain the legend “This is a replacement title and may be subject to the rights of a person under the original certificate.” Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-175, the commissioner shall present or mail the replacement certificate to the first lienholder named in the replacement certificate or, if none, to the owner.
(b) A person recovering an original certificate of title for which a replacement has been issued shall promptly surrender the original certificate to the commissioner.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 14; P.A. 94-189, S. 29, 34; P.A. 02-70, S. 8; P.A. 12-81, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 216.)
History: P.A. 94-189 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that the duplicate certificate, in addition to being mailed, could be “presented” to the first lienholder or owner, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that information shall include personal identification acceptable to the commissioner, to add “Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-175, the commissioner” and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 12-81 substituted “replacement” for “duplicate”, effective January 1, 2013; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “replacement certificate” with “replacement title”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re waiting period prior to issuance of certificate of title to transferee and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-179a. - Assignment and warranty of title. Buyer's name and address not required. When.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-179, an assignment and warranty of title may be sent to an insurance company without bearing the buyer's name and address if it is being sent to the insurance company pursuant to an insurance policy issued under the provisions of part II of chapter 700.
(P.A. 93-272, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-180. - Resale by a dealer.

A dealer who buys a motor vehicle and holds such vehicle for resale shall complete, as the buyer, (1) the certificate of title from the owner or the lienholder, or (2) a statement on a form prescribed by the commissioner that the title of such vehicle is lost or destroyed in accordance with subsection (a) of section 14-171. Upon transferring such vehicle to another person other than by the creation of a security interest, such dealer shall promptly execute the assignment and warranty of title by a dealer, showing the names and addresses of the transferee and of any lienholder holding a security interest created or reserved at the time of the resale and the date of such lienholder's security agreement, in the spaces provided on such certificate or on an ownership transfer document approved by the commissioner, and mail or deliver such certificate, or such statement and ownership transfer document, to the commissioner with the transferee's application for a new certificate. This section shall not apply to any motor vehicle that is not required to have a certificate of title and for which the commissioner has not issued a certificate of title.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 16; P.A. 00-169, S. 17; P.A. 18-164, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 00-169 deleted the requirement that a dealer send the commissioner a certificate of title within ten days after delivery to him of a vehicle if such dealer buys and holds the vehicle for resale, added a provision that a dealer need not send the certificate to the commissioner if such dealer submits a statement on a form prescribed by the commissioner in accordance with Sec. 14-171(a), and made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality; P.A. 18-164 designated existing provision re certificate of title from owner or lienholder as Subdiv. (1) and designated existing provision re statement on form as Subdiv. (2), added provisions re ownership transfer document and re section not applicable to motor vehicle not required to have certificate of title or for which certificate of title not issued, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-181. - Involuntary transfers.

(a) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, promptly mail or deliver to the commissioner the last certificate of title, if available, proof of the transfer, and his application for a new certificate in the form the commissioner prescribes.
(b) If the interest of the owner is terminated or the vehicle is sold under a security agreement by a lienholder named in the certificate of title, the transferee shall promptly mail or deliver to the commissioner the last certificate of title, his application for a new certificate in the form the commissioner prescribes, and an affidavit made by or on behalf of the lienholder that the vehicle was repossessed and that the interest of the owner was lawfully terminated or sold pursuant to the terms of the security agreement. If the lienholder succeeds to the interest of the owner and holds the vehicle for resale, he need not secure a new certificate of title but, upon transfer to another person, shall promptly mail or deliver to the transferee or to the commissioner the certificate, affidavit and other documents required to be sent to the commissioner by the transferee.
(c) A person holding a certificate of title whose interest in the vehicle has been extinguished or transferred other than by voluntary transfer shall mail or deliver the certificate to the commissioner upon request of the commissioner. The delivery of the certificate pursuant to the request of the commissioner does not affect the rights of the person surrendering the certificate, and the action of the commissioner issuing a new certificate of title as provided herein is not conclusive upon the rights of an owner or lienholder named in the old certificate.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 17; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 59.)
History: June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-182. - Fee to accompany applications.

(a) An application for a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the commissioner.
(b) An application for the naming of a lienholder or his assignee on a certificate of title shall be accompanied by the required fee when mailed or delivered to the commissioner.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 18.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-183. - Issuance of new certificate.

(a) The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and, except as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-175, present or mail the new certificate of title to the first lienholder named in the new certificate of title or, if none, to the owner.
(b) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to him, the commissioner shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.
(c) The commissioner shall file and retain for five years every surrendered certificate of title, the file to be maintained so as to permit the tracing of title of the vehicle designated therein.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 19; P.A. 94-189, S. 30, 34; P.A. 02-70, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 94-189 amended Subsec. (a) by providing that in addition to being mailed, the certificate could be presented to the first lienholder or owner, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (a) to require commissioner to present or mail new certificate of title, except as provided in Sec. 14-175(b), and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2002.
Cited. 38 CS 712.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-184. - Scrapping, dismantling or destruction of vehicle.

Any person who scraps, dismantles or destroys a vehicle or who purchases a vehicle as scrap or to be dismantled or destroyed shall, if the vehicle's certificate of title is in such person's possession, mail or deliver it to the commissioner for cancellation. A certificate of title of the vehicle shall not again be issued.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 20; P.A. 80-292, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 80-292 replaced “owner” with “person” and required mailing or delivery of title to commissioner “if” it is in his possession, allowing for possibility that it may not be in his possession, previously no such concession was made.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-185. - Perfecting of security interest.

(a) Unless excepted by section 14-167, a security interest in a vehicle of a type for which a certificate of title is required is perfected by the delivery to the commissioner of the existing certificate of title, if any, an application for a certificate of title containing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of the security agreement and the required fee. It is perfected as of the time when it attached if such delivery is completed within twenty days thereafter, and without regard to the limitations expressed in section 42a-9-317; otherwise it is perfected as of the time of such delivery.
(b) An unperfected security interest is subordinate to the rights of the persons described in sections 42a-9-317 and 42a-9-323.
(c) The rules of priority stated in sections 42a-9-322 to 42a-9-324, inclusive, and the other sections therein referred to, shall, to the extent appropriate, apply to conflicting security interests in a vehicle of a type for which a certificate of title is required. A security interest perfected under this section is a security interest perfected otherwise than by filing for the purposes of sections 42a-9-322 to 42a-9-324, inclusive.
(d) If a vehicle is subject to a security interest when brought into this state, section 42a-9-316, states the rules which apply to determine the validity and perfection of the security interest in this state.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 21; 1961, P.A. 573, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 335; P.A. 77-604, S. 46, 84; P.A. 01-132, S. 165; P.A. 02-70, S. 10.)
History: 1961 act redrafted section to conform with Uniform Commercial Code; 1965 act changed time of perfection from time of its creation and increased time limitation in delivery proviso from ten days in Subsec. (a); P.A. 77-604 replaced reference to Subsecs. (2), (3) and (4) of Sec. 42a-9-103 with reference to Subsecs. (1), (2) and (3) of Sec. 42a-9-103a in Subsec. (d); P.A. 01-132 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Sec. 42a-9-301(2) with Sec. 42a-9-317 and make a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to Sec. 42a-9-301 with Secs. 42a-9-317 and 42a-9-323, amended Subsec. (c) to replace references to Sec. 42a-9-312 with Secs. 42a-9-322 to 42a-9-324, inclusive, and amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to Subsecs. (1), (2) and (3) of Sec. 42a-9-103a with Sec. 42a-9-316; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (c) to eliminate references to a “previously registered vehicle”, as defined in Sec. 14-201 and a security interest perfected under Sec. 14-201, effective July 1, 2002.
Subsec. (d):
Makes automobiles subject to Sec. 42a-9-103(2), (3) and (4). 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 502.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-186. - Duties on creation of security interest.

If an owner creates a security interest in a vehicle:
(a) The owner shall immediately execute the application, in the space provided therefor on the certificate of title or on a separate form the commissioner prescribes, to name the lienholder on the certificate, showing the name and address of the lienholder and the date of his security agreement, and cause the certificate, the application and the required fee to be delivered to the lienholder.
(b) The lienholder shall immediately cause the certificate, the application and the required fee to be mailed or delivered to the commissioner.
(c) Upon request of the owner or subordinate lienholder, a lienholder in possession of the certificate of title shall either mail or deliver the certificate to the subordinate lienholder for delivery to the commissioner or, upon receipt from the subordinate lienholder of the owner's application and the required fee, mail or deliver them to the commissioner with the certificate. The delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the first lienholder under his security agreement.
(d) Upon receipt of the certificate of title, the application and the required fee, the commissioner shall either endorse the certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and address of the new lienholder, and, except as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-175, mail the certificate to the first lienholder named in it.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 22; P.A. 02-70, S. 11; P.A. 03-278, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (d) to add an exception from the requirement of mailing certificate to the first lienholder, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (d), effective July 9, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-187. - Assignment of security interest.

(a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate.
(b) The assignee may, but need not to perfect the assignment, have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder, upon delivering to the commissioner the certificate and an assignment by the lienholder of record in the form the commissioner prescribes. If the security interest of the lienholder is maintained in the electronic title file pursuant to subsection (b) of section 14-175, the lienholder may submit evidence of the assignment of the security interest, in such form and manner as the commissioner directs, and may request the commissioner to issue a certificate of title with the assignee named as lienholder.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 23; P.A. 02-70, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute lienholder “of record” for “named in the certificate” and to allow lienholder to submit evidence of assignment of the security interest and request commissioner to issue a certificate of title if the security interest of lienholder is maintained in electronic title file pursuant to Sec. 14-175(b), effective July 1, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-189. - Lienholder to furnish information concerning the security agreement.

A lienholder named in a certificate of title, or whose security interest is maintained in the electronic title file pursuant to subsection (b) of section 14-175, shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate or having a recorded interest, disclose any pertinent information as to such lienholder's security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 25; P.A. 02-70, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 02-70 required lienholder whose security interest is maintained in the electronic title file to disclose such information and made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-190. - Method of perfecting interest exclusive.

The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests subject to this chapter is exclusive. Security interests subject to this chapter are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise require or relate to the filing of instruments creating or evidencing security interests.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 26.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-191. - Suspension or revocation of certificate.

(a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard in accordance with section 14-194, if he finds: (1) The certificate of title was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued, or (2) the vehicle has been scrapped, dismantled or destroyed, or (3) the owner or lienholder of record on the certificate of title failed to reply to a notice of a scheduled hearing within thirty days after the notice was mailed by certified bulk mail to his last address of record on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(b) Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted on it.
(c) When the commissioner suspends or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in possession of it shall, immediately upon receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, mail or deliver the certificate to the commissioner.
(d) The commissioner may seize and impound any certificate of title which has been suspended or revoked.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 27; 1967, P.A. 96; P.A. 81-172, S. 12.)
History: 1967 act added Subsec. (a)(3) re suspension or revocation of title upon failure to reply to notice of hearing; P.A. 81-172 permitted the notices to be sent by bulk certified mail, rather than by “certified or registered” mail; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references throughout the general statutes to “Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner” and “Motor Vehicle(s) Department” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” or “Department of Motor Vehicles”, as the case may be, for consistency with customary statutory usage).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-193. - Powers and duties of commissioner.

(a) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The commissioner may: (1) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (2) adopt and enforce reasonable rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (3) assign a new identification number to a vehicle if it has none, or its identification number is destroyed or obliterated, or its motor is changed, and shall either issue a new certificate of title showing the new identification number or make an appropriate endorsement on the original certificate; (4) require each manufacturer or assembler of a vehicle sold in this state to provide such vehicle with a vehicle identification number and, upon the request of the commissioner, to inform him concerning the location or locations of every vehicle identification number on such vehicle. The commissioner may refuse to register a vehicle made by a manufacturer or assembler who fails to comply with this section.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 29; 1967, P.A. 102.)
History: 1967 act added Subsec. (a)(4) re vehicle identification numbers.
See Sec. 14-149 re procedure when stolen vehicle or vehicle or part with mutilated or missing identification, engine or factory number is recovered.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-194. - Hearing.

A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the commissioner under this chapter is entitled, upon request, to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 30; P.A. 02-70, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 02-70 provided that hearings be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 in lieu of “subsection (e) of section 14-111”, effective July 1, 2002.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-195. - Appeal.

A person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of the commissioner under this chapter may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 31; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 40; P.A. 76-436, S. 347, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 37, 125; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4
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6; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)
History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 revised appeal language to conform with usage elsewhere re Sec. 4-183; P.A. 78-280 replaced Hartford county with judicial district of Hartford-New Britain; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-215 replaced “judicial district of Hartford” with “judicial district of New Britain”, effective June 29, 1999.
Cited. 148 C. 456.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-196. - Penalties.

(a) A person who, with fraudulent intent: (1) Alters, forges or counterfeits a certificate of title; (2) alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title, or an assignment or release of a security interest, on a certificate of title or a form the commissioner prescribes; (3) has possession of or uses a certificate of title knowing it to have been altered, forged or counterfeited; or (4) uses a false or fictitious name or address, or makes a material false statement, or fails to disclose a security interest, or conceals any other material fact, in an application for a certificate of title, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(b) A person who: (1) With fraudulent intent, permits another, not entitled thereto, to use or have possession of a certificate of title; (2) wilfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of title or application therefor to the commissioner within ten days after the time required by this chapter; (3) wilfully fails to deliver to his transferee a certificate of title within ten days after the time required by this chapter; or (4) wilfully violates any provision of this chapter, except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, shall be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 32; P.A. 80-292, S. 7; P.A. 05-288, S. 59; P.A. 13-258, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 80-292 increased fine in Subsec. (b) from $500 to $1,000 and imprisonment from six months to two years; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (a) to replace fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,000 and imprisonment of not less than 1 year or more than 5 years with class D felony, and amended Subsec. (b) to change maximum fine from $1,000 to $3,500.
Cited. 9 CA 686.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-197. - Report of stolen, recovered, unclaimed or abandoned vehicle.

(a) A police officer or constable who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered, or of the recovery of a vehicle the theft or conversion of which such officer or constable knows or has reason to believe has been reported to the commissioner, shall forthwith report the theft or recovery to the commissioner.
(b) An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle, or its conversion if a crime, to the commissioner, but the commissioner may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall, forthwith after learning of its recovery, report the recovery to the commissioner.
(c) An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing, parking or storing vehicles for the public, in which there is stored an abandoned or unclaimed vehicle for a period of thirty days, shall, within five days after the expiration of that period, report the vehicle as unclaimed or abandoned to the commissioner. A vehicle left by its owner whose name and address are known to the operator or his employee is not considered unclaimed. A person who fails to report a vehicle as unclaimed or abandoned in accordance with this subsection forfeits all claims and liens for its garaging, parking, towing or storing. The commissioner may, after notice and hearing, impose a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars for each day the failure to report continues.
(d) The commissioner shall maintain and appropriately index weekly and cumulative public records of stolen, converted, recovered, abandoned and unclaimed vehicles reported to him pursuant to this section. The commissioner may make and distribute copies of the weekly records so maintained to police officers upon request without fee and to others for the fee, if any, the commissioner prescribes.
(e) The commissioner may suspend the registration of a vehicle the theft or conversion of which is reported to the commissioner pursuant to this section. Until the commissioner learns of its recovery or that the report of its theft or conversion was erroneous, the commissioner shall not issue a certificate of title for the vehicle.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 33; P.A. 75-394; P.A. 81-206, S. 3; P.A. 00-99, S. 50, 154; P.A. 02-70, S. 54; P.A. 06-196, S. 283.)
History: P.A. 75-394 included abandoned vehicles in provisions of Subsecs. (c) and (d); P.A. 81-206 converted the criminal fines provided for in Subsec. (c) to civil penalties imposed by the commissioner; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff in Subsec. (a), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsec. (e), effective June 7, 2006.
See Sec. 14-150 re abandoned or unregistered motor vehicles and re vehicles which pose a menace to traffic.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-198. - False report.

A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a police officer or to the commissioner shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 34.)
Cited. 198 C. 348.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-199. - Impeachment of credibility of defendant.

In a prosecution for a crime specified in this chapter, a certified copy of a conviction under subsection (a) of section 14-196 is admissible to impeach the credibility of the defendant.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-200. - Penalties additional to other statutes.

The penal provisions of this chapter in no way repeal or modify any existing provision of criminal law but are additional and supplementary thereto.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 36.)
Cited. 9 CA 686.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-201 to 14-209. - Definition. Exemption of previously registered vehicle. Issuance of distinctive certificate. Perfection of security interest. Perfection under other statute. Filing of notices of security interest. Assignment of security interest. Release of interest. Lienholder to furnish information concerning security agreement.

Sections 14-201 to 14-209, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2002.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 37
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45; P.A. 02-70, S. 87; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-210. - Interpretation.

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 46.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-211. - Short title: Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act.

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act”.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 47.)
Cited. 9 CA 686; 31 CA 797.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247a - Motor Vehicle Theft Task Force (Repealed) › Section 14-211a. - Motor vehicle theft task force.

Section 14-211a is repealed, effective June 30, 2015.
(P.A. 80-292, S. 14, 17; P.A. 83-233; P.A. 85-191; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 513.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-212b. - School zones. Fines doubled.

(a) As used in this section, “local highway” means a highway that is under the control of a town, city or borough; and “local traffic authority” means the traffic authority of a town, city or borough.
(b) (1) At the request of the legislative body of a town, city or borough, the Office of the State Traffic Administration may designate as a school zone any part of a state highway that is adjacent to school property or is, in the opinion of said office, sufficiently close to school property as to constitute a risk to the public safety under all the circumstances. At the request of such legislative body, the commission may revoke any such designation. (2) A local traffic authority may designate as a school zone, and may revoke any such designation, any part of a local highway that is adjacent to school property or is, in the opinion of the local traffic authority, sufficiently close to school property as to constitute a risk to the public safety under all the circumstances.
(c) The Superior Court shall impose an additional fee equivalent to one hundred per cent of the fine established or imposed for the violation of the provisions of section 14-218a or 14-219, for any such violation committed in a school zone designated in a conspicuous manner by the Office of the State Traffic Administration or local traffic authority.
(d) The Office of the State Traffic Administration with regard to a state highway or the local traffic authority with regard to a local highway shall cause to be posted a sign approved by the Office of the State Traffic Administration (1) at the beginning of a school zone in each direction that traffic is permitted to flow which shall read as follows: “SCHOOL ZONE AHEAD FINES DOUBLED”, and (2) at the end of such zone in each direction that traffic is permitted to flow which shall read as follows: “END SCHOOL ZONE”.
(P.A. 98-252, S. 64; P.A. 12-132, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 12-132 replaced references to State Traffic Commission with references to Office of the State Traffic Administration and, in Subsec. (d), replaced “post” with “cause to be posted”, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-212c. - Fines doubled for failure to yield right-of-way to person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter.

A surcharge shall be imposed equivalent to one hundred per cent of the fine established or imposed for a violation of subsection (e) of section 14-242, section 14-245, 14-246a, 14-247 or 14-247a for such violation when the driver of a vehicle fails to grant or yield the right-of-way to a person riding a bicycle, as defined in section 14-286, an electric bicycle or an electric foot scooter.
(P.A. 98-165, S. 1; P.A. 18-165, S. 6; P.A. 19-162, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 18-165 added “or a person riding an electric bicycle”; P.A. 19-162 added “or an electric foot scooter” and made a conforming change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 248 - Vehicle Highway Use › Section 14-212e. - Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council established. Membership, meetings and duties.

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