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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 930 - Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act › Section 52-638. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Notice of appointment; claim against receivership; distribution to creditors.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, a receiver shall give notice of appointment of the receiver to creditors of the owner by:
(1) Deposit for delivery through first class mail or other commercially reasonable delivery method to the last-known address of each creditor; and
(2) Publication as directed by the court.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, the notice required by subsection (a) of this section must specify the date by which each creditor holding a claim against the owner which arose before appointment of the receiver must submit the claim to the receiver. The date specified must be at least ninety days after the later of notice under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section or last publication under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section. The court may extend the period for submitting the claim. Unless the court orders otherwise, a claim that is not submitted timely is not entitled to a distribution from the receivership.
(c) A claim submitted by a creditor under this section must:
(1) State the name and address of the creditor;
(2) State the amount and basis of the claim;
(3) Identify any property securing the claim;
(4) Be signed by the creditor under penalty of perjury; and
(5) Include a copy of any record on which the claim is based.
(d) An assignment by a creditor of a claim against the owner is effective against the receiver only if the assignee gives timely notice of the assignment to the receiver in a signed record.
(e) At any time before entry of an order approving a receiver's final report, the receiver may file with the court an objection to a claim of a creditor, stating the basis for the objection. The court shall allow or disallow the claim according to the law of this state other than sections 52-619 to 52-646, inclusive.
(f) If the court concludes that receivership property is likely to be insufficient to satisfy claims of each creditor holding a perfected lien on the property, the court may order that:
(1) The receiver need not give notice under subsection (a) of this section of the appointment to all creditors of the owner, but only such creditors as the court directs; and
(2) Unsecured creditors need not submit claims under this section.
(g) Subject to the provisions of section 52-639:
(1) A distribution of receivership property to a creditor holding a perfected lien on the property must be made in accordance with the creditor's priority under the law of this state other than sections 52-619 to 52-646, inclusive; and
(2) A distribution of receivership property to a creditor with an allowed unsecured claim must be made as the court directs according to the law of this state other than sections 52-619 to 52-646, inclusive.
(P.A. 21-80, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 21-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 930 - Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act › Section 52-639. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Fees and expenses.

(a) The court may award a receiver from receivership property the reasonable and necessary fees and expenses of performing the duties of the receiver and exercising the powers of the receiver.
(b) The court may order one or more of the following to pay the reasonable and necessary fees and expenses of the receivership, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs:
(1) A person that requested the appointment of the receiver, if the receivership does not produce sufficient funds to pay the fees and expenses; or
(2) A person whose conduct justified or would have justified the appointment of the receiver under subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 52-624.
(P.A. 21-80, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 21-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 930 - Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act › Section 52-640. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Removal of receiver; replacement; termination of receivership.

(a) The court may remove a receiver for cause.
(b) The court shall replace a receiver that dies, resigns or is removed.
(c) If the court finds that a receiver that resigns or is removed, or the representative of a receiver that is deceased, has accounted fully for and turned over to the successor receiver all receivership property and has filed a report of all receipts and disbursements during the service of the replaced receiver, the replaced receiver is discharged.
(d) The court may discharge a receiver and terminate the court's administration of the receivership property if the court finds that appointment of the receiver was improvident or that the circumstances no longer warrant continuation of the receivership. If the court finds that the appointment was sought wrongfully or in bad faith, the court may assess against the person that sought the appointment:
(1) The fees and expenses of the receivership, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs; and
(2) Actual damages caused by the appointment, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.
(P.A. 21-80, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 21-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 930 - Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act › Section 52-641. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Final report of receiver; discharge.

(a) On completion of a receiver's duties, the receiver shall file a final report including:
(1) A description of the activities of the receiver in the conduct of the receivership;
(2) A list of receivership property at the commencement of the receivership and any receivership property received during the receivership;
(3) A list of disbursements, including payments to professionals engaged by the receiver;
(4) A list of dispositions of receivership property;
(5) A list of distributions made or proposed to be made from the receivership for creditor claims;
(6) If not filed separately, a request for approval of the payment of fees and expenses of the receiver; and
(7) Any other information required by the court.
(b) If the court approves a final report filed under subsection (a) of this section and the receiver distributes all receivership property, the receiver is discharged.
(P.A. 21-80, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 21-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 930 - Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act › Section 52-642. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Receivership in another state; ancillary proceeding.

(a) The court may appoint a receiver appointed in another state, or that person's nominee, as an ancillary receiver with respect to property located in this state or subject to the jurisdiction of the court for which a receiver could be appointed under sections 52-619 to 52-646, inclusive, if:
(1) The person or nominee would be eligible to serve as receiver under section 52-625; and
(2) The appointment furthers the person's possession, custody, control or disposition of property subject to the receivership in the other state.
(b) The court may issue an order that gives effect to an order entered in another state appointing or directing a receiver.
(c) Unless the court orders otherwise, an ancillary receiver appointed under subsection (a) of this section has the rights, powers and duties of a receiver appointed under sections 52-619 to 52-646, inclusive.
(P.A. 21-80, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 21-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 930 - Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act › Section 52-643. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Effect of enforcement by mortgagee.

A request by a mortgagee for appointment of a receiver, the appointment of a receiver or application by a mortgagee of receivership property or proceeds to the secured obligation does not:
(1) Make the mortgagee a mortgagee in possession of the real property;
(2) Make the mortgagee an agent of the owner;
(3) Constitute an election of remedies that precludes a later action to enforce the secured obligation;
(4) Make the secured obligation unenforceable; or
(5) Limit any right available to the mortgagee with respect to the secured obligation.
(P.A. 21-80, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 21-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 930 - Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act › Section 52-644. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing sections 52-619 to 52-646, inclusive, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
(P.A. 21-80, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 21-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 930 - Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act › Section 52-645. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

Sections 52-619 to 52-646, inclusive, modify, limit and supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of said act, 15 USC 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of said act, 15 USC 7003(b).
(P.A. 21-80, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 21-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 930 - Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act › Section 52-646. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022). Transition.

Sections 52-619 to 52-646, inclusive, do not apply to a receivership for which the receiver was appointed before July 1, 2022.
(P.A. 21-80, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 21-80 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 931 - Connecticut Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act › Section 52-655. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2023.) Short title: Connecticut Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.

Sections 52-655 to 52-660, inclusive, may be cited as the “Connecticut Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act”.
(P.A. 22-26, S. 44.)
History: P.A. 22-26 effective July 1, 2023, and applicable to any request for discovery in an action pending on or filed on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 931 - Connecticut Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act › Section 52-656. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2023.) Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 52-657 to 52-660, inclusive:
(1) “Foreign jurisdiction” means a state other than the state of Connecticut;
(2) “Foreign subpoena” means a subpoena in a civil or probate action issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction;
(3) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity;
(4) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and
(5) “Subpoena” means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to: (A) Attend and give testimony at a deposition; (B) produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information or tangible things in the possession, custody or control of the person; or (C) permit inspection of premises under the control of the person.
(P.A. 22-26, S. 45.)
History: P.A. 22-26 effective July 1, 2023, and applicable to any request for discovery in an action pending on or filed on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 931 - Connecticut Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act › Section 52-657. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2023.) Issuance of subpoena.

(a)(1) To request issuance of a subpoena under this section, a party shall submit to a clerk of the Superior Court in the judicial district in which discovery is sought to be conducted in this state, or a clerk of the Probate Court in the probate district in which discovery is sought to be conducted in this state, as the case may be, the following: (A) The original or a true copy of a foreign subpoena, (B) the form prescribed under subdivision (2) of this subsection, and (C) with respect to any action in the Superior Court, the fee prescribed for issuance of a foreign subpoena pursuant to section 52-259 or, with respect to any action in the Probate Court, the fee prescribed in section 45a-106a. A request for the issuance of a subpoena under any provision of this section, or sections 52-658 to 52-660, inclusive, does not constitute an appearance in any court of this state.
(2) The Office of the Chief Court Administrator, with respect to any action in the Superior Court, and the Office of the Probate Court Administrator, with respect to any action in the Probate Court, shall prescribe the form which is required to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(b) When a party submits a foreign subpoena to a clerk of the Superior Court or a clerk of the Probate Court that complies with the requirements of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, such clerk shall, in accordance with the respective court's procedure, promptly issue a subpoena for service upon the person to which the foreign subpoena is directed.
(c) A subpoena issued under subsection (b) of this section shall:
(1) Incorporate the terms used in the foreign subpoena;
(2) Contain or be accompanied by an affidavit of the party stating the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all counsel of record in the proceeding to which the subpoena relates and of any party not represented by counsel; and
(3) Include the case caption and docket number of the matter pending in the foreign jurisdiction and shall identify the name and address of the Superior Court, or the Probate Court, as the case may be, issuing the subpoena.
(d) A subpoena issued by a clerk of the Superior Court shall be on a form prescribed by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator. A subpoena issued by a clerk of the Probate Court shall be on a form prescribed by the Office of the Probate Court Administrator.
(P.A. 22-26, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 22-26 effective July 1, 2023, and applicable to any request for discovery in an action pending on or filed on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 931 - Connecticut Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act › Section 52-658. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2023.) Service of a subpoena.

(a) Any subpoena issued under section 52-657 by a clerk of a court in this state shall be served in accordance with section 52-148e.
(b) The provisions of sections 52-148a to 52-152, inclusive, and sections 52-156 to 52-157, inclusive, shall apply to a subpoena issued under section 52-657.
(P.A. 22-26, S. 47.)
History: P.A. 22-26 effective July 1, 2023, and applicable to any request for discovery in an action pending on or filed on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 931 - Connecticut Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act › Section 52-659. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2023.) Application to court for protective order.

An application to the court for a protective order related to a matter under sections 52-655 to 52-658, inclusive, or to enforce, quash or modify a subpoena issued by a clerk of a court under section 52-657, shall comply with the rules of court of this state and the general statutes and shall be submitted to the Superior Court in the judicial district or the Probate Court in the probate district, as the case may be, in which discovery is sought.
(P.A. 22-26, S. 48.)
History: P.A. 22-26 effective July 1, 2023, and applicable to any request for discovery in an action pending on or filed on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 52 - Civil Actions › Chapter 931 - Connecticut Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act › Section 52-660. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2023.) Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing the provisions of sections 52-655 to 52-660, inclusive, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among the states that enact such uniform provisions.
(P.A. 22-26, S. 49.)
History: P.A. 22-26 effective July 1, 2023, and applicable to any request for discovery in an action pending on or filed on or after said date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 938 - Offenses Against the Sovereignty of the State (Repealed) › Section 53-1 to 53-8. - Offenses against the sovereignty of the state.

Sections 53-1 to 53-8, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8342–8349; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-9 and 53-10. - Degrees of murder; trial. First degree murder, other homicides; death penalty or life imprisonment.

Sections 53-9 and 53-10 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8350, 8351; 1951, S. 3266d; 1957, P.A. 461, S. 3; 1963, P.A. 322; 573; February, 1965, P.A. 500; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-10a. - Persons sentenced to life imprisonment prior to October 1, 1963.

Any person imprisoned in any correctional institution who, prior to October 1, 1963, was sentenced under the provisions of section 53-10 of the general statutes to imprisonment in the State Prison for life without benefit of release as provided in sections 18-7, 54-125 and 54-130a shall be eligible for the same release benefits provided under said sections as any person sentenced to imprisonment for life after October 1, 1963.
(February, 1965, P.A. 258, S. 1; P.A. 76-336, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 76-336 replaced references to “State Prison” with general reference to “any correctional institution”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-11 to 53-19. - Homicide or injuries to person punishable by imprisonment for life. Assault with intent to murder. Manslaughter. Maiming with intent to disfigure; robbery with violence; armed robbery. Assault with acid or other burning substance. Aggravated assault. Assault of Correction Department or Parole Board employee. Misconduct of railroad or railway servants or motor vehicle operators. Throwing or shooting at trains, engines, motor units, railroad cars; injury or destruction. Binding, or administering drugs with intent to commit crime.

Sections 53-11 to 53-19, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8352–8358, 8360, 8520; 1961, P.A. 210; 1969, P.A. 144, S. 1; 327; 828, S. 214; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 129.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-21a. - Leaving child unsupervised in place of public accommodation or motor vehicle. Failure to report disappearance of a child.

(a) Any parent, guardian or person having custody or control, or providing supervision, of any child under the age of twelve years who knowingly leaves such child unsupervised in a place of public accommodation or a motor vehicle for a period of time that presents a substantial risk to the child's health or safety, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any parent, guardian or person having custody or control, or providing supervision, of any child under the age of twelve years who knowingly leaves such child unsupervised in a place of public accommodation, which holds a permit issued under chapter 545 for the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises, for a period of time that presents a substantial risk to the child's health or safety, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(c) Any parent, guardian or person having custody or control, or providing supervision, of any child under the age of twelve years who knowingly leaves such child unsupervised in a place of public accommodation or a motor vehicle between the hours of eight o'clock p.m. and six o'clock a.m. for a period of time that presents a substantial risk to the child's health or safety, shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(d) Any parent, guardian or person having custody or control, or providing supervision, of any child under the age of twelve years who knowingly fails to report the disappearance of such child to an appropriate law enforcement agency shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. For the purposes of this subsection, “disappearance of such child” means that the parent, guardian or person does not know the location of the child and has not had contact with the child for a twenty-four-hour period.
(P.A. 97-298; P.A. 12-112, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 12-112 added Subsec. (d) re failure to report disappearance of a child.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-22. - Psychiatric examinations.

The court may order any person convicted under section 53-20 or 53-21 to be examined by one or more competent psychiatrists.
(1949 Rev., S. 8370.)
See Sec. 17a-566 re examination of certain convicted persons.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-23. - Abandonment of child under the age of six years.

(a) Any person having the charge of any child under the age of six years who exposes such child in any place, with intent wholly to abandon such child, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(b) The act of a parent or agent leaving an infant thirty days or younger with a designated employee pursuant to section 17a-58 shall not constitute a violation of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 8366; P.A. 00-207, S. 7; P.A. 13-258, S. 112.)
History: P.A. 00-207 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), making technical changes therein, and added new Subsec. (b) re exemption for parent or agent leaving an infant with a designated employee pursuant to Sec. 17a-58; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (a) to change penalty from fine of not more than $500 and imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
See Secs. 53-304 to 53-308, inclusive, re nonsupport cases.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-23a. - Hazing.

(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Hazing” means any action which recklessly or intentionally endangers the health or safety of a person for the purpose of initiation, admission into or affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in a student organization. The term shall include, but not be limited to:
(A) Requiring indecent exposure of the body;
(B) Requiring any activity that would subject the person to extreme mental stress, such as sleep deprivation or extended isolation from social contact;
(C) Confinement of the person to unreasonably small, unventilated, unsanitary or unlighted areas;
(D) Any assault upon the person; or
(E) Requiring the ingestion of any substance or any other physical activity which could adversely affect the health or safety of the individual. The term shall not include an action sponsored by an institution of higher education which requires any athletic practice, conditioning, or competition or curricular activity.
(2) “Student organization” means a fraternity, sorority or any other organization organized or operating at an institution of higher education.
(b) No student organization or member of a student organization shall engage in hazing any member or person pledged to be a member of the organization. The implied or express consent of the victim shall not be a defense in any action brought under this section.
(c) A student organization which violates subsection (b) of this section (1) shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars and (2) shall forfeit for a period of not less than one year all of the rights and privileges of being an organization organized or operating at an institution of higher education.
(d) A member of a student organization who violates subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
(e) This section shall not in any manner limit or exclude prosecution or punishment for any crime or any civil remedy.
(P.A. 88-328, S. 1–5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-24 to 53-33. - Taking or enticing away a child. Unlawful exhibition or employment of child. Abduction of child by either parent. Kidnapping. Assault with intent to rob. Attempt to procure miscarriage or abortion. Abortion or miscarriage: Fine. Encouraging the commission of abortion. Abortion or miscarriage inducement: Class D felony. Severability. Use of drugs or instruments to prevent conception. Penalty for unlawful operation.

Sections 53-24 to 53-33, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4183, 8361, 8363–8365, 8367, 8371–8373, 8568; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214; May, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-135; P.A. 90-113, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-34b. - Deprivation of the right to breast-feed one's child.

No person may restrict or limit the right of a mother to breast-feed her child.
(P.A. 97-210, S. 2.)
See Sec. 54-195 re general penalty provision.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-35b and 53-36. - Posting of notices. Complaint to Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities; commission may issue complaint; damages.

Sections 53-35b and 53-36 are repealed.
(1949, 1955, S. 3268d; 1959, P.A. 111; February, 1965, P.A. 433, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 210, S. 2; 715, S. 5; 756, S. 1; P.A. 74-43, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-462; P.A. 80-422, S. 50.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-36c. - Counsel for commission.

Section 53-36c is repealed.
(February, 1965, P.A. 543, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 715, S. 6; P.A. 80-422, S. 50.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-37. - Ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race.

Any person who, by his advertisement, ridicules or holds up to contempt any person or class of persons, on account of the creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race of such person or class of persons, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 8376; P.A. 12-80, S. 100.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-37a. - Deprivation of a person's civil rights by person wearing mask or hood: Class D felony.

Any person who, with the intent to subject, or cause to be subjected, any other person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities, secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of this state or of the United States, on account of religion, national origin, alienage, color, race, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, blindness or physical disability, violates the provisions of section 46a-58 while wearing a mask, hood or other device designed to conceal the identity of such person shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 82-14, S. 1, 2; P.A. 07-62, S. 2; P.A. 11-55, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 07-62 included within offense the deprivation of rights on account of sexual orientation; P.A. 11-55 included within offense the deprivation of rights on account of gender identity or expression.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-37b. - Deprivation of a person's equal rights and privileges by force or threat.

Any person who, acting alone or in conspiracy with another, for the purpose of depriving any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws of this state or the United States, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws of this state or the United States, engages in the use of force or threat, as provided in section 53a-62, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except that if bodily injury results such person shall be guilty of a class C felony or if death results such person shall be guilty of a class B felony.
(P.A. 93-412, S. 1.)
See Sec. 52-571a re action for damages and other relief for violation of this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-39. - Malicious prosecution.

Any person who falsely prosecutes another for any criminal charge, without probable cause and with malicious intent unjustly to vex and trouble him, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year.
(1949 Rev., S. 8378.)
A conviction in a lower court, although reversed on appeal, is conclusive evidence of probable cause unless plaintiff can establish that his conviction was obtained by fraud, perjury or other corrupt means. 147 C. 704. Cited. 224 C. 29.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-41. - Tattooing of persons restricted.

Section 53-41 is repealed, effective May 23, 1994.
(1953, S. 3269d; 1963, P.A. 27; P.A. 94-105, S. 3, 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-41a. - Surveillance devices in dressing rooms prohibited.

No department or clothing store shall install or in any manner use a closed-circuit television system, a two-way mirror, a peephole or any other surveillance device, including any mechanical device in any dressing room available to the public. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months or both.
(February, 1965, P.A. 214; P.A. 85-287.)
History: P.A. 85-287 prohibited department or clothing stores from using or installing a two-way mirror, peephole or other surveillance device including any mechanical device, in any dressing room available to the public and provided for a fine or prison term for persons convicted of a violation of this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 939 - Offenses Against the Person › Section 53-41b. - Ear piercing.

Section 53-41b is repealed, effective May 23, 1994.
(1969, P.A. 360; 1971, P.A. 20, S. 1; P.A. 78-99, S. 2, 3; P.A. 94-105, S. 3, 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 940 - Offenses Against Public Property (Repealed) › Section 53-42 to 53-55. - Offenses against public property.

Sections 53-42 to 53-55, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8380–8393; 1953, S. 3270d; 1955, S. 3272d; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 45; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 10; 1959, P.A. 40, S. 1; 437, S. 1; 449, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 56; 400; 589, S. 1, 2; February, 1965, P.A. 188; 448, S. 41, 44; 1967, P.A. 17; 18; 1969, P.A. 256; 452, S. 6, 9; 828, S. 214; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 129; P.A. 74-262, S. 5, 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-56 to 53-80. - Theft from the person. Theft of motor vehicle, bicycle or livestock. Shoplifting. Theft, counterfeiting or embezzlement of passage tickets. Receiving stolen goods. Robbery, burglary, breaking and entering, generally. Use of explosives.

Sections 53-56 to 53-80, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8362, 8394–8417; 1951, S. 3275d–3277d; 1953, S. 3273d; 1955, S. 3274d; 1959, P.A. 101; 596; 1961, P.A. 305; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 43; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-80a. - Manufacture of bombs.

Any person, other than one engaged in the manufacture of firearms or explosives or incendiary devices for lawful purposes, who fabricates, in any manner, any type of an explosive, incendiary or other device designed to be dropped, hurled, or set in place to be exploded by a timing device, shall be guilty of a class B felony.
(1971, P.A. 277.)
Possession of an explosive in violation of Sec. 29-348 and manufacturing a bomb in violation of this section are not the same offense; defendant's action of gluing pennies onto an M-1000 explosive device constituted fabrication. 152 CA 753; judgment reversed on alternate grounds, see 320 C. 589.
Cited. 41 CS 525.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-81 to 53-129. - Wilful injury to private building. Damage to materials of construction project. Arson, generally. Illegal burning and dumping. Injury to or obstruction of railroads or navigation. Trespass, generally. Other offenses.

Sections 53-81 to 53-129, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4895, 4897, 8418–8465, 8467; 1949, S. 3278d; 1955, S. 2492d; 1957, P.A. 167; 277; 529, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204; February, 1965, P.A. 184; 1967, P.A. 372, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 438; 828, S. 214; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 129.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-130. - Concealing or destroying attached property.

Any person who, with intent to place personal property, attached according to the provisions of section 52-283, beyond the control of the attaching officer or attaching creditor, destroys, consumes or causes to be consumed, removes or conceals, or aids or abets the destruction, consumption, removal or concealment of, any such property, and any defendant in any suit in which his property is attached as aforesaid, who assents to such removal or concealment, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months.
(1949 Rev., S. 8466.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-131. - Removal of identifying marks on electrical devices.

Any person who, with intent to defraud another, wilfully removes, defaces, conceals, alters or destroys the manufacturer's serial number or other distinguishing number, name or identification mark on any motor, apparatus, appliance, device or mechanism operated by or designed principally for the use of electricity or on any part, container, cabinet, receptacle or equipment thereof, or who aids or abets such removal, defacement, concealment, alteration or destruction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8468.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-132. - Sale of equipment with defective identification marks.

Any person who, with intent to defraud, knowingly, for himself or for others, buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals, uses or attempts to sell or dispose of, or has in his possession for any of said purposes, any electrical motor, apparatus, appliance, device, mechanism, container, cabinet, receptacle, equipment or part on which the manufacturer's serial number or other distinguishing number, name or identification mark has been removed, defaced, concealed, altered or destroyed, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 8469; P.A. 12-80, S. 101.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 3 months or both with a class C misdemeanor.
Cited. 212 C. 223.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-132a. - Altering manufacturer's serial number.

(a) For the purposes of this section, a manufacturer's serial number means that number or other mark which identifies any product, other than a motor vehicle, and distinguishes it from other products of like model and kind produced by the same manufacturer and may be punched, impressed or affixed by plate. No person shall remove, deface, alter or obliterate any manufacturer's serial number on any manufactured product with intent to prevent the tracing or identification of such product or shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or purchase any such product whose manufacturer's serial number has been removed, defaced, altered or obliterated with intent to prevent the tracing or identification of such product.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(P.A. 74-42, S. 1, 2.)
See Sec. 29-36 re alteration of identifying mark, number or name of firearm.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-133. - Unlawful alteration or disposal of rental electric storage batteries.

Any person other than the owner who removes, defaces, alters or destroys, or causes to be removed, defaced, altered or destroyed, the word “rental” or any other word or identifying mark printed, painted, stamped upon or attached to any electric storage battery or sells or gives or attempts to sell or give to any person any electric storage battery so marked or, without the written consent of the owner, retains in his possession any electric storage battery so marked, with intent to keep or dispose of the same by sale or gift, or any person who buys from any person other than the owner any electric storage battery so marked, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 8470.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-134. - Possession of outboard motor having defaced factory or engine number.

(a) No person shall have in his possession any outboard motor bearing an engine or factory number which shows evidence of having been altered or defaced except as hereinafter provided. Any officer, upon discovery of any outboard motor, the engine number or factory number of which has been altered or defaced, shall immediately take such motor into his custody and shall produce the same before a proper court and may take into custody the person having such motor in his possession and present him before such court. Such person may be admitted to bail pending proceedings on such matter.
(b) Any person who knowingly has in his possession any outboard motor of which the engine number, factory number, serial number or other identification number has been altered or defaced shall forthwith file with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection a sworn statement describing such motor and showing the source of his title and, if known, the reason for such alteration or defacement. If satisfied as to the facts, the commissioner may grant permission to cut, impress or emboss permanently into the motor a special identification number or mark. No person shall wilfully alter or deface or cause to be altered or defaced any engine number, factory number, serial number or other identification number or mark on or from any outboard motor.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8471; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 111; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: 1961 act deleted references to jurisdiction of trial justices, who were abolished; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 19 CA 571.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-135 to 53-142. - Unlawful appropriation of electric current. Fraudulent diversion or use of water. Defrauding gas companies or public hospitals. Unauthorized performance of certain compositions. Tapping telegraph or telephone wires. Unlawful sale of railroad tickets. Unlawful gait of animals on bridges.

Sections 53-135 to 53-142, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8472–8475, 8477–8480; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 134; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-142a. - Illegal sale or possession of master car key.

Any person who makes and sells to anyone other than a new car dealer, licensed under section 14-52, a person actually engaged in the trade of locksmith, a law enforcement agency or a loan institution which finances the purchase of motor vehicles, any motor vehicle master car key, and any person other than one engaged in the manufacture of such keys as a bona fide business or other than one to whom the sale of such a key is authorized by this section who has such a key in his possession, shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor and, for a subsequent offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(1967, P.A. 818; P.A. 12-80, S. 102.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty for first offense of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor and replaced penalty for subsequent offense of a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months or both with a class B misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-142b. - Transferral, sale or use of records, tapes, film, cassettes or discs without owner's consent, or supplying machinery for reproduction thereof, prohibited. Exceptions.

(a) As used in this section, “owner” means the person who owns the master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master audio or video cassette or disc, master film or other device used for reproducing recorded sounds or images, or both, on phonograph records, discs, tapes, audio or video cassettes or discs, films and other articles on which sound or images, or both, are recorded and from which the transferred recorded sounds or images, or both, are directly or indirectly derived.
(b) No person shall (1) knowingly and wilfully transfer or cause to be transferred any sounds or images, or both, recorded on a phonograph record, disc, tape, audio or video cassette or disc, film or other article on which sounds or images, or both, are recorded, with the intent to sell or cause to be sold, or to use or cause to be used for profit such article without the consent of the owner, or (2) sell or offer for sale or advertise for sale any such article with the knowledge that the sounds or images, or both, thereon have been so transferred without the consent of the owner or (3) offer or make available for a fee, rental or any other form of compensation, directly or indirectly, any equipment or machinery with the knowledge that such equipment or machinery will be used by another to reproduce, without the consent of the owner, any phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, audio or video cassette or disc, film or other article on which sounds or images, or both, may be transferred.
(c) Any person engaging in radio or television broadcasting who transfers or causes to be transferred any such sounds or images, or both, which are intended for, or in connection with, broadcast transmission or related uses or for archival purposes shall be exempt from any provision of subsection (b) of this section.
(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 74-160, S. 1; P.A. 94-140, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 94-140 included audio or video cassettes or discs in list of articles on which sounds or images are recorded, substituted “sounds or images, or both” for “sounds” where appearing and added Subsec. (d) re penalty for violation, replacing former penalty contained in repealed Sec. 53-142d.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-142c. - Manufacture, sale or distribution of records, tapes, cassettes or discs without identification marks prohibited.

(a) No person shall manufacture or knowingly sell, distribute, advertise for sale or cause to be sold, distributed or circulated for profit any phonograph record, tape, album of phonograph records or tapes or audio or video cassette or disc, without the actual name and address of the manufacturer thereof, and the name of the featured performer or group prominently disclosed on the outside cover, box or jacket containing such record, tape, album of records or tapes or audio or video cassette or disc.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 74-160, S. 2; P.A. 94-140, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 94-140 added “audio or video cassette or disc” and added Subsec. (b) re penalty for violation, replacing former penalty contained in repealed Sec. 53-142d.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-142f. - Possession of unauthorized recordings prohibited.

(a) No person shall knowingly possess one hundred or more copies of any single record, disc, tape, film, audio or video cassette or disc or other article on which sounds or images or both have been recorded without the consent of the owner in violation of section 53-142b.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 94-140, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 53 - Crimes › Chapter 941 - Offenses Against Private Property › Section 53-142j. (Formerly Sec. 53-142e). - Destruction, delay or opening of letters and packages by private messenger or courier service prohibited.

(a) No person who is an agent or employee of a private messenger or courier service shall secrete, destroy, detain, delay or open any letter or package, entrusted to him or which comes into his possession, and which was intended to be conveyed, carried or delivered by such private messenger or courier service.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 88-86.)
History: Sec. 53-142e transferred to Sec. 53-142j in 1995.