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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 32 - Treasurer › Section 3-76q. - Default by state, remedies of municipalities, holders.

(a) If the state defaults in the payment of principal or interest on any issue of special obligation bonds after they become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for thirty days, or if the state fails or refuses to comply with this part or defaults in any agreement made with a municipality or with the holders of any issue of bonds, and such failure or refusal continues thirty days after written notice thereof, the holders of twenty-five per centum in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding bonds of that issue, by instrument filed in the office of the Secretary of the State and executed in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, subject to the provisions of subsection (r) of section 3-76g, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of those bonds for the purposes herein provided and the municipality may proceed by mandamus or other appropriate suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to enforce its rights.
(b) A trustee appointed under this section may, and shall in his or its name, upon written request of the holders of twenty-five per centum in principal amount of outstanding special obligation bonds: (1) By mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity, enforce all rights of bondholders, including the right to require the state to collect the trust receipts, and to collect interest and amortization payments on municipal refunding bonds held by it adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or pledge of, the trust receipts and of the interest and amortization payments, and to require the state to carry out any other agreements with the holders of such bonds and to perform its duties under this part; (2) bring suit upon all or any part of the bonds or interest coupons appertaining thereto; (3) by action or suit, require the state to account as if it were the trustee of any express trust for the holders of the bonds; (4) by action or suit in equity enjoin anything which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of the bonds; (5) declare all the bonds due and payable, and if all defaults are made good, then with the consent of the holders of twenty-five per centum of the principal amount of the outstanding bonds, annul the declaration and its consequences; (6) the trustee shall in addition to the foregoing have all the powers necessary for the exercise of any functions specifically set forth herein or incident to the general representation of bondholders in the enforcement and protection of their rights.
(c) Before declaring the principal of bonds due and payable, the trustee must first give thirty days' notice in writing to the Governor, the State Treasurer and the Attorney General of the state.
(P.A. 73-591, S. 17, 21; P.A. 10-32, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 32 - Treasurer › Section 3-76s. - Defaults in principal or interest payments on municipal refunding bonds; remedies.

(a) Upon the issuance and delivery of any municipal refunding bonds to the state by any municipality, that municipality is deemed to agree that on the failure of that municipality to pay interest or principal on any of the municipal refunding bonds owed or held by the state when payable, all defenses to nonpayment are waived.
(b) If at any time a municipality is in default on the payment of the principal of or interest on any municipal refunding bonds of such municipality then held or owned by the state, upon demand by the Treasurer, the officer of such defaulting municipality empowered by law to receive revenues or tax receipts shall set apart from the first revenues or tax receipts not pledged or otherwise required by law to be applied to another purpose thereafter received by such municipality an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due and owing on such bonds and shall immediately apply such amount to cure such default.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law as to time or duration of default or percentage of holders or owners of bonds or notes entitled to exercise rights of holders or owners of bonds or notes in default, or to invoke any remedies or powers thereof or of any trustee in connection therewith or of any board, body, agency or commission of the state having jurisdiction in the matter of circumstance, the Treasurer, acting on behalf of the state, may thereupon avail himself of all other remedies, rights and provisions of law applicable in that circumstance, and the failure to exercise or exert any rights or remedies within any time or period provided by law may not be raised as a defense by the defaulting municipality. The Treasurer may carry out the provisions of this section and exercise all of the rights and remedies and provisions of law herein provided or referred to.
(d) To the extent that the Treasurer or any other officer of the state is the custodian of any moneys made available by reason of any grant, allocation or appropriation by the state or agencies thereof payable to a municipality at any time subsequent to the failure of such municipality to pay the principal of or interest on municipal refunding bonds of such municipality then owned or held by the state, the Treasurer or such officer shall withhold the payment of that money from that municipality until the amount of the principal or interest then due and unpaid has been paid to the state, or until the Treasurer or such officer shall determine that arrangements, satisfactory to the Treasurer, have been made for the payment of such principal and interest provided, however, that such moneys shall not be withheld from such defaulting municipality if such withholding will adversely affect the receipt of any federal grant or aid in connection with such moneys.
(P.A. 73-591, S. 19, 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 32 - Treasurer › Section 3-76t. - Transfer of interest subsidy under section 10-292m.

Any municipality entitled to receive an interest subsidy pursuant to subsection (b) of section 10-292m on bonds refunded pursuant to this part shall cease to receive such interest subsidy on the refunded bonds and shall be entitled to receive such interest subsidy on the refunding bonds in the amount permitted by subsection (b) of section 10-292m.
(P.A. 73-591, S. 20, 21; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 44, 65.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 the words “of the general statutes” following reference to Sec. 10-287g were deleted editorially by the Revisors for consistency with customary statutory usage); June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11 changed reference from Sec. 10-287g to Sec. 10-292m(b), effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-78. - Deputy Secretary.

The Secretary shall appoint a deputy, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties and who shall perform all the duties of the Secretary in case of his sickness or absence and such other duties as may be prescribed.
(1949 Rev., S. 158.)
See Sec. 9-213 re procedure for filling vacancy in office of secretary.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-79. - Roll of members of General Assembly.

The Secretary shall, before the convening of each General Assembly, prepare a roll of the senators whose election has been declared by the Board of Canvassers and a roll of the members of the House of Representatives, from the returns or certificates received by him from the moderators of the state election. The Secretary shall deliver to the persons who are to preside at the organization of said houses, respectively, certified copies of such rolls for the use of each house.
(1949 Rev., S. 159; 1953, S. 57d; 1967, P.A. 220.)
History: 1967 act deleted provision regarding excess number of representatives elected by town.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-80a. - List of members-elect and “Pocket Manual” to be sent to members-elect, when.

On or before December fifteenth in the even-numbered years, the Secretary of the State shall transmit to each senator and representative elect a complete list of the names and addresses of each such member-elect and shall transmit a copy of the “Pocket Manual” of the previous General Assembly to each such member-elect who was not a member of such previous General Assembly.
(P.A. 76-366, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-82. - Statement of legislative action.

The Secretary shall file with the legislative commissioners within one week following the adjournment of the General Assembly a statement showing the action of the General Assembly on all resolutions concerning amendments to the Constitution and, as soon as practicable, a like statement showing the bills for acts that have been vetoed by the Governor.
(1949 Rev., S. 44.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-84. - Distribution of public acts taking effect from passage.

Section 3-84 is repealed, effective July 8, 2011.
(1949 Rev., S. 165; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 164; P.A. 74-183, S. 162, 291; P.A. 76-350; 76-436, S. 149, 681; P.A. 11-150, S. 29.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-85. - Engrossed bills.

After the adjournment of each General Assembly, the Secretary shall cause all the engrossed bills which have become laws to be bound, together with any engrossed amendments to the Constitution proposed by the General Assembly at such session and continued to the next assembly, in suitable volumes, and shall also record such bills by the title and number in the public records of the state; and such volumes shall be the official record of the acts passed by the General Assembly at such session and of the amendments to the Constitution proposed at such session by said General Assembly.
(1949 Rev., S. 171; 1967, P.A. 254, S. 2; P.A. 07-194, S. 14.)
History: 1967 act substituted general assembly for house of representatives; P.A. 07-194 changed “one volume” to “suitable volumes” and “volume” to “volumes”, effective July 5, 2007.
See Sec. 2-62 re legislative commissioners' authority to make use of bound volumes of engrossed acts.
Records of Secretary as evidence of existence of law. 77 C. 264; 79 C. 147.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-86. - Legislative acts and documents to each free public library.

The Secretary may send a copy of the laws passed by the General Assembly at each session, together with the legislative documents and journals, to each free public library which desires them.
(1949 Rev., S. 1677.)
See Sec. 2-49 re distribution of indexed House and Senate journals.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-87. - Publication of election laws.

As soon as possible after the adjournment of each regular session of the General Assembly, the Secretary shall codify and publish in pamphlet form all laws concerning elections in this state and shall send a copy thereof to each election official in each town. The Secretary shall prepare and cause to be included in such pamphlet a brief statement concerning hours of voting, absentee voting, qualifications of electors and the duties of election officials.
(1949 Rev., S. 166.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-88 and 3-89. - Distribution of reports of state officers. Digest of compensation decisions.

Sections 3-88 and 3-89 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 167, 168; February, 1965, P.A. 238; 334.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-91 to 3-94. - Notaries public; appointment, term and qualifications; waiver of fees. Record of certificate and oath of notary. Notice of revocation of appointment. Change of name of notary.

Sections 3-91 to 3-94, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 84–86; 1957, P.A. 63, S. 1, 2; 178, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 463, S. 1, 2; February, 1965, P.A. 93; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 2; P.A. 76-220; 76-436, S. 247, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-195, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-34, S. 2–4, 9; P.A. 86-32; P.A. 89-251, S. 61, 62, 203; P.A. 90-154, S. 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94b. - Appointment and qualifications of notary. Application fee. Certificate of appointment.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary of the State may appoint as a notary public any qualified person who submits an application in accordance with this section.
(b) In order to qualify for appointment as a notary public, a person shall:
(1) Be eighteen years of age or older at the time of application;
(2) (A) Be a resident of the state of Connecticut at the time of application and appointment, or (B) have one's principal place of business in the state at the time of application and appointment;
(3) Pass a written examination approved or administered by the Secretary;
(4) Submit an application, on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary, which the applicant shall complete in the applicant's handwriting without misstatement or omission of fact. The application shall be accompanied by (A) a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred twenty dollars, and (B) the recommendation of an individual who has personally known the applicant for at least one year and is not legally related to the applicant.
(c) The Secretary may deny an application based on:
(1) The applicant's conviction of a felony or a crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude;
(2) Revocation, suspension or restriction of a notary public appointment or professional license issued to the applicant by this state or any other state; or
(3) The applicant's official misconduct, whether or not any disciplinary action has resulted.
(d) Upon approval of an application for appointment as a notary public, the Secretary shall cause a certificate of appointment bearing a facsimile of the Secretary's signature and countersigned by the Secretary's executive assistant or an employee designated by the Secretary to be issued to such appointee.
(e) A notary public may obtain a replacement certificate of appointment by filing a written request with the Secretary, accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of five dollars.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 2; P.A. 95-76, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 142.)
History: P.A. 95-76 added Subdiv. (2)(B) in Subsec. (b) re option of having principal place of business in the state; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (b)(4)(A) to increase application fee from $60 to $120.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94c. - Term of office of notary. Recording of certificate and oath.

(a) A person appointed as a notary public by the Secretary of the State may exercise the functions of the office of notary public at any place within the state beginning on the date of such person's appointment and ending five years later on the last day of the month of appointment, unless (1) such appointment as a notary is suspended or terminated by the Secretary before the end of such term, (2) the notary resigns such appointment, or (3) the notary ceases to either be a resident of the state or have one's principal place of business in the state.
(b) The Secretary may, pursuant to regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, extend or reduce, by not more than one year, the term of any person serving as a notary public on October 1, 1990, who seeks reappointment after such date, in order for the new term for each such notary to begin on the effective date of the notary's reappointment.
(c) Within thirty days after receiving a certificate of appointment from the Secretary, a notary public shall record, with the town clerk of the municipality in the state in which the notary resides, or, if the notary is not a resident of the state, with the town clerk of the municipality in the state in which the notary's principal place of business is located, such certificate and such notary's oath of office taken and subscribed to by the notary before some proper authority. Any notary public who is a resident of the state and whose principal place of business is in a municipality within the state other than the municipality in which the notary resides, may also record the notary's certificate of appointment and oath of office with the town clerk of such other municipality. Town clerks or assistant town clerks may certify to the authority and official acts of any notary public whose certificate of appointment and oath of office have been recorded in the books in their charge. The failure of a notary public to so record such certificate of appointment and oath of office shall not invalidate any notarial act performed by the notary after the date of such person's appointment as a notary public.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 3; P.A. 95-76, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-76 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re notaries having principal place of business in the state and amended Subsec. (b) to add provision requiring recording of certificate of nonresident notaries with town clerk where notary's principal place of business is located.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94d. - Reappointment of notary.

A notary public may apply for reappointment on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary, accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of sixty dollars, and shall otherwise comply with all requirements for being appointed and serving as a notary public. Not later than ninety days before the expiration of the term of a notary public, the Secretary shall send the notary a notice of the expiration and a reappointment application form.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 4.)
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94e. - Appointment of certain state police officers as notaries.

(a) The Secretary of the State may appoint as notaries public, in accordance with the provisions of sections 3-94a to 3-95, inclusive, any number of state police majors, captains, lieutenants and sergeants. The Secretary shall not charge any such person an application fee.
(b) A notary public appointed under this section shall exercise his authority as a notary public only in the administration of oaths and affirmations and the taking of acknowledgments as pertain to official police matters. In such cases the seal of the state police shall be the notarial seal and such notary public shall not charge a fee for such notary's services as a notary public.
(c) Upon terminating employment with the state police, a notary public appointed under this section shall immediately resign as a notary public, in writing. Such resignation shall be effective on the date of such termination of employment.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 5; P.A. 91-110, S. 2, 9.)
History: P.A. 91-110 made technical change in Subsec. (b).
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94f. - Prohibitions re lawful transactions.

A notary public shall not unreasonably refuse to perform notarial acts in lawful transactions for any requesting person who tenders payment of the statutory fee.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 6; P.A. 91-110, S. 5, 9.)
History: P.A. 91-110 deleted former Subsec. (a) prohibiting notary from influencing person to enter into or refrain from lawful transaction that involves notarial act and removed obsolete Subsec. (b) designator.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94g. - Disqualification of notary.

A notary public is disqualified from performing a notarial act if the notary is a signatory of the document that is to be notarized.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 7; P.A. 91-110, S. 3, 9.)
History: P.A. 91-110 deleted language disqualifying notary public from performing notarial act if notary is named in document to be notarized, will receive fee or commission which exceeds permitted statutory fee for notarial act or is legally related to person for whom notarial act is performed.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94h. - Prohibited acts.

A notary public shall not (1) perform any official action with intent to deceive or defraud or (2) use the notary's title or seal in an endorsement or promotional statement for any product, service, contest or other offering.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 8; P.A. 91-110, S. 4, 9.)
History: P.A. 91-110 deleted prohibition that a notary shall not notarize document containing statement known by notary to be false or notarize a blank document.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
Plain meaning of phrase “any official action” is very broad and would encompass alleged action of plaintiff in preparing affidavit plaintiff knew to be false, and inherent in prohibition in Subdiv. (1) is public policy against a notary using notary's powers to knowingly assist an affiant in lying to a court of law. 203 CA 75.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94i. - Notary's signature.

In completing a notarial act, a notary public shall sign on the notarial certificate only the notary's own name, as it appears on the notary's certificate of appointment.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 9.)
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94j. - Official notarial seal.

(a) A notary public, except a state police major, captain, lieutenant or sergeant appointed as a notary public pursuant to section 3-94e, may keep and use an official notarial seal. Such seal shall not be used by any other person or surrendered to any employer upon termination of the notary's employment.
(b) A notary shall immediately destroy the notary's notarial seal upon resigning as a notary or upon the revocation, lapse or expiration of such person's appointment as a notary.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 10.)
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94k. - Notarial certificate. Notarial seal. Stamp.

If a notary public utilizes a notarial seal, the notary shall, near the notary's official signature on a notarial certificate, affix an impression of the notarial seal, which shall include: (1) The notary's name exactly as it appears on the notary's certificate of appointment, (2) the words “Notary Public” and “Connecticut” and (3) the words “My commission expires (commission expiration date)”, provided the notary may elect to have the words in subdivision (3) appear on a stamp instead of such seal. If the notary does not utilize a notarial seal or stamp, the words “Notary Public” and “My commission expires (commission expiration date)” shall be typed or printed legibly by the notary near the notary's official signature on a notarial certificate.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 11.)
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94l. - Liability.

(a) A notary public shall be liable to any person for all damages proximately caused to that person by the notary's official misconduct.
(b) An employer of a notary shall be liable to any person for any damages proximately caused to that person by the notary's official misconduct related to the employer's business, if the employer directed, encouraged, consented to, ratified or approved the notary's official misconduct, either in the particular transaction or, implicitly, by previous actions in at least one similar transaction.
(c) An employer of a notary shall be liable to the notary for all damages recovered from the notary as a result of official misconduct that was coerced by threat of the employer, if the threat, such as a threat of demotion or dismissal, was made in reference to a particular notarial act, or, implicitly, by the employer's previous actions in at least one similar transaction. The employer shall also be liable to the notary for damages caused to the notary by demotion, dismissal or other action resulting from the notary's refusal to commit official misconduct.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 12.)
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94m. - Warning, reprimand, revocation, suspension, resignation.

(a) The Secretary may deliver a written, official warning and reprimand to a notary, or may revoke or suspend a notary's appointment, as a result of such notary's official misconduct or on any ground for which an application for appointment as a notary may be denied, or for a violation of any provision of the general statutes.
(b) The termination or lapse of an appointment as a notary, regardless of reason, shall not stop or preclude any investigation into such notary's conduct by the Secretary, who may pursue any such investigation to a conclusion and issue any finding.
(c) Within thirty days after the resignation, revocation or suspension of a notary's certificate of appointment, the Secretary shall notify all town clerks within the state, in such manner as the Secretary shall determine, of such resignation, revocation or suspension. The town clerk of any municipality in which such notary's certificate of appointment or replacement certificate of appointment has been recorded shall note the resignation, revocation or suspension, and the effective date thereof, on the original record of such certificate or replacement certificate.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 13.)
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94n. - Change of address of notary. Fee.

Within thirty days after a change of residence address, a notary public who is a resident of the state shall file with the Secretary a signed, written notice which shall include both the old and new addresses. Within thirty days after a change of address of one's principal place of business, a notary public who is not a resident of the state shall file with the Secretary a signed, written notice which shall include both the old and new addresses. Such notice shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of fifteen dollars. If the change of address is to a different municipality, the notary shall, within thirty days after issuance of a replacement certificate of appointment by the Secretary, record such certificate with the town clerk of the municipality in which the new address is located. The failure of a notary to so record such replacement certificate shall not invalidate any notarial act performed by the notary.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 14; P.A. 95-76, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 143.)
History: P.A. 95-76 added provision re notice of change of address of principal place of business in the state for nonresident notaries; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $5 to $15.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94o. - Change of name of notary. Fees.

(a) Within thirty days after a change in the name of a notary public, the notary shall file a notice of the change with the Secretary, on a form prescribed and provided by the Secretary. The notice shall state the notary's old and new names and the effective date of the new name, include such proof of the change of name as the Secretary shall require, be signed by the notary and be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of fifteen dollars. The notary shall, within thirty days after the issuance of a replacement certificate of appointment by the Secretary, record such certificate with the town clerk of the municipality wherein the notary recorded the notary's original certificate of appointment and oath of office. The failure of a notary to so record such replacement certificate shall not invalidate any notarial act performed by the notary. Any town clerk who is required by statute to make a record of the certificate of appointment and oath of office of a notary shall record the replacement certificate of appointment containing the change of name of the notary upon payment of a fee of fifteen dollars by such notary to the town clerk.
(b) Beginning on the date of issuance of such replacement certificate of appointment by the Secretary, the notary public shall (1) sign the notary's new name on all notarial certificates, and (2) if the notary uses a notarial seal, use only a notarial seal that contains the notary's new name.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 15; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 144.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fee for name change from $5 to $15 and to increase fee for recording replacement certificate from $1 to $15.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94p. - Procedure for resignation of notary.

(a) A notary public may resign as a notary by filing with the Secretary a signed, written notice of resignation which shall indicate the effective date of such resignation.
(b) A notary public who ceases to either reside within the state or have one's principal place of business in the state shall immediately resign as a notary in the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 16; P.A. 95-76, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 95-76 added provision in Subsec. (b) re notaries having principal place of business in the state.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-94q. - Death of notary.

As soon as possible after the death of a notary public, the notary's personal representative shall destroy the notary's official notarial seal, if any, and file a signed, written notice, with the Secretary of the State, indicating that the notary public has died and the date of death.
(P.A. 90-154, S. 17.)
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-95. - Fees of notary.

The fee for any act performed by a notary public in accordance with the provisions of the general statutes shall not exceed five dollars plus an additional thirty-five cents for each mile of travel.
(1949 Rev., S. 3638; P.A. 79-284; P.A. 90-154, S. 18; P.A. 00-138, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 79-284 replaced varying fees for different types of notarization with single fee of $1.00 and raised travel charges from $0.10 to $0.15 per mile; P.A. 90-154 increased fee to $2.00 plus $0.25 a mile; P.A. 00-138 increased to $5.00 plus $0.35 a mile, effective July 1, 2000.
See Sec. 52-259 re court fees.
Cited. 230 C. 24.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-95a. - Prohibition re notary offering or providing legal advice in immigration matters. Use of title of notario or notario publico.

(a) A notary public shall not offer or provide legal advice to any person in immigration matters or represent any person in immigration proceedings unless such notary public (1) has been admitted as an attorney under the provisions of section 51-80, or (2) is authorized pursuant to 8 CFR 292.2 to practice immigration law or represent persons in immigration proceedings.
(b) A notary public shall not assume, use or advertise the title of notario or notario publico, unless such notary public (1) has been admitted as an attorney under the provisions of section 51-80, or (2) indicates in any advertisement or otherwise provides written notice that such notary public is not licensed as an attorney in this state.
(c) Any notary public who violates any provision of this section shall have committed a violation of subsection (a) of section 51-88 and be subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (b) of section 51-88.
(P.A. 13-127, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-96. - List of Superior Court judges and officials.

The Secretary shall keep in his office, for public inspection, a copy of the list of the judges and clerks of the Superior Court, and of the state's attorneys and state marshals, with the date of their respective appointments and terms of service and shall, from time to time, add to said list the names of persons thereafter appointed or elected to the offices named. The Chief Court Administrator shall furnish the Secretary a certified list of the chief clerks, deputy chief clerks, clerks, deputy clerks and assistant clerks appointed by the judges of the Superior Court at their annual meeting, and any judge making an appointment to fill a vacancy shall, in like manner, certify to such appointment; and the chief clerk of the Superior Court in each judicial district shall notify the Secretary whenever a new appointment is made for the office of state's attorney for his judicial district. The Secretary shall, when requested, certify to the official character of the officers whose appointment is recorded as herein provided.
(1949 Rev., S. 175; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 2; P.A. 76-436, S. 389, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 00-99, S. 18, 154.)
History: 1967 act substituted chief court administrator for chief justice of the supreme court; P.A. 76-436 substituted chief administrative judge for chief court administrator, clarified that clerks to be included in list and included judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to county; P.A. 00-99 changed reference to sheriffs to state marshals, effective December 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-97. - Records of the colony of New Haven.

The Secretary is authorized to issue certified copies of any instrument contained in the volumes of the records of the “Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven”, deposited in the State Library, which certified copies shall be admissible in evidence in the same manner and entitled to the same weight as copies made and certified by the official from whom such records were received; and the town clerk of the town of New Haven is authorized to issue certified copies from the photostat copies of such records, deposited in the office of said town clerk by the State Librarian, which certified copies shall be admissible in evidence in the same manner and entitled to the same weight as copies made and certified from original copies.
(1949 Rev., S. 176.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-98. - Photographic or electronic records and copies.

Copies of any books, records, papers or documents filed, as required by law, for record in the office of the Secretary shall, when authenticated under the seal of the state and over a facsimile of the signature of the Secretary, be admitted in evidence equally with the originals thereof and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth therein. When certified copies of any certificate or report filed by any corporation for record in the office of the Secretary are required by law to be furnished by said Secretary for use in this state, it shall be sufficient if the Secretary furnishes such copies over a facsimile of his signature and authenticated under the seal of the state. When the term “recorded” is used under provisions of law relating to a record in the office of the Secretary, such term shall be construed to include a photographic or electronic record. When the term “certified copy” is used under provisions of law relating to a certified copy to be furnished by the Secretary, such term shall be construed to include photographic or electronic copy. Any limitation contained in section 1-12 upon the use of signatures shall have no application to the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 177; P.A. 89-243, S. 1, 4.)
History: P.A. 89-243 changed “photostat record” to “photographic or electronic record”, and added provision that “certified copy” shall be construed to include photographic or electronic copy.
See Sec. 1-7 re authority to reproduce documents by photographic processes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-99. - Fees for filing and recording in Secretary's office.

Section 3-99 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3637; 1951, S. 1984d; 1959, P.A. 530, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 364, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-99b. - Forms of documents filed in Secretary's office.

The Secretary of the State may (a) except when such forms are otherwise prescribed by the general statutes, prescribe and require the use of forms for any reports, documents, certificates, instruments or other papers required to be filed in his office, and (b) prescribe the size of all documents filed in his office and require all documents submitted for filing to be such prescribed size.
(P.A. 83-138.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-99c. - Deposit of fees.

All fees received by the Secretary of the State shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(P.A. 92-200, S. 3, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 87.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 eliminated commercial recording account established within General Fund for payment of administrative costs of Commercial Recording Division, effective September 9, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-99d. - Electronic business portal. Establishment and purpose. Promotion and modification.

(a) The Commercial Recording Division of the office of the Secretary of the State shall establish an electronic business portal as a single point of entry for business entities for purposes of business registration pursuant to title 33 or 34. Such portal shall provide explanatory information and electronic links provided by state agencies and quasi-public agencies, including, but not limited to, the Labor Department, the Workers' Compensation Commission, the Departments of Economic and Community Development, Administrative Services, Consumer Protection, Energy and Environmental Protection and Revenue Services, Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated, Connecticut Licensing Info Center, The United States Small Business Administration, the Connecticut Small Business Development Center, the Connecticut Economic Resource Center and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, for the purposes of assisting such business entities in determining permitting and licensure requirements, identifying state revenue responsibilities and benefits, and finding available state financial incentives and programs related to such entities' businesses. The information provided for purposes of business registration with the office of the Secretary of the State may be made available to state agencies and quasi-public agencies for economic development, state revenue collection and statistical purposes as provided by law.
(b) The Department of Economic and Community Development, within available appropriations and in collaboration with the office of the Secretary of the State, shall (1) promote such electronic business portal in order to encourage entrepreneurship in the state, and (2) identify modifications to such electronic business portal to allow businesses to complete the business registration process in an expedient manner.
(P.A. 11-48, S. 29; 11-61, S. 102; 11-80, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 152; P.A. 17-103, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-48 effective January 1, 2012; P.A. 11-61 added reference to Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, effective January 1, 2012; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, “the Connecticut Development Authority, Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-103 designated existing provisions re establishment of electronic business portal as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re promotion and modification of business portal.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-100. - Names of streams.

The Commissioner of Transportation and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection are directed to prepare and file in the office of the Secretary a list of the names of all brooks, rivers, ponds, lakes and other bodies of water in this state, and, when such list is so filed, the names thereon shall be the official names of said bodies of water, provided additions to, and corrections of, said list may be certified at any time.
(1949 Rev., S. 181; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 56; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act substituted commissioner of transportation for highway commissioner; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-101 to 3-104. - Division of Professional and Vocational Licensing. Professional and vocational licensing boards, generally.

Sections 3-101 to 3-104, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 182–185; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 410, S. 1; P.A. 75-268, S. 1; P.A. 76-86.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-105. - Arms of the state.

The following-described arms shall be the official arms of the state: A shield of rococo design of white field, having in the center three grape vines, supported and bearing fruit. The vine located in the center of the shield and the vine located on the right side of the shield shall ascend in a counterclockwise manner. The vine located on the left side of the shield shall ascend in a clockwise manner. The bordure to the shield shall consist of two bands bordered by fine lines adorned with clusters of white oak leaves (Quercus alba) bearing acorns. Below the shield shall be a white streamer, cleft at each end, bordered with two fine lines, and upon the streamer shall be in block letters the motto “QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET”. A drawing of said arms, made in conformity herewith and filed in the office of the Secretary, shall be the official drawing of the arms of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 178; 1953, S. 61d; 1959, P.A. 328, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 76, S. 1; P.A. 90-156, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act added provision re approval of certain reproductions by secretary; 1961 act deleted references to use of arms other than on official business; P.A. 90-156 added provisions re location of the vines and description of bordure to the shield and amended description of letters on the streamer.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-106. - Seal.

The great seal of the state shall conform to the following description: It shall be a perfect ellipse with its major axis two and one-half inches in length and its minor axis two inches in length, the major axis being vertical. Within such ellipse shall appear another ellipse with its major axis one and fifteen-sixteenths inches in length and its minor axis one and one-half inches in length. The inner ellipse is separated from the outer ellipse only by a line two points one-thirty-sixth of an inch in width and with the space between the two ellipses, being seven-thirty-seconds of an inch, forming a border. In said space shall appear, letter spaced and in letters one-eighth of an inch in height and of twelve point century Roman, the words “SIGILLUM REIPUBLICAE CONNECTICUTENSIS”, beginning and ending one and one-sixteenth inches apart in the lower space along such border. In the center of the inner ellipse shall be three grape vines, two above and one below, each with four leaves and three clusters of grapes intertwined around a support nine-sixteenths of an inch high, and the base of the supports of the two upper vines one inch from the base of the inner ellipse and eleven-sixteenths of an inch apart. The base of the lower support shall be nine-sixteenths of an inch from the base of the inner ellipse and halfway between said bases shall appear the motto “QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET”, in number three, six point card Roman letters, or engraver's Roman letters, on a ribbon gracefully formed, with the ends of the ribbon turned upward and inward and cleft. A drawing of said seal shall be filed in the office of the Secretary and shall be its official drawing.
(1949 Rev., S. 179, 8490; 1953, S. 3280d; 1959, P.A. 328, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 76, S. 2.)
History: 1959 act deleted provision confining use of seal to use under direction of secretary and stated reproductions could only be for purposes related directly or indirectly to state business; 1961 act deleted all provisions re reproductions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-106a. - Reproduction of arms and seal.

The official arms and seal of the state of Connecticut, or imitation thereof, whether as a reproduction, imprint or facsimile, shall be made and used only under the direction and with the approval of the Secretary of the State for purposes specifically authorized by the Constitution and laws of the state or related directly or indirectly to the official business of the state, provided the Secretary may in his judgment approve other reproductions of said arms or seal of the state for memorials and for purposes he considers educational.
(1961, P.A. 76, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 396, S. 1.)
History: 1965 act specified section applies to imitations of the official arms and seal of state.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-107. - State flag.

The following-described flag is the official flag of the state. The dimensions of the flag shall be five feet and six inches in length, four feet and four inches in width. The flag shall be azure blue, charged with an argent white shield of rococo design, having in the center three grape vines, supported and bearing fruit in natural colors. The bordure to the shield shall be in two colors, gold on the interior and silver on the exterior, adorned with natural-colored clusters of white oak leaves (Quercus alba) bearing acorns. Below the shield shall be a white streamer, cleft at each end, bordered by a band of gold within fine brown lines, and upon the streamer in dark blue block letters shall be the motto “QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET”; the whole design being the arms of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 3581; P.A. 90-156, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 90-156 amended description of the state flag.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-108a. - Children's state flower.

Michaela Petit's Four-O'Clocks, Mirabilis jalapa, shall be the children's state flower.
(P.A. 15-77, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 15-77 effective June 19, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 3 - State Elective Officers › Chapter 33 - Secretary › Section 3-109a. - State animal.

The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, shall be the state animal.
(P.A. 75-165; P.A. 86-403, S. 6, 132.)
History: P.A. 86-403 made technical change re scientific name of sperm whale.