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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 137 - Radar Detecting Devices › Camp Trailers › Section 14-137-124 - Towing of trailers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Every trailer
				hitch or coupling, used as a means of attaching a trailer to the towing
				vehicle, shall be properly and securely mounted, be structurally adequate and
				properly rated for the weight drawn. In addition to the trailer hitch or
				coupling, every trailer, with the exception of a semitrailer drawn by a tractor
				or truck tractor by means of a fifth wheel, shall be connected to the frame of
				the towing vehicle by means of a safety chain, chains, cables or equivalent
				safety device which shall be of sufficient strength to control the trailer in
				the event of a failure of the regular trailer hitch or coupling. Every trailer
				while being drawn upon the public highways in this state shall be so attached
				to the vehicle drawing such trailer as to prevent the wheels of said trailer
				from being deflected more than six inches from the path of the towing vehicle's
				wheels.
(b) Each motor vehicle used
				for towing a trailer shall be equipped with two external mirrors, so located
				and adjusted on such vehicle as to give the operator thereof a clear reflected
				view of the highway directly to the rear of or on a line parallel to the left
				and right sides of the body of such motor vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 137 - Radar Detecting Devices › Camp Trailers › Section 14-137-125 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 14-137-125 through
				  14-137-127,
				  inclusive, the following words and phrases shall have the following
				  meanings:
"Chassis" means the frame, suspension and related components,
				  including the axles that support the body of a motor vehicle.
"Federal Certification Label" means the label containing the
				  manufacturer's name, vehicle identification number, vehicle type, gross vehicle
				  weight rating and gross axle weight ratings as required under the provisions of
				  49 CFR Part 567.
"Manufacturer" means any alterer, completed vehicle
				  manufacturer, or final-stage manufacturer registered with the National Highway
				  Traffic Safety Administration as required under the provisions of 49 CFR Part
				  566 and who is required to affix a Federal Certification Label to an applicable
				  motor vehicle under the provisions of 49 CFR Part 567.
"Motor Vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in Section
				  14-1 of
				  the Connecticut General Statutes, having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight
				  rating of 10,001 pounds or more.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 137 - Radar Detecting Devices › Camp Trailers › Section 14-137-126 - Requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
1. The Federal Certification Label shall be
				affixed to each applicable motor vehicle as required under the provisions of 49
				CFR Part 567, legible, and maintained in good condition.
2. If repair work to a motor vehicle will
				damage the required label, prior to performing said repairs, the label shall be
				photographed and the photograph shall be maintained with the motor vehicle's
				registration until such time that a replacement label is affixed to the motor
				vehicle. The replacement label shall be affixed to the motor vehicle within
				three (3) months of completion of said repairs.
3. If any motor vehicle which has been
				manufactured in two or more stages or has been altered under the provisions of
				49 CFR Part 567 is missing the Federal Certification Label affixed to said
				motor vehicle by a manufacturer or a photograph of the original label is not
				available, the motor vehicle's gross vehicle weight rating and gross axle
				weight ratings shall revert to those established by the original manufacturer
				of the chassis and shall exclude any extra axles not originally installed on
				the chassis.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 137 - Radar Detecting Devices › Camp Trailers › Section 14-137-127 - Penalty

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person operating a motor vehicle without the required
				  Federal Certification Label as described in Section
				  14-137-126 of the
				  Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be deemed to have committed a
				  violation of section
				  14-137
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes and shall be subject to a penalty as
				  prescribed by law.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 137a - Assessment of Points Against an Operator's License for Motor Vehicle Law Violations › Section 14-137a-5 - Point assessment. Schedule

Current through July 10, 2024
The holder of an operator's license shall have points assessed
				against his or her driving record for a conviction of the indicated motor
				vehicle violations in accordance with the following schedule:
(a)
One Point shall be assessed
			 for:
(1) Sec.
			 14-218a
			 -Operating at unreasonable rate of speed;
(2) Sec.
			 14-219
			 -Speeding;
(3) Sec.
			 14-230
			 -Failure to drive in right-hand lane;
(4) Sec.
			 14-230a
			 -Illegal use of limited access highway by bus, commercial vehicle or vehicle
			 with trailer;
(5) Sec.
			 14-236
			 -Improper operation on multiple-lane highways;
(6) Sec.
			 14-237
			 -Improper operation on divided highway;
(7) Sec.
			 14-239
			 -Wrong direction at rotary or one-way street;
(8) Sec.
			 14-242
			 -Improper turn, illegal turn, illegal stopping, failure to signal intention to
			 turn;
(9) Sec.
			 14-243
			 -Improper backing or starting;
(10)
			 Sec.
			 14-244
			 -Failure to give proper signal;
(11) Sec.
			 14-277
			 -Operator's duties on stopping a school bus;
(12) Sec.
			 14-289b
			 -Operation of motorcycles abreast, illegal passing;
(13) Sec.
			 14-296aa
			 -Use of hand-held mobile telephone and mobile electronic devices by motor
			 vehicle operators and school bus drivers; and
(14) Sec.
			 14-303
			 -Wrong way on one-way street.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 137a - Assessment of Points Against an Operator's License for Motor Vehicle Law Violations › Section 14-137a-6 - Recording assessment

Current through July 10, 2024
Points shall remain assessed against the driving record of the
				holder of an operator's license for a period of twenty-four (24) months from
				the date of such assessment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 137a - Assessment of Points Against an Operator's License for Motor Vehicle Law Violations › Section 14-137a-7 - Warning

Current through July 10, 2024
A warning letter will be sent to the holder of an operator's
				license advising such licensee of his or her point assessment record when a
				conviction of a motor vehicle violation in accordance with this regulation
				causes the point total of such licensee to equal or exceed six (6) points. The
				licensee shall also be advised by such warning letter that in the event of a
				future conviction(s) of a motor vehicle(s) violations which result in a point
				total in excess of ten (10) points, the department shall suspend his or her
				operator's license as provided in Section
				14-137a-8.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 137a - Assessment of Points Against an Operator's License for Motor Vehicle Law Violations › Section 14-137a-8 - Suspension. Hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) When the holder
			 of an operator's license is convicted of a motor vehicle violation which raises
			 his or her point total above ten (10) points, the commissioner shall give
			 notice that his or her operator's license is suspended for a period of thirty
			 (30) days, effective as of a date certain. Prior to such effective date, the
			 license holder may request a hearing, but such hearing shall be limited to the
			 issues of the identity of such licensee, and that such licensee has in fact
			 accumulated more than ten points within a twenty-four (24) month
			 period.
(b) When a person, having
			 had his or her operator's license suspended for thirty (30) days in accordance
			 with subsection (a) of this section, is convicted of a motor vehicle violation
			 which again raises his or her point total above ten (10) points within five (5)
			 years of the beginning of any such thirty (30) day suspension, as shown by the
			 driving record maintained by the commissioner, such person shall have his or
			 her operator's license suspended by the commissioner until his or her point
			 total is reduced to or below ten (10) points. Prior to the imposition of such
			 suspension, such person may request a hearing, but such hearing shall be
			 limited to the issues of the identity of the licensee, that such licensee has
			 in fact had his or her operator's license suspended previously under subsection
			 (a) of this section, and that such licensee has been convicted of a
			 violation(s) which again raises his or her point total above ten (10)
			 points.
(c) All points shall be
			 added to a person's point assessment as of the date that such person is
			 convicted of a violation. A "conviction" shall be as defined in Section
			 14-1(a)
			 (16) of the Connecticut General Statutes, as
			 amended. At any hearing held in accordance with this section, an entry on the
			 certified driving history of the person showing the offense charged, the date
			 of such offense, and the date of conviction of such offense, shall be accepted
			 in evidence as sufficient proof of conviction of the person, unless such entry
			 is contested by the person by the introduction of competent evidence that such
			 entry is erroneous.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 137a - Assessment of Points Against an Operator's License for Motor Vehicle Law Violations › Section 14-137a-9 - Adjustment of records. Warning

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon the
			 adoption of Sections
			 14-137a-5
			 through
			 14-137a-8,
			 inclusive, of this regulation, the department shall adjust its driving history
			 records and recompute the point total for each person for whom points have been
			 assessed. Such recomputation will erase points assessed under the previous
			 regulations of the department, Sections 14-137a-1 through 14-137a-4, if any
			 such violation(s) no longer is deemed to require point assessment, and will
			 reduce the number of points on the driving history record of each person with
			 respect to any violation(s) for which the point assessment has been
			 reduced.
(b) If the driving record
			 of any license holder, as adjusted in accordance with subsection (a) of this
			 section, contains ten (10) or more points, and such licensee has not been
			 subject to any previous action by the commissioner with respect to his or her
			 point accumulation, the department shall send a letter to such person, warning
			 him or her that in the event of any future conviction(s) or violation(s)
			 resulting in the assessment of additional points which raise the point total
			 above ten (10) points, such person shall be subject to suspension action in
			 accordance with subsection (a) of section
			 14-137a-8 of
			 this regulation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Section 14-150-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Hearing officer" means that person duly
			 and properly appointed, according to these regulations and Section
			 14-150
			 to conduct hearings under the provisions of Sections
			 14-150
			 and
			 14-307
			 of the General Statutes.
(b)
			 "Appointing official" means that person or persons authorized to appoint
			 hearing officers pursuant to Section
			 14-150
			 of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Section 14-150-2 - Qualifications, appointment and removal of hearing officers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Hearing officers shall be appointed by
			 the chief executive officer of each town, except that when two or more towns
			 join in making such appointment they shall appoint one hearing officer among
			 the several towns involved.
(b) No
			 person shall be appointed to the position of hearing officer unless such person
			 is:
(1) At least eighteen years of
			 age;
(2) In the opinion of the
			 appointing official, a person capable of fairly administering the applicable
			 provisions of law based on such person's background and experience, including
			 but not limited to his education, special skills and training, and history of
			 criminal and motor vehicle violations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Section 14-150-3 - Hearing procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of
			 an application for hearing pursuant to subsection (e) of section
			 14-150
			 of the general statutes, or section
			 14-307
			 the hearing officer shall promptly schedule a hearing.
(b) Any party may for good cause request a
			 continuance of a hearing, but the decision to allow such continuance will be at
			 the reasonable discretion of the hearing officers.
(c) At the hearing, the owner of the motor
			 vehicle may produce any relevant evidence to show that the towing of his
			 vehicle was not authorized by section
			 14-150
			 or
			 14-307
			 of the General Statutes.
(d) At the
			 hearing, the authority which made the decision to tow the motor vehicle may
			 produce any relevant evidence to show that such towing was authorized by
			 section
			 14-150
			 or
			 14-307
			 of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Section 14-150-4 - Final decision

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The hearing
			 officer shall proceed with reasonable dispatch to conclude any matter pending
			 before him and render a decision.
(b) The hearing officer shall provide both
			 parties with written notice of his decision, which shall state the reason for
			 his determination.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Section 14-150-5 - Report of sale of an unclaimed motor vehicle

Current through July 10, 2024
Any garage owner, keeper, bailee for hire, tower or storage
				facility reporting the sale of an unclaimed motor vehicle to the commissioner
				of motor vehicles pursuant to section
				14-150,
				14-307
				or section
				49-61
				of the General Statutes, shall include the following information:
(a) The sales price;
(b) The charges for storing, towing, repairs,
			 if any, any other charges, and the total of all charges;
(c) The buyer's name and address;
(d) The make, model and vehicle
			 identification number of the motor vehicle, and the number plate, if
			 any;
(e) The name and address of
			 the motor vehicle owner on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, if
			 available, at the time the motor vehicle came into possession of the garage
			 owner, keeper, bailee for hire, tower or storage facility; and
(f) The name and address of the publication
			 in which a notice of auction or advertisement of sale was published, the date
			 of such publication, and a copy of the notice.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Towers Acquiring Title to Abandoned Towed Motor Vehicles › Section 14-150-6 - Towers in compliance

Current through July 10, 2024
The provisions of Sec. 14-150-6 to
				  14-150-8,
				  inclusive, of this regulation shall apply to a tower who is the operator of a
				  motor vehicle wrecker business who is in compliance with the provisions of
				  section
				  14-66
				  of the General Statutes who:
(a) Tows
				and stores a motor vehicle abandoned within the limits of a highway as provided
				in section
				14-150
				of the General Statutes.
or
(b)
				Tows a motor vehicle abandoned within the limits of a highway as provided in
				section
				14-150
				to a storage facility for which the storage operator has filed a schedule of
				storage charges pursuant to section
				14-66.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Towers Acquiring Title to Abandoned Towed Motor Vehicles › Section 14-150-7 - Issuance of certificate of title

Current through July 10, 2024
Any tower, as provided in section
				  14-150-6,
				  who complies with the provisions of section
				  14-150-6 and
				  this section shall be entitled to the issuance of a Connecticut certificate of
				  title to such towed motor vehicle provided the tower submits to the
				  commissioner of motor vehicles certification that such tower or storage
				  operator towed such motor vehicle from within the limits of a highway and has
				  complied with the provisions of subsection (g) of section
				  14-150
				  of the General Statutes as amended by Section 1 of Public Act No. 87-372
				  governing the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle. The certification shall
				  include a statement as to the reasons why the public sale pursuant to section
				  14-150
				  did not result in the abandoned motor vehicle being sold. In addition, if the
				  value of the motor vehicle exceeds the storage charges, the certification shall
				  include a statement that any amount in excess of the storage charges has been
				  paid to the owner of the motor vehicle or if the owner cannot be identified or
				  located, that such excess has been deposited in a bank licensed to do business
				  in this state. Any amount so deposited shall remain on deposit for a period of
				  one year during which the motor vehicle owner may make demand on the depositor
				  for the payment of such funds and any accrued interest. If a period of one year
				  elapses without such funds being paid to the owner they shall escheat to the
				  state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Towers Acquiring Title to Abandoned Towed Motor Vehicles › Section 14-150-8 - Value of vehicle; issuance of certificate of title

Current through July 10, 2024
No title to any motor vehicle with a value in excess of
				  $500.00 shall be issued in the name of any tower if such tower claimed to have
				  more than one hundred and fifty days of storage charges due the tower at the
				  time such motor vehicle was offered at auction pursuant to section
				  14-150-7
				  have been complied with, the vehicle has been presented for and passed the same
				  inspection as is required of used motor vehicles not previously registered in
				  Connecticut and a hearing held by the commissioner or his designee for the
				  purpose of determining that the applicable requirements of sectfion 14-150 of
				  the general statutes and sections
				  14-150-6 to
				  sections 14-150-8, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
				  have been met. If the commissioner or his designee conducting such hearing
				  determines that the current market value of the motor vehicle on the date of
				  the advertised auction sale was at least $2,500.00, he or she shall order such
				  motor vehicle to be auctioned at a "dealer to dealer auction" as provided in
				  section
				  14-65-2
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. In the event the motor
				  vehicle is not sold at such auction, the commissioner or his designee shall
				  order that a certificate of title be issued in the name of the
				  tower.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Towers Acquiring Title to Abandoned Towed Motor Vehicles › Section 14-150-9 - Acquired title to abandoned motor vehicle

Current through July 10, 2024
When any municipality that has acquired title to an abandoned
				  motor vehicle pursuant to subsection (d) of section
				  14-150
				  of the General Statutes, as amended by section 1 of Public Act 87-372,
				  transfers the ownership of said vehicle, it shall complete the form H-109
				  supplied by the commissioner and furnish the same to the transferee in lieu of
				  a certificate of title.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Procedures for Campground Owners to Acquire Title to Abandoned Motor Homes or Recreational Vehicles › Section 14-150-10 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 14-150-10 through
				  14-150-15,
				  inclusive, the following words and phrases shall have the following
				  meanings:
(1) "Abandon" means to leave
				at a campground, without the consent of the campground owner, any recreational
				vehicle for a period of not less than thirty (30) days after (a) the expiration
				of a campground agreement, or (b) the failure to pay rental fees in accordance
				with the terms of any campground agreement in effect;
(2) "Camper" means a person, or the lessee,
				successor or assignee of a person, entitled to the use of a site at a
				campground under a campground agreement, to the exclusion of others;
(3) "Campground" means a recreational place
				or site where a person or groups of people are lodged temporarily;
(4) "Campground agreement" means any written
				agreement or lease that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules or
				any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a site at a
				campground;
(5) "Campground owner"
				means the owner or operator of a campground, such owner's agent, or any other
				person authorized by such owner to manage the campground or to receive rent
				from a camper under a rental agreement;
(6) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
				Motor Vehicles;
(7) "Department"
				means the Department of Motor Vehicles;
(8) "Lienholder" means a person recorded in
				the title records of the department as holding a security interest in a
				recreational vehicle;
(9)
				"Recreational vehicle" has the same meaning as defined in section
				14-1 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(10) "Recreational vehicle owner" means the
				person or persons named on a recreational vehicle certificate of title and any
				registration documents;
(11)
				"Secured party" means a person with a security interest in a recreational
				vehicle duly recorded with the Secretary of the State; and
(12) "VIN" means the vehicle identification
				number of a recreational vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Procedures for Campground Owners to Acquire Title to Abandoned Motor Homes or Recreational Vehicles › Section 14-150-11 - Registration of campground

Current through July 10, 2024
In order to dispose of any recreational vehicle abandoned at
				  a campground, the campground owner shall comply with all procedures set forth
				  in sections
				  14-150-10
				  to
				  14-150-15,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Prior to the sale
				  or other disposition of a recreational vehicle under sections
				  14-150-10
				  to
				  14-150-15,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the campground
				  owner shall be required to register its business with the commissioner by
				  submitting such information pertaining to the campground as the commissioner
				  requires including, but not limited to, a copy of the campground agreement used
				  by the campground owner for the use and occupancy of a site or sites at the
				  campground. Such information shall be provided on a form approved by the
				  commissioner and shall be kept in the records of the department. The campground
				  owner shall notify the commissioner not later than ten (10) days after any
				  change in the information submitted to the department under this section. Upon
				  successfully registering with the department, the owner shall be assigned an
				  identifying number.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Procedures for Campground Owners to Acquire Title to Abandoned Motor Homes or Recreational Vehicles › Section 14-150-12 - Preliminary requirements. Sale or other disposition of an abandoned recreational vehicle

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon
				registering with the commissioner and prior to disposing of an abandoned
				recreational vehicle in accordance with sections
				14-150-10
				to
				14-150-15,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the campground
				owner shall contact the Title Division of the department, in writing, for the
				purpose of determining the name and address of such recreational vehicle owner,
				and the name and address of any lienholder that are reflected in the records of
				the department. When contacting the department, the campground owner shall be
				required to provide, in writing:
(1) The
				campground owner's identifying number as designated by the
				department;
(2) The make and model
				of each abandoned recreational vehicle and the VIN that appears on such
				vehicle; and
(3) If number plates
				are on or in an abandoned recreational vehicle, any registration number that
				appears on such number plates or any registration number that appears on a
				registration certificate if such certificate is available to the campground
				owner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Procedures for Campground Owners to Acquire Title to Abandoned Motor Homes or Recreational Vehicles › Section 14-150-13 - Notice to camper, recreational vehicle owner, lienholder and secured party

Current through July 10, 2024
Not later than ten (10) days after the department provides
				  information pertaining to any recreational vehicle owner and lienholder, the
				  campground owner shall send a written notice to:
(1) the recreational vehicle owner and
				lienholder identified in subsection (b) of section
				14-150-12
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(2) if different from such recreational
				vehicle owner, the camper upon whose site the recreational vehicle was
				abandoned; and
(3) to any secured
				party identified in the records of the Secretary of the State. The notice shall
				contain the campground owner's contact information, shall be sent by certified
				mail, return receipt requested, and shall contain the following:
(1) The make, model, year and VIN of the
				recreational vehicle;
(2) The date
				of abandonment by the camper;
(3)
				The name of each camper identified in the campground agreement;
(4) The amount, if any, the camper or
				recreational vehicle owner owes to the campground owner under a campground
				agreement and the date by which the camper or recreational vehicle owner must
				claim the recreational vehicle and pay the amount owed, if any; and
(5) A statement that the campground owner
				intends to dispose of the recreational vehicle in accordance with the
				requirements of sections
				14-150-14
				and
				14-150-15
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies if such vehicle is not claimed
				by the date specified.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Procedures for Campground Owners to Acquire Title to Abandoned Motor Homes or Recreational Vehicles › Section 14-150-14 - Filing notice of intent to transfer title with the commissioner

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Not sooner than sixty (60) days after the
				date of abandonment by the camper, the campground owner shall file with the
				department, on a form approved by the commissioner, a notice of intent to
				transfer title for each recreational vehicle which the campground owner claims
				has been abandoned and for which the campground owner has sent the notice
				required in section
				14-150-13
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The notice of intent to
				transfer shall contain the following:
(1) The
				make, model, year and VIN of such recreational vehicle;
(2) The date such recreational vehicle
				arrived at the campground as evidenced by any campground agreement;
(3) The date of abandonment by the
				camper;
(4) The registration
				number, if any number plates are on or displayed in the recreational vehicle;
				and
(5) The name of the
				recreational vehicle owner and, if different from such vehicle owner, the name
				of the camper who has abandoned such recreational vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 150 - Hearings Procedures for Motor Vehicles Taken into Custody Pursuant to Section 14-150 › Procedures for Campground Owners to Acquire Title to Abandoned Motor Homes or Recreational Vehicles › Section 14-150-15 - Sale or other disposition of recreational vehicles

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In order to remove from the campground an
				abandoned recreational vehicle that has been approved for transfer of title
				pursuant to section
				14-150-14
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the campground owner may sell
				such recreational vehicle at a public sale or dispose of such vehicle by any
				other legal means. The campground owner shall allocate the proceeds in the
				following order:
(1) to pay the expenses of
				such sale or other disposition;
(2)
				to satisfy any lien or liens that are recorded on the title records of the
				department;
(3) to satisfy the
				amount claimed under a security interest duly recorded with the Secretary of
				the State and
(4) to pay any
				amounts owed to the campground owner under the campground agreement for the
				site occupied by the abandoned recreational vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 151a - Report of Stolen Motor Vehicles › Section 14-151a-1 - Report of Stolen Motor Vehicle

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person reporting a motor vehicle as stolen in this state
				pursuant to Public Act No. 82-450 shall do so on a report form supplied by the
				Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. In developing the content of the reporting form
				or any revision to the form the Connecticut Chiefs of Police Association and
				the Division of State Police within the Department of Public Safety shall be
				consulted. The form shall be printed in duplicate. The first copy shall go to
				the state or local police department to whom the report is required to be
				submitted. The second copy shall go to the person making the report. The report
				shall be signed by the person making the report.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 159 - Operators' Licenses or Registration Fees'- Refunds › Section 14-159-1 - Refund of operator's license fee for temporary or duplicate license (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11, 2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 159 - Operators' Licenses or Registration Fees'- Refunds › Section 14-159-2 - Refunds of license or registration fees for error

Current through July 10, 2024
Refunds for operators' licenses or registration fees will not
				be made for any reason other than bona fide evidence of error on the part of
				the applicant or the department and then only upon the approval of the chief of
				the division of registry.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 163c - Motor Carrier Safety Regulations › Section 14-163c-1 - Adoption of regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The following
			 parts of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations are incorporated by
			 reference hereto as regulations of the Department of Motor Vehicles:
(1) Part 382, "Controlled Alcohol Use and
			 Testing", as amended from time to time;
(2) Part 383, "Commercial Driver's License
			 Standards; Requirements and Penalties," as amended from time to time;
(3) Part 384, "State Compliance with
			 Commercial Driver's License Program," as amended from time to time;
(4) Part 385, "Safety Fitness Procedures," as
			 amended from time to time;
(5) Part
			 386, "Rules of Practice for Motor Carrier, Broker, Freight Forwarder, and
			 Hazardous Materials Proceedings," as amended from time to time;
(6) Part 387, "Minimum Levels of Financial
			 Responsibility for Motor Carriers," as amended from time to time;
(7) Part 388, "Cooperative Agreements with
			 States," as amended from time to time;
(8) Part 390, "Federal Motor Carrier Safety
			 Regulations; General," as amended from time to time;
(9) Part 391, "Qualifications of Drivers and
			 Longer Combination Vehicle (LCV) Driver Instructors," as amended from time to
			 time;
(10) Part 392, "Driving of
			 Commercial Motor Vehicles," as amended from time to time;
(11) Part 393, "Parts and Accessories
			 Necessary for Safe Operation," as amended from time to time;
(12) Part 394, "Removed and Reserved," as
			 amended from time to time;
(13)
			 Part 395, "Hours of Service of Drivers," as amended from time to
			 time;
(14) Part 396, "Inspection,
			 Repair and Maintenance," as amended from time to time; and
(15) Part 397, "Transportation of Hazardous
			 Materials; Driving and Parking Rules," as amended from time to time.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 163c - Motor Carrier Safety Regulations › Section 14-163c-2 - Application of regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
The regulations adopted in accordance with section
				14-163c-1
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall apply to:
(1) Any motor vehicle in intrastate commerce
			 that has a gross vehicle weight rating, or gross combination weight rating, or
			 gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of eighteen thousand one
			 (18,001) or more pounds;
(2) Any
			 motor vehicle in interstate commerce that has a gross vehicle weight rating, or
			 gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination
			 weight, of ten thousand one (10,001) or more pounds;
(3) Any motor vehicle that is designed or
			 used to transport more than eight (8) passengers, including the driver, for
			 compensation;
(4) Any motor vehicle
			 that is designed to transport more than fifteen (15) passengers, including the
			 driver, and is not used to transport passengers for compensation;
(5) Any motor vehicle that is used in the
			 transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity such as to require
			 placarding of the vehicle under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49
			 USC App. Sections 1801-1813, inclusive;
(6) A person who holds a commercial driver's
			 license or who operates any motor vehicle as described in subdivisions (1) to
			 (5), inclusive, of this section; and
(7) A motor carrier as defined
			 49
			 CFR Section 390.5, as amended from time to
			 time, that is responsible for the operation of any motor vehicle or the driver
			 thereof as provided in subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of this
			 section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 163c - Motor Carrier Safety Regulations › Section 14-163c-4 - Minimum age of operator

Current through July 10, 2024
Insofar as the provisions of subdivision (1) of section
				14-163c-2
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies apply to vehicles employed
				solely in intrastate use, the minimum age of an operator as stated
				49 CFR Section
				391.11(b) (I), shall be
				eighteen (18) years old in lieu of twenty-one (21) years old. This section
				shall not apply to the operators of any vehicles designed or used to transport
				more than fifteen (15) passengers, including the driver, or any school bus as
				defined in section
				14-275
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, or any vehicle that is used in the
				transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity such as to require the
				placarding of the vehicle under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49
				USC App. Sections 1801-1813, inclusive, as amended from time to
				time.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 163c - Motor Carrier Safety Regulations › Section 14-163c-5 - Motor vehicle out-of-service condition

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any motor
			 vehicle identified in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to
			 (5), inclusive, of section 14-163c-2 of the Regulations of Connecticut State
			 Agencies, which by reason of its mechanical condition or loading, and in
			 accordance with the provisions of
			 49
			 CFR Section 396.9, is determined by a person
			 having inspection authority as defined in section
			 14-163c-9 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to be so unsafe as to likely
			 cause an accident or breakdown, or when such mechanical condition or loading
			 would likely contribute to loss of control of the vehicle by the operator,
			 shall be issued an out-of-service order.
(b) Standards for inspection and declaration
			 of an out-of-service order of a motor vehicle as provided in subsection (a) of
			 this section shall be in accordance with the most recent revision of the
			 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance publication entitled "North American
			 Standard Out-of-Service Criteria" including Part II thereof entitled "North
			 American Standard Vehicle Out-of-Service Criteria", Part III thereof entitled
			 "North American Standard Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service Criteria" and Part
			 IV thereof entitled "North American Standard Administrative Out-of-Service
			 Criteria". Reference to said publication and its use in connection with motor
			 vehicle inspections shall be in accordance with
			 49 CFR Section
			 385.4, the provisions of Appendix G to
			 Subchapter B of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations or the North
			 American Standard Inspection procedures as prescribed in the Commercial Vehicle
			 Safety Alliance Operating Policies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 163c - Motor Carrier Safety Regulations › Section 14-163c-6 - Motor vehicle out-of-service infraction

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Violation
			 of any of the standards adopted in accordance with section
			 14-163c-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies for which a motor vehicle is
			 declared out-of-service shall be an infraction.
(b) A complaint for a violation of subsection
			 (a) of this section may be issued by a person with inspection authority as
			 defined in section 14-163c-9 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
			 to the motor carrier or to the owner, lessee or operator of such motor
			 vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 163c - Motor Carrier Safety Regulations › Section 14-163c-7 - Operator out-of-service condition

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each operator
			 of a motor vehicle listed in subdivision (1) to (5), inclusive, of section
			 14-163c-2 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall conform to the
			 standards adopted in accordance with section
			 14-163c-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies that are applicable to such
			 operator. Any operator found to be noncompliant with such standards and
			 criteria established in the most recent revision of the Commercial Vehicle
			 Safety Alliance publication entitled "North American Standard Out-of-Service
			 Criteria" including Part 1 thereof entitled "North American Standard Driver
			 Out-of-Service Criteria", shall be declared out of service.
(b) Standards for operator inspection and
			 declaration of an out-of-service order for such operator as provided in
			 subsection (a) of this section shall be those from the most recent revision of
			 the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance publication entitled "North American
			 Standard Out-of-Service Criteria", including Part 1 thereof entitled "North
			 American Standard Driver Out-of-Service Criteria."
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 163c - Motor Carrier Safety Regulations › Section 14-163c-8 - Operator out-of-service infraction

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any operator to
			 whom an out-of-service order has been issued by a person with inspection
			 authority as defined in section
			 14-163c-9 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies for violations of any of the
			 standards adopted in accordance with section
			 14-163c-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall have committed an
			 infraction.
(b) Such violations,
			 referred to in subsection (a) of this section, for which an infraction
			 complaint may be issued, include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Operating a commercial motor vehicle in
			 violation of the out-of-service order as prescribed in
			 49 CFR Section
			 395.13(d);
(2) Operating a commercial motor vehicle
			 transporting hazardous materials requiring placards or operating a motor
			 vehicle designed to transport (sixteen) (16) or more passengers including the
			 driver in violation of the out-of-service order as prescribed in
			 49 CFR Section
			 395.13(d);
(3) Operating a commercial motor vehicle that
			 has been declared out of service in violation of the out-of-service order as
			 prescribed in
			 49
			 CFR Section 396.9(c)(2);
			 and
(4) Operating a commercial
			 motor vehicle transporting hazardous materials requiring placards or operating
			 a motor vehicle designed to transport sixteen (16) or more passengers including
			 the driver that has been declared out of service in violation of the
			 out-of-service order as prescribed in
			 49
			 CFR Section
			 396.9(c)(2).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 163c - Motor Carrier Safety Regulations › Section 14-163c-9 - Inspection authority

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A person having
			 inspection authority means any motor vehicle inspector appointed by the
			 commissioner in accordance with section
			 14-8
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or any state or municipal police officer
			 who has satisfactorily completed eighty (80) hours of on-the-job training and a
			 course of instruction as prescribed by the United States Department of
			 Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in federal motor
			 carrier safety regulations, North American safety inspection procedures and the
			 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's "North American Standard Out-of-Service
			 Criteria." As used in sections
			 14-163c-1
			 through
			 14-163c-12
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, inspection authority means
			 authorization to enter upon and perform inspections of motor carriers' vehicles
			 in operation, to record the results of such inspections, to issue infractions
			 for those parts specified in section
			 14-163c-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and to declare a motor
			 vehicle or its operator "Out of Service".
(b) A person having inspection authority as
			 defined in subsection (a) of this section may enter upon and inspect the lands,
			 buildings and equipment of persons subject to the provisions of section
			 14-163c-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, in accordance with law, to
			 determine compliance with the provisions of 49 CFR Parts 100 to 199, inclusive,
			 and 49 CFR Parts 382 to 397, inclusive, as amended from time to time. Such
			 persons subject to the provisions of section
			 14-163c-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, including motor carriers, may
			 be required by the commissioner to submit for inspection and copying their
			 accounts, books, records, memoranda, correspondence and other documents that
			 relate to the requirements and standards of such section, the Federal Motor
			 Carrier Safety Regulations, the Hazardous Material Regulations and other
			 applicable Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) In order to maintain inspection
			 authority, motor vehicle inspectors shall annually receive in-service training
			 in current federal motor carrier safety regulations, safety inspection
			 procedures and out-of-service criteria. The type and extent of such training
			 shall be as determined by the commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 163c - Motor Carrier Safety Regulations › Section 14-163c-10 - Exemptions from compliance

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 commissioner of motor vehicles may grant variations to or exemptions from, or
			 approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, Title 49 of the Code of
			 Federal Regulations adopted in accordance with section
			 14-163c-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, when strict compliance with
			 any of such provisions would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary
			 hardship, or would be otherwise adjudged unwarranted.
(b) Any variation, exemption, approved
			 equivalent or alternate compliance with the requirements of section
			 14-163c-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies as provided in subsection (a)
			 of this section shall be requested in writing and addressed to the Commissioner
			 of Motor Vehicles, 60 State Street, Wethersfield, CT 06161-4010. Such request
			 shall explain fully how strict compliance with the regulation would not serve
			 the public interest, and how the requested modification or other change would
			 maintain public safety no less secure than the compliance required by the
			 original regulation. No such variation, exemption, approved equivalent or
			 alternate compliance shall be permitted except as authorized in writing by the
			 commissioner.