Connecticut Code — 53
Browse 191 sections in division 53 of the Connecticut code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 53-10a. Persons sentenced to life imprisonment prior to October 1, 1963.
- § 53-20. Cruelty to persons.
- § 53-21. Injury or risk of injury to, or impairing morals of, children. Sale of children.
- § 53-21a. Leaving child unsupervised in place of public accommodation or motor vehicle. Failure to report disappearance of a child.
- § 53-22. Psychiatric examinations.
- § 53-23. Abandonment of child under the age of six years.
- § 53-23a. Hazing.
- § 53-34. Sec
- § 53-34a. Deprivation of rights of physically disabled and blind; class C misdemeanor.
- § 53-34b. Deprivation of the right to breast-feed one's child.
- § 53-35. Sec
- § 53-35a. Sec
- § 53-36a. Sec
- § 53-36b. Sec
- § 53-36c. Counsel for commission.
- § 53-36d. Sec
- § 53-37. Ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race.
- § 53-37a. Deprivation of a person's civil rights by person wearing mask or hood: Class D felony.
- § 53-37b. Deprivation of a person's equal rights and privileges by force or threat.
- § 53-38. Fictitious notice of birth, marriage or death.
- § 53-39. Malicious prosecution.
- § 53-39a. Indemnification of law enforcement unit members, certain special police and inspectors in the Division of Criminal Justice.
- § 53-40. Blackmail.
- § 53-41. Tattooing of persons restricted.
- § 53-41a. Surveillance devices in dressing rooms prohibited.
- § 53-41b. Ear piercing.
- § 53-80a. Manufacture of bombs.
- § 53-129a. Defrauding secured party.
- § 53-129b. Concealment or conveyance of leased property.
- § 53-130. Concealing or destroying attached property.
- § 53-131. Removal of identifying marks on electrical devices.
- § 53-132. Sale of equipment with defective identification marks.
- § 53-132a. Altering manufacturer's serial number.
- § 53-133. Unlawful alteration or disposal of rental electric storage batteries.
- § 53-134. Possession of outboard motor having defaced factory or engine number.
- § 53-142a. Illegal sale or possession of master car key.
- § 53-142b. Transferral, sale or use of records, tapes, film, cassettes or discs without owner's consent, or supplying machinery for reproduction thereof, prohibited. Exceptions.
- § 53-142c. Manufacture, sale or distribution of records, tapes, cassettes or discs without identification marks prohibited.
- § 53-142d. Penalties for violations of sections 53-142b , 53-142c.
- § 53-142e. Sec
- § 53-142f. Possession of unauthorized recordings prohibited.
- § 53-142j. (Formerly Sec. 53-142e). Destruction, delay or opening of letters and packages by private messenger or courier service prohibited.
- § 53-142k. Organized retail theft.
- § 53-153. Unlawful removal or alteration of records. Counterfeiting seals.
- § 53-164. Escape from certain institutions.
- § 53-181. Soliciting rides in motor vehicles.
- § 53-182. Use of highways by pedestrians.
- § 53-190. Power boats on Killingly Pond, Alexander's Lake or Lake Wononscopomuc.
- § 53-191. Motorboats on Bolton Ponds and Gardner's Lake.
- § 53-194. Preservation of Bantam Lake.
- § 53-198. Smoking in motor buses, railroad cars and school buses.
- § 53-199. Theaters and moving picture shows; seating capacity; standing room.
- § 53-200. Prize fighting.
- § 53-201. Witnessing or aiding prize fights.
- § 53-202. Machine guns.
- § 53-202a. Assault weapons: Definitions.
- § 53-202b. Sale or transfer of assault weapon prohibited. Exemptions. Olympic pistols. Regulations. Class C felony.
- § 53-202c. Possession of assault weapon prohibited. Exemptions. Class D felony.
- § 53-202d. Certificate of possession of assault weapon. Certificate of transfer of assault weapon to gun dealer. Circumstances where possession of assault weapon authorized.
- § 53-202e. Relinquishment of assault weapon to law enforcement agency.
- § 53-202f. Transportation and transfer of assault weapon. Authorized actions of gun dealer, manufacturer, pawnbroker or consignment shop operator.
- § 53-202g. Report of loss or theft of assault weapon or other firearm. Penalty.
- § 53-202h. Temporary transfer or possession of assault weapon for transport to out-of-state event.
- § 53-202i. Circumstances in which manufacture, transportation or temporary transfer of assault weapons not prohibited.
- § 53-202j. Commission of a class A, B or C felony with an assault weapon: Eight-year nonsuspendable sentence.
- § 53-202k. Commission of a class A, B or C felony with a firearm: Five-year nonsuspendable sentence.
- § 53-202l. l . Armor piercing and incendiary .50 caliber ammunition: Definition. Sale or transfer prohibited. Class D felony.
- § 53-202m. Circumstances when assault weapons exempt from limitations on transfers and registration requirements.
- § 53-202n. Possession of specified assault weapon permitted under certain circumstances. Notice requirement.
- § 53-202o. Affirmative defense in prosecution for possession of specified assault weapon.
- § 53-202w. Large capacity magazines. Definitions. Sale, transfer or possession prohibited. Exceptions.
- § 53-202x. Declaration of possession of large capacity magazine. Regulations.
- § 53-202aa. Firearms trafficking: Class C or B felony.
- § 53-203. Unlawful discharge of firearms.
- § 53-204. Hunting or discharging firearm from public highway.
- § 53-205. Loaded firearms prohibited in vehicles and snowmobiles. Exceptions.
- § 53-206. Carrying of dangerous weapons prohibited.
- § 53-206a. Application for permit. Notice of decision to applicant.
- § 53-206b. Unlawful training in use of firearms, explosive or incendiary devices or techniques capable of causing injury. Class C felony.
- § 53-206c. Sale, carrying and brandishing of facsimile firearms prohibited. Class B misdemeanor.
- § 53-206d. Carrying a firearm or hunting while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug prohibited.
- § 53-206e. Limitation on sale and use of laser pointers.
- § 53-206f. Failure of parent or guardian to halt illegal possession of firearm by minor child.
- § 53-206g. Sale, possession, use or manufacture of bump stocks or other rates of fire enhancement prohibited. Class D felony or Class D misdemeanor.
- § 53-206h. Bump stocks or other rates of fire enhancement prohibition. Notice.
- § 53-206i. Manufacture of firearm from polymer plastic without detectable security exemplar. Prohibited. Penalty.
- § 53-206j. Sale, delivery or transfer of unfinished frame or lower receiver. Prohibited. Exceptions. Penalty.
- § 53-206k. Conditions for sale or transfer of electronic defense weapons. Penalty.
- § 53-209a. Manufacture of chemical, biological or radioactive weapon.
- § 53-210. Refusal to relinquish telephone party line.
- § 53-211. Use of white canes by others than blind persons prohibited. Vehicles to reduce speed, grant right-of-way.
- § 53-212. Use of Roentgen-rays, x-rays and radium.
- § 53-212a. Use of fluoroscopic x-ray shoe-fitting devices prohibited.
- § 53-215. Abandonment of refrigerator.
- § 53-215a. Manufacture or sale of defective recapped tires.
- § 53-237a. Concealment of delivery: Class A misdemeanor.
- § 53-247. Cruelty to animals. Animals engaged in exhibition of fighting. Intentional injury or killing of police animals or dogs in volunteer canine search and rescue teams.
- § 53-247a. Provision of cannabis to domesticated animals.
- § 53-248. Sale or treatment of animals unable to work.
- § 53-249. Cruelty to poultry.
- § 53-249a. Sale or gift of dyed fowl or rabbits prohibited.
- § 53-250. Use of animals.
- § 53-251. Docking of horses' tails.
- § 53-252. Transportation of animals on railroads.
- § 53-253. Notice of arrest of offender to be given.
- § 53-254. Causing dependency or delinquency of children.
- § 53-258a. Misuse or mutilation of the flag.
- § 53-264. Maintenance.
- § 53-278a. Gambling: Definitions.
- § 53-278b. Gambling; professional gambling; penalties.
- § 53-278c. Seizure of gambling devices. Penalties for possession, sale, etc., of gambling devices or records. Exceptions.
- § 53-278d. Transmission of gambling information.
- § 53-278e. Gambling premises as nuisance.
- § 53-278f. Persistent offenders.
- § 53-278g. Gambling: Excepted activities.
- § 53-279. Sec
- § 53-280. Billiard and pool rooms; permits.
- § 53-289. Ticket scalping.
- § 53-289a. Tickets to entertainment events. Disclosures. Exemption.
- § 53-289b. Ticket resellers. Conditions. Refunds. Penalty.
- § 53-289c. Unauthorized ticket resale in proximity to event prohibited. Exemptions. Penalty.
- § 53-289d. Entertainment event ticketing sales systems. Prohibitions. Paperless ticketing systems. Denial of admission to entertainment events. Exclusions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.
- § 53-289e. Automated ticket purchasing software. Prohibitions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.
- § 53-290. Lotteries prohibited; publication of promotional drawing.
- § 53-290a. Disclosures re promotional drawings.
- § 53-300a. Sunday real estate contracts valid.
- § 53-301. Dealing in automobiles on Sunday.
- § 53-302. Employment of labor on Sunday.
- § 53-302a. Employment of labor on Sunday prohibited; exceptions. Sunday sales.
- § 53-303. Persons who observe Saturday excepted from Sunday law.
- § 53-303a. Retail sales on certain holidays.
- § 53-303b. Employment of labor and retail sales on certain holidays.
- § 53-303c. Penalties.
- § 53-303d. Injunction.
- § 53-303e. More than six days employment in calendar week prohibited. Employee remedies.
- § 53-303f. Lease provisions requiring Sunday openings prohibited.
- § 53-303g. Sec
- § 53-304. Nonsupport. Support orders and agreements. Administration of oaths by family relations counselors and support enforcement officers.
- § 53-305. Bond on appeal.
- § 53-306. Failure to comply with terms or make payment.
- § 53-307. Jurisdiction.
- § 53-308. Forfeited bonds in nonsupport cases.
- § 53-311a. Distribution of unsolicited credit cards, charge plates.
- § 53-312. False statements of the value of stocks, bonds and other property.
- § 53-313. “Bucket shop”; definition.
- § 53-314. Keeping bucket shop.
- § 53-315. Keeping bucket shop; accessory.
- § 53-316. Information to be furnished to customers.
- § 53-317. Fraudulent sale of kosher meat, meat products and other food.
- § 53-318. Sale, use or exposure of diseased horses and other animals.
- § 53-319. Sale or shipment of diseased flesh.
- § 53-320. Distribution of noxious seeds or poisons.
- § 53-321. Sale of thistle seed in grass seed.
- § 53-322. Sale of clams by the barrel or bushel.
- § 53-323. Coercion in placing of insurance on real or personal property. Payment for inspection of damaged property. Time limit for inspection.
- § 53-324. Articles purporting to be made of gold to be marked.
- § 53-325. Articles made of gold or alloy; false representations.
- § 53-326. Sterling silver defined. Penalty.
- § 53-327. Coin silver defined. Penalty.
- § 53-328. Manufacture and sale of gold and silver articles.
- § 53-329. Products of prison labor. Proceeds from sales credited to industrial fund.
- § 53-330. Admission to public performances.
- § 53-330a. Access to public transportation and places of public accommodation for volunteer canine search and rescue teams.
- § 53-331. Use of arsenic in embalming.
- § 53-332. Burials; proximity to dwelling.
- § 53-333. Depth of burial.
- § 53-333a. Depth of burial.
- § 53-334. Unlawful disinterment.
- § 53-340a. Solicitation of clients, patients or customers for persons or entities providing legal or health care services.
- § 53-341. Use of words “physician”, “surgeon”, “medical doctor”, “osteopath” or “doctor”, or initials “M.D.”, “D.O.” or “Dr.”. Exceptions. Penalties.
- § 53-341a. Sale of badge or shield of specific governmental official or employee.
- § 53-341b. Sale or delivery of body armor restricted.
- § 53-341c. Unauthorized taking or transmission by first responders of images of crime or accident victims.
- § 53-343a. Presence of persons under twenty-one years of age in class III gaming facilities prohibited. Wagering and misrepresentation of age by such persons prohibited.
- § 53-344. Sale or delivery of cigarettes or tobacco products to persons under age twenty-one. Misrepresentation of age. Presentation of driver's license or identity card to establish age. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense.
- § 53-344a. Sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. Proof of age.
- § 53-344b. Sale or delivery of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products to persons under twenty-one years of age. Misrepresentation of age by persons under twenty-one years of age. Transaction scans. Affirmative defense.
- § 53-345. Soliciting for philanthropic purposes.
- § 53-345a. Nitrous oxide containers; sale to or purchase by minors prohibited. Proof of age.
- § 53-347a. Prohibited acts relative to stamps, labels, trademarks, service marks, collective marks and certification marks.
- § 53-365. Sec
- § 53-368. Falsely certifying as to administration of oath.
- § 53-369. False pretenses as to pedigree of animal.
- § 53-370. Fraudulent sale of liquid fuels or lubricating oils.
- § 53-377. Fraudulent uses of badges or insignia.
- § 53-378. Wearing of armed forces uniform. False representation of award of armed forces decoration, medal, badge, ribbon, button or rosette.
- § 53-378a. Solicitation of contributions for veterans' charitable organization with intent to defraud.
- § 53-379. False representations to dispensaries.
- § 53-379a. Residential mortgage fraud. Penalties. Definitions.
- § 53-379b. Judgment liens in residential mortgage fraud. Restitution.
- § 53-388a. Unlawful use or possession of scanning device or reencoder. Civil action by Attorney General. Penalties.