Connecticut § 14-145a - Towing, removal or use of wheel-locking device prohibited except upon express instruction of property owner or lessee or for repossession. Rebate prohibited.
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§ 14-145a. Towing, removal or use of wheel-locking device prohibited except upon express instruction of property owner or lessee or for repossession. Rebate prohibited.
Sec. 14-145a. Towing, removal or use of wheel-locking device prohibited except upon express instruction of property owner or lessee or for repossession. Rebate prohibited. (a) No vehicle shall be towed or removed from private property except (1) upon express instruction of the owner or lessee, or his or her agent, of the property upon which the vehicle is trespassing, or (2) for the purpose of repossession of the motor vehicle by a lending institution. No vehicle shall be rendered immovable on private property through the use of a wheel-locking device except upon express instruction of the owner or lessee, or his or her agent. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the right of a municipality or the state to remove an abandoned motor vehicle in accordance with the provisions of section 14-150.
(b) No person or firm that tows or removes a motor vehicle from private property or renders a motor vehicle immovable on private property shall rebate or pay any money or other valuable consideration to the owner or lessee, or his or her agent, of the property from which the vehicle is towed or removed or on which the vehicle is rendered immovable, or to a lending institution, for the privilege of towing, removing or rendering immovable such vehicle.
(P.A. 91-408, S. 2; P.A. 15-42, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 234.)
History: P.A. 15-42 amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions re use of wheel-locking device and re towing, removal or use of wheel-locking device for purpose of repossession, amended Subsec. (b) to add references to motor vehicle rendered immovable and to prohibit rebate to lending institution, and made technical and conforming changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that a wheel-locking device may only be used upon the instruction of the owner or lessee.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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