Connecticut § 14-147 - Improper use of number plate or marker, registration or license. Penalty.

§ 14-147. Improper use of number plate or marker, registration or license. Penalty.

Sec. 14-147. Improper use of number plate or marker, registration or license. Penalty. (a) Any person who counterfeits any number plate or marker, or makes any substitute or temporary marker, except as provided in section 14-18, or who counterfeits or in any manner alters any motor vehicle registration or operator's license, and any person who gives, loans or sells any such counterfeited or altered number plate, marker, motor vehicle registration or operator's license, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.

(b) Any person who loans or sells any number plate or marker or certificate of registration issued by the commissioner, for use on any car, except as provided in sections 14-59 and 14-60, shall have committed an infraction.

(c) No person shall use any motor vehicle registration or operator's license other than the one issued to such person by the commissioner, except as provided in section 14-18; and no person shall use a motor vehicle registration on any motor vehicle other than that for which such registration has been issued. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall have committed an infraction.

(d) Any person who loans any operator's license issued by the commissioner, for use by another person, shall have committed an infraction.

(e) Any person who sells any operator's license issued by the commissioner, for use by another person, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.

(1949 Rev., S. 2471; 1959, P.A. 176; 1967, P.A. 408; P.A. 18-164, S. 27; P.A. 23-40, S. 16.)

History: 1959 act added provision re counterfeiting or altering of operator's license in Subsec. (a) and increased fine in Subsec. (b); 1967 act made Subsec. (a) applicable to persons who give, loan or sell counterfeited or altered plates, markers, registrations or operator's licenses to another, raised fine from $100 to $200 maximum and allowed imposition of 30 days imprisonment or both fine and imprisonment and made technical changes; P.A. 18-164 amended Subsec. (c) to increase maximum fine from $100 to $500; P.A. 23-40 amended Subsec. (a) to replace penalty of fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor, amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to operator's license and replace penalty of fine of not more than $100 with an infraction, amended Subsec. (c) to replace penalty of fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with an infraction, added Subsec. (d) re loaning an operator's license, added Subsec. (e) re selling an operator's license and made technical changes.

See Sec. 14-111(b), (h) re suspension or revocation of license.

Cited. 161 C. 388; 200 C. 102.

Cited. 14 CA 309; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 50; 16 CA 272; 20 CA 336; Id., 521; 32 CA 84; 33 CA 49.

Cited. 26 CS 184.

Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 219.