Connecticut § 14-147a - Theft or illegal possession of number plate or sticker.
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§ 14-147a. Theft or illegal possession of number plate or sticker.
Sec. 14-147a. Theft or illegal possession of number plate or sticker. Any person who takes any motor vehicle number plate or sticker denoting the expiration date of the registration from such number plate or possesses such number plate or sticker without the permission of the person to whom such number plate or sticker was issued shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars.
(1961, P.A. 117; P.A. 97-226, S. 5, 6; P.A. 07-217, S. 51.)
History; P.A. 97-226 substituted “sticker denoting the expiration date of the registration” for “annual insert”, made penalty applicable to persons who illegally possess number plates or stickers and modified penalty to increase fine from $25 maximum to not less than $100 nor more than $500 and to eliminate term of imprisonment, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 07-217 made a technical change, effective July 12, 2007.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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