Connecticut § 14-161 - Impersonation of inspector or agent.
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§ 14-161. Impersonation of inspector or agent.
Sec. 14-161. Impersonation of inspector or agent. Any person who impersonates an inspector or agent of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall, for the first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction, and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 2484; P.A. 82-223, S. 14; P.A. 83-577, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 82-223 specified that the commission of a first offense constituted an infraction, and established a minimum fine of $25 and lowered the maximum fine from $100 to $90 for such first offense; P.A. 83-577 deleted the provision specifying the fine for an infraction is not less than $25 nor more than $90; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references throughout the general statutes to “Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner” and “Motor Vehicle(s) Department” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” or “Department of Motor Vehicles”, as the case may be, for consistency with customary statutory usage).
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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