Connecticut § 14-193 - Powers and duties of commissioner.
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§ 14-193. Powers and duties of commissioner.
Sec. 14-193. Powers and duties of commissioner. (a) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The commissioner may: (1) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (2) adopt and enforce reasonable rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (3) assign a new identification number to a vehicle if it has none, or its identification number is destroyed or obliterated, or its motor is changed, and shall either issue a new certificate of title showing the new identification number or make an appropriate endorsement on the original certificate; (4) require each manufacturer or assembler of a vehicle sold in this state to provide such vehicle with a vehicle identification number and, upon the request of the commissioner, to inform him concerning the location or locations of every vehicle identification number on such vehicle. The commissioner may refuse to register a vehicle made by a manufacturer or assembler who fails to comply with this section.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 29; 1967, P.A. 102.)
History: 1967 act added Subsec. (a)(4) re vehicle identification numbers.
See Sec. 14-149 re procedure when stolen vehicle or vehicle or part with mutilated or missing identification, engine or factory number is recovered.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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