Connecticut § 14-148 Abandoned markers.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 14-148 — Abandoned markers.

Connecticut § 14-148

Title 14Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline

Ch. 246Motor Vehicles

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-148 (2026).

Text

(a)Any person who has found, or has in his possession, any number plate or number plates, or identifying part thereof, currently in use, which plate or plates were not issued to him, shall immediately deliver the same to the commissioner or to any officer. Such officer shall, within twenty-four hours, notify the commissioner that he holds such number plate or number plates or identifying part thereof to his order.

(b)Any officer may remove any number plate or number plates from any motor vehicle when such motor vehicle is apparently abandoned or when such number plate or number plates have been or are being used illegally and shall forward them to the commissioner with a statement of the reason for such removal.

(c)Violation of any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be an

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(a) Any person who has found, or has in his possession, any number plate or number plates, or identifying part thereof, currently in use, which plate or plates were not issued to him, shall immediately deliver the same to the commissioner or to any officer. Such officer shall, within twenty-four hours, notify the commissioner that he holds such number plate or number plates or identifying part thereof to his order. (b) Any officer may remove any number plate or number plates from any motor vehicle when such motor vehicle is apparently abandoned or when such number plate or number plates have been or are being used illegally and shall forward them to the commissioner with a statement of the reason for such removal. (c) Violation of any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be an infraction.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 2472; 1961, P.A. 233, S. 9; P.A. 75-577, S. 64, 126.) History: 1961 act made technical change to conform to new system of staggered registration periods; P.A. 75-577 deleted reference to $5 maximum fine and made violation an infraction in Subsec. (c). Cited. 30 CA 742.