Connecticut § 14-62a Advertisements of prices of motor vehicles. Penalty.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 14-62a — Advertisements of prices of motor vehicles. Penalty.

Connecticut § 14-62a

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

Ch. 246Motor Vehicles

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-62a (2026).

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(a)No dealer licensed under the provisions of section 14-52 shall advertise the price of any motor vehicle unless the stated price in such advertisement includes the federal tax, the cost of delivery, dealer preparation and any other charges of any nature, except that such advertisement shall (1) state in at least eight-point bold type that any state or local tax, registration fees or dealer conveyance fee or processing fee, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-62, is excluded from such advertised price, and (2) separately state, in at least eight-point bold type, immediately next to the phrase “Dealer Conveyance Fee”, the amount of such dealer conveyance fee or processing fee.

(b)Any new or used car dealer violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one t

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(a) No dealer licensed under the provisions of section 14-52 shall advertise the price of any motor vehicle unless the stated price in such advertisement includes the federal tax, the cost of delivery, dealer preparation and any other charges of any nature, except that such advertisement shall (1) state in at least eight-point bold type that any state or local tax, registration fees or dealer conveyance fee or processing fee, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-62, is excluded from such advertised price, and (2) separately state, in at least eight-point bold type, immediately next to the phrase “Dealer Conveyance Fee”, the amount of such dealer conveyance fee or processing fee. (b) Any new or used car dealer violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may suspend or revoke, in accordance with section 14-64 , the license of any such dealer violating the provisions of this section.

Legislative History

(P.A. 79-507, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-429, S. 57; P.A. 98-182, S. 19, 22; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 427.) History: P.A. 84-429 made technical change for statutory consistency; P.A. 98-182 amended Subsec. (a) to expand the dealers subject to this section from new car dealers to dealers licensed under Sec. 14-52, to require the advertisement to state in at least eight-point bold type that state or local tax, registration fees or dealer conveyance fee or processing fee is excluded from the advertised price, effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provision re exclusion from price as Subdiv. (1) and amending same to replace “stated” with “advertised” and by adding Subdiv. (2) re dealer conveyance fee, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to used car dealer, effective July 1, 2015.