Connecticut § 15-140a Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as attorney for service of process on nonresident.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 15-140a — Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as attorney for service of process on nonresident.

Connecticut § 15-140a

Title 15Navigation and Aeronautics

Ch. 268Boating

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-140a (2026).

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Any person not a resident of this state who causes a vessel to be operated upon any waters which are subject to the jurisdiction of this state shall be deemed to have appointed the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as his attorney and to have agreed that any process in any civil action brought against him because of alleged negligence in the operation of a vessel upon any such waters may be served upon the commissioner and shall have the same validity as if served upon the nonresident personally. Such process shall be served by the officer to whom it is directed upon the commissioner by leaving with him at his office, at least twelve days before the return day of such process, a true and attested copy thereof, and by sending to the defendant, by registered or certified ma

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Any person not a resident of this state who causes a vessel to be operated upon any waters which are subject to the jurisdiction of this state shall be deemed to have appointed the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as his attorney and to have agreed that any process in any civil action brought against him because of alleged negligence in the operation of a vessel upon any such waters may be served upon the commissioner and shall have the same validity as if served upon the nonresident personally. Such process shall be served by the officer to whom it is directed upon the commissioner by leaving with him at his office, at least twelve days before the return day of such process, a true and attested copy thereof, and by sending to the defendant, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a like true and attested copy with an endorsement thereon of the service upon the commissioner, addressed to such nonresident at his last-known address. The officer serving such process upon the commissioner shall leave with him, at the time of service, a fee of two dollars, which fee shall be taxed in favor of the plaintiff in his costs if he prevails in the action. The commissioner shall keep a record of such process and the day and hour of service. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vessels having a valid marine document issued by the United States or a foreign government.

Legislative History

(1963, P.A. 222; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 382; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.) History: 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of environmental protection; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.