Connecticut Statutes

§ 51-164n — Procedure upon summons for infraction or certain violations. Payment by mail. Procedure at trial.

Connecticut § 51-164n
JurisdictionConnecticut
Title 51Courts
Ch. 881bInfractions of the Law

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-164n (2026).

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(a)There shall be a Centralized Infractions Bureau of the Superior Court to handle payments or pleas of not guilty with respect to the commission of an infraction under any provision of the general statutes or a violation set forth in subsection (b) of this section. Except as provided in section 51-164o, any person who is alleged to have committed an infraction or a violation under subsection (b) of this section may plead not guilty or pay the established fine and any additional fee or cost for the infraction or such violation.
(b)Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any person who is alleged to have committed (1) a violation under the provisions of section 1-9 , 1-10 , 1-11 , 2-71h , 4b-13 , 7-13 , 7-14 , 7-35 or 7-41 , subsection (c) of section 7-66 , section 7-83 , 7

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Legislative History

(P.A. 75-577, S. 2, 126; P.A. 76-436, S. 40, 681; P.A. 77-340, S. 2; P.A. 79-534, S. 3; P.A. 82-223, S. 2; 82-248, S. 82; P.A. 83-577, S. 8; P.A. 85-446, S. 3, 6; P.A. 90-213, S. 10; P.A. 92-256, S. 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 74, 117; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11, S. 50, 70; P.A. 93-141, S. 3; 93-307, S. 27, 34; P.A. 94-135, S. 7; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 96, 130; P.A. 95-93, S. 2; 95-119, S. 1; 95-221, S. 2, 4; 95-264, S. 67; P.A. 96-167, S. 40; 96-257, S. 3; 96-259, S. 10; P.A. 97-40, S. 4; P.A. 98-69, S. 13, 14; P.A. 99-23, S. 1; 99-163, S. 8; 99-194, S. 27; 99-255, S. 4; 99-268, S. 31, 46; P.A. 00-92, S. 14; 00-148, S. 19; 00-169, S. 22, 36; P.A. 01-186, S. 5; P.A. 02-89, S. 80; 02-103, S. 36; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 116; P.A. 03-136, S. 9; 03-202, S. 12; 03-267, S. 5; P.A. 04-127, S. 7; P.A. 05-10, S. 21; 05-152, S. 5; 05-159, S. 8; 05-175, S. 22; P.A. 06-185, S. 8; P.A. 07-52, S. 2; 07-167, S. 44; P.A. 08-73, S. 13; 08-150, S. 33; P.A. 09-7, S. 5; 09-52, S. 5; 09-177, S. 19; P.A. 10-3, S. 53; 10-36, S. 8; P.A. 11-20, S. 37; 11-71, S. 5, 6; 11-80, S. 1; 11-187, S. 4; P.A. 12-80, S. 50; 12-133, S. 8; P.A. 13-5, S. 51; 13-82, S. 3; 13-83, S. 9; 13-194, S. 11; 13-262, S. 2; P.A. 14-76, S. 7; 14-187, S. 34; 14-201, S. 5; 14-223, S. 10; P.A. 15-52, S. 9; 15-92, S. 2; 15-121, S. 2; P.A. 16-2, S. 1; 16-54, S. 3; 16-89, S. 2; 16-100, S. 8; P.A. 17-75, S. 4; P.A. 18-75, S. 9; 18-141, S. 4; P.A. 19-37, S. 4; 19-119, S. 4; 19-177, S. 1; P.A. 21-37, S. 18; 21-89, S. 2; 21-104, S. 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 6, 154; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 305; P.A. 22-26, S. 18; 22-40, S. 17; 22-51, S. 2; 22-103, S. 4; P.A. 23-17, S. 12; 23-33, S. 7; 23-40, S. 20; 23-47, S. 7; 23-116, S. 4; 23-117, S. 4; 23-135, S. 15; P.A. 24-24, S. 22; 24-142, S. 53.) History: P.A. 76-436 required that fine be paid to superior court clerk rather than to common pleas court clerk, reflecting transfer of common pleas court functions to superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-340 specified maximum fine as $99 rather than as “the amount established for such infraction” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-534 added references to additional fees and made minor changes in wording in Subsec. (a) and reduced maximum fine in Subsec. (b) to $90; P.A. 82-223 amended Subsec. (b) to establish a minimum fine of $25; P.A. 82-248 reworded section but made no substantive change; P.A. 83-577 amended Subsec. (b) to increase the minimum fine from $25 to $35; P.A. 85-446 created centralized infractions bureau and revised procedure re payments or pleas of not guilty with respect to the commission of infractions accordingly, effective October 1, 1986; P.A. 90-213 made provisions of section applicable where appropriate to the commission of violations of Sec. 14-219 specified in Sec. 14-219(e); P.A. 92-256 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision prohibiting the assessment of points against the operator's license of such person for such infraction or specified violation of Sec. 14-219; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to add violations under Secs. 12-487, 13b-404, 13b-404a and 13b-405, violations under regulations adopted under Secs. 12-484, 12-487 and 13b-410, chapter 268 and Sec. 22a-250(a) and amended Subsecs. (b) and (e) to make technical changes; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-11 changed effective date of P.A. 92-256 but did not affect the date applicable to this section; P.A. 93-141 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to violations under Secs. 12-487, 13b-404, 13b-404a and 13b-405, violations under regulations adopted pursuant to Sec. 12-484, 12-487 or 13b-410, violations of Sec. 14-219(e), violations under chapter 268 and Sec. 22a-250(a) and adding reference to violations under Subsec. (b) of this section and inserted new Subsec. (b) re violations which shall be treated in the same manner as infractions, relettering former Subsecs. (b) to (f) accordingly (Revisor's note: References to Secs. 13b-404, 13b-404a and 13b-405 in new Subsec. (b) were deleted editorially by the Revisors to reflect the repeal of those sections by P.A. 93-307); P.A. 93-307 would have amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to Secs. 13b-404, 13b-404a and 13b-405 which were repealed by the same act, and substituting references to Secs. 13b-410a to 13b-410c, inclusive, but P.A. 93-141 took precedence, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 94-135 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Secs. 13b-410a, 13b-410b and 13b-410c and added Subsec. (h) re practice, procedure, rules of evidence and burden of proof re trial of alleged commission of violation and fine for person guilty of violation; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical change, substituting “12-326g” for “32-326g”, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-93 amended Subsec. (b) to add violations under Sec. 29-341; P.A. 95-119 amended Subsec. (b) to add a number of fish and game violations to the list of violations to be handled as infractions and amended Subsec. (c) to provide that the provisions of this section shall not affect application of administrative sanctions by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection; P.A. 95-221 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “the person” with “any person who is alleged to have committed an infraction or any violation specified in subsection (b) of this section”, replace “fee” with “fees or costs”, provide that no points shall be assessed for such “violation”, referring to any violation of Subsec. (b) of this section, rather than only for a “specified violation of section 14-219”, add provision requiring notice of the provisions of this subsection be given to law enforcement agencies and persons alleged to have committed a motor vehicle infraction or violation and make technical changes, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-264 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), deleting reference to repealed Secs. 20-181 and 20-182; P.A. 96-167 amended Subsec. (b) to add violations under Sec. 14-34a(e); P.A. 96-257 amended Subsec. (b) to specify Subsec. (c) as applicable provision of Sec. 14-100a; P.A. 96-259 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 21a-20 which was repealed by the same act; P.A. 97-40 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Secs. 14-267a, 14-269 and 14-270; P.A. 98-69 authorized deletion of reference to Sec. 22-118i in Subsec. (b) by the Revisors, since Sec. 22-118i was repealed by the act; P.A. 99-23 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 21a-78; P.A. 99-163 authorized the Revisors to delete reference to Sec. 29-118 in Subsec. (b), since Sec. 29-118 was repealed by the act; P.A. 99-194 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 21a-60; P.A. 99-255 amended Subsec. (b) to include a violation under Sec. 14-227a(b); P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (b) by adding a reference to a first violation as specified in Sec. 14-164i(f), effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-92 deleted references to Secs. 22-379 and 22-380 in Subsec. (b); P.A. 00-148 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Secs. 14-262 and 14-264; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section; P.A. 01-186 amended Subsec. (b) by eliminating reference to “subsection (c) of section 14-100a”; P.A. 02-89 amended Subsec. (b) to delete references to Secs. 7-18, 7-104, 13b-224, 19a-108, 21a-31, 22-123, 26-221, 26-222, 26-234, 26-267, 26-269, 44-3 and 53-301, reflecting the repeal of said sections by the same public act; P.A. 02-103 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 14-227a(b), effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-136 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change and include reference to Sec. 22a-381d(a), effective June 26, 2003; P.A. 03-202 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 31-273(g) with reference to Sec. 31-273(i) and making technical changes; P.A. 03-267 amended Subsec. (b) to delete references to Secs. 17b-407 and 17b-451; P.A. 04-127 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 14-80(g); P.A. 05-10 amended Subsec. (b) to add references to Secs. 46b-38dd, 46b-38gg and 46b-38kk; P.A. 05-152 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 14-223a(1); P.A. 05-159 added reference to Sec. 14-296aa in Subsec. (b); P.A. 05-175 deleted reference in Subsec. (b) to Sec. 22-37, repealed by the same act, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-185 added Subsec. (b)(4) re violation of municipal ordinance, regulation or bylaw with penalty between $90 and $250; P.A. 07-52 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by adding reference to Sec. 14-253a; P.A. 07-167 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by deleting reference to Sec. 14-261a(b) and (c); P.A. 08-73 amended Subsec. (b) to include a violation of Sec. 29-156a or Subsec. (b), (d), (e) or (g) of Sec. 29-161q; P.A. 08-150 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 53-211(a) or (b); P.A. 09-7 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective May 4, 2009; P.A. 09-52 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to Sec. 22a-381d(a) with reference to Sec. 22a-381d, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 09-177 amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to Sec. 29-291c(c) and delete reference to Sec. 29-341; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (g) to provide that if infraction is for title 14 violation, fine shall be not less than $50 or more than $90, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 10-36 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 20-341(a), effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-20 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to delete references to Secs. 9-296 and 9-305, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 11-71 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to add reference to Sec. 21a-279a(a), amended Subsec. (g) to add exception re burden of proof in trial for alleged commission of infraction under Sec. 21a-267(d) and amended Subsec. (h) to add exception re burden of proof in trial for alleged commission of violation under Sec. 21a-279a(a), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-187 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by adding reference to Sec. 22-344(f) (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (b)(1), references to repealed Secs. 46b-38dd, 46b-38gg and 46b-38kk were deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to add reference to Secs. 8-12, 14-283(h), 15-25, 15-97(1), 16-44, 19a-113, 20-249, 20-366, 21-1, 21a-19(1), 22-12b, 22-167, 22a-363, 25-43(a), 25-135, 26-18, 26-42, 26-56, 26-58, 26-76(1), 26-87, 26-91, 26-94, 26-98, 26-104, 26-105, 26-186(1), 26-217, 26-226(1), 26-232, 26-244, 26-257a, 26-260, 26-276, 26-284, 26-285, 26-286, 26-288, 29-25, 35-20(1), 45a-283, 53-199 and 53-280, replace reference to Sec. 21a-25 with Sec. 21a-25(b)(1), replace reference to Sec. 21a-159 with Sec. 21a-259(a)(1), replace reference to Sec. 23-65(a) or (b) with Sec. 23-65 (a) or (c)(1), replace reference to Sec. 26-61 with Sec. 26-61(d)(1), replace reference to Sec. 29-198 with Sec. 29-198(1) and delete reference to Sec. 31-28; P.A. 12-133 added new Subsec. (g) re process for person who pleads not guilty, sends plea to Centralized Infractions Bureau and subsequently reaches agreement with prosecutorial official to pay fine and redesignated existing Subsecs. (g) and (h) as Subsecs. (h) and (i); P.A. 13-5 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 16-256, effective May 8, 2013; P.A. 13-82 amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to Sec. 22a-381e(c) and (d) and make a technical change, effective June 5, 2013; P.A. 13-83 amended Subsec. (b) to add references to Secs. 26-16 and 26-55, effective June 5, 2013; P.A. 13-194 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “infractions and violations under” with “an infraction under any provision of the general statutes or a violation set forth in”; P.A. 13-262 amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to Sec. 25-43d, effective July 11, 2013; P.A. 14-76 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Secs. 12-314b and 53-344b(c); P.A. 14-187 amended Subsec. (b) to delete references to Secs. 31-38a and 31-51k, effective June 11, 2014; P.A. 14-201 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 26-31c, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 14-223 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 22-61; P.A. 15-52 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Sec. 26-142a(j)(2) and Sec. 26-157b(b)(1), effective January 1, 2016; P.A. 15-92 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 22-84(d), effective June 22, 2015; P.A. 15-121 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 22-26g; P.A. 16-2 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 29-109, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 16-54 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to Secs. 14-300 and 14-300d; P.A. 16-89 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes, effective June 1, 2016; P.A. 16-100 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to Secs. 17b-734 and 17b-736(b), effective June 2, 2016; P.A. 17-75 deleted “21-30,”, effective January 1, 2018; P.A. 18-75 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to Secs. 14-66b, 14-249, 17a-642, 26-16, 26-31c, 26-142a(j)(2) and 26a-157b(b)(1), effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 18-141 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 21a-2(c), effective June 11, 2018; P.A. 19-37 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 23-37, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 19-119 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 14-34a(e) with reference to Sec. 14-34a(f), effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 19-177 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 20-334(b); P.A. 21-37 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 21-71(d) and Sec. 22-61m(f) and making a technical change, effective June 4, 2021; P.A. 21-89 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 22-61 l , effective June 28, 2021; P.A. 21-104 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to Secs. 22-39a, 22-39b, 22-39c, 22-39d, 22-39e and 22-342, adding references to Secs. 22-30, 22-39f, 22-61j, 22-61 l (n)(1), 22-61m(f)(1), 22-96, 22-277(c), 22-278, 22-344b(b)(2), 22-344c(d), 22-344d(d), 22-344f, 22-350a and 22-354 and replacing reference to Sec. 22-344(b), (e) and (f) with reference to Sec. 22-344(b),(e)(1), (e)(2) or (g); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 21a-279a(a) with reference to Sec. 21a-279a(c), (d) or (e) and adding references to Secs. 21a-278b, 21a-421eee, 21a-421fff and 23-4b and amended Subsec. (h) by deleting provision re burden of proof for alleged commission of infraction under Sec. 21a-267(d), effective July 1, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 13a-263; P.A. 22-26 substantially revised list of violations set forth in Subsec. (b)(1); P.A. 22-40 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 13a-247, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 22-51 amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to Sec. 26-127(b); P.A. 22-103 amended Subsec. (b)(1) by adding reference to Sec. 21a-421hhh, effective May 24, 2022; P.A. 23-17 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 22-344c, effective June 7, 2023; P.A. 23-33 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 7-148o; P.A. 23-40 amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to Sec. 14-147(b) and make conforming changes; P.A. 23-47 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 7-148f; P.A. 23-116 amended Subsec. (g) to add provision re motor vehicle operator safety course as part of agreement; P.A. 23-117 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to Secs. 31-38, 31-40 and 31-44, effective June 27, 2023; P.A. 23-135 amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to Sec. 13a-26b; P.A. 24-24 substituted Sec. 13a-26b for Sec. 13a-266 in Subsec. (b); P.A. 24-142 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 21a-30, adding reference to Sec. 21a-415a and making a conforming change, effective June 6, 2024. Cited. 189 C. 611. Cited. 1 CA 517; 9 CA 686; 12 CA 481; 22 CA 207; 30 CA 45; 41 CA 779. Defendant's infraction ticket was a complaint and, therefore, he was entitled to object to the entry of a nolle and demand a trial or a dismissal pursuant to Sec. 54-56b. 143 CA 194.

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