Connecticut § 53-142a Illegal sale or possession of master car key.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 53-142a — Illegal sale or possession of master car key.

Connecticut § 53-142a

Title 53Crimes

Ch. 941Offenses Against Private Property

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-142a (2026).

Text

Any person who makes and sells to anyone other than a new car dealer, licensed under section 14-52, a person actually engaged in the trade of locksmith, a law enforcement agency or a loan institution which finances the purchase of motor vehicles, any motor vehicle master car key, and any person other than one engaged in the manufacture of such keys as a bona fide business or other than one to whom the sale of such a key is authorized by this section who has such a key in his possession, shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor and, for a subsequent offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

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Any person who makes and sells to anyone other than a new car dealer, licensed under section 14-52, a person actually engaged in the trade of locksmith, a law enforcement agency or a loan institution which finances the purchase of motor vehicles, any motor vehicle master car key, and any person other than one engaged in the manufacture of such keys as a bona fide business or other than one to whom the sale of such a key is authorized by this section who has such a key in his possession, shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor and, for a subsequent offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 818; P.A. 12-80, S. 102.) History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty for first offense of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor and replaced penalty for subsequent offense of a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months or both with a class B misdemeanor.