(a) The certificate of registration and any automobile insurance identification card for the vehicle issued pursuant to section
38a-364 shall be carried in the motor vehicle at all times when it is being operated on a public highway, except as otherwise provided by statute. If a vehicle is registered in the name of a lessor licensed under section
14-15, a legible photostatic copy of the certificate of registration or a rental or lease contract which shall include the vehicle identification number of such vehicle registered in this state may be carried in lieu of the original certificate, provided the original certificate shall be available at all times for inspection at the lessor's usual place of business in the state if the motor vehicle is registered in this state. If a vehicle is registered as a school bus as defined in section
14-275, such copy may be carried in lieu of the original certificate, provided such certificate shall be available at all times for inspection at the school bus owner's usual place of business in the state.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 2362; 1961, P.A. 233, S. 2; P.A. 76-124; P.A. 79-577, S. 6, 8; P.A. 80-466, S. 3, 25; P.A. 82-223, S. 5; 82-460, S. 4; P.A. 83-577, S. 11; P.A. 84-429, S. 5; P.A. 86-47, S. 1, 2; 86-85, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-297, S. 6, 29; P.A. 10-3, S. 54.)
History: 1961 act removed provision for payment of one-half registration fee when registration applied for after September thirtieth; P.A. 76-124 allowed maintenance of photocopy of registration in car registered to lessor in Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-577 included no-fault insurance identification card in Subsec. (b); P.A. 80-466 deleted reference to “yearly” registration and included reference to single license plate in Subsec. (c) reflecting switch to biennial registration and single plate; P.A. 82-223 amended Subsec. (d) to specify that a first offense constituted the commission of an infraction and increased the fine therefor from maximum of $3 to $25; P.A. 82-460 amended Subsec. (b) by clarifying that the certificate and identification card only need be carried in a motor vehicle while it is being operated; P.A. 83-577 amended Subsec. (d) to increase the fine for a first offense from $25 to $35; P.A. 84-429 transferred provisions in Subsec. (a) re registration certificates to Sec. 14-12(e), transferred provisions in Subsec. (c) re temporary registrations to Sec. 14-12(i), relettered the remaining Subsecs. and made other technical changes; P.A. 86-47 permitted the carrying of a rental or lease contract in lieu of original registration certificate in vehicles registered by lessors; P.A. 86-85 permitted the carrying of a copy of a registration certificate in lieu of original in vehicles registered as school buses; P.A. 93-297 amended Subsec. (a) to delete term “no-fault” in description of insurance identification card, effective January 1, 1994, and applicable to acts or omissions occurring on or after said date; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (b) to replace fine of $35 for first offense and not more than $50 for subsequent offense with fine of $50, effective April 14, 2010.
See Sec. 14-107 re liability of owner, operator or lessee in prosecutions for violation of this section.
As to the effect of failure to carry the certificate in the car, see the analogous ruling as to operator's license. 93 C. 457. Cited. 110 C. 148.
Cited. 11 CA 644.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 385; Id., 390.
Notes of Decisions
Allstate Ins. v. Mottolese, 803 A.2d 311 (Conn. 2002).
· cites it 12× “, the defendant in error (trial court), imposing sanctions against the plaintiff pursuant to Practice Book § 14-13. The dispositive issue in this case is whether a party’s proper exercise of its right to a trial de novo in accordance with General Statutes § 52-549z following a…”
Speer v. Dept. of Agric., 192 A.3d 489 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
· cites it 11× “See [Practice Book] § 14-13 (nonsuit is available at a pretrial conference only if the plaintiff 'fails to attend or to be available by telephone').”
Hvt, Inc. v. Law, 16 A.3d 686 (Conn. 2011).
· cites it 6× “" [16] General Statutes § 14-107(a) provides: "The owner, operator or lessee of any motor vehicle may be prosecuted jointly or individually for violation of any provision of section 10a-79, 10a-84, 10a-92 or 10a-139, subsection (a) of section 14-13, section 14-18, section 14-39…”
State v. Isabelle, 946 A.2d 266 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008).
· cites it 4× “” The state filed an amended long form information charging the defendant with reckless driving in violation of General Statutes § 14-222 (a), 2 failure to display numberplates in violation of General Statutes § 14-18 (a) (1) *602 and (c),* 1* 3 failure to carry an insurance…”
State v. Smolen, 232 A.2d 339 (Conn. App. Ct. 1967).
· cites it 3× “The defendant was convicted in a trial to the court of failure to carry registration certificate, in violation of § 14-13 (b) of the General Statutes, 1 and of failure to obey orders of an officer, in violation of § 14-223, 2 and he has appealed from the judgment.”
Faile v. Town of Stratford, 172 A.3d 206 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017).
“does not fall within the parameters of sanctionable *204 behavior under [Practice Book] § 14-13. To conclude otherwise would undermine the insured's .”
State v. Boucher, 528 A.2d 1165 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987).
· cites it 2× “The defendant was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicat *645 ing liquor in violation of General Statutes § 14-227a (a), 1 and failure to carry a registration in violation of General Statutes § 14-13. He was subsequently charged with…”
Levinson v. Lawrence (Conn. App. Ct. 2016).
· cites it 2× “6 The term ‘‘mutatis mutandis’’ is defined as: ‘‘Those things being changed which should be changed; the respective differences taken into consider- ation; changed according to circumstances; with the necessary changes.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-13(a) — 1 case
Hvt, Inc. v. Law, 16 A.3d 686 (Conn. 2011).
“" [16] General Statutes § 14-107(a) provides: "The owner, operator or lessee of any motor vehicle may be prosecuted jointly or individually for violation of any provision of section 10a-79, 10a-84, 10a-92 or 10a-139, subsection (a) of section 14-13, section 14-18, section 14-39…”
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