(a) Any person who counterfeits any number plate or marker, or makes any substitute or temporary marker, except as provided in section
14-18, or who counterfeits or in any manner alters any motor vehicle registration or operator's license, and any person who gives, loans or sells any such counterfeited or altered number plate, marker, motor vehicle registration or operator's license, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who loans or sells any number plate or marker or certificate of registration issued by the commissioner, for use on any car, except as provided in sections 14-59 and 14-60, shall have committed an infraction.
(c) No person shall use any motor vehicle registration or operator's license other than the one issued to such person by the commissioner, except as provided in section 14-18; and no person shall use a motor vehicle registration on any motor vehicle other than that for which such registration has been issued. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall have committed an infraction.
(d) Any person who loans any operator's license issued by the commissioner, for use by another person, shall have committed an infraction.
(e) Any person who sells any operator's license issued by the commissioner, for use by another person, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 2471; 1959, P.A. 176; 1967, P.A. 408; P.A. 18-164, S. 27; P.A. 23-40, S. 16.)
History: 1959 act added provision re counterfeiting or altering of operator's license in Subsec. (a) and increased fine in Subsec. (b); 1967 act made Subsec. (a) applicable to persons who give, loan or sell counterfeited or altered plates, markers, registrations or operator's licenses to another, raised fine from $100 to $200 maximum and allowed imposition of 30 days imprisonment or both fine and imprisonment and made technical changes; P.A. 18-164 amended Subsec. (c) to increase maximum fine from $100 to $500; P.A. 23-40 amended Subsec. (a) to replace penalty of fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor, amended Subsec. (b) to delete reference to operator's license and replace penalty of fine of not more than $100 with an infraction, amended Subsec. (c) to replace penalty of fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with an infraction, added Subsec. (d) re loaning an operator's license, added Subsec. (e) re selling an operator's license and made technical changes.
See Sec. 14-111(b), (h) re suspension or revocation of license.
Cited. 161 C. 388; 200 C. 102.
Cited. 14 CA 309; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 50; 16 CA 272; 20 CA 336; Id., 521; 32 CA 84; 33 CA 49.
Cited. 26 CS 184.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 219.
Notes of Decisions
Ventura v. Town of E. Haven, 199 A.3d 1 (Conn. 2019).
· cites it 2× “Trnka was, therefore, further charged with misuse of plates in violation of General Statutes § 14-147, operating an unregistered motor vehicle in violation of General Statutes § 14-12a, and operating a motor vehicle without insurance in violation of General Statutes § 14-213b.”
State v. Lawrence, 913 A.2d 428 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 2× “2d 368 (fine imposed for improper use of license plate or marker exceeded statutory limit for monetary fine pursuant to General Statutes § 14-147 [c]), cert. denied, 267 Conn.”
State v. Shipp, 830 A.2d 368 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003).
· cites it 6× “The defendant, Derrick Troy Shipp, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court, of failure to display a marker or number plate in violation of General Statutes § 14-18 (a), 1 improper use of a license plate or marker in violation of General…”
State v. Holloman, 568 A.2d 1052 (Conn. App. Ct. 1990).
· cites it 4× “3 General Statutes § 14-147 (c). Moreover, the officers reasonably suspected that the two men were in possession of a stolen car, on the basis of their knowledge that the Vermont license plate on the vehicle was registered to a different vehicle.”
Ventura v. Town of E. Haven, 154 A.3d 1020 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017).
· cites it 2× “Trnka was, therefore, further charged with misuse of plates in violation of General Statutes § 14-147, operating an unregistered motor vehicle in violation of General Statutes § 14-12a, and operating a motor vehicle without insurance in violation of General Statutes § 14-213b.”
State v. Stuart, 967 A.2d 532 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009).
· cites it 2× “f larceny in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-122; three counts of conspiracy to commit larceny in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 and 53a-122; three counts of forgery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes §…”
State v. Lee, 628 A.2d 1318 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993).
· cites it 2× “The defendant appeals from judgments of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of possession of a narcotic substance with intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 2 la-278 (b) and improper use of a motor vehicle registration in violation of General Statutes § 14-147…”
State v. Knight, 7 A.3d 425 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
· cites it 4× “The defendant, David Knight, appeals from the judgments of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of operating a motor vehicle with a *191 suspended license in violation of General Statutes § 14-215 (a), 1 one count of improper use of a marker plate in violation…”
State v. D'Ambrosio, 541 A.2d 880 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 14-147 (c); State v. Mitchell, supra, 60 .”
State v. Escobales, 547 A.2d 553 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988).
· cites it 2× “The defendant was thereafter patted down and arrested for possession of a narcotics substance with intent to sell; two counts of stop sign violations in violation of General Statutes § 14-301 (c); operating with a defective tail light in violation of General Statutes § 14-96…”
State v. Rodriguez, 192 Conn. App. 115 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019).
· cites it 2× “The defendant, Jose Luis Rodriguez, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered fol- lowing a jury trial, of public indecency in violation of General Statutes § 53a-186 (a) (2), breach of the peace in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-181 (a) (5),…”
State v. Descoteaux, 509 A.2d 1035 (Conn. 1986).
· cites it 2× “On September 29,1984, the defendant, Dorothy Descoteaux, was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of General Statutes § 14-227a, improper use of number plates in violation of General Statutes § 14-147…”
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