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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-198 (2025)

False report

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A person who knowingly makes a false report of the theft or conversion of a vehicle to a police officer or to the commissioner shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.

(1957, P.A. 607, S. 34.)

Cited. 198 C. 348.

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Cited in 5 cases, 1986–2016 · leading case: State v. Wilcox, 758 A.2d 824 (Conn. 2000).
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State v. Wilcox, 758 A.2d 824 (Conn. 2000). · cites it 4× “-92 (a) (2) (A), 1 *443 sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (l), 2 attempt to commit sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2) 3 4and 53a-70 (a) (1), assault in the third degree in violation…”
State v. Brown, 503 A.2d 566 (Conn. 1986). · cites it 4× “to 1979) §§ 53a-119 (2) and 53a-122 (a) (2), 3 and of falsely reporting the theft of a motor vehicle, in violation of General Statutes § 14-198, 4 and was sentenced to a total effective term of imprisonment of from four to eight years.”
State v. Wilcox, 936 A.2d 295 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 2× “Following a jury trial in 1997, the plaintiff in error was convicted of kidnapping in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-92 (a) (2) (A), sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (1), attempt to commit sexual assault in…”
Peruta v. Town of Rocky Hill, 640 F. Supp. 2d 186 (D. Conn. 2009). · cites it 2× “On November 14, 2007, Valadez was arrested for falsely reporting a theft in violation of Conn. Gen.Stat. § 14-198. On November 16, 2007, the criminal case against Peruta for motor vehicle theft was dismissed.”
Wilcox v. Comm'r of Corr., 162 Conn. App. 730 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “ssault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (1), one count of attempt to commit sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a-70 (a) (1), one count of assault in the third degree in violation of General…”
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