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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-214 (2026)

Instruction of unlicensed person in motor vehicle operation

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Any licensed operator, being twenty years of age or older and having had an operator's license to operate a motor vehicle of the same class as the motor vehicle being operated for at least four years preceding the date of such instruction, may instruct a person sixteen or seventeen years of age who holds a youth instruction permit issued in accordance with subsection (c) of section 14-36, or a person who is eighteen years of age or older who holds an adult instruction permit, in the operation of a motor vehicle. Any person so instructing another in the use of any motor vehicle shall be responsible for the operation thereof. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

(1949 Rev., S. 2421; 1969, P.A. 55, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 20; P.A. 75-577, S. 66, 126; P.A. 96-248, S. 3, 4; P.A. 97-1, S. 3, 4; P.A. 12-81, S. 42.)

History: 1969 act required instructor to be 21 and to have had license in class of vehicle for which instruction is being given for 2 years, added exception re motorcycles and raised fine from $10 to $50; 1972 act dropped age requirement to 18, reflecting change in age of majority; P.A. 75-577 replaced fine provision with statement that violation deemed to be infraction; P.A. 96-248 raised minimum age for instructor from 18 to 20 and required holding license in class of vehicle for which instruction is being given for minimum of 4, rather than 2, years, authorized instruction of persons who hold a learner's permit under Subsec. (b) of Sec. 14-36 and eliminated exception re motorcycles and requirement that instructor be “so seated as to control the operation of the motor vehicle”, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-1 provided that instructor may be older than 20 years of age, limited instruction of holders of learners' permits to persons 16 and 17 years of age, substituted reference to Subsec. (c) for (b), and authorized instruction of persons 18 years of age or older, effective January 30, 1997; P.A. 12-81 replaced “learner's permit” with “youth instruction permit” and required person 18 years of age or older receiving instruction to hold an adult instruction permit, effective January 1, 2013.

If owner of car allows another to drive it, but himself retains control of it, he is liable for actual driver's negligence. 119 C. 563. Cited. 175 C. 112.

Cited. 30 CS 233.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1973–1991 · leading case: Nowak v. Nowak, 394 A.2d 716 (Conn. 1978).
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Nowak v. Nowak, 394 A.2d 716 (Conn. 1978). · cites it 5× “1 The Monarca answer included a special defense alleging that at the time the collision occurred Anita was instructing Kurt in the use and operation of the car, that Kurt was negligent in the manner described in Anita’s complaint, that according to General Statutes § 14-214 2…”
Nowak v. Nowak, 309 A.2d 259 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1973). · cites it 6× “” In § 14-214, however, there is a provision that the instructor “shall be so seated as to control the operation” of the motor vehicle and “shall be responsible for the operation thereof.”
State v. Carroll, 401 S.E.2d 114 (N.C. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “C.G.S. § 14-214 for making a fraudulent statement to an insurance company.”
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