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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-216 (2026)

Operation by persons under eighteen without insurance

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No person under the age of eighteen years shall operate any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state, and no person shall cause or permit such operation of any motor vehicle by any such person, unless such motor vehicle has been insured for the amounts required by section 14-112. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction. This section shall not apply to any motor vehicle bearing farm registration plates.

(1949 Rev., S. 2419; 1957, P.A. 334; P.A. 76-381, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 76-381 replaced provision for $100 fine and/or 30 days' imprisonment with statement that violation deemed an infraction.

Mere fact that owner's son, admittedly under 16, was operator of car does not ipso facto establish violation by owner. 18 CS 41.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2002–2012 · leading case: State v. Vlahos, 51 A.3d 1173 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012).
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State v. Vlahos, 51 A.3d 1173 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 5× “3 By way of a substitute part B information, the state charged the defendant with previously having been convicted of operating a motor vehicle while his license was under suspension in violation of General Statutes §§ 14-216 (a) and 14-36 (a).”
State v. Hackett, 804 A.2d 225 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 14-212a (highway construction or utility work zones); General Statutes § 14-212b (school zone); General Statutes § 14-216 (highway); General Statutes § 14-218a (public highway, road of specially chartered municipal association or district, parking area,…”
State v. Callahan, 949 A.2d 513 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008). ““(b) The court may, in its discretion, invoke such program on motion of the defendant or on motion of a state’s attorney or prosecuting attorney with respect to a defendant (1) who, the court believes, will probably not offend in the future, (2) who has no previous record of…”
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