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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-3 (2026)

Powers and duties of commissioner

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The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall enforce the provisions of the statutes concerning motor vehicles and the operators of such vehicles. The commissioner shall administer, coordinate and control the operations of the department and shall be responsible for the overall supervision and direction of all facilities and activities of the department. The commissioner shall have the authority to contract for such services, programs and facilities other than the purchase or lease of real property as may be necessary to carry out the commissioner's responsibilities under and for the orderly administration of this chapter and chapters 247 to 255, inclusive. The commissioner may retain and employ consultants and assistants on a contract or other basis for rendering professional, fiscal, engineering, technical or other assistance and advice. The commissioner may enter into one or more agreements with independent contractors authorizing such contractors to provide programs and services on behalf of the department, provided any such agreement shall specify that the contractor may charge the department's customer a reasonable service fee, as established by the commissioner, from which the contractor shall be compensated. The commissioner shall submit to the Governor an annual report of his official acts, as provided in section 4-60. Said commissioner shall keep a record of proceedings and orders pertaining to the matters under his jurisdiction and of all licenses and certificates granted, refused, suspended or revoked by the commissioner and of all reports sent to the commissioner's office. The commissioner shall furnish without charge, for official use only, certified copies of certificates and licenses and documents relating thereto to officials of the state or any municipality therein, to officials of any other state or to any court in this state. Any certified copy of any document or record of the commissioner, attested as a true copy by the commissioner, any deputy commissioner or chief of a division, shall be competent evidence in any court of this state of the facts therein contained.

(1949 Rev., S. 2352; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 73-661, S. 1; P.A. 88-245, S. 2, 7; P.A. 96-180, S. 36, 166; P.A. 11-213, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 73-661 expanded duties of commissioner re administration of department, contracts and employment of personnel; P.A. 88-245 made minor change in wording; P.A. 96-180 substituted “The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” for “Said commissioner”, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 11-213 authorized commissioner to enter into agreements with independent contractors and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.

Statute will not provide alternative method of proving prior motor vehicle conviction. 151 C. 213. Commissioner was required to keep a record of previous warnings and violations as related to plaintiff and may act upon facts known to him even though they are not produced at the hearing. 165 C. 559. Cited. 225 C. 499.

Cited. 24 CS 364; 36 CS 586; 38 CS 384; 39 CS 381.

Cited. 2 Conn. Cir. Ct. 693; 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 112; Id., 586.

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Cited in 74 cases (18 in the last 5 years), 1963–2026 · leading case: State v. Mann, 345 S.E.2d 365 (N.C. 1986).
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State v. Mann, 345 S.E.2d 365 (N.C. 1986). · cites it 26× “§ 14-3, entitled "Punishment of misdemeanors, infamous offenses, offenses committed in secrecy and malice or with deceit and intent to defraud," provides, in pertinent part: (b) If a misdemeanor offense as to which no specific punishment is prescribed be infamous, done in…”
State v. Collins, 431 S.E.2d 188 (N.C. 1993). · cites it 10× “C.G.S. § 14-3(b) provides: "If a misdemeanor offense as to which no specific punishment is prescribed be infamous, done in secrecy and malice, or with deceit and intent to defraud, the offender shall, except when the offense is a conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, be guilty of…”
State v. Glidden, 346 S.E.2d 470 (N.C. 1986). · cites it 33× “C.G.S. § 14-3(a). State v. Hageman, 307 N.”
Bank of New York Mellon v. Horsey, 190 A.3d 105 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 6× “No further activity in the action occurred until April 17, 2015, at which time the defendant filed a motion pursuant to Practice Book § 14-3 asking the court to render a judgment of dismissal on the ground that the substitute plaintiff had failed to prosecute the action with…”
Ill v. Manzo-Ill, 142 A.3d 1176 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 13× “The plaintiff's motion to dismiss sought dismissal pursuant to Practice Book §§ 14-3, 6 25-34(e), and 25-48. In his motion, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant's delay in pursuing her motion for modification had not been reasonable and that to permit the defendant to…”
State v. Verdirome, 421 A.2d 563 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1980). · cites it 17× “” General Statutes § 14-3. To attest means “[t]o bear witness to; .”
Wolfork v. Yale Med. Grp., 335 Conn. 448 (Conn. 2020). · cites it 3× “On September 29, 2016, the trial court sua sponte dismissed the action pursuant to Practice Book § 14-3 ‘‘for failure to file a withdrawal of [the] action within the time period allotted by the court.”
Gillum v. Yale Univ., 773 A.2d 986 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 4× “The court rendered a judgment of dismissal, pursuant to Practice Book § 251, now § 14-3, in favor of the defendants. *779 According to the plaintiffs’ counsel, he learned about the missed pretrial conference during a coincidental meeting with one of the defendant’s attorneys…”
Balch Pontiac-Buick, Inc. v. Comm'r of Motor Vehs., 345 A.2d 520 (Conn. 1973). · cites it 6× “General Statutes § 14-3, entitled "Powers and duties of commissioner," provides in part: "Said commissioner shall enforce the provisions of the statutes concerning motor vehicles .”
Henriquez v. Allegre, 789 A.2d 1142 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 3× “Indeed, in the defendant’s appellate brief, he states the following: “On or about June 19, 1998, the trial court entered a judgment of dismissal for failure to prosecute with reasonable diligence pursuant to Practice Book § 14-3. The court sent notice of the dismissal by court…”
Plante v. Charlotte Hungerford Hosp., 12 A.3d 885 (Conn. 2011). · cites it 2× “ll (“[t]he fact that courts have allowed plaintiffs access to § 52-592 [a] in some cases involving [Practice Book § 251, now § 14-3] dismissals does not mean that we must allow recourse to the statute if the attorney’s misconduct is egregious”).”
Brown & Brown, Inc. v. Blumenthal, 954 A.2d 816 (Conn. 2008). · cites it 2× “See *823 Practice Book § 14-3. [6] Moreover, the judge who presides at those future proceedings will not be bound by the legal determinations made by Judge Hale in his denial of the motion for summary judgment.”
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— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-3(a) — 2 cases
Wheaton v. Hagan, 435 F. Supp. 1134 (M.D.N.C. 1977).
State v. Glidden, 346 S.E.2d 470 (N.C. 1986). “C.G.S. § 14-3(a). State v. Hageman, 307 N.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-3(b) — 13 cases
State v. Collins, 431 S.E.2d 188 (N.C. 1993). “C.G.S. § 14-3(b) provides: "If a misdemeanor offense as to which no specific punishment is prescribed be infamous, done in secrecy and malice, or with deceit and intent to defraud, the offender shall, except when the offense is a conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, be guilty of…”
State v. Glidden, 346 S.E.2d 470 (N.C. 1986). “C.G.S. § 14-3(a). State v. Hageman, 307 N.”
State v. Mann, 345 S.E.2d 365 (N.C. 1986). “§ 14-3, entitled "Punishment of misdemeanors, infamous offenses, offenses committed in secrecy and malice or with deceit and intent to defraud," provides, in pertinent part: (b) If a misdemeanor offense as to which no specific punishment is prescribed be infamous, done in…”
State v. Mitchell, 817 S.E.2d 455 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Ditenhafer (N.C. Ct. App. 2020).
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-3(c) — 1 case
M.E. v. T.J. (N.C. Ct. App. 2020).
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