Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-142c (2026)

Manufacture, sale or distribution of records, tapes, cassettes or discs without identification marks prohibited

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(a) No person shall manufacture or knowingly sell, distribute, advertise for sale or cause to be sold, distributed or circulated for profit any phonograph record, tape, album of phonograph records or tapes or audio or video cassette or disc, without the actual name and address of the manufacturer thereof, and the name of the featured performer or group prominently disclosed on the outside cover, box or jacket containing such record, tape, album of records or tapes or audio or video cassette or disc.

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(P.A. 74-160, S. 2; P.A. 94-140, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 94-140 added “audio or video cassette or disc” and added Subsec. (b) re penalty for violation, replacing former penalty contained in repealed Sec. 53-142d.

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Sec. 53-142d. Penalties for violations of sections 53-142b, 53-142c. Section 53-142d is repealed.

(P.A. 74-160, S. 3; P.A. 94-140, S. 4.)

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2006–2020 · leading case: Jobe v. Comm'r of Corr., 334 Conn. 636 (Conn. 2020).

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Jobe v. Comm'r of Corr., 334 Conn. 636 (Conn. 2020). · cites it 2× “to 2009) § 21a-279 (c) and illegal sale of a record or tape without identification marks in viola- tion of General Statutes § 53-142c. The petitioner pleaded guilty and was sentenced on January 5, 2010, to a total effective sentence of eleven months of impris- onment, execution…”

Jobe v. Comm'r of Corr., 186 A.3d 1219 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “to 2009) § 21a-279 (c) and one count of illegal sale of a record or tape in violation of General Statutes § 53-142c. In his reply brief, the petitioner asks us to adopt an expansive definition of the word custody.”

McLaughlin v. Commonwealth, 629 S.E.2d 724 (Va. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “§ 18-4-604 (2005); Conn. Gen.Stat. § 53-142c (2004); Del.Code Ann.”

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