(a) A person is guilty of using a motor vehicle without the owner's permission when: (1) He operates or uses, or causes to be operated or used, any motor vehicle unless he has the consent of the owner; or (2) he obtains the consent of the owner to the use of his motor vehicle by fraud or fraudulent means, statement or representations.
(b) A person is guilty of using a vessel, as defined in section 15-127, without the owner's permission when: (1) He operates or uses, or causes to be operated or used, any vessel unless he has the consent of the owner; or (2) he obtains the consent of the owner to the use of his vessel by fraud or fraudulent means, statement or representations.
(c) A person is guilty of interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle when: (1) He puts into motion the engine of any motor vehicle while it is standing without the permission of the owner except that a property owner or his agent may remove any motor vehicle left without authorization on such owner's property in accordance with section 14-145; or (2) with intent and without right to do so, he damages any motor vehicle or damages or removes any of its parts or components.
(d) Using a motor vehicle or a vessel without the owner's permission or interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle is a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class D felony for each subsequent offense.
(P.A. 73-639, S. 18; P.A. 80-292, S. 10; 80-341, S. 3; P.A. 81-351, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 80-292 replaced previous Subsec. (b) provision which made use of motor vehicle without owner's permission a Class B misdemeanor with new provisions specifying first such offense as Class A misdemeanor and subsequent offenses as Class D felonies; P.A. 80-341 inserted new Subsec. (b) re use of vessel without owner's permission, relettering and revising former Subsec. (b) as necessary to reflect its insertion; P.A. 81-351 inserted new Subsec. (c) on interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle, relettering former Subsec. (c) accordingly.
Cited. 195 C. 567; 206 C. 657; 231 C. 195.
Cited. 10 CA 361; 14 CA 119; Id., 169; 21 CA 645; 25 CA 181; 26 CA 165; 27 CA 49; 32 CA 483; 36 CA 364; 37 CA 276; 39 CA 1; 43 CA 613; 45 CA 369.
Cited. 37 CS 901; 43 CS 211.
Notes of Decisions
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2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2022 · leading case:
State v. Foster, 696 A.2d 1003 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997).
State v. Foster, 696 A.2d 1003 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997).
· cites it 22× “” General Statutes § 53a-119b (a) provides in relevant part: “A person is guilty of using a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission when: (1) He operates or uses, or causes to be operated or used, any motor vehicle unless he has the consent of the owner .”
In re Adalberto S., 604 A.2d 822 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992).
· cites it 9× “After a trial by the court, the respondent was adjudicated delinquent on two counts: (1) interfering with a police officer in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167a; and (2) use of a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission in violation of General Statutes § 53a-119b.”
State v. Adams, 539 A.2d 1022 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988).
· cites it 10× “The defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction, after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-103, larceny in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-125, and tampering with a motor vehicle in violation of…”
State v. Williams, 778 A.2d 186 (Conn. 2001).
· cites it 4× “*4 “The state filed a two count information alleging that the defendant used a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission in violation of General Statutes § 53a-119b (a) (l) 3 and that the defendant was in criminal possession of a firearm in violation of § 53a-217 (a) (1).”
State v. Daniels, 726 A.2d 520 (Conn. 1999).
· cites it 4× “As a result, he was charged with criminal mischief in the third degree in violation of *68 General Statutes § 53a-117, 5 burglary in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-103, 6 larceny in the sixth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-125b 7 and…”
State v. Daugaard, 647 A.2d 342 (Conn. 1994).
· cites it 4× “As was noted previously, following a complaint by the defendant’s sister that the defendant had used her automobile without her permission in violation of General Statutes § 53a-119b, the West Haven police arrested the defendant on the morning following the sexual assault of the…”
State v. Laws, 655 A.2d 1131 (Conn. App. Ct. 1995).
· cites it 4× “to 1991) § 53a-217, 3 two counts of interfering with an officer in violation of General Statutes § 53a-167a, 4 using a motor vehicle without the owner’s *278 permission in violation of General Statutes § 53a-119b,* ** 5 and escape from custody in violation of General Statutes §…”
State v. Rhodes, 335 Conn. 226 (Conn. 2020).
· cites it 2× “ion with seven offenses stemming from the incident: (1) attempt to commit assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-59 (a) (1) and 53a-49 (a) (2); (2) carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35 (a); (3) having a weapon…”
State v. Lytell, 539 A.2d 133 (Conn. 1988).
· cites it 4× “The defendant, Malcolm Lytell, was charged with two counts of the crime of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (4), 1 one count of the crime of larceny in the second degree *659 in violation of General Statutes § 53a-123 (a) (2), 2 and one…”
State v. Manley, 489 A.2d 1024 (Conn. 1985).
· cites it 4× “The defendant, John Manley, was charged by information with robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (2), 1 larceny in the third degree in violation of General Stat *569 utes § 53a-124 (a), 2 and using a motor vehicle without the owner’s…”
In re William D., 933 A.2d 1147 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 2× ““The respondent admitted to using a motor vehicle without permission in violation of General Statutes § 53a-119b (a), violation of probation in violation of General Statutes § 46b-120 (6) (C) and violation of a court order for leaving a detention program without permission.”
In Re William D., 905 A.2d 696 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006).
· cites it 2× “1 The respondent admitted to using a motor vehicle without permission in violation of General Statutes § 53a-119b (a), violation of probation in violation of General Statutes § 46b-120 (6) (C) and violation of a court order for leaving a detention program without permission.”
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