2011 Connecticut Code
Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 248 Vehicle Highway Use
Sec. 14-262a. Towing or hauling of vehicles in excess of length or weight limits by wreckers.

      Sec. 14-262a. Towing or hauling of vehicles in excess of length or weight limits by wreckers. A wrecker, as defined in section 14-1 and operated in accordance with section 14-66, may tow or haul a vehicle or combination of vehicles, without regard to the limitations of length contained in section 14-262. A wrecker that has been issued an annual permit pursuant to section 14-270 may tow or haul a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of the gross combination weight limits prescribed by section 14-267a from any highway if such vehicle (1) was involved in an accident, (2) became disabled and remains within the limits of a highway, or (3) is being towed or hauled by order of a traffic or law enforcement authority, to the nearest licensed repair facility or motor carrier terminal of such vehicle. All other towing operations with a gross combination vehicle weight in excess of those defined in section 14-267a shall require a single-trip permit as defined in section 14-270. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.

      (February, 1965, P.A. 563; P.A. 75-577, S. 100, 126; P.A. 08-101, S. 5; P.A. 09-186, S. 11.)

      History: P.A. 75-577 made violation of provisions an infraction; P.A. 08-101 replaced provision authorizing licensed repair tow trucks to tow disabled trucks and trailers from highways to nearest garage where disabled vehicle can be repaired with provision authorizing wrecker to tow or haul a motor vehicle, if vehicle was involved in accident or became disabled and remains within limits of highway or is being towed or hauled by order of traffic or law enforcement authority, from highway to nearest licensed repair facility or motor carrier terminal where vehicle can be repaired; P.A. 09-186 deleted provisions limiting towing or hauling without regard to length, authorized wrecker with annual permit to tow or haul motor vehicle or combination of vehicles in excess of weight limits of Sec. 14-267a from any highway under certain circumstances, and required a single-trip permit for all other towing operations in excess of such weight limits, effective July 20, 2009.