2014 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics
Chapter 269 - Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act
Section 15-229 - (Note: This section is effective January 1, 2016.) Department of Motor Vehicles’ provision of forms and investigatory and rule-making authority. Regulations.

(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive.

(b) The commissioner may: (1) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to carry out the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive; and (2) adopt and enforce reasonable rules to carry out the provisions of said sections.

(c) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide for the implementation of any of the provisions of sections 15-201 to 15-232, inclusive, and for the placement of additional indications on any certificate of title concerning the condition of or status of title to any vessel. An indication shall be placed on a certificate of title stating that the vessel may be subject to security interests not shown on the certificate of title when: (1) This state becomes the state of principal use of the vessel from another state; (2) the vessel was not a documented or foreign-documented vessel immediately prior to the application for the certificate of title; and (3) the immediately previous state of principal use of the vessel did not issue, or does not have a requirement for, a certificate of title for the vessel. Such regulations, as may be adopted by the commissioner, shall provide for an opportunity for a hearing, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 and section 15-230, for any person aggrieved by any action, omission to act or decision of the commissioner or of the Department of Motor Vehicles made pursuant to this subsection.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the inclusion of a title brand on a certificate of title for a vessel. In adopting such regulations, the commissioner shall consider whether special branding categories such as “hull damaged” shall be included on the certificate of title for a vessel.

(P.A. 14-63, S. 29.)

History: P.A. 14-63 effective January 1, 2016.