2011 Connecticut Code
Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 246 Motor Vehicles
Sec. 14-66c. Sale or disposal of motorized personal property. Penalty.

      Sec. 14-66c. Sale or disposal of motorized personal property. Penalty. (a) As used in this section, "motorized personal property" includes mini-motorcycles, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, or other types of motorized personal property.

      (b) If any motorized personal property is towed or otherwise removed by a wrecker licensed under section 14-66, at the direction of an officer attached to an organized police department or an owner of real property where such personal property has been abandoned, such property shall be taken to and stored in a suitable place. Within forty-eight hours following the time that such property is taken into custody, the licensee or operator of the wrecker shall give written notice by certified mail to the owner, if known, (1) that such property has been taken and stored, and (2) of the location of such property. Such licensee or operator shall have a lien upon the same for towing or removal charges and storage charges. If such owner does not claim such property, or if the owner of such property is not known, the licensee or operator of the wrecker may sell or dispose of such property after thirty days, subject to any provision of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted thereunder, concerning the sale or disposal of such property.

      (c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined not less than thirty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and, for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or be both fined and imprisoned.

      (P.A. 09-187, S. 33; P.A. 10-110, S. 60.)

      History: P.A. 10-110 amended Subsec. (b) to include motorized personal property towed or removed at direction of owner of real property where such personal property has been abandoned and to make technical changes.