2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles
Section 14-61 - Issuance of temporary transfer of registration by dealer. Fee. Return of number plates and registration applications by dealer.

(a) Any dealer licensed under the provisions of this subpart who in the opinion of the commissioner is qualified and sells or trades a passenger motor vehicle, motorcycle, camper, camp trailer, commercial trailer, service bus, school bus or truck to a transferee who holds a current registration certificate for a passenger motor vehicle, motorcycle, camper, camp trailer, commercial trailer, service bus, school bus or truck registered in this state may issue a sixty-day temporary transfer of such registration to the vehicle transferred. The commissioner shall charge such dealer a fee of ten dollars for each new temporary dealer transfer form furnished for the purposes of this section. No dealer may make such temporary transfer of a registration unless the transferee surrenders the current registration certificate to the dealer indicating the disposition of the vehicle described thereon in the space provided on the reverse side of such certificate and unless the transferee is eighteen years of age or older. The dealer shall, within ten days from the issuance of such temporary registration, submit to the commissioner an application together with all necessary documents for a permanent registration for the vehicle transferred. No such temporary registration may be issued if (1) the transferred passenger motor vehicle, motorcycle, camper, camp trailer, commercial trailer, service bus, school bus or truck is used and was not previously registered in this state, unless the inspection requirements of section 14-12 have been met, (2) such motor vehicle is ten or more years old, unless the inspection requirements of section 14-16a have been met, or (3) such motor vehicle has been declared a total loss by an insurance company, unless the inspection requirements of section 14-103a have been met.

(b) The commissioner shall require any dealer who is authorized to issue a temporary transfer of registration in accordance with subsection (a) of this section or a new registration in accordance with subsection (c) of section 14-12 to file each application for a permanent registration electronically if the commissioner determines that the dealer files, on average, seven or more such applications for permanent registration each month with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Any dealer may make a written request to the commissioner for an exemption from filing such applications electronically due to a hardship, including, but not limited to, a lack of access to a device capable of communicating electronically. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with one or more nonprofit associations or organizations representing the interests of motor vehicle dealers to file such applications electronically on behalf of such dealer. The commissioner may authorize such nonprofit association or organization to charge a convenience fee, in an amount to be determined by the commissioner, to each dealer for an application submitted electronically by such nonprofit association or organization.

(c) If any dealer licensed under this subpart holds a dealer license that is no longer valid or if any such licensed dealer is no longer conducting its licensed business, such dealer shall return to the commissioner, within five business days of such license becoming invalid or the termination of such business, (1) any number plates or other materials supplied by the commissioner to enable such dealer to issue new registrations under subsection (c) of section 14-12 or to complete the temporary transfer of registrations under subsection (a) of this section, and (2) any applications for new registrations or registration transfers that were not acted upon or completed by such dealer when it was conducting its licensed business. A violation of any provision of this subsection shall be an infraction.

(1949 Rev., S. 2401; 1961, P.A. 178; 1967, P.A. 197; 1969, P.A. 279; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 18; P.A. 73-417; P.A. 81-172, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13, S. 7, 21; P.A. 93-341, S. 21; P.A. 95-260, S. 10, 24; P.A. 00-169, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 53, 131; P.A. 09-187, S. 15; P.A. 10-110, S. 19; P.A. 11-213, S. 23; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 212; P.A. 16-55, S. 5; P.A. 18-164, S. 6.)

History: 1961 act extended temporary transfer period from 10 to 20 days; 1967 act expanded provisions re temporary transfers and deleted provision re authorization to issue new registrations and transfer registrations; 1969 act included temporary transfers of motorcycles; 1972 act changed age of majority from 21 to 18; P.A. 73-417 included transfers of trucks with gross weight not exceeding 10,000 pounds and limited transfer power to dealers whom commissioner considers to be qualified; P.A. 81-172 required totalled motor vehicles to be inspected prior to being issued a temporary transfer of registration; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13 added fee for book of twenty-five new temporary dealer transfer forms; P.A. 93-341 changed the temporary transfer period from 20 days to 45 days and extended the deadline for submission of an application to the commissioner from 5 days after issuance of the temporary registration to 7 days; P.A. 95-260 included temporary transfers of campers, camp trailers and trucks with gross weight not exceeding 25,000 pounds in lieu of 10,000 pounds, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 00-169 replaced a 45-day with a 60-day temporary transfer of a registration, changed the period of time a dealer shall submit an application to the commissioner for a permanent registration from 7 to 5 days, and made a technical change for the purpose of gender neutrality; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), increased the fee for a new temporary dealer transfer form from $5 for a book of twenty-five forms to $10 for each form and added new Subsec. (b) to allow the commissioner to require a dealer who is authorized to issue a temporary transfer of registration or a new registration to file each application for a permanent registration electronically if such dealer files an average of twenty-five applications or more each month, effective July 1, 2001 (Revisor's note: The reference in Subsec. (a) to “subdivision (D)” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subpart (D)” for clarity of reference); P.A. 09-187 amended Subsec. (b) to reduce average monthly applications filed by dealer from 25 or more to 10 or more, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 10-110 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (c) re return of number plates and applications by dealer holding invalid dealer license or dealer no longer in business, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-213 amended Subsec. (a) to add “commercial trailer, service bus, school bus”, delete gross vehicle weight limit, insert numeric Subdiv. designators, and make technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) to delete references to official stamp and regulations, effective June 30, 2015; P.A. 16-55 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “may” with “shall” in provision re filing application for permanent registration electronically, reducing average monthly applications filed by dealer from 10 or more to 7 or more, deleting provision re filing application at branch office and adding provisions re exemption due to hardship, re agreement between commissioner and nonprofit association or organization representing interests of motor vehicle dealers and re convenience fee, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 18-164 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing period of time for dealer to submit permanent registration application to commissioner from 5 days to 10 days, effective July 1, 2018.

Mere violation does not create liability. 161 C. 388.