Connecticut General Statutes 14-141 – Courts to report convictions and other dispositions to commissioner
A record shall be kept by each court of original jurisdiction of any violation of the laws relating to the registration, equipment and operation of motor vehicles, the licensing of operators or the establishment, maintenance or conduct of a pump or station for the sale of any product to be used in the propelling of motor vehicles using combustion type engines, or to the sale of such product, and of any violation of the provisions of sections 53a-55 to 53a-57, inclusive, when such violation has been caused by the use of a motor vehicle, of any violation of sections 53a-70 to 53a-80, inclusive, or of a violation of the provisions of any other criminal statute in which the use of a motor vehicle is a principal part, of all cases in which any person arrested for such violation forfeits his bail or has his case nolled or judgment or execution suspended, and of all cases in which the court ordered a psychiatric examination under section 53-22; and a summary of such record, with a statement of the number of the operator‘s license and the registration number of the motor vehicle operated, shall, within five days after such conviction, forfeiture or any other disposition or nolle, be transmitted to the commissioner by such court. Each court shall furnish to the commissioner the details of all such cases heard before it and shall make such recommendations as to the suspension or revocation of the licenses of the parties defendant as it deems advisable.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-141
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Commissioner: includes the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and any assistant to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles who is designated and authorized by, and who is acting for, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under a designation. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Motor vehicle: means any vehicle propelled or drawn by any nonmuscular power, except aircraft, motor boats, road rollers, baggage trucks used about railroad stations or other mass transit facilities, electric battery-operated wheel chairs when operated by persons with physical disabilities at speeds not exceeding fifteen miles per hour, golf carts operated on highways solely for the purpose of crossing from one part of the golf course to another, golf-cart-type vehicles operated on roads or highways on the grounds of state institutions by state employees, agricultural tractors, farm implements, such vehicles as run only on rails or tracks, self-propelled snow plows, snow blowers and lawn mowers, when used for the purposes for which they were designed and operated at speeds not exceeding four miles per hour, whether or not the operator rides on or walks behind such equipment, motor-driven cycles, as defined in section 14-286, special mobile equipment, as defined in section 14-165, mini-motorcycles, as defined in section 14-289j, electric bicycles, electric foot scooters and any other vehicle not suitable for operation on a highway. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Operator: means any person who operates a motor vehicle or who steers or directs the course of a motor vehicle being towed by another motor vehicle and includes a driver. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, limited liability company, association, copartnership, company, firm, business trust or other aggregation of individuals but does not include the state or any political subdivision thereof, unless the context clearly states or requires. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Registration: includes the certificate of motor vehicle registration and the number plate or plates used in connection with such registration. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Registration number: means the identifying number or letters, or both, assigned by the commissioner to a motor vehicle. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Vehicle: includes any device suitable for the conveyance, drawing or other transportation of persons or property, whether operated on wheels, runners, a cushion of air or by any other means. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1