(a) Any notice or copy of a record furnished to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles by any member jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions and obligations of the driver license agreement and sections 14-111h to 14-111q, inclusive, concerning any conviction, administrative action, withdrawal and the status of an operator‘s license or motor vehicle registration may be transmitted and received by electronic or documentary means. Any such notice or record shall, when certified, be admissible in any hearing conducted by the commissioner and in any appeal taken from a final decision of the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of § 4-183. Any such notice or record so transmitted and certified shall be accepted as proof of the facts contained therein, in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-111o

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • Driver: means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • State: means any state of the United States and the District of Columbia unless the context indicates a more specific reference to the state of Connecticut. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
  • 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

(b) A notice or record as referred to in subsection (a) of this section may be certified by electronic means in an electronic format and, when so certified, shall be accepted by the commissioner and by any court of this state as proof of the facts contained therein, in the absence of evidence to the contrary. As used in this section, the term “record” includes, but is not limited to, any paper, document, facsimile information, micro-photographically stored information or digitized image maintained, deposited or filed with a member jurisdiction.