Connecticut General Statutes 14-111m – Notice of failure to comply with a citation
(a) The Centralized Infractions Bureau of the Superior Court and each court having jurisdiction of each case involving a violation of any general statute relating to motor vehicles shall, in accordance with the provisions of § 14-141, continue to report to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles the name, operator‘s license number, jurisdiction that issued the operator’s license and such other information as may be available concerning each nonresident owner or operator of a motor vehicle who has been convicted of a violation of any statute relating to motor vehicles, or has failed to appear for any scheduled court appearance, or has failed to submit a plea of not guilty by the answer date, or has not paid the full amount of any fine or additional fee required by law.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-111m
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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
- 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 §. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Nonresident: means any person whose legal residence is in a state other than Connecticut or in a foreign country. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Officer: includes any constable, state marshal, inspector of motor vehicles, state policeman or other official authorized to make arrests or to serve process, provided the officer is in uniform or displays the officer's badge of office in a conspicuous place when making an arrest. 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
- Owner: means any person holding title to a motor vehicle, or having the legal right to register the same, including purchasers under conditional bills of sale. 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
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- 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
- 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
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a) of § 14-140, any person who has been charged by any law enforcement officer of this state with a violation of any provision of any general statute relating to motor vehicles may be released upon such person’s own recognizance, without posting collateral or bond.
(c) Upon receipt of each report made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section concerning a nonresident owner or operator of a motor vehicle, the commissioner shall notify the jurisdiction of record, in accordance with the procedures of the driver license agreement. Each notification of a conviction shall be made within thirty days of receipt by the commissioner. No such notification shall be made pursuant to this subsection more than six months later than the date of disposition by the court.
(d) Upon receipt of a notice of failure to comply with a citation issued by any member jurisdiction, or administrative action taken by such jurisdiction concerning any person who is licensed to operate a motor vehicle in this state or who is the owner of a motor vehicle registered in this state, the commissioner shall proceed to suspend such person’s operator’s license and, if authorized or required by any provision of the general statutes, the registration of any motor vehicle owned by such person, or the privilege to register any motor vehicle, until such time as the commissioner is duly notified, in the manner provided by the procedures of the driver license agreement, that such person has complied with the terms of such citation.
(e) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall apply only to citations issued for motor vehicle traffic or safety violations identified in the code of the driver license agreement, as set forth in regulations adopted by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.