Any person who makes and sells to anyone other than a new car dealer, licensed under § 14-52, a person actually engaged in the trade of locksmith, a law enforcement agency or a loan institution which finances the purchase of motor vehicles, any motor vehicle master car key, and any person other than one engaged in the manufacture of such keys as a bona fide business or other than one to whom the sale of such a key is authorized by this section who has such a key in his possession, shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor and, for a subsequent offense, be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the Connecticut General Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class B misdemeanorup to 6 monthsup to $1,000
Class D misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $250
For details, see Conn. Gen. Stat.53a-36

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