Connecticut Criminal Laws: Titles 53, 53A & 54: 2025 Ed.
Connecticut Criminal Law titles 53, 53A & 54 in complete and accurate detail. Laws current through the 2024 Legislative session.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONNECTICUT CRIMINAL LAW
TITLE 53 - CRIMES
Chapter Section
939 Offenses Against the Person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-10a
941 Offenses Against Private Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-80a
942 Offenses Against Public Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-153
943 Offenses Against Public Peace and Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . 53-181
944 (Offenses Against Chastity)
Concealment of Delivery of Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53- 237a
945 (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality)
Cruelty to Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-247
946 Offenses Against Public Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53- 258a
947 Forgery and Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53- 347a
948 Frauds and False Pretenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-368
949 Crimes Involving Credit Cards,
Scanning Devices or Reencoders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53- 388a
949a Extortionate Credit Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-389
949b Academic Crimes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53- 392a
949c Corrupt Organizations and Racketeering Activity Act. . . 53-393
949d Communications Consumer Privacy Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-420
949e Health Insurance Fraud Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-440
949f Videotape Rental and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-450
949g Computer Crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-451
TITLE 53a - PENAL CODE
950 Penal Code: General Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-1
951 Penal Code: Statutory Construction;Principles of Criminal Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-4
952 Penal Code: Offenses
I Definition and Classification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-24
II Sentences and Sentencing Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . 53a-28
III Inchoate Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-48
IV Homicide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-54a
V Assault and Related Offenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-59
VI Sex Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-65
VII Kidnapping and Related Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-91
VIII Burglary, Criminal Trespass, Arson,Criminal Mischief and Related Offenses . . . . . 53a-100
IX Larceny, Robbery and Related Offenses . . . . . . . 53a-118
X Forgery and Related Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-137
XI Bribery, Offenses Against the Administrationof Justice and Other Related Offenses . . . . . . . 53a-146
XII Escape and Related Offenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-168
XIII Riot and Related Offenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-175
XIV Breach of the Peace, Harassment and Related Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a- 180aa
Chapter Section
952 Penal Code: Offenses (Cont’d)
XVI Loitering in or About School Grounds.
Public Indecency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-185
XVII Tampering with Private Communications,
Eavesdropping, Voyeurism and Unlawful
Dissemination of Intimate Images . . . . . . . . . 53a-187
XVIII Bigamy and Incest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-190
XIX Coercion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-192
XX Obsenity and Related Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-193
XXI Miscellaneous Offenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-211
XXII Computer-Related Offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-250
XXIII Money Laundering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-275
XXIV Vendor Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-290
XXV Terrorism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53a-300
XXVI Abuse of Elderly, Blind, Disabled orPersons with Intellectual Disability. . . . . . . . 53a-320
TITLE 54 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
959 Court Jurisdiction and Power
I Arrest and Arraignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-1b
II Searches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-33a
III Seized Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-36a
959a Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-41a
960 Information, Procedure and Bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-45
960a Youthful Offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-76b
961 Trial and Proceedings After ConvictionI Discovery, Trial and Witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-82
II Sentencing and Appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-91a
IIa HIV and DNA Testing of Offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . 54- 102a
IIb Testing for Tuberculosis Infection. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54- 102aa
IIc Post-Conviction Remedies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54- 102jj
III Probation and Parole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54- 103b
961a Criminal Records
I Erasure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54- 142a
II Security and Privacy of Criminal Records. . . . . . . . 54- 142g
962 Costs, Fees and Expenses in Criminal Proceedings or Prosecutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-143
963 Fresh Pursuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-156
964 Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-157
965 Detainers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-186
966 Limitation of Prosecutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-193
967 General Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-194
968 Victim Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-201
968a Address Confidentiality Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-240
969 Registration of Sexual Offenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-250
969a Registration of Certain Offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-280
970 Connecticut Sentencing Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-300
TITLE 55 - CONCLUDING PROVISIONS
978 Concluding Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-3