Sec. 52-64. Service in action against state.
Sec. 52-64. Service in action against state. Service of civil process in any civil
action or proceeding maintainable against or in any appeal authorized from the actions
of, or service of any foreign attachment or garnishment authorized against, the state or
against any institution, board, commission, department or administrative tribunal
thereof, or against any officer, servant, agent or employee of the state or of any such
institution, board, commission, department or administrative tribunal, as such, may be
made by a proper officer (1) leaving a true and attested copy of the process, including
the declaration or complaint, with the Attorney General at the Attorney General's office
in Hartford, or (2) sending a true and attested copy of the process, including the summons
and complaint, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Attorney General at
the Attorney General's office in Hartford.
(1949 Rev., S. 7781; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 36; P.A. 82-160, S. 21; P.A. 05-105, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act deleted reference to service on the attorney general at his office "in the capitol"; P.A. 82-160 rephrased
the section and added "or garnishment"; P.A. 05-105 added provision re service "by a proper officer", designated provision
re service by leaving true and attested copy of process with the Attorney General as Subdiv. (1), made a technical change
and added Subdiv. (2) re service by sending process by certified mail to the Attorney General.
Cited. 195 C. 191. Cited. 206 C. 374. Cited. 217 C. 130. Cited. 228 C. 343.
Cited. 2 CA 196. Section concerns civil process, not subsequent pleadings, which are governed by the Practice Book.
91 CA 864.
Cited. 43 CS 10.