Sec. 53a-119b. Using motor vehicle or vessel without owner's permission. Interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle. First offense: Class A misdemeanor. Subsequent offense: Class D felony.
Sec. 53a-119b. Using motor vehicle or vessel without owner's permission. Interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle. First offense: Class A misdemeanor.
Subsequent offense: Class D felony. (a) A person is guilty of using a motor vehicle
without the owner's permission when: (1) He operates or uses, or causes to be operated
or used, any motor vehicle unless he has the consent of the owner; or (2) he obtains the
consent of the owner to the use of his motor vehicle by fraud or fraudulent means,
statement or representations.
(b) A person is guilty of using a vessel, as defined in section 15-127, without the
owner's permission when: (1) He operates or uses, or causes to be operated or used,
any vessel unless he has the consent of the owner; or (2) he obtains the consent of the
owner to the use of his vessel by fraud or fraudulent means, statement or representations.
(c) A person is guilty of interfering or tampering with a motor vehicle when: (1)
He puts into motion the engine of any motor vehicle while it is standing without the
permission of the owner except that a property owner or his agent may remove any
motor vehicle left without authorization on such owner's property in accordance with
section 14-145; or (2) with intent and without right to do so, he damages any motor
vehicle or damages or removes any of its parts or components.
(d) Using a motor vehicle or a vessel without the owner's permission or interfering
or tampering with a motor vehicle is a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a
class D felony for each subsequent offense.
(P.A. 73-639, S. 18; P.A. 80-292, S. 10; 80-341, S. 3; P.A. 81-351, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 80-292 replaced previous Subsec. (b) provision which made use of motor vehicle without owner's permission a Class B misdemeanor with new provisions specifying first such offense as Class A misdemeanor and subsequent
offenses as Class D felonies; P.A. 80-341 inserted new Subsec. (b) re use of vessel without owner's permission, relettering
and revising former Subsec. (b) as necessary to reflect its insertion; P.A. 81-351 inserted new Subsec. (c) on interfering
or tampering with a motor vehicle, relettering former Subsec. (c) accordingly.
Cited. 195 C. 567. Cited. 231 C. 195.
Cited. 14 CA 169. Cited. 21 CA 645. Cited. 25 CA 181. Cited. 26 CA 165. Cited. 27 CA 49. Cited. 32 CA 483. Cited.
36 CA 364. Cited. 37 CA 276. Cited. 45 CA 369.
Cited. 37 CS 901. Cited. 43 CS 211.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (1) cited. 206 C. 657.
Subdiv. (1) cited. 10 CA 361; 43 CA 613.
Subsec. (c):
Subdiv. (2) cited. 14 CA 119. Cited. 39 CA 1. Subdiv. (1) cited. 43 CA 613.