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The General Statutes of Connecticut, revised to January 1, 2007, and the 2008 Supplement thereto appear in several formats on the web pages of the Connecticut General Assembly. The different formats are designed to serve the various needs of our web page users.

Organization of the 2007 General Statutes and the 2008 Supplement

To select the best format for you, it is important to understand how the 2007 General Statutes and the 2008 Supplement thereto are organized:

¨ Titles: contain chapters, articles and sections of the statutes grouped in broad subject areas.

Example: "Title 14 – Motor Vehicles"

¨ Chapters: contain sections of the statutes grouped in broad subject areas.

Example: "Chapter 248 – Vehicle Highway Use" (which is in Title 14)

¨ Articles: (used instead of Chapters in Title 42a – Uniform Commercial Code), contain sections of the statutes also grouped in specific subject areas.

Example: "Article 2 – Sales"; "Article 4A – Funds Transfers"

¨ Sections: contain the text of each statute.

Example: "Section 14-219 – Speeding" (which is in Chapter 248, which is in Title 14)

Abbreviations used in the Annotations to the 2007 General Statutes and the 2008 Supplement

The Connecticut Reports are identified by the letter "C.", the Appellate Court Reports are identified by the letters "CA", the Connecticut Supplement is identified by the letters "CS", and the Circuit Court Reports by "Conn. Cir. Ct." It should be noted that prior to Volume 1 of the Connecticut Reports, judicial decisions were reported by the reporters Kirby, Root and Day. For this reason, citations using the letters "K", "R" or "D" will be found among the annotations.

Accessing the updated or printed 2007 General Statutes on this Web Site

(1) Search – One Section of the updated 2007 General Statutes at a Time (This option will link you to the Search page of the Connecticut General Assembly, and will enable you to search the 2007 General Statutes, updated to January 1, 2008, by the inclusion of the 2008 Supplement thereto. Select from the various "Statutes - " options.)

When you search a word or phrase, this format will retrieve every Section of the updated 2007 General Statutes, one Section at a time, in which that word or phrase appears. Your search term will be highlighted, and you will be able to go to your search term each time it appears within that Section.

(2) Search – One Chapter or Article of the printed 2007 General Statutes at a Time (This option will link you to the Search page of the Connecticut General Assembly, and will enable you to search the browseable General Statutes, revised to January 1, 2007, only. Select "Statutes - Chapter Format (1/1/07)".)

When you search a word or phrase, this option will retrieve every Chapter or Article of the printed 2007 General Statutes, one Chapter or Article at a time, in which that word or phrase appears. Your search term will be highlighted, and you will be able to go to your search term each time it appears in each Section within that Chapter or Article. In addition, you will be able to browse within that Chapter or Article.

(3) Browse – One Chapter or Article of the printed 2007 General Statutes at a Time (This option will link you directly to the browseable version of the printed 2007 General Statutes, and will enable you to browse the General Statutes, revised to January 1, 2007, only.)

If you click on this option, a list of the Titles of the printed 2007 General Statutes, grouped by Volume number, will appear. If you click on one of the Titles, a list of the Chapters or Articles within that Title will appear. If you click on one of those Chapters or Articles, a list of the Sections within that Chapter or Article, will appear. You can then click on any Section number, and that section of the statutes, within the Chapter or Article, will appear. You will be able to browse up and down, from Section to Section, within the Chapter or Article.

Accessing the 2008 Supplement to the General Statutes on this Web Site

(1) Search – One Chapter or Article of the 2008 Supplement to the General Statutes at a Time (This option will link you to the Search page of the Connecticut General Assembly, and will enable you to search the browseable 2008 Supplement to the General Statutes which updates the General Statutes to January 1, 2008. Select "Statutes - Chapter Format Supplement (1/1/08)".)

When you search a word or phrase, this option will retrieve every Chapter or Article of the 2008 Supplement to the General Statutes, one Chapter or Article at a time, in which that word or phrase appears. Your search term will be highlighted, and you will be able to go to your search term each time it appears in each Section within that Chapter or Article. In addition, you will be able to browse within that Chapter or Article.

(2) Browse – One Chapter or Article of the 2008 Supplement to the General Statutes at a Time (This option will link you directly to the browseable version of the printed 2008 Supplement to the General Statutes, and will enable you to browse the 2008 Supplement which updates the General Statutes to January 1, 2008.)

If you click on this option, a list of the Titles included in the 2008 Supplement to the General Statutes, grouped by printed Volume number, will appear. If you click on one of the Titles, a list of the Chapters or Articles within that Title will appear. If you click on one of those Chapters or Articles, a list of the Sections within that Chapter or Article will appear. You can then click on any Section number, and that section of the statutes, within the Chapter or Article, will appear. You will be able to browse up and down, from Section to Section, within the Chapter or Article.

To Users of This Web Site

The Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO) is responsible for codifying the Public Acts enacted each year by the General Assembly and for compiling the General Statutes of Connecticut, and the Supplements thereto, and publishing them in printed editions. The LCO publishes the revised General Statutes at the beginning of each odd-numbered year, and the Supplements thereto at the beginning of each even-numbered year. The browseable versions of the 2007 General Statutes of Connecticut and the 2008 Supplement thereto, available on this site, are the electronic versions of the printed volumes, and were prepared under our direction. We invite your comments as to how well the electronic version of the 2007 General Statutes and the 2008 Supplement thereto serve your needs.

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GENERAL STATUTES

OF

CONNECTICUT

Revised to January 1, 2007,

and the

2008 SUPPLEMENT thereto