Connecticut Law About Driving Under the Influence

Connecticut Law About Driving Under The Influence
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Connecticut Regulations

Department of Motor Vehicles:

Judicial Branch Statistics:

Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

Drugged Driving and Compelled Testing - 2022-R-0272
Drug-Impaired Driving Laws - 2022-R-0249
Connecticut DUI Law - 2016-R-0147
Driving Under the Influence and Hit and Run Laws - 2013-R-0235
DUI Urine Tests for Marijuana - 2013-R-0134
State Ignition Interlock Laws - 2012-R-0095
DUI Laws In Connecticut And New York - 2008-R-0506
Open Alcohol Containers in Motor Vehicles - 2005-R-0152

Useful Websites

211 Infoline - Pretrial Alcohol Education Program (PAEP) and Drug (PDEP)

Selected Regulations:

Sec. 14-217-1 - Taking Possession of Operators' Licenses by Certain State and Local Authorities
Sec. 14-227a-1b to 14-227a-10b - Forensic Chemical Testing of Blood, Breath or Urine (Motor Vehicle)
Sec. 14-227b-1 to 14-227b-29a - 404 Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License

Connecticut General Statutes

Selected Statutes:

Chapter 246. Motor Vehicles

Sec. 14-37a. Special operator's permit for purposes of employment, education or medically necessary treatment.

Chapter 248. Vehicle Highway Use

Sec. 14-227a. Operation while under the influence of liquor or drug or while having an elevated blood alcohol content.
Sec. 14-227b. Implied consent to test operator's blood, breath or urine and to nontestimonial portion of drug influence evaluation. Testing procedures. License suspension. Hearing.
Sec. 14-227e. Community service for persons convicted of operation while under the influence of liquor or drug.
Sec. 14-227g. Operation by person under twenty-one years of age while blood alcohol content exceeds two-hundredths of one per cent. Procedures. Penalties.
Sec. 14-227h. Impoundment of motor vehicle operated by certain persons arrested for operating while under the influence of liquor or drug.

Chapter 952. Penal Code: Offenses

Sec. 53a-40f. Persistent operating while under the influence felony offender. Authorized sentences.
Sec. 53a-56b. Manslaughter in the second degree with a motor vehicle: Class C felony.

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