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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36a-51: Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew license or registration. Hearings. Surrender or expiration of license or registration. Withdrawal of license or registration application. Exceptions.

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  1. TITLE 36a. THE BANKING LAW OF CONNECTICUT
  2. CHAPTER 664a. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
  3. PART IV. VIOLATIONS OF THE BANKING LAWS

(a) The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any license or registration issued by the commissioner under any provision of the general statutes by sending a notice to the licensee or registrant by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any express delivery carrier that provides a dated delivery receipt, or by personal delivery, as defined in section 4-166, in accordance with section 36a-52a. The notice shall be deemed received by the licensee or registrant on the earlier of the date of actual receipt or seven days after mailing or sending, and in the case of a notice sent by electronic mail, the notice shall be deemed received by the licensee or registrant in accordance with section 36a-52a. Any such notice shall include: (1) A statement of the time, place, and nature of the hearing; (2) a statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held; (3) a reference to the particular sections of the general statutes, regulations, rules or orders involved; (4) a short and plain statement of the matters asserted; and (5) a statement indicating that the licensee or registrant may file a written request for a hearing on the matters asserted within fourteen days of receipt of the notice. If the commissioner finds that public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in the notice, the commissioner may order summary suspension of a license or registration in accordance with subsection (c) of section 4-182 and require the licensee or registrant to take or refrain from taking such action as in the opinion of the commissioner will effectuate the purposes of this section, pending proceedings for suspension, revocation or refusal to renew.

(b) If a hearing is requested within the time specified in the notice, the commissioner shall hold a hearing upon the matters asserted in the notice unless the licensee or registrant fails to appear at the hearing. After the hearing, the commissioner shall suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license or registration for any reason set forth in the applicable provisions of the general statutes if the commissioner finds sufficient grounds exist for such suspension, revocation or refusal to renew. If the licensee or registrant does not request a hearing within the time specified in the notice or fails to appear at the hearing, the commissioner shall suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license or registration. No such license or registration shall be suspended or revoked except in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(c) (1) Any licensee or registrant may surrender any license or registration issued by the commissioner under any provision of the general statutes by surrendering the license or registration to the commissioner in person or by registered or certified mail, provided, in the case of a license or registration issued through the system, as defined in section 36a-2, such surrender shall be initiated by filing a request to surrender on the system. No surrender on the system shall be effective until the request to surrender is accepted by the commissioner. Surrender of a license or registration shall not affect the licensee's or registrant's civil or criminal liability, or affect the commissioner's ability to impose an administrative penalty on the licensee or registrant pursuant to section 36a-50 for acts committed prior to the surrender. If, prior to receiving the license or registration, or, in the case of a license or registration issued through the system prior to the filing of a request to surrender a license or registration, the commissioner has instituted a proceeding to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew such license or registration, such surrender or request to surrender will not become effective except at such time and under such conditions as the commissioner by order determines. If no proceeding is pending or has been instituted by the commissioner at the time of surrender, or, in the case of a license or registration issued through the system, at the time a request to surrender is filed, the commissioner may still institute a proceeding to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license or registration under subsection (a) of this section up to the date one year after the date of receipt of the license or registration by the commissioner, or, in the case of a license or registration issued through the system, up to the date one year after the date of the acceptance by the commissioner of a request to surrender a license or registration.

(2) If any license or registration issued on the system expires due to the licensee's or registrant's failure to renew such license or registration, the commissioner may institute a revocation or suspension proceeding, or issue an order revoking or suspending the license or registration, under applicable authorities not later than one year after the date of such expiration.

(3) Withdrawal of an application for a license or registration filed on the system shall become effective upon receipt by the commissioner of a notice of intent to withdraw such application. The commissioner may deny a license or registration up to the date one year after the effective date of withdrawal.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to chapters 672a, 672b and 672c.

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