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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. § 40-56: Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods.

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  1. TITLE 40. WAREHOUSES AND WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS. TRUST RECEIPTS
  2. CHAPTER 708. UNIFORM WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS ACT
  3. PART IV. CRIMINAL OFFENSES

Any person who deposits goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable receipt which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

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