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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. § 53a-126a: Criminal trover in the first degree: Class D felony, first offense; class C felony, subsequent offense.

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  1. TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE
  2. CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES
  3. PART IX*. LARCENY, ROBBERY AND RELATED OFFENSES

(a) A person is guilty of criminal trover in the first degree when he forcibly enters or forcibly removes the ignition of the motor vehicle of another and uses the motor vehicle without the consent of such owner, and such use results in damage to or diminishes the value of such motor vehicle or subjects such owner to economic loss, fine or other penalty.

(b) Criminal trover in the first degree is a class D felony for a first offense and a class C felony for each subsequent offense.

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