{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-13b-387","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13b-387","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 16-281). Definitions.","body":"The following terms shall have the meanings herein specified, when used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates:\n(1) “Household goods” means personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling when a part of the equipment or supply of such dwelling;\n(2) “Household goods carrier” means any person who operates motor vehicles over the highways of this state, whether over regular or irregular routes, in the transportation of household goods for the general public, for hire;\n(3) “Motor contract carrier” means any person not included under subdivision (2) of this section who operates motor vehicles over the highways of this state, whether over regular or irregular routes, in the transportation of household goods for hire under special and individual contracts;\n(4) “Motor private carrier” means any person other than a household goods carrier or a motor contract carrier who operates his own vehicle or vehicles not for hire and who engages in the transportation of his own property in the furtherance of any private commercial enterprise, and such motor private carrier shall be excluded from the provisions of this chapter;\n(5) “Motor vehicle” means any rubber-tired vehicle propelled or drawn by any power other than muscular, not running upon rails or tracks, used upon any highway for the transportation of property;\n(6) “Person” means any individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, limited liability company, company or association or its lessees, trustees or receivers.","path":["TITLE 13b. TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 245c*. MOTOR CARRIERS OF PROPERTY FOR HIRE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_245c.htm#sec_13b-387","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:00Z","sha256":"9d2e5ec8eba0eb9c4d9dff4976c8653cf365304d816f70ab166b5e0bdd0eafa8","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-13b-377-to-13b-386","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-13b-387a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}