{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-14-145e","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-145e","heading":"Towing from parking facility or residential parking facility. Conspicuous signage. Exceptions. Penalty.","body":"(a) For the purposes of this section:\n(1) “Parking facility” means one or more lots, garages, parking terminals or other structures and accommodations located on private property for the parking of motor vehicles off of any highway;\n(2) “Residential parking facility” means a parking facility that is located at a multifamily dwelling consisting of five or more units, a condominium or a common interest community;\n(3) “Condominium” has the same meaning as provided in section 47-68a; and\n(4) “Common interest community” has the same meaning as provided in section 47-202.\n(b) (1) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, no owner or lessee of a parking facility or residential parking facility, or such owner or lessee's agent, may utilize a wrecker service to tow any motor vehicle left without authorization at such parking facility pursuant to the provisions of section 14-145, unless such owner, lessee or agent installs conspicuous signage as required pursuant to the provisions of this section at such parking facility at least forty-eight hours before a motor vehicle may be towed from such facility.\n(2) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, no wrecker service shall tow a motor vehicle from a parking facility or residential parking facility pursuant to the provisions of section 14-145, unless such wrecker service verifies conspicuous signage, as required pursuant to the provisions of this section, is installed at such parking facility.\n(c) (1) The owner, lessee or agent of a parking facility or residential parking facility shall install conspicuous signage at all entryways to such facility. Such conspicuous signage shall (A) bear the international symbol for towing, (B) be at least twelve inches long and eighteen inches wide with letters not less than one inch in height, (C) state that motor vehicles left without authorization at such facility may be removed at the expense of the owner of the motor vehicle, (D) state any costs or fees that may be charged, and (E) provide the name, address and telephone number for the wrecker service performing the tow or, alternatively, a telephone number in order for the motor vehicle owner or operator to locate where such motor vehicle has been stored and obtain information regarding how to redeem such motor vehicle.\n(2) If such owner, lessee or agent designates one or more spaces as restricted parking spaces and the parking facility or residential parking facility is otherwise unrestricted, such owner, lessee or agent shall, instead of installing at all entryways to such facility, install such conspicuous signage that prohibits unauthorized vehicles from parking in such designated spaces at (A) the right or left side of each entrance to a designated area or group of parking spaces located on the restricted portion of the facility, or (B) the end of a restricted parking space so that the sign is in front of a vehicle that is parking in the space.\n(3) If such owner, lessee or agent imposes further specific parking restrictions in an area to which conspicuous signs are installed for individual restricted parking spaces and any such sign is in front of a vehicle that is parked in the space, the conspicuous signage shall also indicate that the space is reserved for a particular unit number, person or type of person, such as a resident.\n(4) The owner or lessee of a parking facility or residential parking facility, or such owner or lessee's agent, shall also install conspicuous signage that lists the parking rules of such facility which if violated would cause a motor vehicle to be towed from such facility. The purpose of any such parking rule shall be to promote the convenience, safety or welfare of motor vehicle operators on the facility, preserve the facility from abuse or make a fair distribution of parking resources at the facility.\n(d) Conspicuous signage, as described in subsection (c) of this section, is not required to be installed at a parking facility or residential parking facility if a motor vehicle is left (1) in a space reserved, as required in section 14-253a, for exclusive use by persons who are blind and persons with disabilities, and such motor vehicle does not bear a removable windshield placard or special license plate, as defined in section 14-253a; (2) in an area reserved for authorized emergency vehicles; (3) within ten feet of a fire hydrant, as provided in section 14-251; (4) blocking building access; (5) blocking entry to or exit from such property or a parking space on such facility; (6) in or obstructing a vehicular traffic aisle; (7) in such facility and is leaking a fluid that presents a hazard or threat; or (8) in an area not designated for the parking of motor vehicles.\n(e) The owner or lessee of a parking facility, or such owner or lessee's agent, may utilize the services of a wrecker service to tow a motor vehicle left without authorization at such parking facility without installing such conspicuous signage, provided such owner, lessee or agent affixes a written notice to such motor vehicle at least forty-eight hours prior to towing such vehicle. Any such notice shall (1) state that the motor vehicle will be towed from the parking facility without the consent of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle if the motor vehicle remains parked at the parking facility, (2) indicate the time when the motor vehicle will be removed, which shall not be earlier than forty-eight hours after the time the notice was affixed to the motor vehicle, (3) indicate the time when the notice is affixed to the motor vehicle, and (4) be affixed to the motor vehicle at a conspicuous location on the windshield nearest the operator's side. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a residential parking facility.\n(f) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars, and, for each subsequent offense, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars and not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or be both fined and imprisoned.\n(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a parking facility that is located at a multifamily dwelling consisting of four or less units.","path":["TITLE 14. MOTOR VEHICLES. USE OF THE HIGHWAY BY VEHICLES. GASOLINE","CHAPTER 246. MOTOR VEHICLES","PART VII. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_246.htm#sec_14-145e","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:22Z","sha256":"78849d3fdaa6fbb71e41fe49f6ed09c2bf38fbcee8de57ba4bad05c1ec28f147","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-14-111r","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-14-150c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}