{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-14-80b","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-80b","heading":"Ball joints and tie rod ends. Prohibition on certain installations and attachments to.","body":"(a) No person shall install or attach to the ball joints or tie rod ends of a motor vehicle any type of bushing, spring, shim or device which results in concealing the degree of play or motion in the ball joints or tie rod ends.\n(b) No person shall operate, or as owner cause or permit to be operated, any motor vehicle on which there has been installed or attached to the ball joints or tie rod ends any type of bushing, spring, shim or device which results in concealing the degree of play or motion in the ball joints or tie rod ends.\n(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed to have committed an infraction for each offense.","path":["TITLE 14. MOTOR VEHICLES. USE OF THE HIGHWAY BY VEHICLES. GASOLINE","CHAPTER 246*. MOTOR VEHICLES","PART V. EQUIPMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_246.htm#sec_14-80b","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:01Z","sha256":"9a00e5101d85a44115353d1b2197ac1328dab0e476f7b1eb54f60b15bd12ca7e","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-14-80a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-14-80c-to-14-80g"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}