{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-15-8a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-8a","heading":"“Harbor”, “navigable waters” and “navigable waterways”, defined.","body":"For the purposes of section 15-8:\n(a) “Harbor” means a place on navigable waters where water-borne commercial or recreational traffic enters for the purpose of anchorage or docking or the unloading or receiving of cargo, supplies, equipment, fuel or passengers;\n(b) “Navigable waters” means waters which are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide shoreward to their mean high-water mark;\n(c) “Navigable waterways” means waters which are physically capable of supporting water-borne traffic, and subject to the ebb and flow of the tide.","path":["TITLE 15. NAVIGATION AND AERONAUTICS","CHAPTER 263*. HARBORS AND RIVERS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_263.htm#sec_15-8a","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":"fbc7c3d5d362e8ba07785a163db5c125cc1467d5a7fb1f93b5fd08f39cd72595","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-15-8","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-15-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}